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Find cheap flights from Melbourne to Mackay from $189

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Melbourne to Mackay departing on 14/5. 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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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Melbourne to Mackay, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Melbourne to Mackay (MEL-MKY)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Melbourne to Mackay 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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18:55 - 11:45MEL-MKY
16h 50m1 stop
10:45 - 13:45MKY-MEL
3h 00mdirect
Sun, 19 May - Sun, 26 May
15:05 - 20:40MEL-MKY
5h 35m1 stop
10:45 - 13:45MKY-MEL
3h 00mdirect
Wed, 26 Jun - Sun, 7 Jul
07:15 - 18:40MEL-MKY
11h 25m1 stop
10:45 - 13:45MKY-MEL
3h 00mdirect
Thu, 27 Jun - Sun, 7 Jul
06:15 - 09:15MEL-MKY
3h 00mdirect
09:50 - 12:50MKY-MEL
3h 00mdirect
$472Bonza
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Sun, 28 Apr - Sun, 5 May
07:15 - 10:10MEL-MKY
2h 55mdirect
10:45 - 13:45MKY-MEL
3h 00mdirect
$501Bonza
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Sun, 30 Jun - Wed, 3 Jul
12:10 - 18:40MEL-MKY
6h 30m1 stop
17:30 - 22:20MKY-MEL
4h 50m1 stop
$555Virgin Australia
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Mon, 1 Jul - Mon, 8 Jul
12:10 - 18:40MEL-MKY
6h 30m1 stop
06:45 - 11:20MKY-MEL
4h 35m1 stop
$563Virgin Australia
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Mon, 1 Jul - Sun, 7 Jul
08:30 - 16:40MEL-MKY
8h 10m1 stop
17:20 - 22:40MKY-MEL
5h 20m1 stop
$712Qantas Airways
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Fri, 28 Jun - Wed, 3 Jul
07:45 - 15:40MEL-MKY
7h 55m2 stops
17:20 - 23:40MKY-MEL
6h 20m1 stop
$855Qantas Airways
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Wed, 15 May - Sun, 19 May
08:45 - 20:40MEL-MKY
11h 55m2 stops
21:15 - 12:10MKY-MEL
14h 55m2 stops
$904Jetstar
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Sat, 29 Jun - Sat, 6 Jul

Flights from Melbourne to Mackay - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Melbourne to Mackay 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 Melbourne to Mackay?

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Melbourne Airport to Mackay, 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 Airport to Mackay is August, where tickets cost $421 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of tickets is $661 and $589 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Melbourne Airport to Mackay, 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 Melbourne Airport to Mackay, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 42 days before departure.

Which airlines fly direct between Melbourne Airport and Mackay?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Melbourne Airport to Mackay.
There is just one airline that flies from Melbourne Airport to Mackay direct and that is Bonza. The best one-way deal found from Bonza for the route is $167.

How many flights are there between Melbourne Airport and Mackay per day?

There is a maximum of 1 direct flight a day that takes off from Melbourne Airport and lands in Mackay, with an average flight time of 3h 00m. The most common departure time is 06:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 2 flights.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Melbourne Airport and Mackay?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Melbourne to Mackay take?

A direct flight to Mackay will take on average 2h 55m to travel the 3,026 km flying distance from Melbourne.

What’s the earliest departure time from Melbourne to Mackay?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Melbourne Airport at 06:15 and will be landing in Mackay at 09:15.

What’s the latest departure time from Melbourne to Mackay?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Melbourne Airport to Mackay jets off at 07:15 and lands at 10:10.

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Low season

May

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$189
Best time to beat the crowds (1% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Melbourne to Mackay

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Melbourne to Mackay based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Melbourne to Mackay flights

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Melbourne Airport to Mackay was $123 for a one-way ticket and $228 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Melbourne to Mackay?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Melbourne to Mackay flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Melbourne to Mackay?

