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Cheapest return flight
$1,066
Typical prices: $1,124-$1,945
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Sun 4/11Sun 11/11
CHC - PKX • 2 stops
Cheapest direct flights
$1,505
Typical prices: $1,254-$2,176
Air China
Wed 24/10Wed 7/11
AKL - PEK • Direct
Direct flights
You can fly direct with Air China. Average duration is 13h 25m
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Best reviews • 8.3 score
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Cheapest • 19% average savings
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 12 weeks in advance save around 37% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights to Beijing

 
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Recent return flight deals to Beijing

Wed, 4 Nov - Wed, 11 Nov
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06:00 - 23:40CHC  Christchurch-PKX Beijing Daxing Intl
22h 40m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Xiamen Gaoqi Intl
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16:30 - 00:10PKX  Beijing Daxing Intl-CHC Christchurch
26h 40m2 stops Xiamen Gaoqi Intl Melbourne
$1,066Multiple Airlines
Mon, 9 Nov - Wed, 11 Nov
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06:05 - 23:40CHC  Christchurch-PKX Beijing Daxing Intl
22h 35m2 stops Melbourne Xiamen Gaoqi Intl
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16:30 - 00:10PKX  Beijing Daxing Intl-CHC Christchurch
26h 40m2 stops Xiamen Gaoqi Intl Melbourne
$1,071Multiple Airlines
Mon, 1 Mar - Wed, 17 Mar
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08:25 - 20:30AKL  Auckland Intl-PEK Beijing Capital
17h 05m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
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16:45 - 13:25PEK  Beijing Capital-AKL Auckland Intl
15h 40m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
$1,267Cathay Pacific
Tue, 10 Nov - Sat, 28 Nov
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14:55 - 18:15AKL  Auckland Intl-PEK Beijing Capital
32h 20m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
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18:35 - 13:25PEK  Beijing Capital-AKL Auckland Intl
37h 50m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
$1,279Cathay Pacific
Sat, 24 Oct - Fri, 6 Nov
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21:00 - 10:30AKL  Auckland Intl-PEK Beijing Capital
18h 30m1 stop Shenzhen
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20:30 - 18:40PEK  Beijing Capital-AKL Auckland Intl
17h 10m1 stop Shenzhen
$1,297Hainan Airlines
Sat, 24 Oct - Fri, 6 Nov
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21:00 - 00:25AKL  Auckland Intl-PEK Beijing Capital
32h 25m1 stop Shenzhen
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20:30 - 18:40PEK  Beijing Capital-AKL Auckland Intl
17h 10m1 stop Shenzhen
$1,304Hainan Airlines
Tue, 27 Oct - Tue, 10 Nov
China Southern Logo
22:10 - 11:00AKL  Auckland Intl-PKX Beijing Daxing Intl
17h 50m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
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15:30 - 06:30PKX  Beijing Daxing Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
34h 00m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
$1,328China Southern
Mon, 26 Oct - Wed, 4 Nov
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10:00 - 21:05AKL  Auckland Intl-PKX Beijing Daxing Intl
16h 05m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
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09:30 - 06:30PKX  Beijing Daxing Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
16h 00m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
$1,337China Southern
Tue, 27 Oct - Mon, 9 Nov
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23:55 - 21:30AKL  Auckland Intl-PEK Beijing Capital
26h 35m2 stops Shanghai Pu Dong Dalian
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00:25 - 17:25PEK  Beijing Capital-AKL Auckland Intl
12h 00mdirect
$1,417Air China
Wed, 28 Oct - Sat, 31 Oct
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23:55 - 19:45AKL  Auckland Intl-PEK Beijing Capital
24h 50m2 stops Shanghai Pu Dong Chengdu
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00:25 - 17:25PEK  Beijing Capital-AKL Auckland Intl
12h 00mdirect
$1,423Air China
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Price, demand, and travel trends for New Zealand to Beijing flights

Use KAYAK data on prices, travel dates, airlines, and seasonal trends to compare options and book flights from New Zealand to Beijing with more confidence.

