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$342 Find Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Athens

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Johannesburg to Athens departing on 9/3. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest round-trip
$580
Typical prices: $813-$645
Etihad Airways
Mon 9/7Fri 9/18
JNB - ATH • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$342
Typical prices: $391-$589
Qatar Airways
Thu 9/3
JNB - ATH • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from $580 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.4 score
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There are currently no direct flights between Johannesburg and Athens. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $598 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 13h 19m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 15% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheapest • 12% price drop
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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Athens (JNB-ATH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Athens that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Johannesburg to Athens

Mon, Sep 7 - Fri, Sep 18
Etihad Airways Logo
9:45 am - 1:05 pm
JNB
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ATH
26h 20m
2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
7:20 am - 8:15 am
ATH
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JNB
25h 55m
1 stop
$580Etihad Airways
Wed, Sep 2 - Sun, Sep 6
Etihad Airways Logo
9:45 am - 6:15 am
JNB
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ATH
19h 30m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:20 am - 8:20 am
ATH
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JNB
26h 00m
1 stop
$590Etihad Airways
Thu, Jul 23 - Wed, Aug 5
Etihad Airways Logo
9:45 am - 6:15 am
JNB
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ATH
19h 30m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:20 am - 8:20 am
ATH
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JNB
26h 00m
1 stop
$591Etihad Airways
Mon, Jul 27 - Thu, Sep 3
Etihad Airways Logo
9:45 am - 1:05 pm
JNB
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ATH
26h 20m
2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
7:30 pm - 8:15 am
ATH
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JNB
37h 45m
2 stops
$595Etihad Airways
Wed, Sep 2 - Fri, Sep 4
Etihad Airways Logo
9:45 am - 12:35 pm
JNB
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ATH
25h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:20 am - 8:15 am
ATH
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JNB
25h 55m
1 stop
$611Etihad Airways
Mon, Jul 27 - Thu, Sep 3
Qatar Airways Logo
2:05 pm - 6:30 pm
JNB
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ATH
27h 25m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
12:05 pm - 9:00 am
ATH
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JNB
21h 55m
1 stop
$619Qatar Airways
Thu, Jul 9 - Fri, Jul 24
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 6:15 am
JNB
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ATH
19h 25m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:20 am - 8:20 am
ATH
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JNB
26h 00m
1 stop
$630Etihad Airways
Sat, Aug 29 - Tue, Sep 8
Etihad Airways Logo
9:45 am - 12:35 pm
JNB
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ATH
25h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
2:25 pm - 8:20 am
ATH
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JNB
18h 55m
1 stop
$632Etihad Airways
Wed, Jun 17 - Wed, Jul 1
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:50 pm - 2:35 pm
JNB
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ATH
14h 45m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:35 pm - 3:55 am
ATH
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JNB
13h 20m
1 stop
$635Ethiopian Air
Wed, Jun 17 - Wed, Jul 1
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:50 pm - 2:35 pm
JNB
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ATH
14h 45m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:35 pm - 3:55 am
ATH
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JNB
13h 20m
1 stop
$636Ethiopian Air
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to Athens flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens departing in September.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens is February, where tickets cost $584 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $732 and $724 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$342
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Johannesburg to Athens

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to Athens based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Johannesburg to Athens flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Athens was $342 for a one-way ticket and $580 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Johannesburg to Athens?

    Johannesburg and Athens are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Johannesburg from Johannesburg OR Tambo and will be arriving at Athens Eleftherios V..

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

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Athens?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Johannesburg and Athens, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to Athens, Qatar Airways or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Athens are Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of $663 and an overall rating of 7.4, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $712 and an overall rating of 7.4.

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

    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 Johannesburg to Athens.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Athens from Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg to Athens?

    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 Athens with an airline and back to Johannesburg with another airline. Booking your flights between Johannesburg and ATH 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 Johannesburg to Athens?

