There are 5 ways to get from Manchester to Durban by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)MAN - DUR
18h 44mR 5,750–18,355Fly Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)MAN - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
20h 28mR 7,026–21,756Fly Manchester Airport to Richards Bay, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Richards Bay (RCB)MAN - RCB
- Take the bus from Richards Bay to Durban
22h 4mR 7,055–22,775Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)LHR - DUR
19h 28mR 8,944–24,930Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)LHR - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
20h 28mR 8,720–31,331
Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Durban is to fly which costs R 5 500 - R 19 000 and takes 18h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Durban is to fly which takes 18h 44m and costs R 5 500 - R 19 000.
The distance between Manchester and Durban is 9823 km.
It takes approximately 18h 44m to get from Manchester to Durban, including transfers.
Durban is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 6:01 AM in Manchester and 8:01 AM in Durban.
There are 2180+ hotels available in Durban.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Durban, South Africa?
British Airways, Airlink, and nine other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–29,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–30,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–32,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–29,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–32,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–29,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–30,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–32,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–32,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–30,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–30,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–25,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–18,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
- Website
- g-airways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–32,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–18,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 800–4,200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +27 11 611 8000
- bookings@greyhound.co.za
- Website
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 450–600
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Richards Bay to Durban
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 470–600
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
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