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Book Cheap Melbourne 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 Melbourne 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 Melbourne to Sri Lanka

Tue, 13 Oct - Thu, 19 Nov
China Eastern Logo
12:00 - 19:00
MEL
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CMB
36h 30m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
20:20 - 14:05
CMB
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MEL
36h 15m
1 stop
$898China Eastern
Tue, 13 Oct - Sat, 31 Oct
Jetstar Logo
13:00 - 17:50
MEL
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CMB
10h 20mdirect
Jetstar Logo
19:50 - 11:00
CMB
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MEL
9h 40mdirect
$898Jetstar
Tue, 25 Aug - Mon, 21 Sep
Multiple Airlines Logo
00:30 - 21:55
MEL
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CMB
25h 55m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
22:55 - 23:15
CMB
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MEL
19h 50m
1 stop
$900Multiple Airlines
Sat, 15 Aug - Tue, 18 Aug
China Eastern Logo
12:00 - 21:10
MEL
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CMB
61h 40m
3 stops
China Eastern Logo
20:30 - 09:00
CMB
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MEL
32h 00m
1 stop
$900China Eastern
Tue, 1 Sep - Wed, 9 Sep
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:00 - 17:50
MEL
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CMB
10h 20mdirect
Multiple Airlines Logo
00:35 - 20:20
CMB
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MEL
39h 15m
2 stops
$903Multiple Airlines
Thu, 28 Jan - Thu, 25 Feb
Jetstar Logo
13:00 - 17:50
MEL
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CMB
10h 20mdirect
Jetstar Logo
19:50 - 11:00
CMB
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MEL
9h 40mdirect
$921Jetstar
Thu, 5 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov
Malaysia Airlines Logo
15:10 - 10:10
MEL
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CMB
24h 30m
1 stop
Malaysia Airlines Logo
11:15 - 09:25
CMB
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MEL
16h 40m
1 stop
$965Malaysia Airlines
Tue, 13 Oct - Mon, 19 Oct
Malaysia Airlines Logo
14:25 - 10:05
MEL
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CMB
25h 10m
1 stop
Malaysia Airlines Logo
00:05 - 20:15
CMB
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MEL
14h 40m
1 stop
$969Malaysia Airlines
Fri, 22 Jan - Fri, 19 Feb
Singapore Airlines Logo
07:00 - 23:30
MEL
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CMB
22h 00m
1 stop
Singapore Airlines Logo
00:45 - 12:10
CMB
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MEL
29h 55m
1 stop
$1,047Singapore Airlines
Wed, 2 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
Singapore Airlines Logo
13:00 - 23:35
MEL
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CMB
15h 05m
1 stop
Singapore Airlines Logo
00:50 - 20:20
CMB
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MEL
15h 00m
1 stop
$1,168Singapore Airlines
Booking Insights

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

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

What is the cheapest Melbourne to Sri Lanka flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Sri Lanka from Melbourne found in the last 5 days was to Colombo, at $827 return. The most popular route is from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport (CMB), and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $827.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Sri Lanka?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Melbourne to Sri Lanka depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Sri Lanka is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $893 on average. Morning departures are around 11% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Sri Lanka is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,309.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne 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 Melbourne to Sri Lanka is October, when tickets cost $1,036 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,930 and $1,417 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Melbourne to Sri Lanka?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Melbourne to Sri Lanka clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Sri Lanka on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Melbourne, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne to Sri Lanka?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to Sri Lanka, 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 a flight from Melbourne to Sri Lanka, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight

$399
Flight from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to Colombo

FAQs - booking Sri Lanka flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne to Sri Lanka?

    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 Melbourne to Sri Lanka.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Melbourne to Sri Lanka?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Melbourne to Sri Lanka 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 Melbourne to Sri Lanka?

    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 Melbourne to Sri Lanka 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 Melbourne to Sri Lanka?

    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 Melbourne 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 5 airlines flying from Melbourne to Sri Lanka

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne 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 1584 reviews
8.1Entertainment
8.3Boarding
8.6Crew
7.8Food
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

I had the worst experience of my life in travel. Due to circumstances beyond my control (catastrophic traffic accidents on the highway between Gold Coast and Brisbane) I missed my flight for the first time ever. Because I booked through Kayak Singapore Airlines were not interested in helping me. They told me to contact the agent that I booked through. I was extremely stressed as I had connecting flights in Europe. First Kayak told me that the next available flights were in four days time. Then they told me that they could do it but at a cost of $2600 AUD. When I agreed he told me that he was having trouble getting it through Singapore’s system and he would contact me further once it had been done. When I had not heard from him after several hours, I phoned Kayak again, spoke to a different person who said he could do it for $8200. I declined and told him to cancel the booking. The worst part of this experience was that I had booked 5 flights altogether with Singapore including Premium Economy on two legs and Singapore cancelled all my flights including the return legs leaving me with having to completely reschedule my entire trip. Kayak refunded me $2000 from $5200, obviously leaving me out of pocket. This has left me feeling that I will never deal with Kayak or Singapore Airlines again.

