$203 Find Cheap Flights from New Zealand to Sydney

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Cheap Flights from New Zealand to Sydney

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from New Zealand to Sydney 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 New Zealand to Sydney

Sat, 20 Jun - Sat, 27 Jun
Jetstar Logo
13:05 - 14:40
HLZ
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SYD
3h 35mdirect
Jetstar Logo
07:05 - 12:10
SYD
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HLZ
3h 05mdirect
$337Jetstar
Sat, 20 Jun - Sat, 27 Jun
Jetstar Logo
13:05 - 14:40
HLZ
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SYD
3h 35mdirect
Jetstar Logo
07:05 - 12:10
SYD
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HLZ
3h 05mdirect
$339Jetstar
Mon, 15 Jun - Thu, 18 Jun
Multiple Airlines Logo
06:15 - 08:05
AKL
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SYD
3h 50mdirect
Multiple Airlines Logo
09:15 - 19:20
SYD
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AKL
8h 05m
1 stop
$445Multiple Airlines
Mon, 15 Jun - Sat, 20 Jun
Multiple Airlines Logo
06:15 - 08:05
AKL
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SYD
3h 50mdirect
Multiple Airlines Logo
07:10 - 19:20
SYD
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AKL
10h 10m
1 stop
$449Multiple Airlines
Thu, 9 Jul - Mon, 13 Jul
Emirates Logo
17:20 - 18:40
CHC
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SYD
3h 20mdirect
Emirates Logo
19:15 - 00:20
SYD
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CHC
3h 05mdirect
$511Emirates
Sun, 16 Aug - Fri, 28 Aug
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 17:45
WLG
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SYD
3h 50mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
18:55 - 00:10
SYD
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WLG
3h 15mdirect
$512Air New Zealand
Sun, 16 Aug - Fri, 28 Aug
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 17:45
WLG
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SYD
3h 50mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
18:55 - 00:10
SYD
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WLG
3h 15mdirect
$513Air New Zealand
Mon, 6 Jul - Fri, 24 Jul
Emirates Logo
17:20 - 18:40
CHC
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SYD
3h 20mdirect
Emirates Logo
07:50 - 12:55
SYD
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CHC
3h 05mdirect
$518Emirates
Tue, 16 Jun - Tue, 23 Jun
Qantas Airways Logo
06:00 - 07:35
CHC
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SYD
3h 35mdirect
Qantas Airways Logo
19:15 - 00:20
SYD
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CHC
3h 05mdirect
$526Qantas Airways
Sun, 21 Jun - Sun, 28 Jun
Qantas Airways Logo
06:05 - 07:45
WLG
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SYD
3h 40mdirect
Qantas Airways Logo
09:35 - 14:45
SYD
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WLG
3h 10mdirect
$551Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Sydney

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

What is the cheapest flight to Sydney?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 3 days.

In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Sydney was found on the route from Auckland, at $337 return. The most popular connection is from Melbourne to Sydney and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as $175 in the last 3 days.

How much is a flight to Sydney?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Sydney from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to Sydney costs $436 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $124 and departed from Hamilton. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Auckland to Sydney which costs $569 on average, and Queenstown to Sydney, which costs $307 on average.

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What is the cheapest day to fly to Sydney?

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

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Sydney is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $326. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $427 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Sydney?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Sydney, 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 to Sydney is August, where tickets cost $452 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $606 and $561 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is August with an average price of $452.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Sydney?

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Sydney is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $296 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Sydney is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $675.

What is a good deal for flights to Sydney?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Sydney, 25% of our users found tickets to Sydney for the following prices or less: From Queenstown $266 return, from Christchurch $292 return, from Auckland $293 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Sydney?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Sydney, 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, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$203
Best time to beat the crowds (7% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (13% more expensive on average)
Flight from Auckland to Sydney

FAQs - booking Sydney flights

  • Can I get a SIM card when I arrive at Sydney Airport?

    Vodafone and Optus both have stores located within the Arrivals Hall of the International Terminal. You will be able to purchase a SIM with unlimited domestic calls and 10GB of data for A$ 30 (≈NZ$ 31.50).

  • Can I get picked up by an Uber at Sydney Airport?

    Uber and other ridesharing platforms are permitted to pick up passengers from Sydney Airport. Follow the signs to the Priority Pickup area once you clear customs, where your designated driver will meet you. The cost of a trip to the central business district of Sydney will be A$ 55 (≈NZ$ 58).

