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Find cheap flights from South Africa to New Delhi from ₹ 31,490

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Flights to New Delhi - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to New Delhi?

The average price of all flights to New Delhi clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Delhi is Sunday where tickets can be as cheap as ₹ 51,822. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where prices are ₹ 62,318 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to New Delhi?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to New Delhi, 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 to New Delhi is May, where tickets cost ₹ 56,898 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is ₹ 71,477 and ₹ 69,477 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of ₹ 48,401.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New Delhi?

The average price for all flights to New Delhi depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to New Delhi is generally in the morning, when flights cost ₹ 52,170 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Delhi is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is ₹ 63,739.

How far in advance should I book a flight to New Delhi?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to New Delhi, 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, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 82 days before departure.

How long is the flight to New Delhi?

The duration of your flight to New Delhi depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to New Delhi on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 13h 15m, Cape Town, which takes 16h 15m, and Durban, which takes 29h 05m.

How many direct flights to New Delhi are there each day?

There are around 501 direct flights from within South Africa to New Delhi every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 15:00 the most common departure time and 38% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to New Delhi are there each week?

Each week there are around 3,506 direct flights from within South Africa to New Delhi. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 14% of flights taking off on this day.

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August

High season

December

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₹ 31,490
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Most popular time to fly (17% more expensive on average)
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FAQs - booking New Delhi flights

  • How far is New Delhi from central New Delhi?

    The city centre of New Delhi is 13 km from New Delhi.

  • What is the name of New Delhi’s airport?

    When flying to New Delhi, you'll arrive at New Delhi (DEL). The airport is also known as Delhi Indira Gandhi or Indira Gandhi Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to New Delhi?

    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 to New Delhi.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to New Delhi?

    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 New Delhi with an airline and back with another airline.

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

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to New Delhi?

    Of the 9 airlines that fly to New Delhi, IndiGo offers the most flights, with around 1,577 per week, followed by Air India with 641 flights per week.

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Prefer to fly direct to New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct to Indira Gandhi Intl, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

South Africa to New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl

Monday

ANA, Aero Nomad, Aeroflot, +64 more

ANA, Aero Nomad, +65 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +56 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +57 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +65 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +66 more

Thursday

ANA, Aero Nomad, Aeroflot, +60 more

ANA, Aero Nomad, +61 more

Friday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +65 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +66 more

Saturday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +58 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +59 more

Sunday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +63 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +64 more

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Direct returns

New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aero Nomad, Aeroflot, +64 more

ANA, Aero Nomad, +65 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +56 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +57 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +65 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +66 more

Thursday

ANA, Aero Nomad, Aeroflot, +60 more

ANA, Aero Nomad, +61 more

Friday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +65 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +66 more

Saturday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +58 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +59 more

Sunday

ANA, Aeroflot, Air Arabia, +63 more

ANA, Aeroflot, +64 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from South Africa to New Delhi

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to New Delhi. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to New Delhi. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to New Delhi? 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.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3937 reviews
8.3Entertainment
7.9Food
8.1Comfort
8.3Crew
8.2Boarding
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Worst ever. No assistance and communication from Emirates crew. No visibility of when the flight is flying. Couldn’t understand if we can go to lounge to take rest. Emirates system at a certain point said flight is not operating and suggested to take the next flight and in few minutes it suddenly opened the gate for boarding. unsupportive and rude crew. Worst experience ever. Flight was delayed by 5 hours so need the compensation for that.

2.0 MediocreVikrant, Apr 2024DXB - BOM
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Worst ever. No assistance and communication from Emirates crew. No visibility of when the flight is flying. Couldn’t understand if we can go to lounge to take rest. Emirates system at a certain point said flight is not operating and suggested to take the next flight and in few minutes it suddenly opened the gate for boarding. unsupportive and rude crew. Worst experience ever. Flight was delayed by 5 hours so need the compensation for that.

I was traveling business purposes and I only had one carry on and a personal computer back pack . My carry on was 8.5 kg little more than allowable. At jfk airport check in they did not let me carry it . I was little disappointed.

