R8 225 Find Cheap Flights to Melbourne

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Cheap Flight Deals to Melbourne

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

Recent return flight deals to Melbourne

Recommended return deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly to Melbourne.
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10:40 - 11:00CPT-MEL
40h 20m2 stops
5:55 - 9:25MEL-CPT
35h 30m2 stops
R15 157Singapore Airlines
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zo, mei. 11 - za, jun. 14
13:20 - 23:45JNB-MEL
25h 25m1 stop
17:10 - 15:35MEL-JNB
31h 25m1 stop
R15 382Qatar Airways
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ma, mrt. 10 - ma, mrt. 17
11:20 - 22:15JNB-MEL
26h 55m1 stop
23:45 - 7:40MEL-JNB
39h 55m1 stop
R17 312Cathay Pacific
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di, apr. 29 - di, mei. 20
11:20 - 22:15JNB-MEL
26h 55m1 stop
23:45 - 7:40MEL-JNB
39h 55m1 stop
R17 387Cathay Pacific
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di, apr. 29 - di, mei. 20
6:50 - 17:35CPT-MEL
25h 45m2 stops
6:00 - 14:30MEL-CPT
41h 30m2 stops
R19 129Qantas Airways
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vr, feb. 14 - za, mrt. 15
6:50 - 17:35CPT-MEL
25h 45m2 stops
6:00 - 14:30MEL-CPT
41h 30m2 stops
R19 392Qantas Airways
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vr, feb. 14 - za, mrt. 15
11:00 - 23:30CPT-MEL
27h 30m2 stops
18:50 - 9:20MEL-CPT
23h 30m2 stops
R20 103South African
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di, feb. 25 - di, mrt. 4
19:35 - 19:55CPT-MEL
40h 20m2 stops
18:45 - 12:10MEL-CPT
25h 25m2 stops
R20 591South African
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wo, apr. 9 - vr, apr. 25
22:20 - 6:25JNB-MEL
23h 05m1 stop
3:25 - 16:35MEL-JNB
46h 10m2 stops
R24 207Emirates
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ma, mrt. 10 - zo, mrt. 16
18:50 - 6:25JNB-MEL
26h 35m1 stop
3:25 - 20:50MEL-JNB
26h 25m2 stops
R24 937Emirates
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di, feb. 11 - ma, feb. 17

Flights to Melbourne - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Melbourne?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Melbourne clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Melbourne is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R21 915. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are R24 138 on average.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights to Melbourne depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Melbourne is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost R19 188 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Melbourne is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R24 678.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Melbourne?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Melbourne, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price, you should book around 7 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Melbourne?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Melbourne is Melbourne Airport (MEL), with an average flight price of R6 773.

Good to know

Cheapest flight

R8 225
Flight from Johannesburg to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)

When to book flights to Melbourne

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Melbourne 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 Melbourne 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 Melbourne flights

  • Which Melbourne airport is closest to central Melbourne?

    Melbourne is served by 4 major airports. Melbourne Essendon (11 km) is the closest to the centre of Melbourne. Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is 19 km from the centre, Melbourne Moorabbin is 22 km away from the centre, and Melbourne Avalon is 50 km away from the centre.

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

    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 Melbourne.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Melbourne 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 Melbourne?

    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 Melbourne 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 Melbourne?

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Melbourne

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from South Africa is March.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Melbourne flight deals.

Prefer to fly direct to Melbourne?

Find which airlines fly direct to Melbourne, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

South Africa to Melbourne

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +72 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +74 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +75 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +74 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +75 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +75 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +76 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +75 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +76 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +73 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

Sunday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +75 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +76 more

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Direct returns

Melbourne to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +72 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +74 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +75 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +74 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +75 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +75 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +76 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +75 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +76 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +73 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

Sunday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +75 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +76 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Melbourne

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Melbourne. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Melbourne. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Melbourne? 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
EmiratesOverall score based on 3332 reviews
8,0Comfort
8,1Boarding
8,2Entertainment
8,3Crew
7,9Food
Airline reviews

The plane seemed pretty old and the food was not good

8,0 ExcellentTofic, Jan 2025YYZ - DXB
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The plane seemed pretty old and the food was not good

Comfort and customer service from most if the crew was great. The crew reassigning passengers should consider the presence of infants when reassigning seats. Unfortunately a couple of oversized passengers were relocated next to us, making this segment a bit uncomfortable, as there was not only extra leg space required. I ended up swapping seats with my husband so our baby wouldn't be impacted. My husband travelled quite uncomfortable as the reassigned neighbour shoulder and arm ended up on my husband's seat

The entire crew was amazing. They went out of their way to make us enjoy a great travel experience.

