There are 6 ways to get from South Africa to Greece by plane
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Fly Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane JNB - ATH
14h 5m€330–709Fly Johannesburg International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
cheapest- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane JNB - SKG
14h 44m€283–826Fly Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane JNB - HER
15h 39m€452–676Fly Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane JNB - RHO
16h 12m€372–677Fly Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CPT - ATH
16h 6m€325–892Fly Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CPT - SKG
16h 31m€318–959
Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from South Africa to Greece is to fly which costs €320 - €900 and takes 16h 6m.
The fastest way to get from South Africa to Greece is to fly which takes 14h 5m and costs €330 - €750.
The distance between South Africa and Greece is 7190 km.
It takes approximately 14h 5m to get from South Africa to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 1h ahead of South Africa. It is currently 5:23 AM in South Africa and 6:23 AM in Greece.
There are 11106+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between South Africa and Greece?
Egyptair, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–850
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–750
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
- €350–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
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
- €370–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–430
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–900
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–750
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
- €350–900
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–800
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zanzibar, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €270–550
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–650
- Website
- arkia.co.il
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €330–850
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–900
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–850
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
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