    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 Athens from Johannesburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Johannesburg to Athens

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Athens. 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.
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7.4
Qatar AirwaysOverall score based on 3731 reviews
7.5Boarding
7.3Entertainment
7.3Food
7.9Crew
7.3Comfort
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Flight canceled twice. Second cancellation with no notice. Qatar only got me to Copenhagen even thou flight from Copenhagen to Helsinki was code shared with QR they made me purchase a separate ticket for over 200€. At check in only 1 check in was allowed. I had to argue with staff to allow the second, carry-on sized, bag to be checked in for free. My original tix allowed 2 full size luggage as checked luggage. My 14+hr flight turned into a 60+ hr journey. 😢

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2026
NBO - DOH
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Flight canceled twice. Second cancellation with no notice. Qatar only got me to Copenhagen even thou flight from Copenhagen to Helsinki was code shared with QR they made me purchase a separate ticket for over 200€. At check in only 1 check in was allowed. I had to argue with staff to allow the second, carry-on sized, bag to be checked in for free. My original tix allowed 2 full size luggage as checked luggage. My 14+hr flight turned into a 60+ hr journey. 😢

Qatar was pretty OK for their services but Arangrant was awful at theirs and frankly lied to me. Qatar offers four business class fares and only three of them allow lounge access. This is a horrible policy when you pay so much for business class and shame on them for denying the simple use of their lounges for this confusion. When I requested my business class ticket with Arangrant I knew this and specifically told them I would only purchase the lowest class business seat that would still permit me lounge access on all legs of my trip. They lied to me and said I did and then I was refused this service on my return flights. I had no less than 4-8 schedule changes and got screwed by a late departure from DCA on my double connection to JNB. I lost nearly a full day on my outbound and then had little to no use of the lounges on my outbound flights. To then be denied access on my return flights made the 27 hour trip home pretty awful. Kayak should no longer work with Arangrant as they are dishonest and liars. Qatar should price all four of their business class fares to include lounge access and stop the insanity they have forced on people. My return trip home nearly ruined my entire trip to South Africa and I blame Arangrant for telling me lies and for Qatar for offering insane rules and regulations on such expensive business class fares. For the money I paid to Qatar, I did not receive the full services I was promised. I will probably never use Arangrant and their ignorant services ever again. I will question whether I ever fly on Qatar Airways again as well. When you pay so much and get such little in return, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Arangrant gives the whole industry a bad name and Qatar is not far behind them. I can honestly say that the wretched service and way I was treated by both have soured me on travel companies and airlines. It is bad enough that we have an idiot, felon, racist and bigoted president and administration to contend with while he has started an illegal war, I did not expect to get screwed over by Arangrant and Qatar as well. Shame on all of you.

Qatar Airways has gone down over the last few years.

The boarding process was awful-the computers were down and there was no way to check in. Took extremely long, very chaotic and no guarantee our bags were even getting on the plane. I was also delayed and took away from any time i had to catch a connecting flight.

Charged extra amount for the baggage wait. Even it’s less than 23kgs. Those machines are showing wrong weight and they were charging money wantedly from everyone.

It was very good. It was a long flight and being a tight with little leg room.

Friendly and discreet staff. Could have done with a few more offers of water/snacks overnight. Movie and tv selection notably poor. Seats not especially comfortable

I appreciated the vailability of wheelchair services for persons with mobility issues all the way up to the aircraft. What could be better would be the food choices.

Crew and food was good, ok leg room if you don’t have a big box under the seat. And the seats are so narrow (I’m only 70kg), will consider an alternate airline next time

Good. It would be great if comfort seats were available

Turkish Airlines made a long flight from YVR to IST a great flying experience. From the attendants, to the food, to the entertainment program to all the extras, a twelve hour flight ‘flew by’. Late departure and arrival was not the airline’s fault.

delayed to take off from detroit by 3 hours lost baggage in istanbul and now in venice without baggage

Food wasn’t good but not their fault as I should have pre selected

Very bad boarding staff. I was flying business. We were stashed in a bus as much as it could be filled with business then economy passengers. By the time we have reached the plane we have waithed 10 more minutes inside the bus mext to the plane because of some documental work in the plane. I guess TGS -Turkish Airlines Ground Services forgot yo radio the plane if it was ready.

The crew checked the immigration laws very quickly for Russian citizenship and confirmed our FVTF for Singapore for 96 hrs. Thank you.

Our flight was delayed for one hour is their a credit?

Requested food items were always finished but the available food was warm and tasted good Good entertainment options.

Very small and cramped aisles and seats. Food was poor but the fresh hot roll and hummus was good. No cans of soda given but they had small bottles of water. Crew was nice and pleasant and kept bathroom clean.

