There are generally two departure points in Bangkok i.e. you can choose the Bangkok – Don Muang (DMK) to Cape Town route or the Bangkok (BKK) to Cape Town route. However there aren’t usually any flights from DMK so we will only focus on BKK.
(BKK) Bangkok to Cape Town
You can choose from any of the following airays that are offering flights to to Cape Town i.e. Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Thai Airways International, Emirates, Cathay Pacific Airways, Malaysia Airways Singapore Airlines or the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
The cheapest flight amongst these is Kenya Airways and Ethiopian, which costs about half of what other flights are charging for the same trip.
Ethopian Airways will leave Bangkok for Addis Ababa at 01.40hrs. It gets there at 06:35 in the morning and leaves for Johannesburg at 08:50 and gets there at 13:15. From here it will head to Cape Town at 15.00 hrs and arrive 17.10hrs the following day.
All in all this cheap flight to Cape Town takes 16 hours and 40 minutes on air and the overall journey is 22 hours and 20 minutes.
Emirates is also the second cheapest flight from Bangkok to Cape Town. It departs from Bangkok at 20.30 hrs headed for dubai . You might need a place to sleep in Dubai because it gets there at 23:35 and leaves for Johannesburg at 04:40 the following day.
The flight gets to Johannesburg at 10:50 and leaves for Cape Town at 13:00. The final journey takes about two hours and by 15:10 you would be in Cape Town.
Other flights to consider include Cathay Pacific, Malaysia and Singapore Airlines. The one with the highest charges and longest journey is KLM.
Up to date airfares and ways on how to make your travel arrangements can be found from any one of the following:
- 1 Time Flights South Africa
- How Long Does It Take To Get To Durban South Africa From USA Maryland
- Flights From London To Johannesburg South Africa
Tags: Flights