What is the cheapest flight to Beijing?

Christchurch to Beijing is the cheapest route at $1,066 return, found in the past 5 days on KAYAK. Auckland to Beijing is the most popular connection with return deals from $1,267.

How much is a flight to Beijing?

A return flight to Beijing costs $1,439 on average, based on data over the past 12 months on KAYAK. Return fares from Auckland average $1,409, while Invercargill runs a bit higher at $1,432.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Beijing?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly to Beijing at $1,253 return on average over the past 12 months on KAYAK. Friday is the most expensive at $1,856.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Beijing?

•February is the cheapest month to fly to Beijing with an average price of $1,085 return.
•December ($2,013) and July ($1,748) are the most expensive.
•Based on KAYAK data over the past 12 months.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Beijing?

Morning flights to Beijing are the cheapest at $1,423 return on average. Evening flights are the most expensive at $1,599.

What is a good deal for flights to Beijing?

Flights under $1,124 are considered a good deal. 25% of KAYAK users found return flights to Beijing at or below these prices, with the lowest fares from:
•Auckland $1,088.

When are flights to Beijing the cheapest?

Flights to Beijing are cheapest 12 weeks before departure. Booking in this window typically costs about 37% less than the average last-minute fare (within 2 weeks of the flight), based on KAYAK data.

Key details for flights to Beijing

Low season

August

Cheapest flight

$566
Most popular time to fly (40% more expensive on average)
Flights from Wellington to Beijing Daxing Intl Airport

When to book flights to Beijing

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Beijing based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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Your questions about flights to Beijing, answered

Find helpful route details based on KAYAK data, including flight times, airports, airlines, and booking questions.

  • How do I know if a flight to Beijing is a good deal?

    A good deal on a flight to Beijing is around $1,124 return. This fare is in the lowest 25% of return flight prices searched on KAYAK, averaged across the cities most often searched as origins by KAYAK users.

  • Which airports serve Beijing?

    Flights to Beijing arrive at: Beijing Capital (PEK) and Beijing Daxing Intl (PKX).

  • How long is a direct flight to Beijing?

    Direct flights to Beijing are available from Auckland, with a flight time of about 13h 10m.

  • How expensive are last-minute flights to Beijing?

    Last-minute fares to Beijing – booked within 2 weeks of departure – run 15% above the average return fare of $1,439.

  • What is the difference between the most popular and the most frequent airline at Beijing?

    Air China operates the most flights from New Zealand to Beijing at 5 per week, and for this route Air China is also the airline most often selected by KAYAK users searching for flights from New Zealand to Beijing. The two are sometimes different because flight volume reflects an airline's schedule, while popularity reflects traveller choice.

  • Which airlines should I consider for flights to Beijing?

  • How many flights serve Beijing?

    Beijing receives 1 flights per day and 5 per week from across the world. Auckland has the most flights to Beijing with 5 weekly flights.

  • Which airports serve Beijing and the surrounding area?

    Flights to Beijing can arrive at several major airports serving the metro area, including Beijing Capital (PEK) and Beijing Daxing Intl (PKX). Nearby alternatives within 80.5 km of Beijing include Beijing Capital (PEK). This airport is not in Beijing itself but may be useful depending on your route, airline, and onward travel plans.

