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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, 18 Aug - Thu, 17 Sep
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19:50 - 10:00
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9h 40mdirect
$1,006Multiple Airlines
Sun, 2 Aug - Sat, 15 Aug
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36h 30m
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31h 20m
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$1,009China Eastern
Thu, 13 Aug - Fri, 13 Nov
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$1,012Multiple Airlines
Tue, 18 Aug - Thu, 17 Sep
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$1,014China Eastern
Sun, 16 Aug - Sat, 22 Aug
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$1,016China Eastern
Mon, 27 Jul - Tue, 17 Nov
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$1,017China Eastern
Sun, 2 Aug - Sat, 15 Aug
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$1,019China Eastern
Sat, 29 Aug - Sat, 5 Sep
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$1,020Multiple Airlines
Thu, 12 Nov - Sat, 5 Dec
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$1,022Multiple Airlines
Wed, 12 Aug - Mon, 17 Aug
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$1,023China Eastern
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 Airport 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 Airport found in the last 5 days was to Colombo, at $840 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 $840.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Melbourne Airport 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 $917 on average. Morning departures are around 10% 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 $1,303.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Melbourne Airport to Sri Lanka?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at $1,225 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne Airport 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 Airport 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 Airport to Sri Lanka is October, when tickets cost $1,022 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,906 and $1,419 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to Sri Lanka?

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

When flying from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to Sri Lanka, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne Airport 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 Airport 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 Airport to Sri Lanka, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$434
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (52% more expensive on average)
Flight from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to Colombo

FAQs - booking Sri Lanka flights

  • What are the available transfer options at Bandaranaike International Airport?

    In the Arrivals Hall, there is an airport taxi counter where you can request a cab service to Colombo city centre. Note that air-conditioned taxis cost more than non-air-conditioned ones. If you prefer travelling via buses, take the 187-E3 bus at the car park and get to central Colombo in roughly 1 hour. A shuttle service is available to connect the terminal building and the bus stop.

  • Does Melbourne Airport have onsite lounges?

    Melbourne Airport’s Terminal 2 features three lounges: The House Lounge, Marhaba Lounge and Plaza Premium Lounge. The establishments are ideal places to enjoy coffee, snacks, meals or alcoholic beverages before your flight. You may take a shower in Marhaba Lounge.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) 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 Airport (Tullamarine) to Sri Lanka.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) 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 Airport (Tullamarine) 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 Airport (Tullamarine) 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 Airport (Tullamarine) 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 Airport (Tullamarine) to Sri Lanka up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Sri Lanka

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to the following destinations at these prices or less: Colombo $770 one-way - $1,188 round-trip
  • Direct flights from Melbourne to Sri Lanka are available if you fly via Sri Lankan Airlines. Other airlines allow a maximum of three stops. For example, Qantas Airways trips feature a layover or two in Sydney (SYD) and Singapore (SIN). Scoot and Singapore Airlines also include a transfer in Singapore. Note that non-stop flights cost less than their indirect counterparts for this route.
  • Melbourne Airport (MEL), the departure point for Melbourne to Sri Lanka flights, is roughly 14 miles from the city centre. Buses are an affordable public transport means to connect central Melbourne and the airport. You can board coaches by SkyBus at Spencer Street and get to the airport in about 35 minutes. PTV provides buses from Melbourne city centre to Spencer Street. If you prefer the Metro, walk to Melbourne Central to board it.
  • You will find cheap flights from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to Sri Lanka arriving at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB). Colloquially, the airport is known as Colombo Airport. After a long trip, you can take a breather in its onsite hotel, Serenediva Transit Hotel, located on the floor above Arrivals. Passengers must pass through security to gain access to the facility. For comfier stays, check out the hotel Ramadan by Wyndham. There is an affordable shuttle service to and from the airport to the establishment.

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.
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1573 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.8Food
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8.3Boarding
8.6Crew
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

I'm not interested in improving the airline. Therefore, I won't explain this in more detail. Next time I'll try a different one.

The flight was mostly fine, but I really wished that seats had an outlet to charge devices considering the length of the flight (15 hours there and 14 hours back).

Although booked meal of fruit only The crew had not received this special meal The same happened on my flight Bangkok / CAN The films are so old that best is to use own computer to watch downloads . Serve nuts but they do not warm up . Service is attentive , WC clean

They used Thai Smile plane, which is a smaller model and used to service only domestic flights; hence, the plane is small and quite compact. No entertainment on the flight. While boarding was delayed, it was done in a quick manner.

Delayed flight in Singapore caused the transfer at Bangkok to be very stressful. Fortunately, no elderly were in this trip, else it will not be possible to catch the connecting flight. There were also several occasions throughout the flight journey where some of the passengers were not wearing their seat belts despite several remainders from the stewardess.

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

It was good overall. At 6 foot 1 it's hard to say anything seat on a flight is comfortable but it would be nice to have more legroom. The meals were good but would have liked to get wine much sooner.

My case was missing a wheel on arrival Heathrow and the staff were unhelpful when i tried to get some compensation stating it was not sufficient damage, i only wish that they at some point have to deal with the same situation it put me in, maybe they would change their attitude but overall it was a good flight

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

No working jet bridge to deplane, with priority customers deplaning last. Followed by bus to terminal.

Flights were delayed, Food was good but only 1 meal instead of 2.

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

Comfortable seats in economy, managed a few hours sleep in an o night flight but the food was terrible. Surprising as Malaysia airlines has been good in the past. Service was mediocre this time too.

Did not take as cancelled 3 time so took another airline

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

My first course flight (Aor-Kul) was cancelled in the morning, and they asked me to board the night flight hence I need to transit overnight for the 2nd flight (Kul-Myy) that supposed to be on the same day. The overnight stay was not provided, (I'm traveling with my spouse, a daughter (5 y.o.) and an infant (2 months old). Hence I booked Sama Sama Hotel at my own expense (fortunately using my enrich miles points). Other than this issue, all services is good.

No recognition for one World Emerald member. Business class seat has flat bed

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

The flight is awful, food isn’t very tasty or good, entertainment sucks

I asked for more food as i was too hungry or I probably missed MAS onboard food. Both flight-attendants fulfilled my request by giving me both menus - the Nasi Lemak & the chicken noodles. Both tasted very nice. Thanks Mas. I think asked for skyjuice 5x & tomato juice twice

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%

Because of the bubble agreement b/w India and Srilanka, I was not allowed to board the flight to Columbo. My experience about airport representatives was good. They were through in their job and saved my family from getting stuck in Columbo (as I would not be able to fly to Doha because of bubble agreement). So by their prompt attention, such a catastrophe was avoided. For this reason, even without flying with them, I would rate them 7/10.

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

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

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