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$62 Find Cheap Flights from Christchurch to Auckland

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Cheap Flights from Christchurch to Auckland (CHC-AKL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Christchurch to Auckland 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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Recent return flight deals from Christchurch to Auckland

Tue, 16 Sep - Tue, 16 Sep
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09:40 - 11:00CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
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13:15 - 14:35AKL-CHC
1h 20mdirect
$132Jetstar
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Thu, 2 Oct - Thu, 9 Oct
Jetstar Logo
06:15 - 07:35CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
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16:10 - 17:35AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$133Jetstar
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Thu, 4 Sep - Tue, 9 Sep
Jetstar Logo
20:30 - 21:50CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
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18:30 - 19:55AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$137Jetstar
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Thu, 2 Oct - Thu, 9 Oct
Jetstar Logo
06:15 - 07:35CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
Jetstar Logo
16:10 - 17:35AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$138Jetstar
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Thu, 11 Sep - Mon, 15 Sep
Jetstar Logo
20:30 - 21:50CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
Jetstar Logo
18:30 - 19:55AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$143Jetstar
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Fri, 14 Nov - Tue, 18 Nov
Jetstar Logo
06:15 - 07:35CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
Jetstar Logo
16:10 - 17:35AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$145Jetstar
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Sat, 15 Nov - Sun, 16 Nov
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16:30 - 17:50CHC-AKL
1h 20mdirect
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06:40 - 08:05AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
Thu, 11 Sep - Mon, 15 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
21:00 - 22:25CHC-AKL
1h 25mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
18:00 - 19:25AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$189Air New Zealand
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Fri, 12 Sep - Sun, 14 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
21:00 - 22:25CHC-AKL
1h 25mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
21:15 - 22:40AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$199Air New Zealand
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Fri, 26 Sep - Fri, 26 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
05:45 - 07:10CHC-AKL
1h 25mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
21:15 - 22:40AKL-CHC
1h 25mdirect
$261Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Christchurch to Auckland flights

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

How much is a return flight from Christchurch to Auckland?

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Christchurch to Auckland clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Christchurch to Auckland, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Christchurch, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Christchurch to Auckland?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Christchurch to Auckland, 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 Christchurch to Auckland is July, where tickets cost $148 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $325 and $275 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Christchurch to Auckland?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Christchurch to Auckland, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Christchurch to Auckland, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 50% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$62
Best time to beat the crowds (27% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (55% more expensive on average)
Flight from Christchurch to Auckland

When to book flights from Christchurch to Auckland

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Christchurch to Auckland based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

Flights from Christchurch to Auckland: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from Christchurch to Auckland 
Verified travelerFlew with Air New ZealandCHC-AKLApr 2025
The connection from domestic to international terminal involves outside walk, marked by Green Line on floor, not enough signage, exposure to elements
Verified travelerFlew with Air New ZealandCHC-AKLJan 2025
Dress comfortably. Make sure also have a change of clothes.

FAQs for booking flights from Christchurch to Auckland

  • Will an Uber pick me up from Auckland Airport?

    Uber, along with other ride sharing applications is available to complete pick-ups at Auckland Airport. It is recommended that you request to be picked up directly outside the Arrival Hall. Inclusive of a NZ$5 approx. airport charge, an Uber to the centre of Auckland should cost NZ$ 55 approx.

  • Are there public showers at Auckland Airport?

    There are free public showers located on the 1st Floor in the Domestic Arrivals area, opposite the Air New Zealand Premium check-in desk. Be mindful that accessories such as soap and towels are not provided, however you can purchase such items from iSite Tourism Centre which is located on the Ground Floor.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Christchurch to Auckland?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Christchurch to Auckland was $37 for a one-way ticket and $78 for a return.

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

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Christchurch to Auckland flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Christchurch to Auckland?

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Christchurch to Auckland?

    There are direct flights from Christchurch to Auckland on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Christchurch to Auckland, Air New Zealand or Jetstar?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Christchurch to Auckland are Air New Zealand and Jetstar. With an average price for the route of $298 and an overall rating of 8.0, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. Jetstar is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $195 and an overall rating of 6.5.

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

    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 Christchurch to Auckland.

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

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

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

    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 Auckland with an airline and back to Christchurch with another airline.

