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Low season

February

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$511

Good deal round-trip

$402

Good deal one-way

$268
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 16% increase in price.
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  • Looking for cheap airfare to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)? 25% of our users found tickets to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) for the following prices or less: From Honolulu $268 one-way - $335 round-trip, from Los Angeles $950 one-way - $1,155 round-trip, from Dallas/Fort Worth $1,468 one-way - $1,473 round-trip
  • Book at least 4 weeks 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 United States is February.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) flight deals.
  • If you are picking up a rental car when you land at Melbourne Airport (MEL), you will need to make your way to the car rental center. The car rental center is located on the ground floor of the Terminal 1, 2, and 3 parking lot.
  • If you are traveling with animals to Melbourne Airport, you should know that the only pet relief areas available are outside the terminal building on the east end, so carry something in your pocket to clean up after them if necessary.
  • If you need to exchange currency when you arrive at MEL, you can go to the Prosegur Foreign Exchange offices in the airport. These are located at Terminal 2 Gate 7, Terminal 2 near baggage claim, and Terminal 2 near the P check in counter.
  • If you want to relax after your long flight to Melbourne before heading into the city, visit one of the open access lounges: The House Lounge, Marhaba Lounge, or the Plaza Premium Lounge. These lounges are located in Terminal 2 for international departures.
  • If you want to smoothly navigate the Melbourne Airport after you land, download the Melbourne Airport mobile app. It has a taxi calculator, an airport map, exclusive deals on food within the airport, and more.
  • Flights to Melbourne, Australia, usually land at Tullamarine Airport. The only international airport in the Melbourne metropolitan area, it is the second busiest airport in Australia, with millions of passengers walking through its doors every year. It is located 14 miles from Melbourne city center.
  • If you want to enjoy a spot of shopping before departing, Melbourne Tullamarine Airport certainly delivers: with its hundreds of shops spread out over four terminals, this passenger hub is a shopper’s Mecca, regardless what you are looking for. Eating at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport is also not a problem thanks to the many restaurants and food concession points.
  • If you want to relax before your flight and enjoy reading your newspaper in a peaceful environment, head to one of the many airport lounges. Some are linked to a specific membership programs but many others feature a pay-per-use option and, once inside, you can enjoy amenities such as rest areas, comfortable seating, complimentary newspapers and magazines, snacks and drinks, and TV.
  • Passengers that would have to travel to and from the airport at night might choose to rest in one of the many hotels located just minutes from the airport. All of which feature shuttle service, free Wi-Fi, and complimentary breakfast, some hotels also offer day rooms (subject to availability) for those who want to take a nap during a long stopover.
  • Although Tullamarine Airport is the most used, flights to Melbourne might also land at Avalon Airport (21 miles to the southwest), Essendon Airport (10 miles to the northwest), or Moorabbin Airport (18.5 miles to the south).

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Top 5 airlines flying to Melbourne

Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
8.7
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 4548 reviews
84food
90crew
85entertainment
86comfort
88overall
89boarding
Airline reviews
Pros: "The coach seats were larger than seats for domestic flights. The windows were dimmable for optimal lighting."
Cons: "The armrests did not go up all the way, which made it difficult to maximize comfort with my travel partner."
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Pros: "The coach seats were larger than seats for domestic flights. The windows were dimmable for optimal lighting."
Cons: "The armrests did not go up all the way, which made it difficult to maximize comfort with my travel partner."
Pros: "One of the JAL ground crew was fantastic at Narita airport. I didn’t have enough time to get on my next flight. She provided me full assistance to take me to the connecting flight gate on time."
Cons: "Several flight attendants gave me wrong drinks."
Cons: "The flight was fantastic. It was a long flight but the flight attendants took excellent care to keep us comfortable."
Cons: "The crew members could have been more courteous to clients on the flight by lowering their voices when conversating among themselves."
Pros: "I volunteered when flight attendant asked if I would help in exit row responsibility."
Cons: "I got SSSS on my boarding pass and was subjected to not one but TWO thorough searches at NRT and DFW!!! It was traumatic for me and when an explosives man came up, I was totally upset!!! Please explain what I did in purchasing the ticket that flagged me for this horrible search!!!"
Pros: "Crew was attentive and informative of delays"
Cons: "This was American Airlines .. my Bags came out late even though i was in Biz Class"
Pros: "Tv audio didn’t work. They forgot to movie me to another seat. I paid for Wi-Fi and it didn’t work with Netflix or hbo go. Luggage was lost too"
Pros: "I like the guy who’s checking me in he’s very kind."
Cons: "Food."
Pros: "Everything about this flight was awesome. The food, the people, the seats in economy felt like first class. VERY polite and happy attendants compared to American Airlines who seemed to be annoyed by those on the flight."
Pros: "Friendly, clean. Great movie selection."
Cons: "I wasn't allowed to reserve a seat - apparently they don't allow Kayak customers to reserve seats now. I was forced into a middle seat and was uncomfortable and dehydrated the majority of the trip. Nice girl at baggage check said she'd ask a manager to move me, and to let them know at the gate, but the people at the gate said no. I felt discriminated against because I didn't book through them and/or I'm not Japanese. They historically love to put mushrooms in their food, like a fetish. This left me with one choice for the entree - some version of oyakodon - eggs and chicken. In my box there were two enormous chunks of fat/skin and another unidentifiable part of the chicken, and about the amount of edible chicken as 1 1/2 nuggets from Chick-Fil-A. There was more lotus root than chicken, so basically I had a box of rice and scrambled eggs with garnish. For the second meal, it was the Yoshinoya gyudon - a small serving of thinly sliced beef with rice. If I bought this fresh at a Yoshinoya restaurant, it would cost about $3. It's the rough equivalent of serving you a McDouble - cheap and filling and a coin toss if you get stomach pains. I lost that coin toss. Unless there is a big fare difference or I find out that their reserved seat policies are changed, I will choose ANA or another carrier. I used to enjoy JAL, but I cannot abide by idiotic decisions that seemed designed to punish people for using 3rd-party booking sites or who are not Japanese."
Pros: "The crew is awesome. They’re so polite and helpful."
Cons: "I think more options that don’t involve seafood would be good, but I’ll also consider selecting a specific meal in the future."
Cons: "These are the friendliest and most helpful people in the business! They are my new go to from now on!"
Pros: "Friendly, helpful, attentive crew; good amount of storage in business class; very good food with an excellent variety."
Pros: "The flight attendants were so awesome and beautiful! Food and snacks were great and the amount of time we were fed. They came around in a timely manner to get trash and ask what we wanted to drink."
Cons: "More variety of options for the vegan meals..."
Cons: "The boarding was substantially late. There could have been better communication about the delay. However, the plane still landed on time and the flight was quite comfortable"
Cons: "Bigger seat, but compared to other experiences it was very good."
Pros: "Everything was good but we were not able to select seats on the leg from Tokyo to Nagoya until arrive at check in and by that time all seats assigned and we could not be seated together and had to have middle seats. ANA needs to work this out..."
Cons: "The sound for the entertain in seat 26G never worked....unsatisfactory for such a new aircraft “Dreamliner”, make it a dream."
Pros: "Crew was great as always, giving excellent service. American airlines would do well to send their crews to observe how it should be done."
Cons: "The food and the drink selection."
Pros: "The cabin crews were excellent. Food was delicious. Lots of leg room in Economy class. Overall had a great experience"
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "Crew was amazing and very comfortable seat"
Cons: "Food can be better and Entertainment was poor There should be more choices available. WiFi was spotty only 150 MB was available after paying. It should be free in business class like other airlines"
Cons: "Poor customer service and lack of care for loyal passengers"
Pros: "crew was pushing , no time in an rush all the time"
Cons: "service level"
Pros: "Plane was super clean and comfortable. A long flight but we'll cared for by host."
Pros: "The help desk employees who helped me rebook my flight."
Cons: "After rushing to catch my connecting Singapore flight, their desks were closed and there wasn’t an employee in site. Given that airlines can see connecting fights it would have been great to have someone stay back to either give me a boarding pass or help me rebook! UNSATISFACTORY!"
Cons: "The person next to me had a distinct body odor."
Pros: "Always love the SIA business product on long haul."
Cons: "This trip had a lot of minor service and cleanliness misses. But they are quibbles in the scheme of the overall great product."
Cons: "Entertainment including games such as backgammon, black Jack, and poker are not available although they are on every other airline I used with high quality game programs that are clos to live games"
Cons: "Great Airline. Great staff and service. Good food and drink."
Pros: "The crews on board were amazing!"
Cons: "The service from the ground staffs are not as good a the crews onboard."
Pros: "Better flight as bigger craft and no neighbours in my row so I got some sleep."
Pros: "The crew were lovely - friendly and polite!"
Cons: "The delayed departure- but I truly understand that it was beyond the control of the company as the delay was weather related."
Pros: "Swap my two reviews! This one is for the flight going to London when I had the Skycouch! That was fabulous."
Cons: "Nothing."
Pros: "The crew on Air NZ is consistently wonderful. The entertainment and sets for domestic flights are good, but not great. For international flights, their seats and entertainment are excellent."
Pros: "Non stop flight"
Cons: "Staff not wake me up even after requesting they not wake me up to force feed a meal."
Cons: "One traveler was hit by car and injured prior to the trip. Could not get a refund from the airline."
Pros: "Crew was okay. Nothing special but not bad."
Cons: "The WiFi didn’t work! Don’t advertise it if it is not working. Even setting it up is far too much work/confusing."
Pros: "Staff friendly and helpful"
Cons: "My seat 57E could not be adjusted but half way through the flight was given another seat and managed to get some sleep. In our experience Air New Zealand is tops."
Cons: "We got off an hour and a half late as there was an audio technical problem."
Pros: "Upgrading to Skycoach giving extra leg room was well worth it."
Pros: "The plane was very comfortable, food was excellent and everything in worked well. Crew was very helpful and got you anything you needed."
Cons: "The flight was 3 hours delayed - and the captain never told us exactly what was wrong. The boarding lane was a chaos as well - and the tv screens never really worked. Terrible!"
Cons: "Getting on and off the plane took some time, but doesn't it always? Economy class was slightly more comfortable than many other airlines, but nothing to write home about. Qatar Airways really shone in the food, the service (both onboard and off) and the entertainment. Good experience."
Pros: "In-flight entertainment choices."
Cons: "It was a long flight, frequent offers of snacks and drinks would’ve been great."
Cons: "The lounge, they use the club lounge in Boston which was so so. Could we have use the one world BA lounge instead?"
Pros: "Excellent-18 hour flight but Qatar really looks after you. Crew amazing and food is pretty good."
Pros: "Everything"
Cons: "It could be better if they serve food from Doha to Islamabad."
Pros: "Good Service.Efficient"
Cons: "No Phone charging facilities on back of the seat unlike other Qatar aircraft."
Pros: "Seat was comfortable and leg room was pretty decent in economy class when compared to other airlines"
Cons: "Extra leg room, little bigger seats"
Cons: "Qatar airways claims to have inflight wifi. But it is not true because it did not work in either of my flights. Food could have been better."
Pros: "I had a family emergency and couldn’t go. I wasn’t allowed to switch my flight or change it. Lots of money spent with nothing in return. Unfortunte."

