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Flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

The average price of all flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Lilongwe to Johannesburg, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Tuesday is the most expensive. Flying from Johannesburg back to Lilongwe, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Friday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is March, where tickets cost $429 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and December, where the average cost of tickets is $551 and $546 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 36 days before departure.

Which airlines fly non-stop between Lilongwe and Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport.
There is just one airline that flies from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport direct and that is Airlink. The best one-way deal found from Airlink for the route is $460.

How many flights are there between Lilongwe and Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport per day?

Each day, there are between 1 and 2 nonstop flights that take off from Lilongwe and land in Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, with an average flight time of 2h 27m. The most common departure time is 1:00 pm and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 7 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Friday, when 29% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Lilongwe and Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

What’s the earliest departure time from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Lilongwe at 1:50 pm and will be landing in Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport at 4:20 pm.

What’s the latest departure time from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Lilongwe to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport jets off at 2:10 pm and lands at 4:35 pm.

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

December
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 6% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 10% increase in price.

When to book flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Lilongwe to Johannesburg based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Lilongwe to Johannesburg flights

  • Which towns are near Lilongwe International Airport (LLW)?

    You can use Lilongwe International Airport when traveling to cities like Dowa,24 miles, Ntchisi, 32 miles, Dedza, 42miles, Salima, 47 miles, Mchinji, 62 miles, and Kasungu, 68 miles. Other towns include Nkhotakota, 80 miles; Ntcheu, 82 miles; Balaka, 105 miles; and Mangochi, 105 miles.

  • Which mode of public transportation can I use to travel from Lilongwe city canter to (LLW)?

    The most widely used means of transport in Lilongwe is by buses, which also connect to major cities like Zomba, Mzuzu, Kasungu, and Blantyre. The bus stop is located at the northern end of independence drive. You will also find international buses that connect Lilongwe with Harare, Dar es salaam, Johannesburg, and Lusaka.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Lilongwe and Johannesburg?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Johannesburg from Lilongwe.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    The Embraer 170 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Lilongwe to Johannesburg flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Lilongwe and Johannesburg.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Lilongwe to Johannesburg on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Johannesburg from Lilongwe is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Johannesburg with an airline and back to Lilongwe with another airline. Booking your flights between Lilongwe and JNB can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Johannesburg from Lilongwe up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from LLW to Johannesburg

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $307 or less one-way and $476 or less round-trip.
  • When flying from Lilongwe (LLW) to Johannesburg (JNB), there are various airlines to book from. These airlines are; air Malawi, Ulendo Airlink, and Malawi Airlines. All these airlines offer direct flights from Lilongwe to Johannesburg; no layovers on this route. You shall get to Terminal 1 for operations for all domestic and regional flights.
  • After arriving in Johannesburg and you want to have a rest, book a lounge in the airport through KAYAK. Bidvest Premier Premium lounge and Bidvest Sky Premium Lounge are all located on the (JNB) airside after security check, making it easy to access the airport. Children under 2 years are admitted free. The lounges also offer facilities like air conditioning, alcohol availability, disabled access, free Wi-Fi, and television to smoothen your stay.
  • While in Johannesburg, you need a rental car to get around town. Car rentals in Johannesburg International airport mean cars are just outside the entrance. Car rental providers include Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, National, Thrifty, and Payless. (JNB) also has a dedicated car park within the airport precinct to collect and drop off rental cars.
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Prefer to fly non-stop from Lilongwe to Johannesburg?

Find which airlines fly direct from Lilongwe Intl to OR Tambo, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Lilongwe Intl to Johannesburg OR Tambo

Monday

Airlink, Emirates, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Emirates, +1 more

Wednesday

Airlink, Emirates, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Emirates, +1 more

Friday

Airlink, Emirates, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Emirates, +1 more

Saturday

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Qatar Airways

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Nonstop returns

Johannesburg OR Tambo to Lilongwe Intl

Monday

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Wednesday

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Friday

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Saturday

Airlink, Qatar Airways

Airlink, Qatar Airways

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Top 4 airlines serving from Lilongwe to Johannesburg

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Lilongwe to Johannesburg. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Lilongwe to Johannesburg? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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AirlinkOverall score based on 77 reviews
8.9crew
6.3entertainment
8.2comfort
8.3boarding
7.6food
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It was a great experience , it was quick and on time

10.0 ExcellentSimbarashe, Jan 2024GBE - JNB
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It was a great experience , it was quick and on time

this route is more expensive than you would expect. Boarding, disembarking was easy and fast. Cabin crew was friendly. Seats are small

The meal was excellent and well suited to a short journey.

Original flight was delayed due to technical issue. Very poor communication. The manager only appeared when we were climbing on board the plane.This resulted in us missing our follow on flight also with Airlink. No ticket issued from Skukuza and no assistance when we landed to address the issue. We had to make our own arrangements and go to their sales desk. Again they had no knowledge of the flight delay and of any passengers that had connecting flights. The lady (unfortunately with all the STRESS I have forgotten her name) at the counter was extremely helpful and is an excellent example of the type of employee Airlink need to promote and employ. Our luggage was in limbo due to all the missing information and assistance. We had to resort to buying extra tickets from South African Airways who were extremely helpful. I work at an airport so am familiar with its workings. I will infuture be looking for alternative flights.

Airline is the best airline experience I’ve ever had.

My flight was good no comments Crew members were good Flight on schedule even earlier at some point Thanks

Easy boarding, smooth flight, friendly and helpful attendants. As with every other airline, there isn't enough leg room to be comfortable. Food was adequate.

