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Internal or domestic air travel can be easy & cheap if you book ahead. For all domestic flights, you need to check in at the airport an hour before departure.
Discounted/budget airlines:
 Kulula.com
Offers low-cost, single-class flights between Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, George, Port Elizabeth, East London and Nelspruit. In peak seasons (and on some routes), they also use Lanseria airport (north of Jo'burg) which is an absolute pleasure (avoids the traffic & mayhem of OR Tambo International). Quirky adverts & inflight info gives you something to smile about.
 1time
Offers low-cost, single-class flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and George. No frills, no fuss. Simple & efficient.
 Mango
SAA's answer to a budget airline - but to all intents & purposes, just another national airline costing local taxpayers a fortune. Limited routes - low-cost, single-class flights between Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Bloemfontein.
Regular/Regional Airlines: (can sometimes be cheaper than discounted airlines if booked in advance!!)
 South African Airways
SA's national carrier flies most of the domestic routes between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, George, Upington, Kimberley, East London, Mthatha, Margate, Pietermaritzburg, Maseru, Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Phalaborwa, Sun City, Mala Mala and Hoedspruit. Of course, it also offers flights to the rest of Africa & the world. On lesser routes, there's a single-class flight. On more popular routes, it offers economy, business and first class cabins. - OR Tambo (formerly Johannesburg International Airport): 0861 359 722
- Reservations: +27 11 978 1111
- Call centre: 0861 FLY SAA (0861 359 722)
- Call centre from outside SA: +27 11 978 5313
- E-mail: help@flysaa.com
- SAA online bookings
 Airlink
Flies domestic routes between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, George, Upington, Kimberley, East London, Mthatha, Margate, Pietermaritzburg, Maseru, Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Phalaborwa, Sun City and Mala Mala - as well as into Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Classes are economy, business and first.
South African Express
Flies domestic routes between Johannesburg, Cape Town, East London, George, Richards Bay, Hoedspruit, Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Nelspruit - as well as into Botswana, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Flights are in economy, business and first class.
 British Airways
Offers return flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, and between Cape Town and Durban. Offers economy, premier economy, business/club and first class flights.
- OR Tambo (formerly Johannesburg International Airport): +27 11 971 8200
- Johannesburg head office: +27 11 921 0111
- Reservations: +27 11 921 0222
- British Airways online bookings
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