2.0 MediocreJanine, July 2026
BNE - SIN
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I had the worst experience of my life in travel. Due to circumstances beyond my control (catastrophic traffic accidents on the highway between Gold Coast and Brisbane) I missed my flight for the first time ever. Because I booked through Kayak Singapore Airlines were not interested in helping me. They told me to contact the agent that I booked through. I was extremely stressed as I had connecting flights in Europe. First Kayak told me that the next available flights were in four days time. Then they told me that they could do it but at a cost of $2600 AUD. When I agreed he told me that he was having trouble getting it through Singapore’s system and he would contact me further once it had been done. When I had not heard from him after several hours, I phoned Kayak again, spoke to a different person who said he could do it for $8200. I declined and told him to cancel the booking. The worst part of this experience was that I had booked 5 flights altogether with Singapore including Premium Economy on two legs and Singapore cancelled all my flights including the return legs leaving me with having to completely reschedule my entire trip. Kayak refunded me $2000 from $5200, obviously leaving me out of pocket. This has left me feeling that I will never deal with Kayak or Singapore Airlines again.

Crew were so busy Anna so awesome. I was in a seat that got my food nearly last but the crew were Just awesome.

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

Lounge a access was excellent as was the attentiveness and service from the crew as always. The food and drink supplied were of good quality. The entertainment system had a good selection and I liked the mapping system supplied. However the screen wild have been bigger and the operation a little smoother to navigate. The seats were barely comfortable, but adequate.

Headwind delayed our flight which wasn’t the airlines fault

Horrendous. We upgraded and they took the money but cancelled one of our tickets. The recline action didn’t work on the seats for the flight from Singapore to London, pre booked meals but they seemed to have disappeared as well.. Phone customer service was horrendous. Took 5 phone calls and no fix. Craig at the airport was the only one who seemed to be able to get the ticket back.

Food could have been better. Too many passengers getting up and down all the time.

Delayed 1hour due to storm still didn't get window seat for third flight despite paying £240 extra to book them

It was an average flight. I would have expected more from this airline. Food, seats, service, etc was just average. I just give them some extra points for offering free WiFi on board with just a Krisflyer account.

Good flight. The food was served a bit late, hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

Gate and boarding processes were handled smoothly and efficiently. Both (connecting) flights departed and arrived on time. The cabin crew seemed anxious and a bit stressed/rushed. Food service was OK, but the hot food dishes were poor quality.

Good experience although the boarding gate is at the terminal extension hence need to leave lounge to head over earlier.

Except that our flight was cancelled, by mail, and later moved to 12 hours prior, then the experience was good. In Bangkok we were offered a hotel, it was fine, but would have been nice to know in advance😉

Terrible. It’s like they are stuck in the dark ages. I brought a standard carry on suitcase and a back pack - I was told I could only carry on 7kg per bag - in business class, I was forced to remove articles from the suitcase and put them into my backpack! That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever encountered in all my years of flying. The two bags weighed the same amount but one could not be more than 7kg. Holy cow.

The boarding efficiency was good. A couple of the flight attendants did not seem in the best of moods. Overall it was a good experience.

Could have been better. I prefer Thai airlines only but it hasnt been reliable.

Service on board was excellent. Flight attendant was very helpful. I wish the website is more functional. I can't even choose seats online and had to call the customer service. During check-in at the counter in CGK, I saw a printed page about paying for the bulkhead and exit row seats, so I asked the staff at the check-in counter. I was told that the flight is full and there isn't any seats available for paid upgrade. When I boarded the plane, I saw so many bulkhead and exit row seats empty and asked the flight attendant. He allowed me to purchase the upgrades on board. It would have been nice if I could purchase the upgrades ahead of time, eg. During online check-in or bag drop at the airport. The economy seats in the A350-900 are arranged in 3-3-3 configuration. Seat width is a bit tight for me.

Increase the number of available films, including variety. All other aspects were great.

Thai Airways is one of the best airlines in the business. Looking forward to fly again with them.

Efficient like all the other flights with them. An outstanding budget airline!

The crews were very professional and courteous. Pleasant flight and thank you!

Surprised that the safety briefing was only conducted in Malay language and no English despite there are foreigners on board. MH should take safety more seriously.

OK seats comfortable, easy boarding/embarking, excellent connection to domestic Malaysia flight with baggage checked through without customs. Catering especially drinks borderline ok luckily less important aspect

The flight isn’t great, as the plane has faulty with light and noise. It blinks and make noise for 8hrs non stop! Causing health and sensory issues! Causing Hazard matter to all 3 babies that on bassinet seats. This matters affected 12 passengers and the most horrible flight I ever experience. Have been flying with MAS for more 30yrs and this is the worst! Very disappointed

Did not take as cancelled 3 time so took another airline

The IFE is quite unconvenient if using our own device. Not all passenger brought their own earphone/headphone.

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

Delayed, not enough information. Had to ask for refreshments, crew could have been more proactive

My experience with the flight was okay. My experience checking in was absolutely terrible. I was told I needed to change my e-ticket number to check in because I missed my flight in PDX. Even when shown the itinerary, they didn't budge and sent me to KLM across the airport. KLM wasn't open until 8pm and my flight was at 7:30pm. Nobody made accommodations in any way to get me to KUL. To add insult to injury, they rescheduled my flight to the very next day, creating a very long layover and did not offer any hotel stay. After this, even worse, I found out later they delayed the first 7:30pm flight to 9:10pm. Meaning, I could have still boarded but they refused to even try to get me on the plane. As a result, I missed a day of work and lost pay for the day. Also, when I went to get my luggage, it wasn't there. It was STILL in Singapore. They had from 5:30pm to 5am to get my luggage onto the plane and they still couldn't get that right. This is the worst experience I've had flying anywhere in the past decade I've been travelling.

I had purchased extra leg room for all legs of the flight but due to a delay in leaving Perth I was put on another flight but with Emirates. My luggage was initially lost but later found and my suitcase was broken. I ended up losing my upgrades

Too many carryon bags with size of checking bags. Because of that space was not there to put carry on backpacks.

Nice crew.flight delay fromBKK for some ground prep issue I guess, crew serve well to guest, and respect to guest as well. As usual AC is old,and nt much comert in compare to other rehional airliners.other than that.all good

Flight was on time.food is as usual good.Aircraft is old.old A320, seats aithout any display.crew serve well

When flying from Indian Sector, should be more prepared with Indian food

KAYAK Real time status update is not accurate.the flight inbound rejected and go around.and came back and land. Delay abt 30 min.still shows ontime.track ur self if u wana real time.and cabin crew s are nicer. Aircraft is jst ok.old airplane.and in midflight ,seems have some compressor issue.airconditioning was nt work properly either.I could litarary see guests were cheking if AC is working.bt on landing it start to gv cool.which probably some one intentionaly kept .which was so bad.even breathing was bit difficult.otjer than that.for me all ok.

This leg of the trip was smoother than compared to the initial trip. Sri Lankan Airlines still have much work to do to improve the overall travel experience.

Very good crew, very efficient. Unfortunately not all items listed in duty free catalog were available.

Very professional and well managed. On time, great staff and comfortable.

Kayak company fake total I m not travel my payment reverse plzzz my credit card

Terrible experience. Unexpected wait due to staff delay was not taken proper care. Food inflight could be better where as flight attendees on flight hospitality was 100%

Smooth flight with great staff shame about the hard seats

Knees in back from passenger behind, limited seat pockets, no entertainment.

The Ryanair of Australia. Not impressed. Forced me to gate check my bag as it was over their weight limit. Charged me $125 for the privilege. Then said plane hold was locked and it would have to go out in the next flight, which was the following day. Explained that I was on a cruise the next day and the plane would not arrive until after the ship left, and that it would be impossible to catch up with the cruise at any point. Lady at the gate unimpressed. So to sum up they were ready to charge me $125 to lose a bag. Finally got it resolved by appealing to management, but the whole episode was not good for the blood pressure. The gate lady said they followed the Ryanair business model which means first time passengers get penalized for doing things that other airlines routinely allow.

Flight was delayed both directions but once in the air was ok. Boarding out of Melbourne is just a mess.

Delayed twice. Poor communication and people made to change gates too often.

Late leaving and desintuon board showed ‘gate closed’ when they hadn’t even commenced boarding!

It was better than I expected. Thought $5 for a small cup of tea was a bit much!

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

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

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