$376 Find Cheap Flights from Adelaide to South Island

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Best South Island Flight Deals from Adelaide

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Queenstown
Queenstown1 stop$654
Christchurch
Christchurch1 stop$606
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,006
Queenstown
Queenstown1 stop$654
Christchurch
Christchurch1 stop$606
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,006

Cheap Flight Deals from Adelaide to South Island (ADL-zzEDG)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Adelaide to South Island that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent return flight deals from Adelaide to South Island

Recommended return flight deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Adelaide to South Island.
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Jetstar Logo
21:40 - 16:20ADL-CHC
16h 10m1 stop
Jetstar Logo
08:20 - 21:05CHC-ADL
15h 15m1 stop
$606Jetstar
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Mon, 16 Jun - Tue, 24 Jun
Jetstar Logo
21:40 - 16:20ADL-CHC
16h 10m1 stop
Jetstar Logo
08:20 - 21:05CHC-ADL
15h 15m1 stop
$617Jetstar
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Mon, 16 Jun - Tue, 24 Jun
Jetstar Logo
09:15 - 19:55ADL-ZQN
8h 10m1 stop
Jetstar Logo
20:50 - 08:30ZQN-ADL
14h 10m1 stop
$654Jetstar
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Mon, 16 Jun - Sun, 22 Jun
Virgin Australia Logo
07:40 - 16:45ADL-ZQN
6h 35m1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
18:00 - 17:05ZQN-ADL
25h 35m1 stop
$776Virgin Australia
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Sun, 7 Sep - Sun, 14 Sep
Virgin Australia Logo
07:40 - 16:45ADL-ZQN
6h 35m1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
18:00 - 11:05ZQN-ADL
19h 35m1 stop
$807Virgin Australia
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Sun, 7 Sep - Sun, 14 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
14:10 - 08:25ADL-ZQN
15h 45m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
15:40 - 20:20ZQN-ADL
7h 10m1 stop
$835Air New Zealand
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Wed, 25 Jun - Wed, 2 Jul
Qantas Airways Logo
06:30 - 00:10ADL-CHC
15h 10m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
17:50 - 14:15CHC-ADL
22h 55m2 stops
$863Qantas Airways
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Thu, 10 Jul - Fri, 18 Jul
Emirates Logo
10:05 - 12:30ADL-CHC
23h 55m1 stop
Emirates Logo
15:45 - 20:20CHC-ADL
7h 05m1 stop
$887Emirates
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Sat, 12 Jul - Sat, 26 Jul
Air New Zealand Logo
06:00 - 14:25ADL-ZQN
5h 55m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
15:25 - 22:35ZQN-ADL
9h 40m1 stop
$910Air New Zealand
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Fri, 8 Aug - Sat, 16 Aug
Qantas Airways Logo
06:00 - 14:30ADL-ZQN
6h 00m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
18:20 - 11:35ZQN-ADL
19h 45m2 stops
$1,093Qantas Airways
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Sat, 26 Jul - Sat, 26 Jul
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Adelaide to South Island flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Adelaide to South Island to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Island?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Adelaide to South Island depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to South Island is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $356 on average. Morning departures are around 15% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Island is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $549.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Adelaide to South Island?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Adelaide to South Island, 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 Adelaide to South Island is August, when tickets cost $704 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and March, when the average cost of return tickets is $971 and $952 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Adelaide to South Island?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Adelaide to South Island clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to South Island on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Thursday. On your return trip to Adelaide, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Adelaide to South Island?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Adelaide to South Island, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below-average price on the flight from Adelaide to South Island, you should book around 8 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

May

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$376
Best time to beat the crowds (5% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from Adelaide to Queenstown

FAQs - booking South Island flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Adelaide to South Island?

    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 Adelaide to South Island.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Adelaide to South Island?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Adelaide to South Island 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 Adelaide to South Island?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Adelaide to South Island with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Adelaide to South Island?

    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 from Adelaide to South Island up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 5 airlines serving from Adelaide to South Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Adelaide to South Island. 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 Adelaide to South Island? 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.
8.0
EmiratesOverall score based on 3213 reviews
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
7.8Food
Airline reviews

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

6.0 GoodDave, Mar 2025SYD - DXB
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Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

Overall I was quite pleased with the experience; the cleanliness; the polite and attentiveness of the cabin crew; and the delicious food options.

Ove the A380 planes. Comfortable seats. Served great Indian food and Masala Chai!

Very uncomfortable aircraft. No free entertainment or drinks. Food okay. Won't fly with them again.

