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$1,970
Typical prices: $2,270-$3,265
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Typical prices: $1,189-$1,764
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Cheap Flights to London

 
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Recent return flight deals to London

Tue, 16 Feb - Tue, 16 Mar
China Southern Logo
11:35 - 18:35CHC  Christchurch-LHR London Heathrow
44h 00m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
China Southern Logo
22:00 - 17:20LHR  London Heathrow-CHC Christchurch
30h 20m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
$1,970China Southern
Tue, 3 Nov - Sat, 14 Nov
China Southern Logo
22:30 - 06:30CHC  Christchurch-LGW London Gatwick
45h 00m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
China Southern Logo
20:20 - 17:20LGW  London Gatwick-CHC Christchurch
32h 00m2 stops Zhengzhou Guangzhou Baiyun
$1,998China Southern
Thu, 5 Nov - Wed, 18 Nov
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15:05 - 15:55WLG  Wellington-LHR London Heathrow
37h 50m2 stops Auckland Intl Beijing Capital
Multiple Airlines Logo
17:45 - 21:25LHR  London Heathrow-WLG Wellington
38h 40m2 stops Beijing Capital Auckland Intl
$2,141Multiple Airlines
Sat, 7 Nov - Tue, 10 Nov
American Airlines Logo
06:00 - 13:05CHC  Christchurch-LHR London Heathrow
44h 05m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Los Angeles
American Airlines Logo
16:55 - 23:59LHR  London Heathrow-CHC Christchurch
42h 04m2 stops Los Angeles Sydney Kingsford Smith
$2,191American Airlines
Sat, 7 Nov - Tue, 10 Nov
American Airlines Logo
06:00 - 13:05CHC  Christchurch-LHR London Heathrow
44h 05m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Los Angeles
American Airlines Logo
16:55 - 23:59LHR  London Heathrow-CHC Christchurch
42h 04m2 stops Los Angeles Sydney Kingsford Smith
$2,193American Airlines
Sun, 25 Oct - Tue, 10 Nov
Multiple Airlines Logo
07:50 - 16:55WLG  Wellington-LHR London Heathrow
45h 05m2 stops Auckland Intl Beijing Capital
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:25 - 07:10LHR  London Heathrow-WLG Wellington
45h 45m2 stops Beijing Capital Auckland Intl
$2,206Multiple Airlines
Mon, 26 Oct - Sun, 15 Nov
China Eastern Logo
22:00 - 06:30AKL  Auckland Intl-LGW London Gatwick
45h 30m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
China Eastern Logo
17:00 - 16:35LGW  London Gatwick-AKL Auckland Intl
34h 35m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
$2,214China Eastern
Thu, 12 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
China Eastern Logo
22:00 - 17:30AKL  Auckland Intl-LHR London Heathrow
32h 30m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
China Eastern Logo
21:00 - 16:35LHR  London Heathrow-AKL Auckland Intl
30h 35m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
$2,218China Eastern
Sun, 8 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
Hainan Airlines Logo
22:20 - 18:15AKL  Auckland Intl-LHR London Heathrow
32h 55m1 stop Haikou Meilan Intl
Hainan Airlines Logo
21:00 - 18:40LHR  London Heathrow-AKL Auckland Intl
32h 40m1 stop Haikou Meilan Intl
$2,218Hainan Airlines
Thu, 10 Dec - Fri, 22 Jan
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22:20 - 17:45AKL  Auckland Intl-LHR London Heathrow
32h 25m2 stops Haikou Meilan Intl Changsha Huanghua Intl
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21:00 - 18:40LHR  London Heathrow-AKL Auckland Intl
32h 40m2 stops Changsha Huanghua Intl Haikou Meilan Intl
$3,215Hainan Airlines
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Price, demand, and travel trends for flights to London

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

What is the cheapest flight to London?

Christchurch to London is the cheapest route at $1,970 return, found in the past 5 days on KAYAK. Auckland to London is the most popular connection with return deals from $2,214.

How much is a flight to London?

