Travellers from Southern Africa have a limited choice of flights into Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flies from Cape Town and Johannesburg four times a week into Kuala Lumpur and is the only airline offering direct flights from Southern Africa. Air Mauritius calls into Kuala Lumpur from Port Louis once a week and offers connecting services from Cape Town, Durban, Harare and Johannesburg. Alternative routes may be found travelling with Singapore Airlines (SIA), which offers flights from Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg via Singapore. South African Airways only flies direct to Bangkok, which tends to push the fare price up when you consider adding the Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur fare. A roundabout route involves flying to Perth either from Johannesburg or Harare with Qantas and then connecting onto an MAS service bound for Kuala Lumpur in Australia.
A recent addition in choice is to travel via the Middle East with Emirates offering connections via Dubai.
Travellers from North-East Africa can fly direct from Cairo with Malaysia Airlines (code-shared with EgyptAir) twice weekly or choose a Middle-Eastern carrier like Emirates, Qatar Airways, Gulf Air or Saudia, changing planes at their home-bases. Air-India also offers some interesting options via Mumbai or Delhi.
Travellers from West Africa tend to transfer via Europe with KLM now offering the best connections.
Airlines operating from Africa
Air-India ( ). Flies from Nairobi into Mumbai, from where six weekly Airbus flights operate into Kuala Lumpur.
Air Mauritius ( ). Flies twice a week to KL from Port Louis with an Airbus A340. Connections can be made from Harare, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Windhoek.
EgyptAir ( ). Flies twice weekly with Malaysia Airlines as a code-share partner on MAS' Beirut-Cairo-Kuala Lumpur route. Also flies Cairo-Singapore twice weekly.
Emirates ( ). Flies from several East and Southern African cities into Dubai. Onward services to Kuala Lumpur operate seven times a week.
Gulf Air ( ). Flies from several East and Southern African cities into Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, from where connecting flights to Kuala Lumpur operate thrice weekly.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) ( ). Flies four times a week from Cape Town and Johannesburg to KL. Code-shares with Air Mauritius on its twice weekly Port Louis-KL service. Flies twice weekly from Cairo non-stop into Kuala Lumpur.
Qantas Airways ( ). Offers flights from Harare and Johannesburg to Perth twice weekly from where connections to KL can be picked up with Malaysia Airlines.
Saudia Airlines. Flies from several North-East African cities into Jeddah, with connecting flights operating to Kuala Lumpur three times a week.
Singapore Airlines (SIA). Flies from Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg to KL via Singapore daily.
South African Airways (SAA). Flies Johannesburg to Bangkok only.
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