Worst flight I ever had I payed for special seats with underpriced which I never recieved. I will like you to make sure that I am refunded my 134.00 dollars that I paid for the seats that I never received. I am looking forward for Kayak to look into this issue with underpriced because they took my money and never booked the seats for me with the airline.

Okish. But for £550 , I’d have preferred a better experience

The flight experience was good, but connection time was cut shorted because of delayed start.. it would have been helpful if the flight showed which gate/terminal we need to go for connecting flight and flight timing was less than 30 minutes to connect which made ourselves stressful to catch next flight 😔

Most aspects of the flight were great! The entertainment was mediocre, though, which made such a long flight less enjoyable.

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

Very good ..nice comfort..crew service was good..and no delays in time ..they always on time..

The internet connection did was not functioning as per normal.

It was very good experience on board to Sydney with SQ.

Everything was great keep up the good work 😁, can't ask for more.

Flight from SFO did not include entertainment as it was not working the entire duration of the flight. Was informed that there would be a $350 voucher for the inconvenience. Uncertain how the voucher will be provided.

The food options and quality could use some more excitement and variety.

Everything was good except food , food choices was very less. Washrooms were closed.overall good experience.

Timing very good from sfo to Singapore and service was awesome and economy class seats are great overall very good experience thanks

The seats were more narrow than at other lines. Food was mediocre (economy class)

This flight was 16 hours and they made it very tolerable. Seats were comfortable and the staff very accommodating. I had plenty of inflight entertainment. Food was very good.

Fantastic patience when one of the passengers behind me was an absolute horrible, horrible person and the girls just kept smiling and doing their job with patience and kindness. Well, done to the crew.

Didn't like much at all Nowhere near enough legroom, narrow seats. Aisles not wide enough for safe food trolley access and husband had his knee hit cos not enough leg room. Would take a lot to convince us to fly Singapore Airlines again which is a pity cos it was always our go-to airline

Seats very small and unable to pre purchase internet or seat upgrades

They didn't board by zones and it was a free for all. The 16 hour flight was the most excruciating experience of my life and the seats were TINY... with no leg space and my feet were swollen immediately. The food was so bad it was inedible.

Qatar Airways did a very good job. Flights were slightly delayed with boarding but pilots made up time by arrival. The food was OK, no better or worse than other airlines. Although it would be nice to have three meals during 16 hours flight instead of two.

The space was tight, hardly any leg room and the crew surprisingly were busy and did not take the time to attend to passengers, felt rushed. There was a delay for check in since the systems were down the airport staffs were accommodating

I was denied lounge facility at airport. Explanation was not satisfactory.

Well organized boarding, efficient and on time. Nice crew on the plane. Thank you!

My experience with Qatar airway was very unsatisfactory. They lost my child’s stroller and I was told they found it and will send it to the hotel which was a lie. I had to go back to the airport baggage claim and pick up myself after trying to contact them many times!. There was a lack professional and communication. I am very disappointed in Qatar airway and will not be recommending them to friends and family nor will I be flying with them in the future.

The only thing that could have been better, is that the food trays get left way to long after a meal. We had a snack 8 hrs into the trip, and they left us with the boxes and cups for way too long. It is not fun being trapped in your seat unnecessarily

Doha airport is huge , takes long time to reach gate .

The rows of seats in economy class are seriously close to one another making eating and resting just about impossible - there is hardly any legroom. Anyone larger than average size would have an incredibly uncomfortable flight. I had to basically share my seat with the lady passenger next to me as she was too big to fit into her allotted seat.

Wheelchair assistance to move through the terminals and to/from the plane door was excellent. No vegan snack on the flight, only something with salami and cheese in it.

I have flown Qantas multiple times in the past it seemed this flight the plane had less seat room or the seats were way less comfortable than before. Everything else was about the same. Thanks

The old Plane had not been cleaned properly in a long time.

I got upgraded from economy to business, and the experience was outstanding

Boarding was over 3 hrs late and we didn’t land until almost 1:30am

I disliked the fact that they forced people to put up their seats during meal service

Headphone jacks worked poorly, seat recline was broken. Planes were rundown.

Delayed and missed connection, was not re-booked like other travelers so ended up being stuck for several hours due to no one handling my booking.

same as previous comments. i hate being on a plane that long. no problems w/anything else.

It was very nice. I will try to fly with Qantas whenever I can.

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

The flight was delayed for 30 mins. The overall experience was good.

Highly impressive. On time. Smooth and fast boarding and disembarkment. Really great service

It was okay overall but the food was very, very bad.