On average, a return flight from New Zealand to London costs $2,703, based on KAYAK data over the past 12 months. Return fares from Auckland average $2,602, while Christchurch runs a bit higher at $2,802.

What is the cheapest day to fly to London?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly to London at $2,620 return on average over the past 12 months on KAYAK. Friday is the most expensive at $2,922.

What is the cheapest month to fly to London?

•March is the cheapest month to fly to London with an average price of $2,304 return.
•December ($3,102) and September ($2,838) are the most expensive.
•Based on KAYAK data over the past 12 months.

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

Morning flights to London are the cheapest at $2,568 return on average. Evening flights are the most expensive at $3,073.

What is a good deal for flights to London?

Flights under $2,270 are considered a good deal. 25% of KAYAK users found return flights to London at or below these prices, with the lowest fares from:
•Auckland $2,177.

When are flights to London the cheapest?

Flights to London are cheapest 5 weeks before departure. Booking in this window typically costs about 15% less than the average last-minute fare (within 2 weeks of the flight), based on KAYAK data.

Key details for flights to London

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$1,009
Beat the crowds with an average 61% drop in traveller numbers.
The most popular month to fly with an average 81% increase in traveller numbers.
One-way flight from Christchurch to London Gatwick Airport

When to book flights to London

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to London 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 London, 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 London is a good deal?

    A good deal on a flight to London is around $2,270 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 London?

    Flights to London arrive at: London City (LCY), London Gatwick (LGW), London Heathrow (LHR), London Luton (LTN), London Southend (SEN) and London Stansted (STN).

  • How expensive are last-minute flights to London?

    Last-minute fares to London (booked within two weeks of departure) are typically 5% higher than the average return fare of $2,703.

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

    Cathay Pacific operates the most flights from New Zealand to London at 0 per week, while China Southern is the airline most often selected by KAYAK users searching for flights from New Zealand to London. The two are often different because flight volume reflects an airline's schedule, while popularity reflects traveller choice.

  • Which airports serve London and the surrounding area?

    Flights to London can arrive at several major airports serving the metro area, including London City (LCY), London Gatwick (LGW), London Heathrow (LHR), London Luton (LTN), London Southend (SEN) and London Stansted (STN). Nearby alternatives within 80.5 km of London include London City (LCY). This airport is not in London itself but may be useful depending on your route, airline, and onward travel plans.

  • Is there public transport that connects Heathrow to the city?

    The Heathrow Express, a direct rail service, links the airport to the city centre. The train has designated stops which are connected to Terminals 2,3 and 5 of the airport, with services departing roughly every 15 min. The train will take you to Paddington Station in the city centre in approximately 15 min and costs £25 (≈NZ$ 48).

  • How close is Heathrow Airport to Wembley Stadium?

    The distance between Heathrow Airport and Wembley Stadium is approximately 13 m (19 km) and an Uber fare will cost £35 (≈NZ$ 65).

Your guide to booking London 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 London, book around 5 weeks before departure. Based on KAYAK data from the last 12 months, fares are historically about 15% lower during this window than last-minute fares.
  • For flights to London, a good return fare is around $2,270. If you find a fare below that, you're getting a strong deal.
  • If your travel dates are flexible, consider flying to London in March. Return fares historically average $2,304, making March the cheapest month to travel based on KAYAK data from 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 $505 on a return flight. Morning flights to London average $2,568 compared to $3,073 for afternoon flights.
  • Once you arrive in London, a few great places to start are Hyde Park, Bloomsbury Square, and Russell Square. These are popular with first-time visitors and can give you a good feel for the area.
  • There are four possible airports that you can arrive at in London when flying from New Zealand. Heathrow (LHR) and Gatwick (LGW) are the two major airports with the largest number of flights and spread of airlines to choose from. Heathrow is the closer of these to the city centre, while Gatwick is ideal if your accommodation is located in the southern suburbs near Brixton or Wimbledon.
  • London City Airport (LCY) is a good option if your destination is in the centre of the city and arriving as quick as possible is important, as a taxi will only take roughly 40 min and cost £35 (≈NZ$ 65). Stansted (STN) is located in the far northern suburbs of London and is a better travel option if you are planning to travel to neighbouring cities such as Cambridge or Luton.
  • If you love nature and would like to escape the normal environment of an airport during a layover between New Zealand and London, choose a flight that has a stopover at Singapore Airport (SIN). Take in the beauty and abundance of life in the Butterfly Garden located in Terminal 3, or take a wonder through the Orchid Garden in Terminal 2 to take your mind off travel and reset.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to London