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11/1Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
28h 45mLAX-MEL
11/15Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 05mMEL-LAX
$746
11/10Fri
1 stopFiji Airways
29h 55mSFO-MEL
1/26Fri
1 stopFiji Airways
31h 25mMEL-SFO
$746
8/12Sat
1 stopFiji Airways
19h 25mLAX-MEL
8/22Tue
1 stopFiji Airways
16h 15mMEL-LAX
$761
11/3Fri
1 stopFiji Airways
29h 55mSFO-MEL
11/22Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
31h 25mMEL-SFO
$761
10/11Wed
1 stopUndisclosed Carrier
29h 00mLAX-MEL
11/2Thu
1 stopUndisclosed Carrier
17h 15mMEL-LAX
$769
10/21Sat
1 stopUndisclosed Carrier
18h 50mLAX-MEL
10/31Tue
1 stopUndisclosed Carrier
17h 50mMEL-LAX
$860
11/7Tue
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
23h 30mSFO-MEL
11/21Tue
1 stopMultiple Airlines
17h 35mMEL-SFO
$911
11/9Thu
2 stopsUndisclosed Carrier
23h 00mSFO-MEL
11/18Sat
2 stopsUndisclosed Carrier
20h 20mMEL-SFO
$926
10/18Wed
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
22h 45mLAX-MEL
10/27Fri
1 stopMultiple Airlines
31h 00mMEL-LAX
$957
8/21Mon
2 stopsAir Canada
27h 40mEWR-MEL
11/28Tue
2 stopsAir Canada
25h 18mMEL-EWR
$1,275
10/16Mon
2 stopsANA
31h 05mSEA-MEL
10/28Sat
2 stopsANA
38h 20mMEL-SEA
$1,339
11/7Tue
1 stopCathay Pacific
30h 35mJFK-MEL
11/14Tue
1 stopCathay Pacific
27h 10mMEL-JFK
$1,418
11/1Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 45mDFW-MEL
11/8Wed
nonstopQantas Airways
15h 45mMEL-DFW
$1,470
10/31Tue
1 stopPhilippine Airlines
38h 35mJFK-MEL
11/21Tue
1 stopPhilippine Airlines
31h 15mMEL-JFK
$1,477
8/12Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
57h 50mONT-MEL
8/23Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
42h 40mMEL-ONT
$1,570
11/6Mon
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
42h 00mSEA-MEL
11/15Wed
1 stopSingapore Airlines
36h 40mMEL-SEA
$1,598
11/5Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
28h 35mBOS-MEL
11/21Tue
2 stopsQatar Airways
36h 00mMEL-BOS
$1,614
10/21Sat
2 stopsAir New Zealand
33h 05mSNA-MEL
10/30Mon
2 stopsAir New Zealand
23h 04mMEL-SNA
$1,655
6/29Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
31h 13mSEA-MEL
7/10Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
38h 45mMEL-SEA
$1,675
9/14Thu
1 stopChina Airlines
41h 05mONT-MEL
9/24Sun
1 stopChina Airlines
37h 55mMEL-ONT
$1,831

