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There are generally two departure points in Bangkok i.e. you can choose the Bangkok - Don Muang (DMK) to Cape Town route or the Bangkok (BKK) to Cape Town route. Since flights for the DMK route are not usually available we will look at the BKK route.

(BKK) Bangkok to Cape Town

You can make a choice from these cheap flights to Cape Town i.e. Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Thai Airways International, Emirates, Cathay Pacific Airways, Malaysia Airways Singapore Airlines or the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

Ethopian and Kenyan Airways have the cheapest rates which are about half of the rates being charged by the other airlines.

The Ethiopian airways flight leaves Bangkok at 01:40 and flies to its home country Addis Ababa. It will arrive at 06.35 hrs and is scheduled to leave for Johannesburg at 08.50hrs where it should touch down at 13.15hrs. From there it leaves at 15:00 and heads straight for Cape Town where it arrives at 17:10 the next day.

All in all this cheap flight to Cape Town takes 16 hours and 40 minutes on air and the overall journey is 22 hours and 20 minutes.

Emirates is also another airline that is offering cheap flights from Bangkok to Cape Town. It leaves Bangkok at 20:30 for Dubai. You must be prepared to sleep overnight because it will arrive in Dubai at 23.35 hrs and only leave for Johannesburg at 04.40 hrs the next day.

It will reach Johannesburg at 10.50 hrs and depart for Cape Town. After flying for two hours from Johannesburg you should arrive in Cape Town at 15.10 hrs.

Other flights to consider include Cathay Pacific, Malaysia and Singapore Airlines. KLM is the most expensive amongst these and has the longest journey.

You can get to check out the latest airfares and other flight related information at any one of these:

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