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Cheap flight deals from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl (AKL-CMB)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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21:00 - 21:10AKL-CMB
54h 40m2 stops
22:10 - 15:45CMB-AKL
35h 05m2 stops
$1,314China Eastern
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Fri, 6 Sep - Sun, 15 Sep
11:40 - 19:00AKL-CMB
38h 50m2 stops
20:20 - 19:30CMB-AKL
39h 40m2 stops
$1,390China Eastern
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Mon, 4 Nov - Mon, 18 Nov
09:00 - 23:30AKL-CMB
22h 00m2 stops
00:45 - 13:10CMB-AKL
28h 55m2 stops
$1,739Singapore Airlines
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Mon, 4 Nov - Sun, 17 Nov
00:25 - 22:55AKL-CMB
29h 00m1 stop
00:05 - 11:25CMB-AKL
28h 50m1 stop
$1,834Malaysia Airlines
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Thu, 5 Sep - Sat, 14 Sep
01:20 - 23:30AKL-CMB
29h 40m1 stop
00:45 - 13:10CMB-AKL
28h 55m2 stops
$1,892Singapore Airlines
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Sun, 3 Nov - Sun, 17 Nov
13:00 - 22:55AKL-CMB
16h 25m1 stop
00:05 - 11:25CMB-AKL
28h 50m1 stop
$1,946Malaysia Airlines
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Wed, 14 Aug - Sat, 7 Sep
01:20 - 23:30AKL-CMB
29h 40m1 stop
00:45 - 09:25CMB-AKL
25h 10m1 stop
$1,969Air New Zealand
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Sun, 3 Nov - Sun, 17 Nov
00:25 - 16:05AKL-CMB
22h 10m1 stop
00:25 - 00:05CMB-AKL
17h 10m1 stop
$2,015SriLankan Airlines
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Sat, 17 Aug - Thu, 19 Sep
01:20 - 23:30AKL-CMB
29h 40m1 stop
00:45 - 09:25CMB-AKL
25h 10m1 stop
$2,100Air New Zealand
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Fri, 17 Jan - Fri, 14 Feb
00:25 - 17:05AKL-CMB
23h 10m1 stop
00:25 - 00:05CMB-AKL
17h 10m1 stop
$2,122SriLankan Airlines
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Tue, 20 Aug - Tue, 27 Aug

Flights from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Auckland to Colombo?

The average price of all flights from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Auckland to Colombo, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Colombo back to Auckland, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport is May, where tickets cost $1,649 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of tickets is $2,671 and $2,210 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 29 days before departure.

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October

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December

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$876
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Most popular time to fly (37% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Auckland to Colombo flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Auckland to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport was $517 for a one-way ticket and $776 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Auckland to Colombo?

    Auckland airport is called Auckland Intl and the only airport in Colombo is Colombo Bandaranaike Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Auckland to Colombo?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Auckland to Colombo?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Auckland and Colombo, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Auckland to Colombo, Singapore Airlines or Air New Zealand?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Auckland to Colombo are Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand. With an average price for the route of $2,356 and an overall rating of 8.2, Singapore Airlines is the most popular choice. Air New Zealand is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,872 and an overall rating of 8.1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Auckland to Colombo?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Auckland to Colombo.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Auckland to Colombo?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Colombo from Auckland is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Auckland to Colombo?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Colombo with an airline and back to Auckland with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Auckland to Colombo?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Colombo from Auckland up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Auckland to Bandaranaike Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Auckland to Colombo. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1367 reviews
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7.7Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
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The flight was very late, sitting on the plane for over an hour and missed our connecting flight from Singapore to LA. As senior citizens, we were rerouted to Copenhagen and then to LA. They should not do this to senior citizens. They should have given us a hotel voucher for a night, then catch a flight to LA the next day. Singapore Airlines should grant us some kind of credit for the next trip, if they want us to fly with them. I doubt if we will ever hear from them.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jul 2024BOM - SIN
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The flight was very late, sitting on the plane for over an hour and missed our connecting flight from Singapore to LA. As senior citizens, we were rerouted to Copenhagen and then to LA. They should not do this to senior citizens. They should have given us a hotel voucher for a night, then catch a flight to LA the next day. Singapore Airlines should grant us some kind of credit for the next trip, if they want us to fly with them. I doubt if we will ever hear from them.