  • What is the cheapest flight to Sydney?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Sydney was found on the route from Auckland, at $337 return. The most popular connection is from Melbourne to Sydney and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as $175 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport from central Sydney?

    The city centre of Sydney is 7 km from Sydney.

  • What is the name of Sydney’s airport?

    When flying to Sydney, you'll arrive at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD). The airport is also known as Kingsford Smith or Sydney.

  • How much is a flight to Sydney?

    On average, a flight to Sydney costs $436. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $124 and departed from Hamilton Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Sydney?

    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 to Sydney.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Sydney?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Sydney 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 to Sydney?

    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 Sydney 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 Sydney

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Sydney? 25% of our users found return tickets to Sydney for the following prices or less: From Auckland $920
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Sydney flight deals.
  • Sydney Airport (SYD) helps service not only Australia’s most populated city, but also the expanse of national parks and wilderness that surround it. The Blue Mountains (62 km) and Royal National Park (36 km) are popular travel destinations close to Sydney and can be both be reached within an hour’s drive.
  • You can do your duty free shopping when you arrive at Sydney Airport. A large range of electronic equipment, jewellery and perfume is available within the Arrivals Hall of the International Terminal at Sydney Airport. Be mindful that the maximum value of duty free items purchased cannot exceed A$ 900 (≈NZ$ 945).
  • An AirportTrain links Sydney Airport to the city centre. Once your flight lands and you pick up your luggage, head towards the right hand side of the International Terminal where you will see signs leading to the train station. The trip in to the city takes approximately 20 min and a one-way ticket can be purchased at the station for A$ 18.70 (≈NZ$ 19.50).
  • Car rental agencies have their offices located within the Arrivals Hall of the International Terminal, directly to the left of the main exit. You can find a number of major global rental companies represented here, including Budget, Hertz, Avis and Thrifty.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from New Zealand to Sydney

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Sydney. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from New Zealand to Sydney. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Sydney? 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.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3575 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
8.3Crew
Airline reviews

I love to travel again and again in Emirates. Keep up the good work.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2026
MSP - ORD
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I love to travel again and again in Emirates. Keep up the good work.

My baby was with me it was really good experience with emirates

Very nice experience in business class. Flight attendants were attentive. Foods and beverages were very good.

The crew were absolutely fantastic. They actively asked if passengers wanted refills and if they were comfortable. I was extremely impressed.

Food was great. More vegetarian options on menu would be great!

Both flights to and back from Lyon with buses taking extra time and delaying flight at DXB. Food serving needed work.

Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

Emirates A380s are always wonderful to fly on. Their crews, food and service are always excellent. They are typically on time and the only thing I would change (maybe newer or upgraded aircraft have this) is bluetooth so I can pair my noise cancelling headphones without a cable.

Premium economy was worth it-comfort was definitely better than economy class. The seats were more comfortable, blankets and pillows thicker

Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

Great first time experience with ANZ. Such a great customer service. The crew was very friendly and welcoming

Great first time experience with Air New Zealand and loved it. The flight crew was extremely friendly and provided great service.

Needed more leg room. Leg rest and entertainment system box took up a lot of space and I'm not tall. Breakfast was good. Poor quality of the entertainment options.

Boarded on time, smooth flight and "gentle" landing in Palmerston North. Ahead of time due to a tailwind

The flight was smooth and on time. Entertainment options were lacking and there was no food, other than some very boring snacks.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

Appreciated the ability to get an earlier flight home after flying in from in from Japan. No problem with boarding or crew service. The limited choice of snacks, compared to previous years. Aircraft seats seem to be getting harder and more uncomfortable all the time. Overall, happy to be home

The Air New Zealand product is terrible, it's as expensive as a Jetstar ticket with add ons but with surely staff and old aircraft.

Wonderful trip. Everyone from checking in to the gate to the flight itself was amazing - kind, helpful, and has a beautiful smile.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

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 !

