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The cheapest return flight from Melbourne to Wellington costs $512 on the route between Melbourne Airport (MEL) and Wellington (WLG). It is also the most popular route.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Wellington on a Monday and more expensive on a Wednesday. On your return trip to Melbourne, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Melbourne to Wellington is November, where tickets cost $673 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,078 and $835 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Melbourne to Wellington, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 26% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Melbourne to Wellington were found on Air New Zealand ($782) and Jetstar ($812).

There are 3 airlines that fly direct from Melbourne to Wellington. They are: Air New Zealand, Emirates and Qantas Airways. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with Air New Zealand at $294 for a return flight. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Air New Zealand.

Weekly flights between Melbourne and Wellington historically see delays in approximately 19% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 103 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the morning tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the early afternoon have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Sunday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Monday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, Qantas Airways have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 19% of their flights encountering any delays.

There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 2 and 3 direct flights that take off from Melbourne and land in Wellington, with an average flight time of 3h 36m. The most common departure time is 08:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 15 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Saturday, when 20% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Monday.