It was ok. Not the experience I expected from Turkish airlines

Small seat space for 13 hours flight, they charged for baggage , very bad quality of food,

They lost the baggage and said it was deleted from the system. I had baggage tag so was able to file the complaint but there was no PIR number and update so far

Air hostesses were great. Food was good. Flat bed is not that flat or comfortable.

It was excellent service in the snow storm gives us hotel and transportation. It will be more better if u can add one more meal because it’s a long flight boring journey. If you give extra meal time passes faster and can enjoy the trip better

Business class ticket should include lounge access and seat selection. The food quality and varieties should be more. It was surpirise that no dessert was offered.

The crew could have been more friendly and could have offered to make the beds. Also, Ethiad should have more vegetarian food options.

It was mediocre. Honestly, the flight was late but that didn’t bother me as I had plenty of time. The only thing that bothered me is that the crew never asked to make the beds for us in business class. Maybe the crew was exhausted and that just didn’t occur to them.

The flight was over 1 hour late taking off ,when I arrived in Abu Dhabi ,I missed my connecting flight to Bangkok so I had to wait almost 6 hours for my flight arriving in Bangkok at 6:30 am ,So I missed a whole day of my vacation and my hotel room sat empty so I paid for hotel days that I was not there. In Abu Dhabi there was a woman that worked the desk at transfers that was so professional, courteous , helpful,and may I say absolutely beautiful .she got me food vouchers for my layover and was a very calming presence. Besides that I will never use Etihad again I will pay the Xtra money . I'm sure they won't read or see this but it's my "2 cents" I'll use an airline that respects me and my hard earned dollars

Kayak and Aran grant issuing business class tickets without lounge access and sometimes 1 or 2 connections in economy class. It’s very disappointing to find out that after buying the ticket. Never buy tickets on kayak and Aran grant again

We have paid premium price for a business class Cabinet and we have received the old 777 with the following apart business class that is not to standard. It was very disappointing and it’s a very bad reputation for a premium airline company. This aeroplane should be the commission from being as a business class. We will pass this knowledge to our colleagues because the quality of business class in Etihad is not consistent and it is a lucky dip that sometimes you’re getting a good aeroplane and sometimes you’re getting their 30 years old aeroplane. The crew of the aeroplane have apologise and said that they hate this aeroplane and they have complained about it multiple times as well. Obviously Etihad is putting the economy in front of the Customer Experience. For the future we will not take this risk anymore and will fly with established company like emirates.

Was so disappointing. Business class with no TV, uncomfortable seats. Had much higher expectations.

Everything was great, the infotainment system was glitching but this was not a big deal.

It was a good experience - too many times checking at the airport - every time had to remove shoes , belt , laptop etc. that was a bit of exaggerated. The seat had a sharp metal plate -- which torn into my jeans.

The TV wasn't working No music for the whole flight from JFK to LOS It was too burring.

We had a good flight experience with this airline despite reading many negative comments

Planes are good. However the entertainement system is slow. The headphones are of low quality and I could hardly hear a movie The movies lack subtitiles

The plane was ok, I was in business class and was surprised there were no pods and each seat was right next to another one. That said it was comfortable and the food and coffee were good. Entertainment wise again I was surprised to see only movies and no TV shows. Check-in at Toronto Pearson was an absolute disaster, which was especially disappointing as I was a business class passenger. There was no dedicated staffing for the business counter and four (4) airlines employees assisted one economy class passenger for about 15 minutes when one could have easily assisted me. Overall room for improvement, particularly in the on-ground experience and airplane infrastructure.

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

The crew was not helping us in the airports ..Very bad experience..the washrooms are not meeting the expectations..need more good service... The hotel service was good but there is a very long wait time which wasted time to go through..

Our first flight was delayed and when we got off that plane, nobody was really helping to direct us to the next gate. It was very frustrating. One staff simply said hurry, which wasn’t helpful. We had to go a long way to get to the next gate. Another issue on the plane itself was the bathrooms were disgusting and filthy and it didn’t seem like anybody was checking on them were cleaning them and it was a long flight. There was urine on the floor and they stunk. Also, the screen in front of my seat did not work, and I tried different headphones and still had no sound. You would think somehow those things are reviewed occasionally for working order.

My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

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