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Cheap Flights from Colombo to New York (CMB-NYC)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Colombo to New York 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 round-trip flight deals from Colombo to New York

Mon, Oct 6 - Tue, Oct 14
Air India Logo
11:40 pm - 7:55 amCMB-EWR
41h 45m1 stop
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11:55 am - 6:15 pmEWR-CMB
20h 50m1 stop
$573Air India
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Wed, Nov 5 - Sun, Mar 15
Air India Logo
11:40 pm - 8:15 amCMB-EWR
43h 05m1 stop
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12:15 pm - 5:35 amEWR-CMB
31h 50m1 stop
$594Air India
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Mon, Nov 3 - Wed, Dec 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:40 pm - 8:30 pmCMB-EWR
36h 20m2 stops
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6:05 pm - 3:55 pmEWR-CMB
35h 20m2 stops
$889Multiple Airlines
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Sun, Oct 5 - Wed, Oct 15
Etihad Airways Logo
4:05 am - 4:05 pmCMB-JFK
21h 30m1 stop
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2:55 pm - 8:35 pmJFK-CMB
20h 10m1 stop
$893Etihad Airways
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Fri, Nov 14 - Thu, Nov 20
Etihad Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 8:40 amCMB-JFK
26h 30m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
2:25 pm - 8:20 pmJFK-CMB
19h 25m1 stop
$894Etihad Airways
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Tue, Nov 4 - Sun, Mar 15
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:40 pm - 4:40 pmCMB-JFK
32h 30m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 9:55 pmJFK-CMB
43h 30m2 stops
$907Multiple Airlines
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Tue, Dec 16 - Wed, Jan 28
Qatar Airways Logo
4:15 am - 3:00 pmCMB-JFK
21h 15m1 stop
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9:00 pm - 2:45 amJFK-CMB
19h 15m1 stop
$949Qatar Airways
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Sat, Oct 4 - Wed, Oct 15
Qatar Airways Logo
3:35 am - 3:10 pmCMB-JFK
21h 05m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
10:00 pm - 3:05 amJFK-CMB
19h 35m1 stop
$969Qatar Airways
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Wed, Dec 17 - Tue, Jan 27
Turkish Airlines Logo
7:40 am - 10:25 pmCMB-JFK
25h 15m1 stop
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12:20 am - 6:10 amJFK-CMB
19h 20m1 stop
$979Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Dec 17 - Tue, Jan 27
Turkish Airlines Logo
7:40 am - 10:30 pmCMB-EWR
25h 20m1 stop
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12:25 am - 1:20 pmEWR-CMB
26h 25m1 stop
$979Turkish Airlines
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Air India
Cheapest • from $573 (round-trip)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8.1 score
Airline reviews
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When to book
4 weeks
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 10% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
November
Cheapest • 15% price drop
April
Most popular
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Cheapest round-trip
$573
Air India
Mon 10/6Tue 10/14
CMB - EWR • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$440
Typical prices: $667-714
Air India
Sun 10/5
CMB - EWR • 1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Colombo to New York flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Colombo to New York 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 Colombo to New York?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to New York on a Wednesday, 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 Colombo to New York. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Thursdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York, 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 Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York is November, where tickets cost $963 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,882 and $1,390 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York, 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 on the flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$440
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 65% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Colombo to Newark Liberty Airport

When to book flights from Colombo to New York

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Colombo to New York based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips 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 Colombo to New York flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to New York was $440 for a one-way ticket and $573 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Colombo and New York?

    A passport is required to fly from Colombo to New York.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Colombo to New York?

    On your way to New York, you’ll fly out from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl. You’ll be landing in one of New York’s 2 airports: Newark or New York John F Kennedy Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Colombo to New York?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Colombo to New York?

    Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Colombo and New York, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Colombo to New York, Emirates or Etihad Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Colombo to New York are Emirates and Etihad Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,198 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Etihad Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $971 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Colombo to New York?

    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 Colombo to New York.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New York from Colombo 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 Colombo to New York?

    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 York with an airline and back to Colombo with another airline.

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

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Colombo to New York

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Colombo to New York. 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 Colombo to New York? 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 3334 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
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Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

6.0 GoodGraham, Sep 2025DXB - JFK
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Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

Similar to Hyd->Dubai this too was worst airlines. Bad seats, bad seating arrangement which created lot of confusion since family member were not given seat together. However most of them changed the seat and got with the family. Cheap tactics by Emirates.

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

Overall I was quite pleased with the experience; the cleanliness; the polite and attentiveness of the cabin crew; and the delicious food options.

I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

Good food, real silverware, polite staff, smooth landing, charging plugs, good entertainment options.

Loved that I had an exit row seat, and there was no one else in the row! And again, I don' use on-line entertainment at all (I read or sleep) but I very much appreciate that I didn't hear anyone else's entertainment!

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

Loved everything! This flight had premium economy and I didn't see an option to upgraded to premium economy OR buy premium economy tickets. How come?

Some Crew were distinguishably fake in their interactions with passengers.

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

Worse fight I ever take since I start flying , still have even made home , and crew abandon us half way home . No water no food and no even anyone to answer our questions

All the crew members were too slow and rude. Most of the times the registers were empty, while hundreds of customers were waiting in line, and it was impossible to get a supervisor. Despite being in line on time, I missed my freight, plus a some customers who were ahead and behind me.

It was worst flight ever of 26h. Poor service and seating. Flight from Abu Dhabi to Islamabad service and seating was worst ever. No tv extra.

Surprised at the lower quality of seats on the Boeing 777 in Business Class. Seats are tight and the whole Business class section is jam packed with seats. It doesn’t feel like Business Class at all. Also the way the tray tables are placed with a huge bulky solid metal hinge at knee level makes it so uncomfortable and always anxious that one will accidentally bang their knee on it. Quality of amenities has also declined. Over priced tickets with diminished quality of the entire experience.

Horrible. After paying for seats, I was cramped, my daughters legs kept hitting the seat in front, I had no overhead bin space and no help from stewards on board, the food was served cold, when asked for snacks was told to wait and never received any, the flight was cold with no temperature controls. Entertainment was outdated. I booked this through partnership with American Airlines but will avoid in the future.

Took a long time for boarding. The flight was comfortable.

Flight was delayed due to slow boarding process by etihad. Update food options and movies as well.

Likes: on time departure, new plane Didn’t like:very poor quality food, very limited entertainment.no amenity kit etc.

Needs better seat for business class. My seat was falling apart. Also no WiFi on that flight

Boarding catastrophic let alone have to claimb the plain rather than using jetway. 5.5 hr delay leaving had to do stop in Lgw for a new crew which further compounded the delay. Connecting flight would not wait and had to pend a night in a hotel. Curiously my seat would not go full flat.

In never flown this flight, because my flight coning from Barcelona was delayed.

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

We couldn’t fly to Chicago on our booked flight. The flight was overbooked.

Small seat space for 13 hours flight, they charged for baggage , very bad quality of food,

I was sitting almost in the back, the seats are very tight and there’s no legroom, it’s uncomfortable for a long distance

Absolute worst airline. Charged us $720 to check 4 bags (2 of which were carry-on). Entertainment systems didnt work. And on a 12 hour flight they served 2 meals and never once came around outside of those 2 meals with a beverage or cup of water. Will never fly them again.

Took forever to board. They made announcements without the loudspeaker and since the waiting room was full of screaming kids, no one could hear what they were saying. The business class sleeper seats were designed for tall skinny people. When partially reclined there was nowhere to rest my feet because they did not reach the footrest. and when fully reclined there wasn't room at my sides for my arms. Definitely one of the worst sleeper seats I have ever had.

About an hour delay but we made it to Chicago. I feel that the smaller connecting flights are the ones that cause the delays on the bigger planes that fly international.

Amazing trip! No delays, no broken or lost luggage, and amazing food.

The food we received during the flight was excellent. The service was very friendly. Definitely the best value for the money when flying across the Atlantic.

I use a wheelchair for mobility. Both in my flight from Houston and back to Houston from Istanbul, the Turkish airline staff asked that I claim my wheelchair at the luggage area. On arrival to Istanbul, parts of the wheelchair were in disarray at that time I raised no objection however upon claiming my wheelchair in Houston parts where outright missing. In both occasions, upon arriving in Houston and arriving in Istanbul, I asked multiple times why am made to pick up my wheelchair in the baggage claim rather than at the jet bridge. Getting the wheelchair at the jet bridge minimizes the probability of loosing parts because they can be hopefully reclaimed on the spot. I was told in Houston that a manager turned down my request to claim the wheelchair at the jet bridge in Houston. This is extremely frustrating because a wheelchair is not a set of clean underwear or a toothbrush- this is the way I move. A Turkish Arline staff took my complaint at the luggage claim area in Houston but as of the writing of this review the only contact I have received from the airline is because I initiated a claim rather than her as she told me she would.

The security at the airport was excellent. The one criticism is the boarding process just before entering the plane. There were only 2 boarding lines and there were no barriers thus leading to a mass rush to enter the plane. I suggest that they board by rows, eight or ten rows at a time to prevent the mass rush to enter the plane. Otherwise, I would highly recommend Turkish Airlines

Food is good, staff is good... Wi-fi quality is poor, disembarkment after landing is atrocious.

Flight crew was lovely. Bathrooms should have been cleaner. The handsets in business class for watching the entertainment are horrible. Very difficult to figure out which buttons are for what. I managed to get the flight maps on my screen but it wasn't easy. Never got anything else up.

Uneventful trip. Good flight crew. Food could have been better and a bit more of it. Cabin cleanliness was ok.

Inflight Services are poor compared to other airlines. They do not offer even water during 15 hr flight. Food is little in portion and I had food poisoning after last meal ( rajma chawal)

Boarding at Mumbai airport was terrible, the staff had no idea how to handle it. It was chaos - and led to a delay

My seats that I paid for were changed last minute and I had to sit in uncomfortable chairs

This was a bery good experience as it was a newer plane . AI older plane bussiness class is bad .

What a pathetic plane it was. Entertainment system didn’t work. USB port was broken. There was a hole on top of folding serving table. Broken restrooms in the middle of flight.

Our seat monitor did not Not work either way going to Vietnam. I had a bulkhead seat with plenty of room, but with No monitor, it was a long flight with no movies. Fun was good, staff was Excellent.

I will never ever book air india in the future. I was with my family and at delhi airport I had to go through too with horrible experience. My 12 years daughter saud that she will never come bqck to india the way people treated us. There was no line for bags drop off since we checked online and print tag at their Kiosk as per email instruction. People working at the counter were so careless and rude. They were keep talking to each other than taking care the customers. I will not recommend anyone to fly via air india. I had horrible experience. Especially, the staff at checking counters was very very rude and careless. I have feeling if air india won't change the way they doing their operations they will out of business in a few years. Air hostes were not happy . I did not see a smile on anyone in the plane. I called twice for the assistance and no one showed up. I hope you will sene this to the Hire authority. I left a video with an another employee of air india who asked me about my experiences. I hope they will make some changes ASAP. Regars, Mohinder Kumar

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