Bulawayo Flights - How To Travel to Bulawayo

Bulawayo flights are available for reservation everyday of the week. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital of Zimbabwe, Harare. Travelling to Bulawayo is moderately easy even though the options are not as many as what might obtain in Europe or America.

There are essentially two ways to fly to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. The first and fastest option is to fly direct from Johannesburg South Africa to Bulawayo a flight just above an 1 hour on South Africa Airways. There are daily Bulawayo flights available on this route originating from OR Tambo International Airport (formally) Johannesburg International in Johannesburg.

As of February 2010 there was only one flight on South African Airways leaving Johannesburg at 1145am and arriving in Bulawayo at 13:05. The same aircraft would leave Bulawayo for Johannesburg at 13:35 arriving at 15:00 hrs. The aircraft in use is an ERJ [similar to pictured] which accomodates less passangers and might require an early reservation. All flights are economy class. Up to date schedules may be viewed on FlySAA website.

Bulawayo flights are also available via Harare. Air Zimbabwe runs a daily flight between Harare and Bulawayo in the morning and in the evening. It is also possible to fly from Johannesburg direct to Harare and then connecting from Harare to Bulawayo.

However, it is worth noting that Air Zimbabwe is not as reliable as South African Airways and often cancels flights without adequate advance warning. This often forces travellers to drive were its possible to drive or to get stranded altogether. It is possible to travel to Bulawayo by road from Harare. This journey takes as much as 8 hours and is about 439 km long. The route passes through cities in Zimbabwe such as Kwekwe and Gweru.

Bulawayo flights are generally well priced when one is flying direct from Johannesburg. The most expensive route is flying from Johannesburg to Harare and then Bulawayo. When flying from London on Air Zimbabwe it is also resonably cheaper to connect to Bulawayo from Harare. Private chartered flights using light aircraft from Harare to Bulawayo are available at Charles Prince Airport in Harare. These flights are not only limited to Bulawayo but also include other destinations such as Kariba, Victoria Falls, Masvingo, Mutare and Hwange amongst others.

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