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$281 Find cheap flights from Queenstown to Sydney

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Queenstown to Sydney departing on 27/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Queenstown to Sydney (ZQN-SYD)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Queenstown to Sydney 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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12:30 - 13:45ZQN-SYD
3h 15mdirect
14:45 - 19:40SYD-ZQN
2h 55mdirect
$484Jetstar
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Thu, 19 Sep - Tue, 24 Sep
12:30 - 13:45ZQN-SYD
3h 15mdirect
14:45 - 19:40SYD-ZQN
2h 55mdirect
$486Jetstar
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Thu, 19 Sep - Tue, 24 Sep
18:00 - 07:25ZQN-SYD
15h 25m1 stop
14:45 - 19:40SYD-ZQN
2h 55mdirect
Thu, 22 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
10:25 - 17:25ZQN-SYD
9h 00m2 stops
09:55 - 20:35SYD-ZQN
8h 40m2 stops
$644Air New Zealand
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Thu, 22 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
12:40 - 14:00ZQN-SYD
3h 20mdirect
14:45 - 19:40SYD-ZQN
2h 55mdirect
Thu, 22 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
10:25 - 17:25ZQN-SYD
9h 00m2 stops
09:55 - 20:35SYD-ZQN
8h 40m2 stops
$652Air New Zealand
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Thu, 22 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
18:00 - 09:10ZQN-SYD
17h 10m1 stop
08:30 - 13:30SYD-ZQN
3h 00mdirect
$793Virgin Australia
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Thu, 22 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
12:40 - 14:00ZQN-SYD
3h 20mdirect
08:30 - 13:30SYD-ZQN
3h 00mdirect
$798Virgin Australia
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Thu, 22 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
10:30 - 19:55ZQN-SYD
11h 25m2 stops
22:00 - 16:15SYD-ZQN
16h 15m2 stops
$1,287Qantas Airways
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Fri, 29 Nov - Mon, 2 Dec
10:30 - 21:10ZQN-SYD
12h 40m2 stops
22:00 - 16:15SYD-ZQN
16h 15m2 stops
$1,294Qantas Airways
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Fri, 29 Nov - Mon, 2 Dec

Flights from Queenstown to Sydney - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Queenstown to Sydney?

The average price of all flights from Queenstown to Sydney clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Sydney on a Saturday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Queenstown to Sydney. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Saturday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Queenstown to Sydney?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Queenstown to Sydney, 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 from Queenstown to Sydney is October, where tickets cost $532 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and January, where the average cost of tickets is $742 and $671 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Queenstown to Sydney?

The average price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
No, with an average price for the route of $1,111, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Queenstown to Sydney?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Queenstown to Sydney, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Queenstown to Sydney, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 101 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Queenstown to Sydney?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Jetstar ($281) and Virgin Australia ($305). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Jetstar ($484) and Air New Zealand ($644).

Which airlines fly most frequently between Queenstown and Sydney?

Queenstown and Sydney are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Qantas Airways (14 flights per week), Virgin Australia (9 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (7 flights per week).

Which airlines fly direct between Queenstown and Sydney?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Queenstown to Sydney.
There are 4 airlines that fly direct from Queenstown to Sydney. They are: Air New Zealand, Jetstar, Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with Virgin Australia at $296 for a one-way flight. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Virgin Australia.

How many flights are there between Queenstown and Sydney per day?

Each day, there are between 5 and 6 nonstop flights that take off from Queenstown and land in Sydney, with an average flight time of 3h 17m. The most common departure time is 12:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 37 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Tuesday, when 16% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Monday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Queenstown and Sydney?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Queenstown to Sydney take?

Direct flights from Queenstown generally make it to Sydney in 3h 15m. The flying distance between the two cities is 3,119 km.

What’s the earliest departure time from Queenstown to Sydney?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Queenstown at 12:30 and will be landing in Sydney at 13:45.