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

    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 Auckland from Christchurch up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Christchurch to Auckland

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $79 or less one-way and $158 or less round-trip.
  • The fastest and cheapest way to get to Christchurch Airport (CHC) is to take the number 29 bus that departs from Central Station. A one-way adult ticket will cost NZ$ 8.50 approx. and reach the airport in roughly 30 minutes.
  • If you are travelling with a bike, you can reassemble it once you land at Christchurch Airport’s designated Bicycle Assembly Area. Located just outside the terminal next to Door 4, there is a range of tools, stands and pumps available free of charge.
  • Neither Jetstar or Air New Zealand provide a complimentary meal with an economy class flight between Christchurch and Auckland (AKL). If you are flying with Jetstar and would like to eat a meal on board, you will need to pre-purchase a meal by selecting Starter Plus or Starter Max at the time of your booking, or add it afterwards. These upgrades will provide you with a light meal and a tea or coffee.
  • There are two Parents' Rooms available at Auckland Airport once you land, where you can feed and change the nappies of your child in private. The baby care facilities are located on the Ground Floor next to Door 3 and on the 1st Floor in the food court, opposite the Subway.

Prefer to fly direct from Christchurch to Auckland Intl?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop from Christchurch to Auckland Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from Christchurch Airport to Auckland Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Christchurch to Auckland Intl

Monday

ANA, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, +14 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, +14 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Thursday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

Friday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

Saturday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

Sunday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

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Direct returns

Auckland Intl to Christchurch

Monday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +13 more

ANA, Air China, +14 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, +14 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Thursday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

Friday

ANA, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, +14 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Saturday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +13 more

ANA, Air China, +14 more

Sunday

ANA, Air China, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air China, +15 more

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Christchurch to Auckland

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Christchurch to Auckland. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Christchurch to Auckland? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3314 reviews
8.3Crew
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
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Emirates need to improve the boarding process. There is no point calling for all First and Business Class passengers plus Platinum, Gold and Silver Skywards members at one time. Further to this, try channeling all these people into one entry point with no defined lines. It was chaos. The is a common issue on the Dubai to Riyadh flight. Poor effort Emirates.

2.0 MediocreDuncan, Jul 2025DXB - RUH
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Emirates need to improve the boarding process. There is no point calling for all First and Business Class passengers plus Platinum, Gold and Silver Skywards members at one time. Further to this, try channeling all these people into one entry point with no defined lines. It was chaos. The is a common issue on the Dubai to Riyadh flight. Poor effort Emirates.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

Very pleasant.The crews are very nice.Food were excellent.

They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

Over - amazing. The aircraft is somewhat old on this route.

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

The plane was clean and well maintained the crew members were professionals and friendly and the food was good

Flight was delayed by and hour but were informed beforehand

Good food, real silverware, polite staff, smooth landing, charging plugs, good entertainment options.

Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

The issue was with getting our boarding pases. There were issues with our arrangements that were made through Kayak. I am sorry to say that we will not use you again because of this. The flight itself was good and the flight attendants excellent.

I was treated poorly in Dunedin by check in crew, then my bag was lost in Auckland. Never again.

no announcement about why we where delayed which is very poor

It was better than I expected. Thought $5 for a small cup of tea was a bit much!

Overall good trip I find seats a bit hard. We were waiting on board for about an hour for 2 passengers with some document issue. This main our arrival late for our pickup person.

15kg allowance is outrageous. Change of time a few days before departure and more than 2 hours of delay in the end. The worse we’ve taken so far in Oceania.

They added the weight of my back to the carryon luggage and charged me NZ$75 for being over 7 kg.

stuck in the aircraft for over three hours due to engineering work, significantly delayed and made a lot of passengers missed the connecting transport, no mention any compensation

Very quiet plane!! One of the quietest planes we have been on.

Jetsatar refused to take my foldable stroller in the plane, despite following all the rules on dimensions and packaging. Similar thing happened on our previous fight. However, at that instance, they offered to check in the stroller. At this fight, the staff was rude, trying to rush us to board the flight. They made excuses that the stroller was not allowed and even offer to leave it behind and ship it back at our own cost. Fortunately, we had someone else attending. Since the flight was about to take off, they left it behind and send it back to us on the next available flight.

Overall, it was good. The only concern was that I couldn't charge my phone because the USB port didn't work after we took off. One of the crew members tried to restart it but never came back to me with an update.

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