The plane seemed pretty old and the food was not good

Comfort and customer service from most if the crew was great. The crew reassigning passengers should consider the presence of infants when reassigning seats. Unfortunately a couple of oversized passengers were relocated next to us, making this segment a bit uncomfortable, as there was not only extra leg space required. I ended up swapping seats with my husband so our baby wouldn't be impacted. My husband travelled quite uncomfortable as the reassigned neighbour shoulder and arm ended up on my husband's seat

Boarding, seats, entertainment and service were all great. The food was great except for the fact that there were too many sweet items.

The entire crew was amazing. They went out of their way to make us enjoy a great travel experience.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

The issue was with getting our boarding pases. There were issues with our arrangements that were made through Kayak. I am sorry to say that we will not use you again because of this. The flight itself was good and the flight attendants excellent.

Arriving at Coolangatta, rows 20 forward, took the airbridge across to the terminal. It was suggested to those from rows 21 back, that we take the rear stairs and to be careful crossing the tarmac. That was all well and good. However, when we got across to the terminal we then had to climb three large flights of stairs to meet up with those coming across the airbridge. No elevator! There were people carrying babies and elderly carrying hand luggage that needed assistance from others.. There was no option to turn back.

It was good for a short domestic flight. As no food ar entertainment provided, there should be a n/a rating available for those.

USB charging ports did not work on any of Air New Zealand flights

Economy was much nicer on the Air New Zealand planes.

At Coolangatta International it is difficult to hear voice boarding announcements when away from screen announcements.

Flew premium economy, well worth the extra. Much better seat size & space. Meals & snacks were lovely. Crew really pleasant. Internet is not great, not really useful for anything. Couldn't even send messages.

Everything was fine. Wish the wifi was free and included in the ticket price.

Nothing special short flight - all good - difference between 1 fudge and 2 fudge is obligation and thankfulness

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

Overall good experience with flight and airport wheelchair staff. Also got Indian food in the flights

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

Very good as always, stand out airline. The passengers whom choose to stuff baggage that otherwise should be checked-in is a real bother but that's not the airlines doing. A real frustration that passengers just don't want to check-in luggage. This is a pet hate unfortunately.

It’s a two prop flight so I had problems with my ears on re- entering ! But otherwise fine

I love flying with Qantas. There was no onscreen entertaining on this flight, and only a snack provided (not a meal) but still better than Jetstar or Virgin (in my opinion) so still happy.

Wheelchair assistance to move through the terminals and to/from the plane door was excellent. No vegan snack on the flight, only something with salami and cheese in it.

Gluten free options less explicit on business class, but great service

Very good… seems the virgin staff particularly in the lounge and in flight exceeded expectations.

I liked everything about the experience but would have liked some free snacks!

Crew was great but flight was delayed almost three hours due to a technical issue and we had to go back to the terminal and wait for another one.

Being told why we delayed three hours and not even given an apology by someone. Not a word. Not my airline of choice ever.

Checked Baggage line up was long but moved quickly, rest of the process, boarding, crew was excellent

Virgin has always provided a smooth and comfortable flight. This one was no different. Seats are comfortable. Staff are great. This is my favourite airline.

Virgin changed the flight to an Alliance flight. Smaller plane, tea coffee and water the only refreshments available and not sure what happened to the extra money I paid to sit in a selected seat with extra leg room. This is obviously a regular switch as it happened on our flight there and back. Do not recommend.

Late boarding, late departure due to weather and slow boarding, packed 5+hour flight, only 2 toilets for main cabin, tight leg room, no free food except tea, coffee, and water, arrived 75 minutes late.

Cramped, crowded flight, with no complimentary food except coffee, tea, or water.

Overall, it was good. The only concern was that I couldn't charge my phone because the USB port didn't work after we took off. One of the crew members tried to restart it but never came back to me with an update.

Comfortable seats, boarding was easy and staff were very nice.

Flight was fine but a domestic flight was called by Jetstar international. This meant going through immigration and custom scanning twice. Long queues were experienced which were frustrating. We were using a wheelchair and exit at Perth needed a scissor lift as no air bridge provided. No fast lane at Perth for wheelchair. The staff were helpful but this system is poor.

The crew were great. The seat was older than an old Holden with a big metal bar sticking right into my back. The passenger next to me complained that hers was the same. The pre purchase system for food was disappointing as the pie/quiche took 20 mins to warm up, arrived too hot and with no utensils. It was one of the most uncomfortable flights I've ever been on.

Not very good, no food and not drink ( caffe or tea). Never ever fly with jet star.

Fabulous I have no issues with JetStar great service always use them to fly

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

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