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10/29Sun
1 stopFiji Airways
19h 00mLAX-MEL
$511
10/4Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 35mLAX-MEL
$515
8/16Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
29h 40mLAX-MEL
$527
9/15Fri
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
57h 25mDFW-MEL
$528
9/20Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
19h 25mLAX-MEL
$555
9/15Fri
3 stopsMultiple Airlines
53h 05mDFW-MEL
$559
7/28Fri
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
49h 20mLAX-MEL
$562
6/13Tue
1 stopUndisclosed Carrier
19h 35mLAX-MEL
$727
8/17Thu
1 stopPhilippine Airlines
38h 30mSFO-MEL
$772
9/9Sat
1 stopSingapore Airlines
30h 30mSEA-MEL
$843
6/13Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
19h 50mSFO-MEL
$912
9/6Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 50mSNA-MEL
$938
8/19Sat
1 stopAir India
28h 00mJFK-MEL
$943
9/9Sat
2 stopsAir Canada
28h 50mSEA-MEL
$950
8/15Tue
1 stopChina Airlines
41h 05mONT-MEL
$990
10/29Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
48h 01mONT-MEL
$1,038
9/14Thu
2 stopsJapan Airlines
28h 10mDFW-MEL
$1,103
8/16Wed
2 stopsANA
42h 50mSFO-MEL
$1,116
8/18Fri
1 stopCathay Pacific
41h 20mSFO-MEL
$1,155
11/1Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
34h 15mONT-MEL
$1,188

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8/15Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mHBA-MEL
8/15Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 15mMEL-HBA
$61
8/22Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 15mHBA-MEL
8/22Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 15mMEL-HBA
$82
6/14Wed
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mADL-MEL
6/21Wed
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mMEL-ADL
$85
7/23Sun
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mHBA-MEL
7/30Sun
nonstopJetstar
1h 15mMEL-HBA
$89
8/1Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 35mSYD-MEL
8/8Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 30mMEL-SYD
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