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$161 Find cheap flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)

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20:10 - 07:55WLG-MEL
13h 45m1 stop
18:25 - 11:20MEL-WLG
14h 55m1 stop
$411Air New Zealand
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Wed, 12 Feb - Sat, 15 Feb
12:00 - 07:55WLG-MEL
21h 55m1 stop
18:55 - 09:40MEL-WLG
12h 45m1 stop
$414Air New Zealand
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Sat, 8 Mar - Sat, 15 Mar
07:40 - 09:45WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$473Qantas Airways
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Sat, 30 Nov - Fri, 6 Dec
07:40 - 09:45WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$479Qantas Airways
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Fri, 6 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
08:00 - 13:30MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$539Emirates
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Fri, 6 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
23:55 - 13:35MEL-WLG
11h 40m1 stop
Sun, 24 Nov - Tue, 26 Nov
07:40 - 09:45WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
18:50 - 07:05MEL-WLG
10h 15m1 stop
Fri, 15 Nov - Sun, 15 Dec
17:40 - 22:45WLG-MEL
7h 05m1 stop
23:55 - 13:35MEL-WLG
11h 40m1 stop
$671Jetstar
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Wed, 20 Nov - Tue, 26 Nov
13:35 - 21:10WLG-MEL
9h 35m1 stop
18:45 - 07:05MEL-WLG
10h 20m1 stop
$677Jetstar
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Wed, 22 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan
16:30 - 23:40WLG-MEL
9h 10m1 stop
08:00 - 13:30MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$738Emirates
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Fri, 22 Nov - Thu, 28 Nov
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
$161Air New Zealand
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Tue, 19 Nov
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
$174Air New Zealand
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Fri, 24 Jan
13:35 - 23:00WLG-MEL
11h 25m1 stop
$212Jetstar
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Wed, 5 Feb
13:35 - 00:30WLG-MEL
12h 55m1 stop
Fri, 13 Dec
13:35 - 21:10WLG-MEL
9h 35m1 stop
$239Jetstar
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Fri, 28 Feb
21:05 - 20:40WLG-MEL
25h 35m1 stop
Mon, 2 Dec
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
$390Qantas Airways
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Sat, 21 Dec
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
$391Qantas Airways
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Sat, 21 Dec
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
$403Emirates
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Sun, 10 Nov
16:30 - 23:40WLG-MEL
9h 10m1 stop
$408Emirates
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Sun, 10 Nov
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
09:05 - 14:40MEL-WLG
3h 35mdirect
$431Air New Zealand
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Wed, 12 Feb - Sat, 15 Feb
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
09:05 - 14:40MEL-WLG
3h 35mdirect
$440Air New Zealand
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Mon, 10 Feb - Mon, 17 Feb
07:40 - 09:45WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$473Qantas Airways
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Sat, 30 Nov - Fri, 6 Dec
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
09:05 - 14:40MEL-WLG
3h 35mdirect
$475Air New Zealand
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Fri, 14 Feb - Fri, 7 Mar
07:40 - 09:45WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$479Qantas Airways
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Fri, 6 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$484Qantas Airways
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Thu, 6 Feb - Sun, 9 Feb
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
08:00 - 13:30MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$539Emirates
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Fri, 6 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
Sun, 24 Nov - Thu, 28 Nov
06:00 - 08:05WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
17:50 - 23:20MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
Sun, 24 Nov - Fri, 29 Nov
14:35 - 16:40WLG-MEL
4h 05mdirect
08:00 - 13:30MEL-WLG
3h 30mdirect
$1,466Emirates
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Sun, 15 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec

Flights from Wellington to Melbourne - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Wellington to Melbourne 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 Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

The average price of all flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Tuesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Friday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Wellington to Melbourne Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport, 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 Wellington to Melbourne Airport is May, where tickets cost $545 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of tickets is $750 and $705 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 120 days before departure.

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Low season

July

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$161
Best time to beat the crowds (4% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (20% more expensive on average)
Flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)

When to book flights from Wellington to Melbourne

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Wellington to Melbourne based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport was $106 for a one-way ticket and $270 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    The Boeing 737-800 Passenger/BBJ2 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Wellington and Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    There are direct flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Wellington to Melbourne, Emirates or Air New Zealand?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Wellington to Melbourne are Emirates and Air New Zealand. With an average price for the route of $741 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Air New Zealand is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $641 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    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 Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine).

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) from Wellington is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) with an airline and back to Wellington with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    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 Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) from Wellington up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Wellington to Melbourne Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $325 or less one-way and $478 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Wellington to Melbourne?

Find which airlines fly direct from Wellington Airport to Melbourne Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Wellington to Melbourne

Monday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Tuesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Wednesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Thursday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Friday

Emirates, Finnair, Qantas Airways, +7 more

Emirates, Finnair, +8 more

Saturday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Sunday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

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Direct returns

Melbourne to Wellington

Monday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Tuesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Wednesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Thursday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Friday

Emirates, Finnair, Qantas Airways, +7 more

Emirates, Finnair, +8 more

Saturday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Sunday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +7 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +8 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Wellington to Melbourne

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Wellington to Melbourne. 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 Wellington to Melbourne? 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 3551 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
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The food was amazing on our flight. So many options for movies and shows to stay entertained for 12 hours.

10.0 ExcellentHumility, Oct 2024YYZ - DXB
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The food was amazing on our flight. So many options for movies and shows to stay entertained for 12 hours.

Enough vegetarian food was not available on the flight for all vegetarian guests on the plane. Crew did not adequately handle this experience

Airline did not have enough vegetarian meals for all guests, and crew were not adequately trained to handle this.

I was not allowed to upgrade with miles whereas others were. That’s a pity

Fresh energetic and friendly crew, great food, brand new plane and non stop entertainment

The flight experience was good, but connection time was cut shorted because of delayed start.. it would have been helpful if the flight showed which gate/terminal we need to go for connecting flight and flight timing was less than 30 minutes to connect which made ourselves stressful to catch next flight 😔

Excellent staff! Flights were delayed due to technical issues after everyone was boarded and we sat in the flight for almost 2 hours before taking off. Not enough vegetarian food was available despite pre-ordering. The staff did an exceptional job dealing with both the problems neither of their making.

The experience of the flight. The food options have definitely gone down

Everything was good up until getting off the plane. Riyadh simply cannot handle an A380. Exiting the plane on a remote stand was extremely slow and frustrating, then waiting for buses for transport back to the terminal is another disaster. Give me the 777 any day.

Always my favourite airline. On time, lovely staff, clean comfortable seats. Well done

The flight attendances were very helpful and friendly ! Dinner and breakfast were great . The seat was not too comfortable though .

The air New Zealand employees who assisted us with wheelchair aid on Auckland made our transfer from flight to the next seamless. Also were amazing in helping with our luggage and customs in Brisbane.

New Zealand crew were attentive. We were not informed that we needed transit document to pass through New Zealand. A checkin employee helped with this for which we were thankful.

The boarding process was less than ideal. While I liked being greeted with “Kia Ora”, the rest of the process was very average for business-class travel — queue, crowding, no clear separation between economy and business premier. The aircraft felt old, even though I believe it was only 6 years’ old. Travelling in Business Premier in Air New Zealand is like sitting in a glass bowl. One can see everyone, and everyone can see others. Very bad structuring of seats. If you have a choice, fly another airlines like Singapore Airlines for business — I had the option, but chose this flight due to it’s departure time. Regrettable decision. I had opted for Vegan food choice. Very poor food as well as service. It is as if the chefs preparing the meal have little idea what nutritious, healthy and filling plant-based food is. And the crew were totally uncoordinated. In the main dinner meal, the first thing I was served was a fruit bowl, and then followed by other items. No mention was made that the fruit bowl (served first) was the dessert! And then after my meal tray was cleared another steward (not the one who served the main meal) comes around asks me that now that I had had the would like the dessert. I said yes, please. He went off and comes back to tell me discreetly that I’ve already had my dessert! He also didn’t know what the dessert was — and I guess it was the fruit platter that was the first item I was served. I was traveling with partner, who had similar experience. For her, they just cleared her table without offering dessert. Extremely poor coordination. The area behind the seats was extremely dirty. I just happened to use the overhead light to try and locate something that had fallen, only to be horrified at the dust, crumbs and all kinds of other particles. The only good thing about the flight was that when it ended, our bags came very very quickly. But that I guess is more to do with airport operations for Air New Zealands at Auckland Airport rather than the flight itself. I would think very hard next time I have to fly Business Premier in New Zealand, especially on Boeing 787-9NZM, which this plane was. Basically if you are selecting seats and find that they are at a diagonal angle, do not book this if you are looking for luxurious travel. Better off with premium economy or a good economy seat. The quality of food and service indeed was way below par.

The entire process was excellent! The economy sits are a bit snug so I'll have to be sure to purchase premier or business class next time but, other than that, food, service, attendants were exceptional. Gate agents and ticket agents too!

Can you please process refund. Mum died and dad went to Pakistan to bury her after cancelling flight.

Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

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!

Food was not good. We asked for Muslim food and it was weird tasteless type of boiled veges.

It was very nice. I will try to fly with Qantas whenever I can.

Terrible. 6 hour delay with no explanations and only 15 dollars in food credits. A disaster. I'll just leave it at that.

Much better than I expected for such a long flight.

Flight was cancelled about 1.5 hours before departure. Replacement flight provided scheduled 1 hour later. Late boarding, late departure and arrived Melbourne nearly 2 hours after originally scheduled.

Good - better than other airlines in terms of food and seat comfort.

It’s a very long flight and there are so many people on board. Perhaps a warm washcloth now and then to freshen up

The crew was very helpful to my family, especially when my daughter became sick during the flight. Will fly with them again.

Too many passengers are bringing on too many large items as part of carry on baggage where it should be checked in. This is not the fault of Qantas but the stupid mindset passengers have now about trying to bring anything and everything on as carry on luggage where it should be checked in.

Better than expected, normally I don't use this airline because they are too expensive for me, but if you can afford it, good on you, you won't regret it. Regards.

The flight was delayed over 2 hours. We had to wait on the plane and the air conditioning was turned off. The food was average and the cutlery was wooden!

Flight was as expected - we got what we paid for which was a base fare

Hardly we had overweight and we were asked to pay $75. We were checked by a female and weight was alright

Unaware of charge for carry on until i got to gate

I got what I paid for - flight was clean, staff were friendly

I like that fare is cheap but because there's no amenities whatsoever. You get what you paid for.

There's a reason why fare is cheap, no amenities.

It is what it is - nothing more, nothing less. No entertainment onboard but one kinda knows that when buying a ticket on a no frills airline. I choose Jetstar only because of price.

Plane was delayed both on arrival to Sydney and departure. We boarded the plane while it was in the process of being refuelled, which I am certain is against CASA regulations. Comfort for anyone over 6 foot is non existent.

Entertainment wasn’t working! It didnt work on our flight from Darwin to Bali either. They were newish planes, so it was disappointing.

The flight was over an hour late due to staff shortages and due to it being the last evening flight, I got back to Sydney very late

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Wellington to Melbourne found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
19/11Tue
directAir New Zealand
4h 05mWLG-MEL
$161
24/1Fri
directAir New Zealand
4h 05mWLG-MEL
$174
5/2Wed
1 stopJetstar
11h 25mWLG-MEL
$212
13/12Fri
1 stop
12h 55mWLG-MEL
$224
28/2Fri
1 stopJetstar
9h 35mWLG-MEL
$239
2/12Mon
1 stop
25h 35mWLG-MEL
$250
21/12Sat
directQantas Airways
4h 05mWLG-MEL
$390
21/12Sat
directQantas Airways
4h 05mWLG-MEL
$391
10/11Sun
directEmirates
4h 05mWLG-MEL
$403
10/11Sun
1 stopEmirates
9h 10mWLG-MEL
$408

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