What’s the latest departure time from Queenstown to Sydney?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Queenstown to Sydney jets off at 20:20 and lands at 21:35.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

November

Cheapest flight

$281
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 11% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Queenstown to Sydney

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Queenstown to Sydney 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. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Queenstown to Sydney

  • What is the cheapest flight from Queenstown to Sydney?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Queenstown to Sydney was $166 for a one-way ticket and $286 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Queenstown to Sydney?

    The Boeing 737-800 Passenger/BBJ2 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Queenstown to Sydney flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Queenstown to Sydney?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Queenstown and Sydney, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Queenstown to Sydney?

    There are direct flights from Queenstown to Sydney on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Queenstown to Sydney, Air New Zealand or Virgin Australia?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Queenstown to Sydney are Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia. With an average price for the route of $720 and an overall rating of 8.1, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. Virgin Australia is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $570 and an overall rating of 7.6.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Queenstown to Sydney?

    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 from Queenstown to Sydney.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Queenstown to Sydney?

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

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

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

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Queenstown to Sydney

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $411 or less one-way and $1,010 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Queenstown Intl to Sydney Kingsford Smith?

Find which airlines fly direct from Queenstown Intl Airport to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Queenstown Intl to Sydney Kingsford Smith

Monday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +13 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

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Direct returns

Sydney Kingsford Smith to Queenstown Intl

Monday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +14 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Queenstown to Sydney

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Queenstown to Sydney. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Queenstown to Sydney? 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.
8.1
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 564 reviews
8.4Boarding
8.1Comfort
7.8Entertainment
7.6Food
8.7Crew
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Gate agent was fantastic in Auckland. They wanted to charge me for my two bags even though I was gold member with United in Tonga. So I had to pay for an upgrade. The meals on both flights had no vegetarian option. The only one item the salad was not tasty at all. Good thing I had brought my own snacks. The bread was white roll which is so not healthy. I think New Zealand air can definitely improve their food offering.

6.0 GoodSteve, Jul 2024TBU - AKL
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Gate agent was fantastic in Auckland. They wanted to charge me for my two bags even though I was gold member with United in Tonga. So I had to pay for an upgrade. The meals on both flights had no vegetarian option. The only one item the salad was not tasty at all. Good thing I had brought my own snacks. The bread was white roll which is so not healthy. I think New Zealand air can definitely improve their food offering.

Can you please process refund. Mum died and dad went to Pakistan to bury her after cancelling flight.

Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Food was not good. We asked for Muslim food and it was weird tasteless type of boiled veges.

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

They announced food service but then never came around. We also couldn’t land so kept trying to get to runway and then had to come up and go around happened like 3 times and cause the child next to me to start throwing up

Good food and entertainment options. Great Staff that were all welcoming and caregiving.

For a red eye flight it is pretty uncomfortable. They provide nothing in the way of pillows, etc.

2 hrs + delay! Times kept changing, Onboard menu was half depleted, Entertainment wifi was N/A Overall very frustrating flight and I never slate Virgin.

Virgin Australia passed this flight onto Alliance, so my rating and comments are based on my experience with crew, aircraft and available options. Alliance only offers drinks which consisted of tea, coffee and water, free of charge. There was no on board entertainment. The aircraft seating although narrow accommodated my 6 foot 2 body with little discomfort.

When the flight is full out would be good to allow the use of the front toilet as well as the rear. Otherwise it was an uneventful flight.

When I made the booking I was not aware I had to book our checked baggage separately. As we had no checked luggage booking, I had to pay A$120 per bag (total 2 bags) so you can imagine I was not pleased. I am an experienced traveller so something needs to be done to improve the booking app,

Toasties not available (only GF option). Hot drinks not able to be served No usb charging port

Flight departed in time and arrived on time, no issues at all.

Boarding took place at the front and back. Weight of luggage was unclear and cost an arm and a leg.

The flight between Canberra and Coolongatta passed very quickly and was comfortable. The crew were very efficient and helpful. The boarding process is a bit slow and not done by rows. Overall, Virgin does a fairly good job.

The seats are so uncomfortable. The food doesn't exist unless you pay. Disappointed

The flight was delayed over 2 hours. We had to wait on the plane and the air conditioning was turned off. The food was average and the cutlery was wooden!

