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.
The total time for this rather cheap flight is 22 hrs and 20 minutes of which 16 hrs and 40 minutes is spent in the air.
Emirates is also the second cheapest flight from Bangkok to Cape Town. It departs from Bangkok at 20.30 hrs headed for dubai . You might need a place to sleep in Dubai because it gets there at 23:35 and leaves for Johannesburg at 04:40 the following 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.
Up to date airfares and ways on how to make your travel arrangements can be found from any one of the following: