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Cheap Flights to New Orleans

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to New Orleans 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 to New Orleans

Thu, 12 Mar - Mon, 16 Mar
American Airlines Logo
15:50 - 08:33AKL-MSY
34h 43m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
20:00 - 08:10MSY-AKL
18h 10m1 stop
$1,205American Airlines
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Sun, 2 Nov - Sun, 9 Nov
American Airlines Logo
15:50 - 11:13AKL-MSY
37h 23m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
16:07 - 09:10MSY-AKL
22h 03m1 stop
$1,299American Airlines
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Sun, 2 Nov - Sun, 9 Nov
American Airlines Logo
15:50 - 11:13AKL-MSY
37h 23m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
20:01 - 09:10MSY-AKL
18h 09m1 stop
$1,301American Airlines
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Tue, 4 Nov - Mon, 17 Nov
United Airlines Logo
06:00 - 22:44CHC-MSY
35h 44m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
07:04 - 12:25MSY-CHC
34h 21m2 stops
$1,319United Airlines
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Tue, 4 Nov - Mon, 17 Nov
United Airlines Logo
06:10 - 08:52CHC-MSY
45h 42m3 stops
United Airlines Logo
07:04 - 12:25MSY-CHC
34h 21m2 stops
$1,327United Airlines
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Thu, 30 Oct - Tue, 18 Nov
Air Canada Logo
06:10 - 17:17CHC-MSY
53h 07m3 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:05 - 23:05MSY-CHC
58h 00m3 stops
$1,627Air Canada
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Fri, 6 Mar - Tue, 10 Mar
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 09:46WLG-MSY
36h 51m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
18:22 - 17:10MSY-WLG
28h 48m2 stops
$1,689Air New Zealand
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Mon, 3 Nov - Wed, 19 Nov
Qantas Airways Logo
06:20 - 12:59CHC-MSY
25h 39m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
14:07 - 14:30MSY-CHC
29h 23m2 stops
$1,810Qantas Airways
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Fri, 31 Oct - Tue, 18 Nov
Qantas Airways Logo
06:05 - 15:06CHC-MSY
51h 01m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
15:35 - 15:25MSY-CHC
28h 50m2 stops
$1,838Qantas Airways
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Thu, 30 Oct - Fri, 14 Nov
Air Canada Logo
06:10 - 17:17CHC-MSY
53h 07m3 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:05 - 23:05MSY-CHC
58h 00m3 stops
$1,892Air Canada
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Everything you should know

When to travel
January
Cheapest • 31% price drop
February
Most popular
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Cheapest return fare
$1,205
Overall average: $2,466
American Airlines
Thu 12/3Mon 16/3
AKL - MSY • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
$4,396
Qantas Airways
Tue 10/2
AKL - MSY • 2 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to New Orleans

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to New Orleans?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to New Orleans, 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 to New Orleans is January, where tickets cost $1,637 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $3,718 and $2,740 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is January with an average price of $1,637.

Good to know – Book Cheap New Orleans Plane Tickets

Low seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$1,205
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 55% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
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When to book flights to New Orleans

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to New Orleans based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
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. The information is for flights to New Orleans based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking New Orleans flights

  • How far is New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport from central New Orleans?

    The distance between New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport and the city centre of New Orleans is 18 km.

  • What is the name of New Orleans’s airport?

    New Orleans is served by New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport, also commonly referred to as Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong New Orleans, or Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl. The airport code is MSY.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to New Orleans?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Orleans is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $2,312. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $2,530 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to New Orleans?

    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 to New Orleans.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to New Orleans?

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

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

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New Orleans?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to New Orleans is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $1,277 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Orleans is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,517.

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Prefer to fly direct to New Orleans Louis Armstrong?

 
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Direct departures

New Zealand to New Orleans Louis Armstrong

Monday

ANA, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +45 more

ANA, Aeromexico, +46 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +46 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +47 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +46 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +47 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +45 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +49 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +50 more

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Direct returns

New Orleans Louis Armstrong to New Zealand

Monday

ANA, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +45 more

ANA, Aeromexico, +46 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +46 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +47 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +46 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +47 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +45 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +49 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +50 more

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying to New Orleans

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to New Orleans. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from New Zealand to New Orleans. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 505 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.4Entertainment
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jul 2025AKL - SFO
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

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.

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.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

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

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

Loved the staff. The economy seats could have been bigger.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

I love flying with Qantas. There was no onscreen entertaining on this flight, and only a snack provided (not a meal) but still better than Jetstar or Virgin (in my opinion) so still happy.

Terrible. They wouldn't allow me on my flight on the 14th..

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

Overall, it was good. I was seating next to a wonderful lady and did not notice how time flew. Thanks

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

Once we got in the air the pilot made up some of the time of the delay. So that was really nice.

My flight was delayed about 1 1/2 hours in Chicago, but other then that it was a good flight.

A sandwich and a drink would have been better thank a snack bar...

I liked the behaviour of the crew members.The flight was good.

1 hour late No hot drinks No restroom in the back of the plane

I swear airplane seats keep getting smaller and smaller but everything else was great. Smooth sailing and we got in early.

No food to provide, they forgot that, in some cases, people stay at the airport for hours without food. Now, to provide them with food, they have to ask them to pay, because some don't have money. That way, they can't eat.

After a long flight from Tokyo, our connecting flight home was canceled due to “maintenance” while we were on our layover in Toronto. Very frustrating to close out our honeymoon, although I’m sure others had it even worse during last week’s strike. Air Canada staff at Pearson Airport are the one thing that kept me remotely at peace during this — they were very helpful and deserve a lot of props. But I would not fly Air Canada again.

I had wonderful wheelchair assistance through the Montreal airport onto the flight. Air Canada was excellent in this both at the Fredericton airport and the Montreal one where an attendant helped us through customs as well as transport and baggage security.

Horrible flight cancelled had to buy another very expensive ticket

Flight was cancelled last minute due to Air Canada strike leaving us stranded and having to stressfully find a way home that cost hundreds of dollars in excess cost added to the trip. Having just experienced our mother's funeral service, this was not a good way to end our trip.

Air Canada marooned me in Canada with no way back home during my summer vacation. I had to buy a last minute flight ticket for over $500 to make it back home. I have their credit card and have flown them for years. Never again.

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