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AED 936 Find Cheap Flights to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

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Cheapest return fare
AED 1,741
Overall average: AED 2,361
Qatar Airways
Tue 3/3Tue 10/3
SHJ - JNB • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
AED 2,416
Typical prices: AED 2,569-AED 2,921
Etihad Airways
Sat 4/4Sun 3/5
AUH - JNB • Direct
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Most flights • 28 per week
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Best reviews • 8.1 score
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March
Cheapest • 19% price drop
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Cheap Flights to OR Tambo

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to OR Tambo that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to OR Tambo

Tue, 3 Mar - Tue, 10 Mar
Qatar Airways Logo
17:25 - 03:55
SHJ
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JNB
12h 30m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:30 - 16:10
JNB
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SHJ
17h 40m
1 stop
AED 1,741Qatar Airways
Mon, 2 Mar - Tue, 10 Mar
Ethiopian Air Logo
04:25 - 20:10
SHJ
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JNB
17h 45m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 03:25
JNB
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SHJ
10h 55m
1 stop
AED 1,748Ethiopian Air
Wed, 18 Mar - Wed, 25 Mar
Ethiopian Air Logo
04:25 - 13:05
SHJ
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JNB
10h 40m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 03:25
JNB
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SHJ
10h 55m
1 stop
AED 1,752Ethiopian Air
Wed, 18 Mar - Wed, 25 Mar
Kenya Airways Logo
02:20 - 15:50
DXB
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JNB
15h 30m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
01:35 - 05:45
JNB
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DXB
26h 10m
1 stop
AED 1,770Kenya Airways
Thu, 26 Feb - Sat, 28 Feb
Kenya Airways Logo
06:55 - 15:50
DXB
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JNB
10h 55m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
12:05 - 00:30
JNB
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DXB
10h 25m
1 stop
AED 1,777Kenya Airways
Fri, 20 Mar - Thu, 26 Mar
Kenya Airways Logo
02:20 - 10:55
DXB
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JNB
10h 35m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
17:00 - 05:45
JNB
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DXB
10h 45m
1 stop
AED 1,781Kenya Airways
Wed, 18 Mar - Tue, 24 Mar
Ethiopian Air Logo
17:10 - 03:55
DXB
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JNB
12h 45m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:00 - 15:45
JNB
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DXB
14h 45m
1 stop
AED 1,788Ethiopian Air
Wed, 4 Mar - Mon, 9 Mar
Ethiopian Air Logo
04:25 - 20:10
SHJ
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JNB
17h 45m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
08:20 - 03:25
JNB
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SHJ
17h 05m
1 stop
AED 1,788Ethiopian Air
Tue, 17 Feb - Mon, 23 Feb
Qatar Airways Logo
12:20 - 03:55
AUH
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JNB
17h 35m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:45 - 10:50
JNB
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AUH
19h 05m
1 stop
AED 1,810Qatar Airways
Thu, 12 Mar - Fri, 27 Mar
RwandAir Logo
01:50 - 02:20
DXB
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JNB
26h 30m
1 stop
RwandAir Logo
03:10 - 08:30
JNB
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DXB
27h 20m
1 stop
AED 1,829RwandAir
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to OR Tambo

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to OR Tambo to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg was AED 936 for a one-way ticket from Abu Dhabi and AED 1,741 for a return. The most popular route searched for by our users was for flights from Dubai to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg and the best return deal found in the last 3 days was AED 1,770.

How much is a flight to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

On average, a flight to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport costs AED 2,753. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 1,857 and departed from Abu Dhabi. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Abu Dhabi to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport which costs AED 2,190 on average, and Dubai to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, which costs AED 2,996 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is March, where tickets cost AED 1,987 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets from the United Arab Emirates is AED 3,081 and AED 2,923 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is March with an average price of AED 1,987.