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to London? 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.
8.2
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1624 reviews
8.3Boarding
8.1Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.8Food
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It was okay. I feel that Singapore Airlines isn't as good as it used to be but it's still not bad

8.0 ExcellentWendy, Apr 2026
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It was okay. I feel that Singapore Airlines isn't as good as it used to be but it's still not bad

I felt that the whole experience went very smoothly. The aircraft was extremely clean and tidy on boarding. The cabin crew were beautifully turned out very, very efficient and were a credit to Singapore Airlines who are now my favourite carrier.

Crews were very caring and polite. Washroom was surprisingly clean. Overall experience was good , only food choices was very limited. Thanks

We flew business class. It was excellent. For a 6’4” individual, the seats were slightly uncomfortable for sleeping. But this is only comparison to other business class seats. Otherwise, the crew was incredibly attentive, And the service was impeccable.

The booking experience was bad. Our six character booking ID number disappeared the day before the flight, We could not find out what happened or what was the status of our flight, scheduled for the next day. We finally found the right number to contact Singapore Airlines on the matter (not easy). The Singapore agent worked through the issue in a little over thirty minutes on the phone, the day before the flight. That was great. I'm very happy with Singapore Airlines and their performance. Contact with a competent person on the matter was near impossible. It seems no one in business these days wants to deal with customers once they've pocketed the money. There were resellers, including Kayak, involved in the chain. When we finally got through to Underpricer, we did get a return call that could have proved helpful. But by that time the matter had been resolved by the Singapore agent. Majestic Vacations, the reseller who received the payment was less than worthless. That's just a fast buck operation. Ugh.

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

When boarding, after business class should be premium economy, but economy class already lined-up at the gate blocking premium economy to board. Singapore airline crew should done a better job to organize this chaos :( Thank you.

Every thing was fine. Some ild classical Hindi movies should be add

Crew is phenomenal. Helpful with anything you may need. Lots of entertainment options. Food was good. On time, no complaints.

Excellent customer service from pre boarding to the end. Really enjoyed my flight. Very helpful crews during flight as well. Will definitely flight with Singapore airlines again.

On the way there the food was not a good Standerd and fly Dubai is very cramped and again the food was not a good Standerd but on the way back food was excellent and staff were very helpful specially a lady which I took time to take her name Maria and another staff which was South African very very polite and helpful i am very sorry that I got her name

Very bad service and food variety will never come back again

My baby was with me it was really good experience with emirates

Fantastic as ever. Great staff super catering and excellent service.

Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

Everything was superb, only bad point was that the fast track on London Heathrow arrivals was not handed out to me and I had to go back to the gate to collect it.

Superb experience. I hope they bring back the fast track option at Heathrow immigration.

I liked theAVML food. Taste was alright and quantity was enough. Sometimes during the flight I felt that the smell from toilet was coming to the cabin

You can improve in many ways First the crew in general is good, but needs to work with passion to their works not like robots Second, collecting the ear headphones long time before landing is strange The crew should deal with the passengers with respect and descent way not like giving orders

It was good. Just a very long stay over in China to get the second leg to London

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

Poor seats. Not helpful crew. The food was awful.overall very very bad experience. Traveled with the family of 5

did not get a notification about seat selection ahead of time. We didn't end up sitting together.

In my return flight they couldn’t identify my ticket or boarding pass, I had to go to 3 different counters until I was able to get my boarding pass. The food was on, it was the bear minimum. They didn’t even recognise that I was a Muslim and can’t eat meat, chicken or pork. In one of the trays I believe they served me pork. The staff were very pleasant, but they need to be aware of their surroundings more carefully, one of them stuck her lower belly right into my face! I was shocked and very uncomfortable.