Easy short flight from Johannesburg to Harare. Boarding was slow, flight attendants were friendly. They did a meal service on this short flight, including wine, which was pretty cool.

Flight was moved forward by 2 hours with 3 days notice. This meant I could not connect from flight from Johannesburg. So did not take the flight and drove to Kasane. Will never use Air Botswana unless absolutely necessary. Mark

There was no entertainment, but that is not expected on a flight less than 2 1/2 hours. Uber clean aircraft, good boxed meal and friendly flight attendants. Very please with the experience

Very bad. Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

The flight SA227 on 2nd March Sao Paulo to Cape Town was delayed by 3 hours. All other flights leaving Sao Paulo left on time. We were told that we were waiting for push back and a routing from Air traffic control. I don't believe this, what was the real reason for the flight delay?

I think more immigration officers at Or Tambo- I spent 90 mins in a queue before I can assisted and most people missed their appointments and meetings

Not sure it was a basic airline so nothing much to like but what was annoying was they delayed so much we missed our connecting flight and we had to almost fight to be out on the next flight and also even get food

Everything the crew werr nice and helpful plus the food was good

First row in business class is terrible - no storage space with video screen folded down between seats. Entertainment system didn't show flight info...

At the last minute as I boarded the airplane they made me check my carry on bag. When I arrived my Apple Watch, sunglasses, and medications had been stolen. I find this absolutely unacceptable. I will never fly with SAA again.

Cons: "It’s a hop and a skip, just 2 1/2 hours. But. Nice flight"
Pros: "Courteous crew"
Cons: "Entertainment console only partially working. Toilet vacant/occupied indicator not working fully."

The gate was changed at the very last moment and no one informed us. The flight was one hour late and the screen broken, the remote control not working. One toilet was out of order . the other toilets were also not totally functioning, because the washbasin was plugged and the water couldn't flow away.

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

The crew were extremely unfriendly. The plane was dirty and the entertainment system did not work, so they did not even give out earphones to anyone.

Flight was smooth but unnecessary long because we had to refuel at FCO Rome. Air hostesses service and response to call light could be better. Both planes were old with broken seat arms and toilets. Why Africans had to be given the farthest Gates is what baffles me and why we have to pay for Aisle seats I found really strange. Is there ever an end to ripping people off even after paying over $2300 for one seat.

Luggage delayed for one day. I called customer service, and they had no info and no empathy. Boarding was very disorganized and chaotic. We went nearly 7 hours with no food or snacks on the flight. This is not an airline that has respect for its passengers.

it was a nice tripe but they need to work on the serving of soda,they should be abled to serve cain soda not on cup.At least each passenger should be entitled to one cain of soda not serving on cup.thanks.

Same but worse than international. The inter African flights are worse.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Entertainment was very poor. Couldn’t watch anything. Ear pieces were the wrong type .

The check in staff was amazing. Best customer service! The plane was old! My entertainment on the first flight didn't work at all, in my seat or in the seat next to me. The bathroom doors were old and troublesome. One of the bathrooms, the whole sink panel was broken. Everything felt old and falling apart. The airline stewardesses were amazing and quite hospitable. When there were delays, they kept us well informed. Transit was GREAT! I wasn't sure how I would make it to my next flight in 1 1/2 hours but the security lines were short and efficient. The C gates in Addis Ababa were CROWDED! That whole space downstairs was too crowded and challenging to manuever. I usually fly Ethiopian within Africa and was interested to see how the experience would be intercontinental. Overall, I would choose it again if it was cheaper than Delta/Air France or Lufthansa/KLM. I wouldn't make it a first choice if the prices were the same because the planes are so old! The food and entertainment also weren't as good. Good selection of movies but as I mentioned, on the first flight they didn't work at all (I slept so it was okay) and the 2nd flight it was glitchy. All in all, I didn't hate it but it would be a first choice only if it's cheaper.

Paid an extra USD 100 for so-called Comfort seats. All of these (the bulkhead seats) had parents with babies and infants who were screaming much of the time. One mother even decided to change nappies on the seat. This was anything but comfort!

Front section of economy cabin is better than rear. Paid for seats selected.

Good flight. Paid for seats sat the frront section of the economy. Better than rear cabin.

Apart from delay of 3 hrs in Nairobi for onward flight to Dar all fine. Looked like operational issues caused it.

It has been 1 week since arriving at my destination and I still have not recieved my kite surfing bags. Office will not communicate properly on location or when my bags will arrive. No advice on what to do on luggage that has not arrived in over a week. Simply not happy with Kenya airways at the moment.

Excellent. They canceled our flight & put us up for the night. Then upgraded us. We are impressed

On a long flight us customers need more rehydration by the crew. Some of us have water bottles but no crew is coming around to offer water. I’m not saying issue us all with plastic water bottles.

The flight attendants on this flight were incredible! One even gave me her own dinner when my special meal order wasn’t transferred due to a flight delay! She insisted and I was so grateful. That is going above and beyond! The issue I had with the flight was with Lufthansa support. I missed my connection due to a flight delay and they wouldn’t rebook online, only in person. This took a lot of time and visits to the airport waiting for a Lufthansa agent to arrive 5 hours later than posted and almost paying full-fare price for the new flights and refusal to add my special meal orders. It made for a challenging journey home and I didn’t feel valued as a customer.

If my flight from Heathrow to Nairobi had not been cancelled I would’ve been in kisumu to fly back! And I have still not had my refund! So you have my cash and I’ve got nothing in return. Wonderful!

I think is one of the greatest most professional airlines I’ve flown with. So sustainable as well!!! The business class is top notch!!!

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