Cheap flights from Johannesburg to Durban

You want to get on the cheapest flight from Johannesburg to Durban. The way to make sure that you book cheap flights is by checking prices seperately for your outbound flight and return flight (if necessary book them seperately), typing your flight details into the airline price comparison engine and see what airfare it spits out, and checking the airfare of every airline operating flights from Johannesburg to Durban (links to the airlines online flight reservation systems below).

Latest Johannesburg to Durban airline price comparison

flight date	1time	BA	Kulula	Mango	SAA
In this week's survey, Mango displayed the cheapest flights from JHB - DUR.
10 May 2013	-	1264	821	806	-

Latest Johannesburg to Durban bus & train comparison

travel date	Baz Bus	Citiliner	City to City	Greyhound	Intercape	SA Roadlink	Translux	Shosholoza Meyl
Shosholoza Meyl is still the cheapest option for travel from Johannesburg to Durban.
10 May 2013	1480	245	180	325	230	-	220	130

Prices are constantly updated, so the information listed above is out of date and for information purposes only.

Airlines flying from Johannesburg to Durban

Airline	Airports	Stops
British Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop
Kulula Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop
Kulula Airlines	Johannesburg Lanseria International Airport (HLA) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop
Mango Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop
South African Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop
South African Express	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop

A flight from Johannesburg to Durban takes about 1h10m. The driving distance from Johannesburg to Durban is some 566km, and as the crow flies it is 478km.

shortest flight path from Johannesburg to Durban (South Africa)

Business class flights from Johannesburg to Durban

Only SAA (South African Airways) and BA (British Airways) offer business class flights from Johannesburg to Durban - SAA calls it Premier Class and BA calls it Club Class. In our view BA offers a better ride than SAA. Mango offers Mango Flex & Mango Plus which are a step up from their standard offering, but not at the standard of SAA & BA business class seats. For upmarket train trips from Joburg to Durban, try the Premier Classe.

British Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop
South African Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Durban King Shaka Airport (DUR)	non-stop

News

2 Nov 2012	1time quits flying from JNB to DUR, after filing for liquidation.
5 Mar 2012	1time begins HLA-DUR flights

Airline specials from Johannesburg to Durban

Unless it's actually the day of the airline special you're unlikely to obtain these prices (and then only usually only available for a few hours).

	BA flight specials -	Kulula specials 17 Apr 2013	Mango flight specials 16 Apr 2013	SAA flight specials -
Flight specials	-	R561	R595	-

Don't want to fly from Johannesburg to Durban?

Johannesburg to Durban by road

An alternative is to drive from Johannesburg to Durban. You would take the N3 national Road, which stretches all the way from Johannesburg to Durban. There are a number of toll gates on the N3 to Durban, so be sure to keep enough change with you. During holiday seasons the N3 is heavily travelled. On the way from Johannesburg to Durban you will pass the towns of Heidelberg, Villiers, Warden, Harrismith, Estcourt, Mooi River, Howick, Pietermaritzburg (the capital city of the Kwazulu-Natal province of South Africa) and Pinetown.

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A more interesting road trip:

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Johannesburg to Durban by bus

If you don't want to drive yourself, you can catch a bus trip from Johannesburg to Durban:

Baz bus	Baz Bus operates a hop-on hop-off bus tour across South Africa, and is especially popular amongst backpackers, stopping off at 180 youth hostels along its route
Greyhound bus	The Greyhound bus operates a traditional bus service through the main centres of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe (Bloemfontein, Bulawayo, Butterworth, Cape Town, Durban, East London, Empangeni, Harare, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Nelspruit, Newcastle, Maputo, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Queenstown, Swinburne and Umtata)
Intercape bus	The Intercape bus operates a traditional bus service across a vast network of South Africa and some of its neighbouring countries.

Updates

2 Jun 2012	1time airline suspends its flights from Lanseria Airport, to focus on its African routes.
1 Aug 2011	Velvet Sky increases its JNB-DUR flight frequency to 3 daily flights.
22 Mar 2011	Velvet Sky commences flights from Johannesburg to Durban. Its inaugural flight is at 17h55.
28 Oct 2008	Kulula increases the frequency of flights from Johannesburg Lanseria Airport to Durban to 2 daily (except Saturdays).
19 Oct 2007	Kulula have been operating flights from Johannesburg's Lanseria Airport to Durban since the 29th October 2007.