Flights from Manchester to Melbourne: Best prices & times
Flights from Manchester to Melbourne, Australia, are available with several airlines. The quickest flights last 19h20 – but shop around for the cheapest fares.
There are no direct flights from Manchester to Melbourne, Australia. But there are several one-stop options on the Manchester to Melbourne flight route.
This competition keeps the prices of flights to Melbourne from Manchester relatively low given the distance.
How much do flights from Manchester to Melbourne cost?
Flights from Manchester to Melbourne cost from around £995 return in economy class.
This is significantly more expensive than the fares pre-Covid, when you could often find a Manchester to Melbourne return fare from around £800.
Prices may go down again as travel continues to return to the sort of levels seen before.
👇 7 great day trips while you’re in Melbourne 👇
- Great Ocean Road tour – with koalas 🐨.
- Brighton Beach, Moonlit Sanctuary and Phillip Island tour – with penguins 🐧.
- Yarra Valley wine tour – with gin, cider and cheese 🍷.
- Grampians National Park tour – with bushwalks and LOADS of kangaroos 🦘.
- Mornington Peninsula tour – with hot springs bathing 🛀.
- Wilsons Promontory tour – with all manner of native wildlife 🦘🐨.
- Dandenong Ranges steam train ride – plus wildlife at Healesville Sanctuary and chocolate-tasting in the Yarra Valley.
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Business class fares from Manchester to Melbourne
Business class fares from Manchester to Melbourne can be unaffordbly expensive for most travellers. Checking using Kayak for October flights, the cheapest business class fare to Melbourne from Manchester is £4,630 return with Cathay Pacific.
This is around the cheapest time of year to fly to Australia, as well. Unusually, this would have been a reasonably good deal before the pandemic struck.
Which airlines fly from Manchester to Melbourne?
No airlines fly direct from Manchester to Melbourne. However, there are hundreds of two stop options, and a fair few one stop options that involve two airlines on a codeshare agreement.
However, the main one stop Manchester to Melbourne flight options are with the following airlines.
- Emirates via Dubai.
- Etihad via Abu Dhabi
- Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong.
- Qatar Airways via Doha.
- Singapore Airlines via Singapore.
These airlines are all in the top tier of international carriers. They also offer the opportunity to build in a stopover fairly cheaply if you would prefer to break the journey.
Which airline has the cheapest Manchester to Perth flights?
No single airline reliably offers the cheapest flights to Melbourne. Staying loyal to a particular airline serves little purpose.
Manchester to Melbourne flight prices vary depending on date, how many tickets have been sold are and whether a particular airline has a sale on.
When we checked using Kayak for dates nine months in advance, Singapore Airlines was cheapest. Use another timeframe, and the cheapest flight could just as easily be with Etihad or Qatar Airways.
14 fantastic experiences that make the most of your free time in Melbourne
- Get the very best views – on a hot air balloon flight over the city.
- See the changing colours of the river – on a sunset kayaking tour – with dinner. (Highly recommended ✅)
- Feast and see the sights at the same time – on a four course dinner cruise along the Yarra River.
- A genuinely excellent street art tour, led by prominent street artists. (Highly recommended ✅)
- The also superb Aboriginal heritage, plants and bush food tour in the Botanic Gardens. (💲 Great value 💲)
- Best of Melbourne bike tour – you can see more on two wheels than walking.
- Hidden laneways bar crawl OR foodie discovery tour OR chocolate and dessert tour.
- Combo ticket for Australian Sports Museum and MCG tour.
- Hassle-dodging advance tickets for the Melbourne Skydeck, Melbourne Zoo, the Ice Bar (with cocktails) and Sea Life Aquarium.
How long does the Manchester to Melbourne flight take?
The Manchester to Melbourne flight time varies slightly depending on which airline you use. Generally, the one stop Manchester to Melbourne flights take between 23 and 25 hours. But there is slight variation between the airlines, largely due to the transit time in the layover airports.
The quickest flight from Manchester to Melbourne takes 22 hours and 45 minutes. This is with Emirates.
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