Crew: Everybody was polite. People just need to get efficient and less reworking things. Entertainment: Could have move movies and games. The “music” section is a joke, only ONE available. Food: The food provided on the flights boarding in china needs a serious reworking. Too much oil, bad for your stomach, tastes too artificial and the eggs were a giant mass of green dough.

Never got the wheelchair service when my parents arrived at LA . My mom was 74 , also my dad was 84 years old, both don’t speak English. I double checked with the front desk at Phoenix airport, making sure that they will be taking care of.

Wuhan - Dubai. Old plane: 1. Only USB charger. No power outlet to plug in.. 2. Super narrow seat layout 3. Toilet cover consistently fell down and hit my back when sitting on it.. :( 4. Entertainment system touch screen not sensitive, and need to press hard or use finger tips to hit. Crew were very nice and accommodating though.

No good but was short flight. Both of our China Southern flights were on time. No surprises.

Quality flight from start to finish. Customer service is evidently very important to this company. The staff really exceeded expectations.

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

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?

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. A BIG ISSUE FOR NON-CHINESE PASSENGERS IS THE ABILITY TO CHECK IN ONLINE, by making so difficult or almost impossible there is no chance to get a seat assignment ahead of time then go to the airport and get what is left. THIS IS NOT a SKY TEAM modality.

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

Price is the main attraction. Staff is OK but difficult to communicate with them due to general lack of English. Food is truly abysmal, the main courses (4) were barely edible. The choices for breakfast served at 5:30 am prior to landing at Gatwick airport were Spaghetti Bolognese or seafood fried rice. Choices offered for all 4 mains were either something rice or noodles. Shanghai airport layover is much too long in a very poorly serviced airport. We were unable to use WiFi; private lounges required cash only payment with no ATM or cash exchange open.

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.

Lost Baggage - very frustrated…learned that bag was never put on plane.

Good airline for the price. The Air stewardess are great, nothing is to much trouble. Will use again.

How do you run out of beer after one hour of a twelve hour flight?!

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

It was my experience w Kayak that was negative. I’m never using kayak again

The Business Class seating arrangement hasn't been upgraded yet. When getting up to go to the bathroom, you have to climb over someone's stretched out legs.

Terrible three cancelled flights due to weather then unable to make rebooked flight next morning with Veuling due to travel restrictions when I called to complain I was put on hold for 90 minutes then hung up on. No one at airport willing to help. Never again

The service was wonderful. Heads above the flight out on American. I love British Airways

I liked the pilot he was super positive. The seating on this A320 was ridiculous I have never had so little space fora four hour flight. Really was ridiculous. The service was also very poor and attituded. Not what I expect from BA a real disappointment.

Crew was super lazy. Trash languished for hours and hours. 20D where my wife was, the screen was not touch pad and after 2 compaints to flight attendent, he finally showed us the wired control. My screen, 20E would not fully stow, just stuck up a little but inconvernient. My seat control was extremely difficult to engage. My foot rest would not. Flight could not land and circled for over 15 minutes. Since the connection was tight and our boarding pass did not show which terminal, we missed our direct flight to Austin and had to be rescheduled through DC which added 5 hours to our flying time. Bags were checked to Austin but did not arrive same day. Finally received them 24 hours after we arrived but only because I was extremely persuasive, Agent in London was very helpful in reschuling flight.

I washed attendant for assistance and she never got back to me. I asked her a second time and she said she would check. She never did. The flight was over an hour late taking off No food service was offered despite over 4 hours on the flight

better seats (very uncomfortable), access to wifi was a nightmare, and food was blah.

I chose seating based on me being 6’3 and they changed planes I guess bc I got 2 random Seats that were middle and window and vert cramped and uncomfortable for a long flight….should have been able to get same seating just different aisle maybe especially since we picked them and weren’t random

Liked that our agent at check in changed our seats to allow us to have more space.

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