What is a good deal for flights to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, 25% of our users found tickets to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport for the following prices or less: From Dubai AED 2,176 one-way - AED 2,953 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 91 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport Plane Tickets

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightAED 936
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (17% more expensive on average)
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Johannesburg

When to book flights to OR Tambo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to OR Tambo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Johannesburg based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg was AED 936 for a one-way ticket from Abu Dhabi and AED 1,741 for a return. The most popular route searched for by our users was for flights from Dubai to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg and the best return deal found in the last 3 days was AED 1,770.

  • How far is Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport from central Johannesburg?

    Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is 21 km from the centre of Johannesburg.

  • How much is a flight to Johannesburg?

    On average, a flight to Johannesburg costs AED 2,753. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 1,857 and departed from Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl Airport.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Johannesburg?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Johannesburg is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as AED 3,020. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are AED 3,277 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost AED 2,994 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is AED 3,236.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

  • Looking for cheap airfare to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg? 25% of our users found return tickets to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg for the following prices or less: From Abu Dhabi AED 2,042, from Dubai AED 2,565
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to OR Tambo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Johannesburg. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Arab Emirates to Johannesburg. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to OR Tambo? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3495 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.3Crew
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
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The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
DXB - LAX
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The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

Milan airport was bad experience. They should be more polite.

I liked everything: the service, the food, the cleanness. I flew last year with Qatar Airways, so I can compare. Emirates did much better! Especially their meals and service.

Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

Love that you can walk directly to your gate from the Emirates Business class lounge, very convenient

Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

in today's time, an airline like emirates didnt serve drinks as requested, Excuse was full flight.

Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

Wonderful Premium Economy experience. Felt as good as Business Class for food and entertainment. Comfortable sleeping too

Good service. But on flight to Kochi no entertainment except in app. And no working outlets to charge phone.

Dirty and smelly lavatory and toilets in Wamos Air operated flights

Good flight. There were a few issues with the flat bed. It was some technical issues. Otherwise everything was good

The crew could have been more friendly and could have offered to make the beds. Also, Ethiad should have more vegetarian food options.

From the start of my vacation at Logan Airport, Boston it was chaotic. I'm praying my flight home is better .I'm grateful that we landed safe

Nice crew , clean cabin , food was delayed due to problem with the quantity .

On this flight...fine. The one from India to Abu Dahbi, awful.

Kayak and Aran grant issuing business class tickets without lounge access and sometimes 1 or 2 connections in economy class. It’s very disappointing to find out that after buying the ticket. Never buy tickets on kayak and Aran grant again

We have paid premium price for a business class Cabinet and we have received the old 777 with the following apart business class that is not to standard. It was very disappointing and it’s a very bad reputation for a premium airline company. This aeroplane should be the commission from being as a business class. We will pass this knowledge to our colleagues because the quality of business class in Etihad is not consistent and it is a lucky dip that sometimes you’re getting a good aeroplane and sometimes you’re getting their 30 years old aeroplane. The crew of the aeroplane have apologise and said that they hate this aeroplane and they have complained about it multiple times as well. Obviously Etihad is putting the economy in front of the Customer Experience. For the future we will not take this risk anymore and will fly with established company like emirates.

Was so disappointing. Business class with no TV, uncomfortable seats. Had much higher expectations.

Boarded almost 48 hrs later after a scheduling change on my initial flight that was not communicated either by kayak of SAA.

I had booked a ticket for a 6:40 am departure in July 2025, but it appears there was a change to 8;00 am, which meant I missed my connecting flight which departed 10 m minutes before I landed. I had seen this problem only the previous day and try to resolve it with South African air, but they are very uncooperative on the phone. All they could say was all flights were fully booked and I ended up buying paying $2,000+ to secure a ticket for my family to ensure we got out of South Africa by Monday, which am currently pursuing with the airline.

Excellent airline. Even with 1.5 hour flight, we got light meal on board

South African Airways on the outside, a very old shabby Qatar Airways plane on the inside

The food options were beef or veg, No alternatives for Hindus, that don't eat beef...