They had superb boarding (started an hour before flight time). Timely pushback from them gate and an early arrival. Flight and service was very comfortable. I wanted to move my flight to an earlier one, only thing was there was no one at emirates in Heathrow to help. Had to call the call the center and pay to change. There were ample seats on the flight though

Very bad !! My confirmed ticket got canceled with out notifying me in hyd airport , crew didn’t help us out !! They were very rude!! They made me pay for the confirmed ticket again !! Can you please let us know how I can get the refund for the ticket I paid

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

Emirates flights always nice. Service rendered by the staff is superb.I am always comfortable in Emirates flights.

Overall emirates continues to amaze me with their. Awesome service . I had shifted away from emirates , because I lost luggage and watch in emirates in 2019 that drifted me away from this airline , but I am willing to give it try

Overall experience was bad , one does not expect after travelling for 14 hrs in Boing 777-300 ER to be pushed in to a craft with a extermly poor seating pitch, no room for hand baggage in the luggege bins and extermly poor service quality. This patch made my overall expereince mediocre and would definetly look for better choices when flying in or out of Delhi in future.

Crew was not good and service was bad. Not happy

I upgraded to first which was great and overall was a good experience. However, the service was a slight let down this time compared to what I would have expected from Emirates First. I ordered my meals and made a point to order the wine I wanted to have with the main course. The main course somehow came before my starter and I decided not to make a fuss of it and just asked for the wine so that I can enjoy it with the steak. It took quite a few minutes before the wrong wine came which I pointed out. At this point I decided to start eating as medium rare steak (the way I like it) was going to get cold . Few minutes later, a different crew came with the same incorrect wine and I had to send it back and waited another few minutes. Both crew came together few minutes later finally with the correct wine. By then I was more than half way through my steak which is rather unfortunate because the steak was good and and wine was good. Would have been perfect to enjoy them together . They were apologetic and when I mentioned that she had forgotten about my starter, she apologised and insisted that she will make it for me even if it’s just to try. They were nice about it all but so many mistakes for a rare experience in First was disappointing and this flight was paid for not miles redemption, even the upgrade.

It might have nothing to do with the airline but the only problem was the long waiting for baggage claim at Entebbe

My entertainment screen wasn't working and they couldn't fix it.

Choice of Vegetarian Food in Economy class needs overhaul improvement

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.

The flight was one hour late. The food is mediocre and the screen was broken

It is just ok, the sits are very uncomfortable, the temperature too low and there weren’t blankets. The food is mediocre and there are no screens to watch movies.

Seat in front of my wife was broken so it reclined further than normal and without having to push the recline button so my wife had absolutely no room the entire 17 hour flight. My seat was broken and wouldn't recline at all. Also.. my tray table was sticky and dirty right away before I even used it. Also...the floor in the back of the plane from our row of seats on back was totally soaked and both times we landed water came rushing out of the food/servant area like a flood onto the same already wet carpet. It got everything wet that was placed around our feet...including our shoes and socks.

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.

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.

Online was good boarding also but a child was crying all the way with no intervention from crew member.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience.

Crew were very polite and quicker in service. Excellent cooling, comfortable seats and tasty food served

One thing is very important is you people not giving seat arrangement together to couple, senior citizen. You have to take care of senior citizen. Do not look about money. Money is not important everywhere. Make relationship strong is very very important. I like Etiyad air line out of all air line. Food was hot and delicious. Air hostess gave very good service, nice attitude, very good behaviour. I gave 10 out of 10 marks. Thanks Jivraj

I WOULD ADVISE NOT TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT ON KAYAK. THEY SHOW BETTER FARES AND AFTER I BOOKED MINE, I FIND OUT THAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE LUGGAGE. i HAD TO PAY $800 TO CHECK IN MY BAGS.

Very unfriendly team. It was very difficult to get a cup of coffee. Legroom was extremely small. Old, dilapidated plane.

Ripped off and broken seats in Business class. Seats stink and need to request the staff for additional bedsheets. Crew if very friendly though

Food was very good. Again tray could use a non-skid mat. I had a regular seat - comfortable - able to sleep undisturbed. Boarding was uneventful.