I loved the comfort of the flight and the hospitality of the flight attendants!

Awesome! Was impressed with the hospitality and the thoughtful services. The cabin attendants were superb.

They ran out of food for breakfast They did not offer tea or coffee The staff appeared very inexperienced The cabin was very cold, even with a blanket

If I made the connection in Singapore I was stuck there for 24 hours you owe me 355.00 for accommodations

Too many luggages for 1 passenger (4 bags) will make all the overhead luggage bins a challenge to fit them all. Some have oversized hand carry as in like back packer size bags shouldn’t be allowed as handcarry.

I had a great experience with Singapore airlines as always. The partner airline, Scoot was fine except my bag was misplaced during the shuffle. Ultimately, my baggage arrived intact. Attempting to inquire about my baggage was impossible.

My overall experience with Singapore Airlines is great. Will definitely fly Singapore airline again.

Good flight. Fiod was ready a bit late hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

Great to have actual hot tastey meal on a flight. Well done

Gate agent was fantastic in Auckland. They wanted to charge me for my two bags even though I was gold member with United in Tonga. So I had to pay for an upgrade. The meals on both flights had no vegetarian option. The only one item the salad was not tasty at all. Good thing I had brought my own snacks. The bread was white roll which is so not healthy. I think New Zealand air can definitely improve their food offering.

Can you please process refund. Mum died and dad went to Pakistan to bury her after cancelling flight.

Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

Great meal. Best seats ever! They need to teach other airlines how to do that.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

Good food and entertainment options. Great Staff that were all welcoming and caregiving.

Flight was canceled due to technical issue shortly before the check-in counters opened. Passengers were rebooked on a flight three days later. Request to be accommodated on Air Tahiti Nui could not be processed. Customer service sorted out the refund after calling and being put on hold for almost an hour.

It was a 2-hour flight so they didn't have much time for serving food. There was some turbulence so they could not serve hot coffee or tea for the safety reason. Good service, good tasting food, nice plane, a little bit of delay.

The IFE is quite unconvenient if using our own device. Not all passenger brought their own earphone/headphone.

Ok, but legspace on MH0127 from Kul to Per was too small. It was not possible to tilt my seat which I don't understand because the seat in front of my could do it. So I didn't rest on the flight. Also, the crew was probably understaffed because it took very long time to take trash after the meal. Everything very different from the flight with Malaysian Airlines from London to KL.

Service / food has to be much better. Staff were not very attentive to requests. Requested for a second serve of coke and got a weird look back from the host! Was also told they don’t have extra water bottles when I requested for one before sleep! Dinner time food was very minimum and average.

An overnight Doha to KL. Great sleep, good service and tasty food in business class

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

The cabin was quite noisy as there were lots of children travelling for the school holidays. Found the selection of movies limited.

Delayed, not enough information. Had to ask for refreshments, crew could have been more proactive

The best so far coz this time it was all male steward on the economy cluster. They were polite, efficient & genuinely courteous. They do not judge you when you ask for more food & peanuts.

Delayed for 45 minutes. Don't know what's the issue. Other than that, food was not to my satisfaction. However it's okay.

Spesific ,Crew and cabin manager, look after all pax on board despite being in a old A320 equipment.Got free seat upgrade as well,but old style seats, no much comfert on it.But food and the spesific crew, was amazing.maintain airlanka standerd.the cabin manager, who was so much keen,keen operate as per SOP.

Was got free upgrade, on old A320.aircraft is out dated kind of.bt service ,cabin manager, tried there best.and food was excelent.

When flying from Indian Sector, should be more prepared with Indian food

KAYAK Real time status update is not accurate.the flight inbound rejected and go around.and came back and land. Delay abt 30 min.still shows ontime.track ur self if u wana real time.and cabin crew s are nicer. Aircraft is jst ok.old airplane.and in midflight ,seems have some compressor issue.airconditioning was nt work properly either.I could litarary see guests were cheking if AC is working.bt on landing it start to gv cool.which probably some one intentionaly kept .which was so bad.even breathing was bit difficult.otjer than that.for me all ok.

This leg of the trip was smoother than compared to the initial trip. Sri Lankan Airlines still have much work to do to improve the overall travel experience.