When comes to Taiwan airlines China airlines is the best rest are pure trash

flight delayed 45 mins - missed connection - 1 hr layover became 8 hr layover waiting for next flight -

Fast boarding flight on time boarded plane back to front instead of stupid zone groups like US airlines do...

Baggage delayed for 2 days and still chasing for reimbursement of basis items. Very horrible customer care service.

Horrible. No good food. Baggage missed to onboard and came after a day. No support to compensate the delay. Customer care cannot see the status of the complaint. No reply of the email.

Food was hood for airline food with good poftion and variety in meals. Frequency of beverage service was very low and amount of soda with meals was inadequate.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Melbourne found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/5zo
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
40h 20mCPT-MEL
14/6za
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
35h 30mMEL-CPT
R15 157
10/3ma
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 25mJNB-MEL
17/3ma
1 stopQatar Airways
31h 25mMEL-JNB
R15 382
29/4di
1 stopCathay Pacific
26h 55mJNB-MEL
20/5di
1 stopCathay Pacific
39h 55mMEL-JNB
R17 312
29/4di
1 stopCathay Pacific
26h 55mJNB-MEL
20/5di
1 stopCathay Pacific
39h 55mMEL-JNB
R17 387
14/2vr
2 stopsQantas Airways
25h 45mCPT-MEL
15/3za
2 stopsQantas Airways
41h 30mMEL-CPT
R19 129
14/2vr
2 stopsQantas Airways
25h 45mCPT-MEL
15/3za
2 stopsQantas Airways
41h 30mMEL-CPT
R19 392
25/2di
2 stopsSouth African
27h 30mCPT-MEL
4/3di
2 stopsSouth African
23h 30mMEL-CPT
R20 103
9/4wo
2 stopsSouth African
40h 20mCPT-MEL
25/4vr
2 stopsSouth African
25h 25mMEL-CPT
R20 591
10/3ma
1 stopEmirates
23h 05mJNB-MEL
16/3zo
2 stopsEmirates
46h 10mMEL-JNB
R24 207
11/2di
1 stopEmirates
26h 35mJNB-MEL
17/2ma
2 stopsEmirates
26h 25mMEL-JNB
R24 937

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Melbourne found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/3za
1 stopQatar Airways
42h 45mJNB-MEL
R8 225
24/2ma
1 stopEtihad Airways
22h 00mJNB-MEL
R9 218
28/2vr
1 stopCathay Pacific
35h 05mJNB-MEL
R9 405
2/3zo
1 stopCathay Pacific
26h 55mJNB-MEL
R9 593
28/4ma
2 stopsEtihad Airways
37h 40mJNB-MEL
R9 705
27/2do
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 00mJNB-AVV
R12 422
24/2ma
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 00mJNB-AVV
R12 778
15/7di
1 stopEmirates
38h 00mDUR-MEL
R15 288
25/4vr
1 stopEmirates
38h 15mCPT-MEL
R15 944
7/4ma
2 stopsSouth African
30h 10mPLZ-MEL
R37 265

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Last minute flights to Melbourne

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Melbourne that are departing in the next 10 days.
3/2ma
multi-stopQantas Airways
17h 05mJNB-MEL
21/2vr
multi-stopQantas Airways
26h 45mMEL-JNB
R21 940
3/2ma
multi-stopQantas Airways
18h 05mJNB-AVV
21/2vr
multi-stopQantas Airways
17h 45mAVV-JNB
R22 258
3/2ma
multi-stopEmirates
31h 15mJNB-MEL
21/2vr
multi-stopEmirates
31h 20mMEL-JNB
R26 511
3/2ma
multi-stopEmirates
31h 15mJNB-MEL
21/2vr
multi-stopEmirates
32h 40mMEL-JNB
R26 642
3/2ma
multi-stopEmirates
40h 00mJNB-MEL
20/2do
multi-stopEmirates
40h 00mMEL-JNB
R28 160
3/2ma
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
33h 30mJNB-MEL
20/2do
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
38h 35mMEL-JNB
R29 078
2/2zo
multi-stopRwandAir
54h 15mJNB-MEL
21/2vr
multi-stopRwandAir
35h 50mMEL-JNB
R29 958
3/2ma
multi-stop
32h 30mJNB-MEL
21/2vr
multi-stop
30h 50mMEL-JNB
R30 877
3/2ma
multi-stop
36h 00mJNB-MEL
21/2vr
multi-stop
30h 50mMEL-JNB
R32 132
3/2ma
multi-stop
36h 00mJNB-MEL
20/2do
multi-stop
28h 50mMEL-JNB
R33 293

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