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

Everything is good and improved and needs to improve economy class seat more specious so long journey we can enjoy and it will be give more relaxable. Overall all services good and safely landed . I enjoyed my journey and all the cabin crew members services very well.

BAD experience. Entertainment system was not working and most of the passengers had this issue. Staff was not helpful. Meal was yuck. Bad old flights.

Overall good experience. I got first row seats with extra legroom. It does make a difference. Entertainment system was working. However, they kept serving me a VEGAN meal instead of a VEGETERIAN meal. I asked them and showed my tickets that Vegeterian meal is selected but the staff didn't care. VEGAN meal was medicore and not enough to fill tummy. Also unhealthy with butter made from palm oil.

Crew were slow in serving, as a result many of the passengers were not served Tea/Coffee. There is a scope for improvement

Communication was terrible. Flight was delayed for 4-5 hours in DC (on the front end, and also after we boarded, we had to get off - some issue with fueling the old plane correctly). There was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Once we reach Delhi airspace, apparently there was weather that caused us not to land - we were actually near the ground, saw the run way, and lifted back up to the sky after being sooo close. Then we circled for about 30 minutes, and they decided to go to Jaipur to land until the weather cleared and to refuel. Again, once we landed in Jaipur (wrong city), there was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Then we heard that the crew was reaching their 24 hours. We sat on the place, on the tarmac for another 3 HOURS, with no food and not enough water for everyone on the flight. Then, they kicked us off the plane with no plan, in the wrong city. We went thru customs, got our bags (thank goodness), and had to ask a bunch of staff what was happening and what to do. Eventually, their soltuion was to bus people back to Delhi (like 6 hours we were told) but not everyone would fit on the bus, and unknown timing on when it would leave. At this point it was 9PM (we were scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 11AM...). My husband and I decided to risk it and take a cab that we had to pay ourselves (about $200 US dollars) to get to Delhi (about 5 hour drive). We both had terrible trips back to the US as well - almost missed connecting flight, forced to pay for carry-on luggage (a small back pack!) and duty-free goods by the Air India staff last minute. Just terrible experience all around. Never again with AI! The ONLY good thing was the air hostesses were kind and patient - example: they made sure people with food allergies got their correct. However, the TV's in our entire row did not work so I'm glad we brought our own entertainment......

Communication was terrible. Flight was delayed for 4-5 hours in DC (on the front end, and also after we boarded, we had to get off - some issue with fueling the old plane correctly). There was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Once we reach Delhi airspace, apparently there was weather that caused us not to land - we were actually near the ground, saw the run way, and lifted back up to the sky after being sooo close. Then we circled for about 30 minutes, and they decided to go to Jaipur to land until the weather cleared and to refuel. Again, once we landed in Jaipur (wrong city), there was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Then we heard that the crew was reaching their 24 hours. We sat on the place, on the tarmac for another 3 HOURS, with no food and not enough water for everyone on the flight. Then, they kicked us off the plane with no plan, in the wrong city. We went thru customs, got our bags (thank goodness), and had to ask a bunch of staff what was happening and what to do. Eventually, their soltuion was to bus people back to Delhi (like 6 hours we were told) but not everyone would fit on the bus, and unknown timing on when it would leave. At this point it was 9PM (we were scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 11AM...). My husband and I decided to risk it and take a cab that we had to pay ourselves (about $200 US dollars) to get to Delhi (about 5 hour drive). We both had terrible trips back to the US as well - almost missed connecting flight, forced to pay for carry-on luggage (a small back pack!) and duty-free goods by the Air India staff last minute. Just terrible experience all around. Never again with AI! The ONLY good thing was the air hostesses were kind and patient - example: they made sure people with food allergies got their correct.

Their security process is excessive. We were checked when we got off our incoming plane, at the gate and up the stairs when boarding the plane. Come on.

Mediocre staff, crappy food selections and no entertainment for a 14 hour flight. The only good thing was that it was a direct flight.

Not comfortable for sitting. Sits are too close to each other and it’s too hard for butt..you need to improve your entertainment section like tv programming, Movies, it’s so hard to kill 15 hrs in long flights .you don’t serve good food like other competitive airlines thats my opinion

It would have been perfect if there was onboard entertainment.