The staff was absolutely phenomenal but the other elements of Sri Lankan Airlines need some serious adjustments. The day started off with terrible news that the flight was cancelled from Male and that the plane went to Malta. As an American, when such delays occur, the airlines find suitable ways to accommodate their customers such as putting them in an Airport hotel or lounge while waiting for the next flight. A 1.5 hour trip turned into 12 hours with no accommodations from the Airlines except a ticket to eat breakfast. For such a Billion dollar industry, a cheap breakfast is an insult toward the customer and something greater should have been done.

Very good crew, very efficient. Unfortunately not all items listed in duty free catalog were available.

Many changes need to be addressed from airport check in to flight departure. If they observe other major airlines, then they can expect what Sri Lankan airlines need to update their procedures.

Very professional and well managed. On time, great staff and comfortable.

Smooth takeoff and landing. Best service experience in all our travels over the years. Caring and attentive crew. Loved our flight to and fro.

I was surprised and appreciate that they actually served a hot meal on such a short, early morning flight. The check in and boarding was hassle free and most of all my Alliance Status / Code Share was recognized and the revelant courtesy was extended; other than some needed attention to detail concerning the cleanliness of the cabin, and some unnecessary aggressive wording their safety briefing, it was an overall pleasant flight, and I would certainly fly with them again.

Flight was delayed for more than 3 hours, food was mediocre, seat didn’t recline

I think it’s time that somebody set a standard for the temperature in the cabins. I would rather it be colder than anybody that wants to have a blanket have a blanket to keep it so warm at times is unbearable and quite uncomfortable. That’s the only thing I would add.

For the price we paid, I couldn’t complain. Was good value for money. Service was excellent but food was mediocre. Crew were excellent and spoke English. You will never go hungry. The food was ample but was mediocre. Entertainment limited and wifi doesn’t all allow you to access some social media. The best part was comfortable seats and bed (business class) with a screen to close out the rest of the cabin.

Great staff and food. Seats pretty uncomfortable but plenty of legroom. Entertainment system outdated.

Gatwick London-Shanghai -Bangkok.. Would have liked entertainment screens, but I know these planes are not that new. Cheap flights at the time of booking, Emirates wanted double so you get what you paid for. I would fly again with them, but if Emirates was the same price I would go with them.

We were cutting it close on our connecting flight and notified all staff at departing gate and flight attendants. From the start, we were told to check in with the international transfer desk by everyone, except for one lady who wanted to argue the time difference that was already taken into account. We also asked if we could try to exit the plane first (our family of 4 and 8 others on the same connecting flight). They just told us to check in with international transfers. We landed and had very little time to make our next flight. We were not offered any assistance or communication to the receiving gate. We ran all the way to the international transfers gate only to be turned away. I think we could have made it if we were allowed to exit and a call was made to other check in counter. After that we spent 6 grueling hours with our kids trying to rebook a flight. No food of any type of compensation was offered besides a dirty hotel room. The ladies with China Eastern at the Shanghai International counter were rude an unhelpful. We were directed to 3 different counters and waited before they said they forgot about a hotel. It was a long, miserable day. I believe this could have all been avoided.

The landings were smooth . Being unable to check-in online was terribly stressful and the queue at Haneda exemely long. We paid extra for window seats and did not get them.

You’re in the three parts of my life, the China Eastern air crew remembered and wish me happy birthday. I was given pastries on two different occasions and a complementary drink. The stew is wish me happy birthday and gave me a birthday card. Everything was first class. Thank you.

Again, I was presented with birthday pastries two times as a celebrated my birthday on both legs of my trip. I will keep flying to China using China Eastern airlines. As they made this trip a special one thank you.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Auckland to Colombo found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
28/7Sun
1 stop
22h 45mAKL-CMB
$876
28/8Wed
1 stop
22h 45mAKL-CMB
$881
27/8Tue
1 stop
23h 10mAKL-CMB
$1,062
27/8Tue
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
29h 00mAKL-CMB
$1,211
27/8Tue
3 stops
23h 35mAKL-CMB
$1,250

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Auckland to Colombo that are departing in the next 10 days.
27/7Sat
multi-stop
23h 35mAKL-CMB
28/7Sun
multi-stop
36h 45mCMB-AKL
$3,148
27/7Sat
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22h 10mAKL-CMB
28/7Sun
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36h 45mCMB-AKL
$3,221
28/7Sun
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17h 55mAKL-CMB
28/7Sun
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52h 20mCMB-AKL
$4,284

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