There are 5 ways to get from Cape Town to Greece by plane
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Fly to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CPT - ATH
16h 6m€325–692Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CPT - SKG
16h 31m€328–1,009Fly to Ioannina National Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane CPT - IOA
17h 39m€512–1,516Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CPT - HER
15h 40m€437–909Fly to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane CPT - RHO
15h 28m€337–960
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Greece is to fly which costs €320 - €700 and takes 16h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Greece is to fly which takes 15h 28m and costs €330 - €1000.
The distance between Cape Town and Greece is 8062 km.
It takes approximately 16h 6m to get from Cape Town to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 1h ahead of Cape Town. It is currently 8:46 AM in Cape Town and 9:46 AM in Greece.
There are 13671+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Greece?
Edelweiss Air, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Addis Ababa, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Doha, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Zurich, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Dubai, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Frankfurt, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–340
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,000
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