Interment is zero tv wasn’t work phone charger plug doesn’t work moves doesn’t work

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to New Delhi found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/7Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
26h 20mJNB-DEL
25/7Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
31h 15mDEL-JNB
₹ 42,819
8/7Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
18h 30mJNB-DEL
25/7Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
31h 15mDEL-JNB
₹ 43,819
11/9Wed
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 15mJNB-DEL
27/9Fri
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 55mDEL-JNB
₹ 48,651
11/9Wed
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 15mJNB-DEL
27/9Fri
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 55mDEL-JNB
₹ 48,817
11/9Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
15h 15mJNB-DEL
27/9Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
16h 10mDEL-JNB
₹ 51,316
11/9Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
15h 40mJNB-DEL
26/9Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
17h 05mDEL-JNB
₹ 56,981
4/6Tue
1 stopAir India
31h 05mJNB-DEL
9/6Sun
1 stopAir India
31h 00mDEL-JNB
₹ 59,814
16/8Fri
1 stopAir India
13h 15mJNB-DEL
5/9Thu
1 stopAir India
14h 05mDEL-JNB
₹ 62,230
16/11Sat
1 stopEmirates
16h 00mDUR-DEL
29/11Fri
1 stopEmirates
16h 30mDEL-DUR
₹ 72,226
4/6Tue
1 stopEmirates
22h 10mDUR-DEL
20/7Sat
1 stopEmirates
15h 50mDEL-DUR
₹ 78,558

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to New Delhi found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/6Fri
3 stops
37h 05mJNB-DEL
₹ 31,490
7/6Fri
2 stops
37h 30mJNB-DEL
₹ 32,239
7/6Fri
1 stopEtihad Airways
13h 50mJNB-DEL
₹ 35,322
7/6Fri
1 stopEtihad Airways
26h 20mJNB-DEL
₹ 35,405
23/7Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 30mCPT-DEL
₹ 35,655
23/7Tue
3 stops
24h 45mCPT-DEL
₹ 36,071
13/9Fri
1 stopTurkish Airlines
32h 45mCPT-DEL
₹ 43,736
23/7Tue
2 stops
29h 35mCPT-DEL
₹ 43,819
7/6Fri
2 stopsEthiopian Air
24h 40mJNB-DEL
₹ 64,979
7/6Fri
3 stopsEthiopian Air
57h 15mJNB-DEL
₹ 100,800

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Last minute flights to New Delhi

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to New Delhi that are departing in the next 10 days.
26/5Sun
multi-stopEtihad Airways
26h 20mJNB-DEL
2/6Sun
multi-stopEtihad Airways
26h 55mDEL-JNB
₹ 43,736
26/5Sun
multi-stop
26h 55mJNB-DEL
2/6Sun
multi-stop
28h 50mDEL-JNB
₹ 53,982
26/5Sun
multi-stop
25h 30mJNB-DEL
2/6Sun
multi-stop
28h 50mDEL-JNB
₹ 54,732
26/5Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
15h 40mJNB-DEL
1/6Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
17h 05mDEL-JNB
₹ 64,729
26/5Sun
multi-stopAir India
19h 50mJNB-DEL
2/6Sun
multi-stopAir India
33h 35mDEL-JNB
₹ 71,227
23/5Thu
multi-stopEthiopian Air
14h 20mCPT-DEL
6/6Thu
multi-stopEthiopian Air
31h 40mDEL-CPT
₹ 72,809
26/5Sun
multi-stopAir India
48h 30mJNB-DEL
2/6Sun
multi-stopAir India
33h 35mDEL-JNB
₹ 76,142
23/5Thu
multi-stopLufthansa
26h 15mCPT-DEL
6/6Thu
multi-stopLufthansa
26h 35mDEL-CPT
₹ 94,219
26/5Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
19h 40mJNB-DEL
1/6Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
17h 05mDEL-JNB
₹ 94,969
23/5Thu
multi-stopEthiopian Air
14h 20mCPT-DEL
5/6Wed
multi-stopEthiopian Air
20h 05mDEL-CPT
₹ 126,792

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