Your guide to booking Beijing flights

From booking to airport arrival, find tips to help you plan your flight with more confidence.
  • For the best chance at a low fare to Beijing, aim to book around 12 weeks before you fly. That window historically saves about 37% versus last-minute pricing based on KAYAK booking data over the last 12 months.
  • For flights to Beijing, recent KAYAK data shows that stronger deals tend to be around $1,124 return. If you see a fare below that threshold, it's a good deal – book before the price climbs back up.
  • If you can choose when to go, aim to travel to Beijing in February. Return fares historically average $1,085 that month – typically the cheapest month to travel based on the last 12 months.
  • Before you book:

    • Check the route's typical price range so you can spot a deal.
    • Confirm baggage fees and seat selection costs on budget carriers.
    • Verify whether you need any travel documents beyond an ID.
    • Pick a departure airport, since your nearest may not be the cheapest origin.
  • Shift your departure to morning to save up to $177 per return. Morning flights to Beijing average $1,423 compared to $1,599 for afternoon flights. See the time-of-day chart above for the full breakdown.
  • Bag allowances vary by airline, fare type, cabin class, and route. On flights to Beijing, some airlines may include bags at no extra cost. For example, Air China includes a cabin bag and a checked bag in Economy class, while Air New Zealand includes a cabin bag and a checked bag in Economy class. Always check the fare details before booking, since bag policies can change by ticket type.
  • Once you arrive in Beijing, a few great places to start are Tiananmen and Forbidden City. These are popular with first-time visitors and can give you a good feel for the area.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Beijing

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Beijing? 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.
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Hainan AirlinesOverall score based on 71 reviews
7.7Entertainment
8.6Boarding
8.9Crew
8.2Comfort
8.4Food
Airline reviews

Best domestic flight I’ve been on for a very long time. Way better than any of the Australian carriers for domestic flights!!

10.0 ExcellentAmy, Jul 2026
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Best domestic flight I’ve been on for a very long time. Way better than any of the Australian carriers for domestic flights!!

The seats and service exceeded expectation for the price I paid for.

My first time flying Hainan Airlines. Boarding process was easy and quick. Staff was friendly and helpful. Food was a simple, hot meal which we don’t see much any more on short flights in the US. Only water, coffee or tea to drink but it was only a two hour flight. Overall pleasing experience.

The absolute worst experience I’ve ever had flying. I am a regular flyer and was transferring from Seoul to Beijing to the USA. I was told the companies were partnered so no need to pick up my baggage, I got through eventually after a terribly confusing airport and unhelpful staff, had issues with the check in counter where they didn’t understand my baggage tag from the previous airline and that my bag needed transferring (which as a company partnership they should have communication like this) and then I got through extremely stressful security with multiple stops and the plane was poor quality (same exact quality as my 1.5 hour flight there) for a 16 hour flight with poor food quality, slow trash service, and less than 15 movies total for flight options I was absolutely over it. My only good thing was I was lucky enough to be sitting by myself in a row

Great although I believe they are able to redistuibute the passangers in a more comfortable way if the flight is not full dor such long flights. Unless the seats are paid for, of coruse.

Good flight, on time. The aircraft was old and the seats lost their shapes. Food was just acceptable.

Two hours delayed departure ! Lost one of our luggage! Two days later found the luggage, again waiting for more than two hours to get the lost luggage because locked at other airline office.

Hainan Airlines was amongst the best. It's sad to see her becoming just mediocre. I recommended her as outstanding. I won't recommend her again.

Such amazing service! Wonderful flight attendants who actually care about the passengers and go out of their way to make our journey easier!!

They asked how much cash i have . I said no cash they said bring cash from atm . Why they even care about my cash.

Everything was good; they still provided a sandwich snack. Good crew

The legroom in economy on an A321 is wholly inadequate for a 6’3” man. Deeply dissatisfied.

I do not think there was much that could have been done to make it better. The delayed flight was due to bad weather. The turbulent patches were very unavoidable. Am simply thankful that there were no sudden and / or sharp drops during the flight. I do extend my compliments to captain Marcus I believe was his name and the rest of the crew. They all did an excellent job. My only question is whether I get a refund since the seats I had chosen and paid for were reassigned.

Multiple late or canceled flights. Lounge was 100 degrees. Food was terrible. The plane was incredibly old, and best of all, a screaming child for 3 hours. All for the low low price of $2,600 one way Hanoi to Shanghai. No idea how Cathay is ranked so high. Cathay is not much better than American Airlines or Spirit. In the future I will go out of my way to not fly Cathay.