Perfect. The flight was on time and the crew were very friendly and helpful.

Plane a little late departing, but not an issue. The pilots humour when he said “I will try to make up some time…. I know a few short cuts to Adelaide” made the passengers chuckle. This is what makes Qantas “Australian”.

I have never had a problem with flying Qantas, so this flight was the same as any other.

After British Airways cancelled my London to Sydney and Virgin Australia refused to refund, there was no ways I would try Virgin Australia again, so it was Qantas - what a good flight experience. So much easier to get off an international flight and get a local flight without having to add extra amounts for baggage

The plane was delayed about 3 hours so anything else is immaterial

It was so hot on the plane mixed with being quite turbulent and a rough landing. We all felt very nauseous for hours afterwards. Crew were lovely though.

For a long haul, the flight was good. We left an hour late due to a seat in business class not working. But they made up time and we still got in on time or even early thanks to tailwinds. The crew was friendly. The meals were okay, nothing special.

No internet on international flights in this dsy and age is bad.

Good. BUT the Kayak app kept sending me wrong messages saying that there was a Gate change. That same thing is happening today.

This was the most horrific experience we have ever had. I would advise people to steer clear of this airline at all costs.

Online checkin was a nightmare. They kept popping me into Chinese language site which I can't understand.

a constant reminder that you need to work harder so you can avoid this airline

For some reason the cabin was kept very cold. Unlike my flight over which i would say was excellent this was a long, cold flight home.

Note that food has to be purchased in flight. No free food. And no entertainment in flight. So I’ve treated these two items as okay which, in this case, means neutral/not applicable.

My Dad needed assistance to board the plane. The Jetstar staff were excellent with him and made the experience a lot easier😁

No food taken so can't rate also no entertainment so can't rate.

Boarding was easy and unstressful, though the early "final call" was a bit off-putting. The crew were pleasant, and the seats were comfortable. The prices for food and drink were reasonable, apart from tea and coffee, where simple percolated coffee was charged at espresso prices. Deboarding was OK, though some Jetstar passengers appear to have a bad habit of pushing forward from their assigned rows, making it more difficult to get out for passengers that have paid a premium to sit up-front. Jetstar might want to look to address this to stop it from spreading.

I got to the airport earlier than I expected, and they let me change to an earlier flight with no trouble.

The price difference/saving isn't sufficient to compensate the experience difference, don't recommend unless flight is under 3 hours. Huge queues for check in and the priority lane of other ailines blocked checked in Jetstar passengers from proceeding through to screening. Gate change to a "dungeon gate" that didn't have toilets in the vicinity. 45minute delay in boarding, no updates or explaination, let alone apology for any inconvenience. 1 scanner working for a full fight to board, no coordination. Loaded on to crowded buses to get on the plane in the middle of the tarmac, up stairs with no explaination. 4 bus trips. No system for boarding in sections. Over an hour late departing. Nothing complimentary, not even water or in-flight music. Pay wave not available and no cash sales. Staff onboard were friendly and professional.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Queenstown to Sydney found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
27/9Fri
directJetstar
3h 15mZQN-SYD
$281
3/9Tue
1 stopJetstar
12h 45mZQN-SYD
$286
20/9Fri
1 stop
18h 45mZQN-SYD
$290
15/8Thu
directVirgin Australia
3h 20mZQN-SYD
$305
23/10Wed
1 stop
12h 55mZQN-SYD
$307
8/8Thu
1 stopVirgin Australia
17h 10mZQN-SYD
$310
10/9Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
23h 20mZQN-SYD
$386
3/9Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
16h 40mZQN-SYD
$390
26/8Mon
directQantas Airways
3h 15mZQN-SYD
$417
2/9Mon
directQantas Airways
3h 15mZQN-SYD
$466

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Queenstown - Sydney Flights

Departure:

Queenstown (ZQN)New Zealand

Destination:

Sydney (SYD)Australia

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Sydney - Queenstown

Cabin classes:

$12,230
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