London to Cape Town flights - flight prices come down

surveyed on 2 Oct 2007

The last two times we examined the London to Cape Town flight route, a British Airways flight and an Air France flight were the cheapest, this time it's Qatar Airways' turn - they're offering a London to Cape Town flight for £541.

Comparison of flight prices from London to Cape Town

We looked at flights leaving London for Cape Town on the 3rd January 2007 (where airlines easily faciliated it, we checked the flight prices around this date) and returning from Cape Town for London on the 24th January 2007.

Survey date	Air France	British Airways	bmi	Iberia	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	LH	NW	Qatar	SAA	Virgin Atlantic
2 Oct 2007	£621	£794	£768	£583	£586	£568	£889	£541	£768	£794
20 Sep 2007	£565	£794	£888	£2931	£566	£875	£1057	£771	£908	£898
30 Aug 2007	£579	£501	£768	-	£522	£671	£817	£531	£768	£744
21 Aug 2007	£519	£791	£763	-	£519	£668	£650	£768	£789	£791
7 Aug 2007	£509	£791	£763	-	£509	£752	1039	£767	2864	£791

Cheapest flight from London to Cape Town

The following Qatar Airways flight is the cheapest flight from London to Cape Town:

6 Jan 2008	Qatar Airways flight QR076 from London (Gatwick) to Doha in an Airbus A330-300 Qatar Airways flight QR580 from Doha to Cape Town in an Airbus A330-300
23 Jan 2008	Qatar Airways flight QR581 from Cape Town to Doha in an Airbus A330-300 Qatar Airways flight QR075 from Doha to London (Gatwick) in an Airbus A330-300

Drop in flight prices

Average flight prices from London to Cape Town (return) were at a heavy £1056 in our last survey, and have come down nicely to £669. The price of the cheapest flight has come down from £565 (KLM flight booked on Air France website) to £541 (Qatar Airways). All airlines flight prices went down since the last survey (except for KLM flights, Air France flights and British Airways flights).

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