See previous answers. Also food options limited, entertainment difficult to use and did not work properly, lay flat bed is quite big but very hard and uncomfortable

Everything was fine and I have no complaints or things to note.

The employees are very nice and good. The delay due to the aircraft is not a good thing. Planning for such problems should be an easy task.

There is very little in the title" Premium" in the Economy experience with Cathay, Melbourne to Hong Kong. The seats are uncomfortable and the cabin with outdated 1990's decor and trim. The food service was sloppy and the leg room providing little to no advantage over regular economy seating. Infact, the Sunday flight was not fill occupancy and I would have done better saving the significant additional costs for the PREMIUM ticket and taken advantage of the seating. If you are a regular premium economy traveler of EMIRATES expecting the same experience on CATHAY, you will be disappointed. Emirates far superior.

Lounge in pukhet not good Very nice new aircraft Super crew as nearly always with Cathay

Everything went smooth. All flights were on time No changing gates, . No changing flights . It was like a completely different airlines tha n the last time I used Cathay Pacific . The last flight, 2 months ago, I had before this one was from Philippines also . I got changed in Manila and was told it only added 2 hours onto my flight . My 20 hour return trip ended up being 30 hours return with a 10.0 hour layover in New York with no seats anywhere . Everyone was sleeping or sitting on the floor . Unlike the hotel I was given in Manila to wait for this flight home . I never thought I would use Cathay Pacific again . But I did and this time you were great! I should have complained about the flight and layover from Hell a couple months ago. Consider that I am complaining about that august/23 flight now . Thank you got the great flying experience on my way home from philippines .

It we as a pleasant flight. Good helpful and happy cabin crew. Food was okay, not to write home about. Drinks good. Entertainment okay.. Seat space good , comfort acceptable

Weren’t even given earphones to use the entertainment system

Overall, excellent: check-in, boarding, service, and food. The Business Class seating is a little less private and spacious than the world's premier airlines, but still very good for a long haul flight.

It's terrible that we can't do online check in because we didn't buy the tickets directly from Air china. It was not explained until I contacted Chatdeal and we could not sit together.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

The flight is not bad, but the Business Lounge is not big enough for the quantity of people they accept and there is a limited options for food and beverages.

It was simply bad and on top of that my luggage hasn't been delivered until now. They can't even localize it which is just unacceptable when they are supposed to scan the bar code they put when we check in

We bought premium Economy, thinking it would be more comfortable, but the seat is so narrow ,that my legs and feet are swollen , I can't wear shoes !

We were taking the flight MU 8649 from Shanghai to Osaka and the original boarding gate was 20 and we didn’t receive any notification or broadcast about gate changes, and by the time we missed the original boarding time we check thr electric board and realized the gate was changed to 208 Also the flight was delayed by almost an hour and the crew member didn’t provide any explanation, after we finally boarded the aircraft was very hot, the crew member told me the air conditioning was not working and tried to calm passages down by offering iced water, all of us sat in the aircraft for another 40 mins before it finally took off

Seats not comfortable. We had requested vegan meal and it wasn’t given.

I was denied boarding at the Brisbane airport and it seems like I won’t get any refunds from the airline

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

The back of the chair - premium economy could not move back - not worth the price

Basic long haul decent price but U pay for what you get. Over 5hrs of transit and terminal was pretty bare with nothing much to do except the lounge

Business Class window seat on my Shanghai to Venice route was broken and could not be converted into a bed which has to switch to a narrow aisle seat instead

It was just fine. The sirlines did live up fully to my expectation.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking by the gate, then there was another ticket checking right at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Don't understand why the duplication?

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Couldn’t fly since they wouldn’t issue a boarding ticket. Something to do with not taking the departing flight since it was cancelled due to weather. No notice or anything about the trip being invalid. The app made it seem like I was all good for it. Never trusting travel agency

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