    You can catch a direct flight from Melbourne to Mackay on Wednesday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Melbourne to Mackay, Bonza or Virgin Australia?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Melbourne to Mackay are Bonza and Virgin Australia. With an average price for the route of $249 and an overall rating of 9.4, Bonza is the most popular choice. Virgin Australia is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $561 and an overall rating of 7.7.

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

    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 Mackay.

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

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

    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 Mackay with an airline and back to Melbourne with another airline.

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

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

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from Melbourne to Mackay

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $279 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Melbourne to Mackay?

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

Direct departures

Melbourne to Mackay

Wednesday

Bonza

Bonza

Sunday

Bonza

Bonza

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Direct returns

Mackay to Melbourne

Wednesday

Bonza

Bonza

Sunday

Bonza

Bonza

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Top 4 airlines serving from Melbourne to Mackay

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Melbourne to Mackay. 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 Melbourne to Mackay? 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.
9.4
BonzaOverall score based on 11 reviews
7.6food
8.5comfort
9.4crew
9.2boarding
8.7entertainment
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Boarding could be smoother but that's probably more to do with the airport infrastructure

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2023MCY - CNS
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Boarding could be smoother but that's probably more to do with the airport infrastructure

I liked the friendly team, the roomy comfortable seats, easy to use on flight entertainment, flights on time,

Personal kind attention to all.App was not spot on, but staff able to deal with any requests.Staff were legends !!

This time is good . Don’t cancel flight with out early notice .

Very good experience, considering the short flight the meals were served promptly after takeoff.

X class seats in row 3 with the new configuration are very poor in fact I feel 3B and 3E should no longer be considered as X class seat as there is no forward seat pocket available to these seats and greatly reduced leg room due the intrusion of the business class armrests/table module

It was pretty good. Everyone friendly. Like all airlines, the draconian limitations on baggage and weight and not giving even a free soda kind of drags down the experience a bit.

Last 10 minutes boarding they canceled the flight and didn’t organise anything

Estheticly the plane looks great, although the seats are way too upright. If the seats were just slightly more reclined then the comfort level would increase tenfold. I had the stiffest neck after just a short flight due to this. A nap was almost out of the question.

Cabin crew were very professional and welcoming. They certainly appeared to have lifted their game. Congratulations

I know not directly a Virgin "thing" but I hold Virgin responsible for their subcontractors. Had to wait 45 minutes waiting for baggage at PER before the belt conveyor even started. This is unacceptable and hopefully Virgin engages with whoever to pull their fingers out. I realise PER staff are generally slow at the best of times but this was ridiculous. Maybe more seating for those waiting, a cafe in the baggage area for a light meal while we wait or at the very least a troop of dancing girls to entertain the punters while they stare at the conveyor belt start light almost willing it to fire up.

Very poor. Flight was cancelled due to captain exceeding hours. Told to fend for ourselves for 12 hours until a new flight could be done. This meant overnight accommodation in Hobart. Next plane was delayed and no food onboard. No apologies from Virgin. Extremely disappointing.

Flight was cancelled due to a mechanical fault - Virgin rebooked me on a flight 6 hours later so I cancelled and flew with another carrier

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

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

Business lounge in Melbourne mediocre. Look at Emirates or Qatar, Qantas! Great friendly crew. Food was good but Emirates is a level above. Business seat good. But can’t compare to Qatar. Main reason for booking Qantas is loyalty and terrific connection via Perth to LHR.

I was pleasantly surprised with my flight to LA with Qantas. Although seats were not the roomies, service was excellent.

Wonderful crew, good food. Absolutely loved the wine spritz and wish I could buy it!

It's only a short trip from Sydney to Melbourne, which i have done many times. The trip met my expectations

I really appreciated the fact that when I checked my bags at the Quantas counter after arriving from an international flight an hour early, the agent noticed I had a very long layover. He then found an earlier flight that allowed me to get to Cairns several hours earlier than I planned. That was amazing because I had already traveled over 20 hours and wasn’t looking forward to such a long layover. It allowed me to see my daughter and grandchildren much earlier (it had been two years since I visited last).

