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Book Cheap Cairns to Sri Lanka Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cairns to Sri Lanka 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.
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Recent return flight deals from Cairns to Sri Lanka

Fri, 2 Oct - Sat, 17 Oct
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21:40 - 17:50
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24h 40m
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19:50 - 22:40
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22h 20m
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$1,179Jetstar
Tue, 14 Jul - Sun, 26 Jul
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18:15 - 23:35
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00:50 - 17:00
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11h 40m
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$1,209Singapore Airlines
Fri, 2 Oct - Sat, 17 Oct
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19:00 - 21:30
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31h 00m
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22h 20m
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$1,231Multiple Airlines
Wed, 19 Aug - Sat, 12 Sep
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06:00 - 21:50
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44h 20m
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19:50 - 20:50
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20h 30m
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$1,336Multiple Airlines
Mon, 27 Jul - Sun, 2 Aug
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18:15 - 23:35
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33h 50m
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00:50 - 17:00
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$1,363Singapore Airlines
Wed, 19 Aug - Fri, 11 Sep
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06:50 - 22:55
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00:05 - 22:45
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42h 10m
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$1,436Multiple Airlines
Sun, 16 Aug - Sat, 12 Sep
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06:45 - 09:40
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31h 25m
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19:50 - 20:50
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$1,508Multiple Airlines
Mon, 27 Jul - Sun, 2 Aug
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22h 00m
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00:50 - 09:45
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28h 25m
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$1,514Multiple Airlines
Fri, 2 Oct - Fri, 16 Oct
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21:40 - 17:50
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02:05 - 05:30
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46h 55m
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$1,521Multiple Airlines
Tue, 14 Jul - Mon, 27 Jul
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06:00 - 19:00
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41h 30m
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20:30 - 22:40
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45h 40m
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$1,529Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Cairns to Sri Lanka flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cairns to Sri Lanka to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cairns to Sri Lanka?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cairns to Sri Lanka, 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 Cairns to Sri Lanka is January, when tickets cost $665 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and September, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,800 and $1,465 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$655
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 33% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (14% more expensive on average)
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FAQs - booking Sri Lanka flights

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    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 Cairns to Sri Lanka.

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Cairns to Sri Lanka is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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    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 Cairns to Sri Lanka with an airline and back with another airline.

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    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 Cairns to Sri Lanka up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from Cairns to Sri Lanka

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cairns to Sri Lanka? 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.
8.2
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1545 reviews
8.1Entertainment
8.3Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.8Food
8.6Crew
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Limited food options. I dont like chicken or even fish but that’s the only option. Sad to say not impress

6.0 GoodDreiTen, June 2026
MNL - SIN
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Limited food options. I dont like chicken or even fish but that’s the only option. Sad to say not impress

Flight attendants were awesome! Very helpful and patients. Some food were good but maybe not serving fish that kinda make the whole aircraft smell fishy. The “fried pork” was tasty but too much skin so it doesnt taste that great.

Clean modern comfortable. Food could have been better, I only ate breakfast I wish they wouldn’t wake sleeping passengers who would rather sleep through dinner. No tea or coffee for breakfast

I had ordered vegetarian food. What I was presented was extremely dissatisfying and not up to the mark. I pretty much did not eat entire 19 hours. For.an airline voted as best in business, it was extremely disappointing. Seats were not comfortable to sleep. Entertainment system didn’t have much choice. WiFi didn’t work for more than half the time. Cabin crew were also difficult to understand. A bit of diversity like Emirates crew would go a long way.

Overall the airline tried to give excellent service. The wheelchair service was bad at SFO. My baggage was also delayed but I thank them for taking the trouble to find it and deliver it to my home.

They ran out of the second choice of food was stuck with fish

I felt that the whole experience went very smoothly. The aircraft was extremely clean and tidy on boarding. The cabin crew were beautifully turned out very, very efficient and were a credit to Singapore Airlines who are now my favourite carrier.

Service was very good, food and entertainment systems were good

I find it was a bit hot before take off. If there is a way to improve the airflow it would be great

toilets could be cleaned more frequently, everything else was pretty good.

For an international flight, the service was average at best. It could have been significantly better, particularly with regard to the food quality and options. Additionally, having only two restrooms available for the entire Economy Class made the experience less comfortable and resulted in long wait times.

I do not think there was much that could have been done to make it better. The delayed flight was due to bad weather. The turbulent patches were very unavoidable. Am simply thankful that there were no sudden and / or sharp drops during the flight. I do extend my compliments to captain Marcus I believe was his name and the rest of the crew. They all did an excellent job. My only question is whether I get a refund since the seats I had chosen and paid for were reassigned.

The crew and the food were excellent. The plane was kept quite clean.

Multiple late or canceled flights. Lounge was 100 degrees. Food was terrible. The plane was incredibly old, and best of all, a screaming child for 3 hours. All for the low low price of $2,600 one way Hanoi to Shanghai. No idea how Cathay is ranked so high. Cathay is not much better than American Airlines or Spirit. In the future I will go out of my way to not fly Cathay.

I love the comfortable business class seats. The service was excellent. Staff was friendly.

My only suggestion is a way to not be woken up for food. … like maybe something you can place on you if you’d prefer to miss food than be woken up

Problems with entertainment system eventually rectified. Cabin crew attentive and polite but a bit absent minded when it came to remembering requests, salt, sugar etc.

I didn't see any flight attendants offer coffee or green tea. There was regular drink service but after a short meal was served didn't notice that happening.

Selected ovo lacto meal because I’m ok with milk products but not any meat. It was terrible. We had the same selection back in October when we had traveled and it was pretty good at that time. It was gross this time.

See previous answers. Also food options limited, entertainment difficult to use and did not work properly, lay flat bed is quite big but very hard and uncomfortable

It was ok, but not what it was like 20 years ago

Great food and good entertainment options for the long flight.

It seems that qantas are trying hard to regain their status as Australia's premier airline. I only flew economy but happy with the service entertainment, food, configuration everything.

I never flew with alliance. Kayak is a joke and none of the flights or times were correct. Won’t ever use kayak again

I missed my flight due to unforeseen circumstances It was, however , an excellent price !

Loved the food and beverages available, spacious economy class, excellent entertainment

Very good overall. Highly recommend for all flying to Australia

Helpful staff when I felt unwell. Qantas need to have an audio/music channel so you can listen to various music/.artists

We had bulkhead seats in a A380 in the upper deck in seats 31 D and E. Storage was very limited other than in overhead bin - which is not within reach when in seat. Yet paying same price as others in premium economy who have a lot more storage within arm’s reach. Seems very unfair.

Good check in and helpful staff. Delayed for 1 hour. Took about 45 Mins to get baggage’s at DFW . Food was average ( Hindu meal ) . Overall it was good experience

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