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Find cheap flights to French Polynesia from $738

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Australia to French Polynesia departing on 19/7. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Papeete
Papeete1 stop$1,377
Vaitape
Vaitape2 stops$2,032

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February

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September

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$738
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
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Flight from Sydney to Papeete

FAQs - booking French Polynesia flights

  • How long is the flight to French Polynesia?

    An average direct flight from Australia to French Polynesia takes 23h 36m, covering a distance of 10618 km. The most popular route is Sydney - Papeete with an average flight time of 9h 10m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to French Polynesia?

    The cheapest ticket to French Polynesia from Australia found in the last 72 hours was $1,377. The most popular route is from Sydney to Papeete and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,391.

  • What are the most popular destinations in French Polynesia?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Papeete (85% of total searches to French Polynesia). The next most popular destinations are Vaitape (14%) and Temae (1%).

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Top 3 airlines flying to French Polynesia

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Australia to French Polynesia? 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.
8.6
Air Tahiti NuiOverall score based on 73 reviews
8.0Food
8.5Boarding
9.0Crew
8.1Comfort
7.4Entertainment
Airline reviews

Really good experience. Was reasonably priced, Boarding was easy, on time, and service was great. No complaints at all :)

10.0 ExcellentBhavna, Apr 2024LAX - ICN
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Really good experience. Was reasonably priced, Boarding was easy, on time, and service was great. No complaints at all :)

I always love flying with Air Tahiti Nui: the flower when you board, the colors of the pillows/blankets, the fun safety video, etc. It brings the charm of Tahiti to the plane, which is very relaxing. Food was great. Only weakness is the entertainment system, which did not have a lot of interesting content, so I ended up watching Netflix shows I had downloaded to my phone. The other issue was not related to Air Tahiti but the Seattle airport, which made us wait for 1 hour at security. Ruined the whole flying experience and almost made me loose my next flight.

The service was really nice. The wine was great and the food was good. More water offered during the flight would have been nice.

Booked family of 4. None of us were seated together. Desk agent would not make any seat adjustments. Gate agent would not make any seat adjustments. Had to negotiate once on board with other passengers to trade seats. Don’t understand why you would separate seating of family all booked on same reservation. Was not able to select seats on Kayak nor Air Tahiti prior to airport.

Seats were roomy. Staff was great offering free drinks and refills constantly. Everything was very clean.

The sound system was so bad I could not watch movies.

Reclining seats with leg rest! Amazing flight crew! Loved the food! Everything was perfect!

The crew was very friendly and welcoming. Boarding was calm and organized. Take off and Landing was perfect and in time.

my luggage was damage. even if i put fragile in my bags. i was disappointed.

Very friendly and professional crew from check in to be working to flight crew to disembarkation.

Great meal. Best seats ever! They need to teach other airlines how to do that.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Couldn’t request a vegan meal somehow but I noticed other people getting them

They announced food service but then never came around. We also couldn’t land so kept trying to get to runway and then had to come up and go around happened like 3 times and cause the child next to me to start throwing up

Flight was canceled due to technical issue shortly before the check-in counters opened. Passengers were rebooked on a flight three days later. Request to be accommodated on Air Tahiti Nui could not be processed. Customer service sorted out the refund after calling and being put on hold for almost an hour.

Carring crew, nice ambiance of the cabin, comfortable beds, good food well served. We liked everything.

The pilot tried to make up for lost time due to delays that were out of her control. She communicated the issues openly and clearly and made every effort to do what she could to alleviate issues.

2 of the 6 economy toilets were out of order. Drinks were not offered often enough - you have to order on-screen, which is often unavailable. Snacks and Milo ran out very early. Crew was fine but I think there was a sticking issue

So here's the rub - my flight was booked through Chatdeal even though I bought it under the Kayak umbrella. All the return flights were theoretically through Air New Zealand, however except for the initial leg from New Zealand, they were all partnered flights. So when I arrived at the airport in New Zealand they could only issue me my ticket to Fiji. Once in Fiji I had to do some serious leg work and finagling to get my ticket to Los Angeles through Fiji Air. This included a monitored covid RAT that I wasn't aware I needed to do. So I gave the score I did because of the complexity and annoyance created in the process of getting a boarding pass for my Nadi-LA flight.