Qantas cancelled my flight for no good reason and rebooked me into a middle seat.

The flight met my expectations. It left and landed on time

a constant reminder that you need to work harder so you can avoid this airline

Note that food has to be purchased in flight. No free food. And no entertainment in flight. So I’ve treated these two items as okay which, in this case, means neutral/not applicable.

My Dad needed assistance to board the plane. The Jetstar staff were excellent with him and made the experience a lot easier😁

No food taken so can't rate also no entertainment so can't rate.

Would be better if can provide small free snacks on a long flight

Boarding was easy and unstressful, though the early "final call" was a bit off-putting. The crew were pleasant, and the seats were comfortable. The prices for food and drink were reasonable, apart from tea and coffee, where simple percolated coffee was charged at espresso prices. Deboarding was OK, though some Jetstar passengers appear to have a bad habit of pushing forward from their assigned rows, making it more difficult to get out for passengers that have paid a premium to sit up-front. Jetstar might want to look to address this to stop it from spreading.

I was allocated an exit row seat and was told to move so it could be given away to someone who had purchased two extra legroom seats and one regular seat but wanted the three to sit together. I was also charged for entertainment after booking but before checking in, and the ground crew couldn't do anything about refunding it. When the whole plane was given access to the entertainment as an apology for the flight being four hours late, I was told they couldn't do anything about that either, so I was charged for something I didn't want even though it would have been free anyway

I got to the airport earlier than I expected, and they let me change to an earlier flight with no trouble.

It was a super crowded time to travel out of Melbourne, but the flight was OK

Worst flying experience of my life. FIVE HOURS delayed! Rude and unhelpful staff and poor communication from the grounds team. Never flying Jetstar again

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Melbourne to Mackay found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
14/5Tue
1 stop
8h 55mMEL-MKY
$189
14/5Tue
2 stops
12h 15mMEL-MKY
$252
28/4Sun
1 stopVirgin Australia
8h 30mMEL-MKY
$291
28/4Sun
2 stopsVirgin Australia
11h 40mMEL-MKY
$423
28/4Sun
3 stopsVirgin Australia
26h 15mMEL-MKY
$657
14/5Tue
3 stops
16h 45mMEL-MKY
$941

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Last minute flights from Melbourne to Mackay

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Melbourne to Mackay that are departing in the next 10 days.
28/4Sun
directBonza
3h 00mMEL-MKY
5/5Sun
directBonza
3h 00mMKY-MEL
$472
28/4Sun
multi-stop
4h 30mMEL-MKY
5/5Sun
direct
3h 00mMKY-MEL
$494
28/4Sun
directBonza
3h 00mMEL-MKY
1/5Wed
directBonza
3h 00mMKY-MEL
$524
28/4Sun
multi-stop
4h 30mMEL-MKY
1/5Wed
direct
3h 00mMKY-MEL
$555
28/4Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
9h 30mMEL-MKY
5/5Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
5h 35mMKY-MEL
$584
28/4Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
5h 55mMEL-MKY
1/5Wed
multi-stopVirgin Australia
4h 35mMKY-MEL
$621
28/4Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
8h 30mMEL-MKY
5/5Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
27h 55mMKY-MEL
$697
28/4Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
8h 20mMEL-MKY
1/5Wed
multi-stopVirgin Australia
7h 55mMKY-MEL
$709
28/4Sun
multi-stopVirgin Australia
8h 05mMEL-MKY
1/5Wed
multi-stopVirgin Australia
8h 10mMKY-MEL
$807
28/4Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
9h 20mMEL-MKY
1/5Wed
multi-stopQantas Airways
11h 10mMKY-MEL
$2,284

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Melbourne - Mackay Flights

Departure:

Melbourne (MEL)Australia

Destination:

Mackay (MKY)Australia

Return flight deals:

Mackay - Melbourne

Cabin classes:

$238

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