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For Queenstown to Melbourne, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from Melbourne back to Queenstown, the best deals are generally found on Saturday, with Monday being the most expensive.

The cheapest month for flights from Queenstown to Melbourne Airport is June, where tickets cost $365 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $502 and $444 respectively.

No, with an average price for the route of $326, 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 round-trip tickets from Queenstown to Melbourne were found on Jetstar ($369) and Qantas Airways ($429).

Air New Zealand connects Queenstown to Melbourne 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.

There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is 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 nonstop 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 5:00 pm 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.