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Yes, you can fly directly between London Heathrow Airport and Cape Town Airport with British Airways. This tends to take about 11h 30min and is the only airline that flies this route uninterrupted. There are also options for indirect flights, which take a little bit longer but may be a bit cheaper. You can fly with KLM, for example, and transfer in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) before continuing your journey.

Yes, when you arrive at Heathrow Airport it is possible to get through security quickly. However, you must book this in advance by at least 24h. The Fast Track Security service is available at all the terminals in the airport, costing approximately £12.50. It’s a great way to avoid the queues and get to the waiting area or your lounge ahead of a long flight.

Yes, there are many hotels where you can stay prior to your flight from Heathrow, should you not want to be in a rush for your flight. The direct routes to Cape Town that fly from Heathrow leave from Terminal 3, so you could stay at Hilton Garden Inn, which is conveniently located only a few minutes away from the terminal building.

Once you’ve landed at Cape Town Airport, it’s easy to continue your journey with the airport offering a variety of ways to travel. Apart from taxis, which are out the front of the terminal building, you can get a MyCiti bus, which takes about 30min in total and can be located on the ground floor at the front of the main terminal building.

In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town was $477 for a one-way ticket and $779 for a round-trip.

Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in London Heathrow Airport and on arrival in Cape Town.

When flying out of London Heathrow Airport you will be using London Heathrow. You will be landing at Cape Town, also known as Cape Town Intl.

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town flight route.

Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between London Heathrow Airport and Cape Town, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

There are nonstop flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town on a daily basis.

The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from London to Cape Town are Virgin Atlantic and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,188 and an overall rating of 7.5, Virgin Atlantic is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $983 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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 London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town.

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

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 Cape Town with an airline and back to London Heathrow Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between London Heathrow Airport and CPT can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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 Cape Town from London Heathrow Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.