The Top 10 International flight routes from SA is NOT what you'd expect

Cape Town - Quick. Name three international airports to where you think most travellers fly from SA... 

If you guessed Dubai International Airport, JFK or perhaps Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, you are wrong. 

Unsurprisingly, London Heathrow International Airport is the most popular destination for air travel out of SA. We expected as much. But what we didn't see coming was that SEVEN of the the Top 10 most travelled to airports from South African hubs are on the African continent (or right next to it). 

Also, the major international hub that is Dubai doesn't even feature on SA's most popular flight destinations. 

Yup, it seems like South Africans have bigger business elsewhere - in southern Africa to be more specific. 

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Travelstart collected data based on flights booked from July 2015 to December 2015. Apart from the most popular destinations, the data also showed the top 2 most popular South African hubs were, unsurprisingly, are Cape Town International Airport and OR Tambo International Airport. 

Here are the Top 10 most travelled to airports from SA:

Heathrow Airport in London

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Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia 





Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe 





Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius 





Maputo International Airport in Mozambique 





Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Zambia 





Walvis Bay Airport in Nambia 




Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya 





John F. Kennedy International Airport in the US




Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand 

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