Affordable Flights From Bangkok To Cape Town
Posted: January 12th, 2010 | Category: Travel and LeisureBasically there are two airports that you can use from Bangkok to Cape town; 1. Don Muang (DMK) route or 2. the Bangkok direct (BKK) route. Since flights for the DMK route are not usually available we will look at the BKK route.
(BKK) Bangkok to Cape Town
You can make a choice from these cheap flights 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.
Ethopian and Kenyan Airways have the cheapest rates which are about half of the rates being charged by the other airlines.
The Ethiopian airways flight leaves Bangkok at 01:40 and flies to its home country Addis Ababa. It will arrive at 06.35 hrs and is scheduled to leave for Johannesburg at 08.50hrs where it should touch down at 13.15hrs. From there it leaves at 15:00 and heads straight for Cape Town where it arrives at 17:10 the next 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 another airline that is offering cheap flights from Bangkok to Cape Town. It leaves Bangkok at 20:30 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. After flying for two hours from Johannesburg you should arrive in Cape Town at 15.10 hrs.
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:
- Internal Flights South Africa Kulula
- Flights To South Africa
- Direct Flights From London To Johannesburg