Flight attendants are always pleasant and helpful. Pilot kept us updated.

The seats are too close together and are smaller than they used to be. Makes for a cramped experience.

Great. Airhostess was amazing. Dinner a little spicy! Could have had a mention beforehand about that though

The international flight from Sydney to Dallas had great food. I have travelled a lot over the years and this has been the most memorable in my experience so far.

Initial flight was cancelled so moved to an alternative flight. As a result, stuck in a middle seat. Flight then place in holding pattern prior to landing resulting in a very late trip home.

There was nothing I didn’t like, prices a little lower would help

BA Airbus A380 BC upstairs had 2 3 2 layout. The seat was comfy but access for those in middle or window seats had to climb over others fest to get to ailse when seats in bed mode. The layout was not nearly as private as other layouts. The staff was amazing as well as the food. Most airline food is average but this was restaurant quality.

Following a marathon flight riddled by delays and changes from Santiago, Chile, my flight to Melbourne from Sydney was on schedule but I was transferred to the next flight. The reason by ticketing and the floor manager was I missed the entry to flight by one minute! That's right, the emphasised that if I was 1 minute earlier I would be on the flight. I asked what was the point them emphasising 1minute overdue and how that helped me or the situation. They didn't care at all. Replying that if it was one minute earlier they would've done something and smirking delivering the information. Australian's do call Australia home, Qantas calls Australian's suckers.

1) crackly headphone jack 2) one of the emergency seats recline. Usually second row does. But in this case neither did 3) food was scrambled eggs or fruit. 4) fruit should not be the option to eggs 5)miserable unpleasant crew not a smile. Thought that was a virgin thing

Qantas are unable to service and unfit for purpose, they cannot transport Australians on time to overseas destinations. On top of the inflated ticketing, the Sydney flight to Santiago was impacted because the plane was delayed arriving and then further bungling by Qantas admitting the ground new ground crew in charge of cleaning were not trained. The impact on passengers with connecting flights was tremendous and long ques of frustrated passengers waiting for rescheduling. **Qantas has become the Australian Spirit of disappointment**

The staff we fantastic and seemed to work very well with each other

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Recent return flight deals

15/7Mon
1 stopAir New Zealand
10h 20mMEL-PPT
12/8Mon
1 stopAir New Zealand
10h 50mPPT-MEL
$1,377
17/7Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
10h 15mBNE-PPT
29/7Mon
1 stopAir New Zealand
11h 00mPPT-BNE
$1,388
15/7Mon
2 stops
21h 00mMEL-PPT
12/8Mon
1 stop
10h 50mPPT-MEL
$1,434
18/7Thu
1 stop
27h 40mMEL-PPT
2/8Fri
1 stop
22h 45mPPT-MEL
$1,446
13/8Tue
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
10h 50mSYD-PPT
31/8Sat
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
13h 25mPPT-SYD
$1,501
24/9Tue
1 stopQantas Airways
10h 50mSYD-PPT
23/11Sat
1 stopQantas Airways
11h 30mPPT-SYD
$1,502
21/7Sun
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
9h 10mSYD-PPT
5/8Mon
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
10h 30mPPT-SYD
$1,507
8/9Sun
2 stopsQantas Airways
12h 20mMEL-PPT
11/9Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
13h 00mPPT-MEL
$1,511
27/9Fri
1 stopAircalin
26h 00mSYD-PPT
29/11Fri
1 stopAircalin
22h 20mPPT-SYD
$1,633
27/9Fri
1 stopAircalin
26h 00mSYD-PPT
22/11Fri
1 stopAircalin
22h 20mPPT-SYD
$1,639

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19/7Fri
1 stopAir New Zealand
10h 40mSYD-PPT
$738
19/7Fri
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10h 55mSYD-PPT
$739
5/11Tue
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11h 25mBNE-PPT
$793
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11h 10mSYD-PPT
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8/6Sat
multi-stopAir Tahiti Nui
24h 30mSYD-PPT
12/6Wed
multi-stopAir Tahiti Nui
13h 25mPPT-SYD
$1,710
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