Flight was on time Seats ( business class) are terrible- you keep on slipping down as it doesn’t lie flat Food service is like economy class. Meals ( still wrapped in plastic) are just dropped in front of you

On time flight; otherwise not impressed by the check- in- purchased business class and the aircraft was downgraded; no refund given for the difference. Told I could access the lounge due to the above and was questioned by the lounge check- in person who was not friendly

Flight was cancelled with no notification until I reached the check-in desk at the airport. I also got downgraded and they lost my luggage.

Very bad. Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

A bit chaotic boarding flight but over all good experience.

Delay not posted, only departure time listed- not boarding time. We left an hour late and arrived 45 min late. Restrooms had backed up sinks and toilets not flushed ) passenger error). Lots of screen for entertainment didn’t work. But we arrived with our luggage

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

It is nice and great but the houstees crew are all the way back arguing with customers and behavior issues same of the crew i saw that also all the trips were very much butter!

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

Were not told that carryon laggage has to be only 12 kgs but my bag was heavier asked to pay an additional $550.00. I could have upgraded to a bussiness class for that price and no one at the gate to upgrade but able to take money for the extra weight. I felt like this was a setup scam.

Lost suite case and pillow that’s used by senior and they didn’t leave it at the airport

Forgotten Suite inside of the top compartment but went back to ask and they didn’t leave at the lost and found place. Also the checking in was so horrible. I had multi city and one of the passenger saint have visa go go go Dubai. The Ethiopian airlines never had information about requirement for US permanent resident so couldn’t go to Dubai. And when coming back to US we were told we can not use our Addis to Washington ticket and they forced us to get new ticket. Very horrible experience.

worst was delayed luggage. could see luggage was still in Singapore but they insist I wait till all luggage are unloaded before filing a report. took 2 days to arrive and I had to collect it myself from the airport

I purchased the upgrade to have 3 seats open, so I was able to sleep 9 hours. Without that I would have been miserable

Our luggage was supposed to be checked through from Arusha to Cape Town. We didn't know that it was a self transfer in Johannisburg. Kayak should not have sold this flight combination with out a self transfer alert.

There was chaos checking because of a canceled flight the day prior. Also, we had an issue with tickets. The KQ agent went above a d beyond to help us get on board the flight Overall the 13+ hour flight is uncomfortable in coach. I may try to upgrade on return

For a long haul flight, the seats were too narrow. Paid for extra legroom but wish I could have paid for width! I was pressed against another person for the whole donation of the flight.

Delayed flight made my day very long, but other than that KQ got me to my destination in good shape.

The nice treatment and lovely pilots who accepted my son inside for a photo.So lovely of them

Got delayed for over 24 hours. Fight was cancelled. Was put up at a nice hotel whose kitchen was unfortunately not prepared for the sudden influx of guests The headphone jacks on the seat were loose and sound kept getting dropped over the headphones. Food was good though. Certain items (Amarula) were not available for purchase over the on-plane duty free. Had been told i would pick my luggage at my final destination*wrong* had to pick it up in JFK and recheck it and then got charged for it**** too tired to argue with the Delta staff on the issue.... after a 15 hr flight.

This one is not bad even it is late, but they apologize and every time they announced the update.

I’m very disappointed for this trip and I will never travel again in this airline. In addition, I don’t recommend to any human being to travel to Kenya Airways. They keep me at Nairobi for 4 days without care. I was at Nairobi from 6 a.m Morning up to 10 a:m Thursday. For that reason, I have trouble for my work and may be I will lose my job. During for those 4 days I didn’t have my medicine, I didn’t have clothes to change because all my clothes were in my checked bags. On Thursday, when I got flight, they don’t even apologize for all consequences I had. During for those 4 days, I learned many things for this airline. It is their system to treat passengers like this because they had hundreds or thousands passengers around Nairobi waiting for their flights after their original flights cancelled. If I lose my job, I planned to file claim to the airline. This is not airline to travel with.

They weight duty free goods at check in and count the weight as carry on luggage. Results : for 4 bottles I had to opay $150. rip off. Be careful to avoid any duty free shopping at Dubai airport

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