$296 Find Cheap Flights from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) – Compare and Save

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) on a Friday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Queenstown, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Wednesdays for better deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport is June, where tickets cost $621 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $853 and $755 respectively.

No, with an average price for the route of $701, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

To get a below average price on the flight from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) were found on Jetstar ($627) and Air New Zealand ($638).

Air New Zealand connects Queenstown to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) with 7 flights per week. Virgin Australia also offers 7 flights per week, while Qantas Airways follows with 4 flights per week.

Weekly flights between Queenstown and Melbourne historically see delays in approximately 16% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 97 minutes.

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

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

Based on our data, Jetstar have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 10% of their flights encountering any delays.

Sydney (SYD) is the top choice – 67% of KAYAK users who clicked on one-stop flights from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) picked an itinerary connecting there.

Flights via Sydney (SYD) offer the most affordable fares, with an average price of $768 for a return.

Consider flying via Sydney (SYD) for the shortest journey. The average one-way travel time for flights connecting there is 9h 00m.

If you prefer a quick connection, Sydney (SYD) often has the shortest stopovers from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), with an average time of 5h 31m.

There are 2 cabin class options for the route. These are Business and 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 4 direct flights that take off from Queenstown and land in Melbourne Airport, with an average flight time of 3h 28m. The most common departure time is 17:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 21 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Sunday, when 19% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Monday.