We had a medical emergency, needing to get to an emergency room upon landing at LAX. I let the back flight attendants know the situation. One, David, contacted the pilot, who made arrangements for EMT's to be there when we got off the plane. They went above and beyond for us. We didn't have to go through customs, as a customs person came to us and checked us right at the exit of the jet way. Another wonderful woman, a United employee at LAX, perhaps a customer service liaison, took care of our luggage situation, as we weren't going to make our connection to Bozeman. When we came back to LAX to see when we could get a flight to Bozeman, the personnel are very accommodating and booked us on the next flight out, and assigned good seats. It was a horrible flight, physically, from Sydney to LAX, , but the professionalism of all involved was excellent! We are very grateful fir the way they all stepped in and helped during a very unpleasant medical situation. Thank you!!

PREMIUM ECONOMY - excellent !Brilliant new plane. Excellent tv catalogue. Good food. Good communication and service from all friend Australian crew. Good communication from captain. Best travel experience in years.

Very good overall. However, your choices of free movies was limited and there was no music Channel???

I couldn't hear all of the announcements. It was nice when they put them on the screen.

This was the worst flight I’ve been on. Getting on the plane where is was 30 degrees outside was hotter on board cabin must’ve been 33 degrees. This is a health hazard. They cannot be doing this to save on fuel. People could die from this!!. Fans and a/c was, off entertainment was off. Poor excuse given. Crew made the excuse that the system didn’t have enough power. They basically were operating on one engine to save on jet fuel till 3 hours later on cruising altitude and they then started the second engine. And finally the cabin was cooled. On a 7hour red eye flight this made it so uncomfortable and impossible to sleep.

My experience was great overall. Tanya was particularly friendly and helpful the entire trip. I was very pleased with her customer service skills. The plane was an older aircraft but the entire way was comfortable with barely any turbulence at all. Qantas should speed up its fleet renovation. Totally recommend using this airline.

Qantas is always subpar beyond comfy chairs for a domestic flight

I liked boarding the plane. The staff were rude, the food was appalling and the chairs the most uncomfortable I have ever experienced

We liked the way we were treated by the sraff at lima airport counter and the the flight attendants. We did not like the fact that the kiosks at airport rebooted after we entered our information and then told us that there was an issueand we needed to go to the counter. Such a waste of time for a group of 6. Once we got our boarding passes there was no assigned gate so we did not know where to go.

Honestly first time flying with delta and it was pretty good. All the process very smooth and crew was always nice and attentive.

Nothing I like, I missed this connection b/c of an earlier flight delay. I had to stay one more night and I paid out my own pocket. LATAM failed to send me to a safe and decent hotel.

Deleted flight made me loose my connection flight now stuck in Atlanta for a day

On board crew was very good. Crew was friendly, snacks were good, especially the chips. Seats seemed a bit cramped. Boarding seemed unorganized, as we were instructed to get to the gate an hour early and then just stood around until boarding.

Latam wouldn’t tell me how much checked luggage would until I was at the airport and they charged me the highest price possible. Besides that, it was okay.

We were not allowed to carry a bottle of water onto the 8 hour flight.

Comfort in exit seat was excellent. FLight crew and flight were excellent. However exit seat tray table was broken so could not use it. Entertainment monitor did not work at all despite attempts to reset it.

I booked a flight through Kayak to Brazil I have traveled to Brazil several times before Kayak Delta or LATAM never mentioned during the booking or in the pre flight process that the visa requirements to visit Brazil have changed earlier this year. I was unaware of this change and as such never got a visa and was unable to fly from JFK to Sao Paulo Add to this that Delta allowed me to fly from Boston to JFK which they should not have as I didn’t have a visa. It has been a terrible experience and a huge loss of money

Good flight, boarding ok and crew very nice. Flight was not full so I was able to be very comfortable. Blanket and pillow provided with was good as it was very cold during the flight . Food was very good(small snack sandwich and an excellent piece of orange cake). Overall good flight, no complaints.

Delayed 50 mins. Check in was excellent, boarding was good, everything else was OK and perfectly acceptable for a budget airline. Price was excellent. I noticed this airline had two other flights to our destination cancelled so not very reliable.

Horrible. The people that get this flights are very sick, dangerous and unhygienic

Great. Seats are a little cramped with only a very small recline. Service was great. Food was fine.

The flights got us to our destination. The seats on the planes were uncomfortable.

The smells on this plane were disgusting. So many sweaty and unhygienic people i couldn't stand it. I dream of being anywhere else in the world when I am on a JetStar flight they suck.

One of the better flights I’ve had w Jetstar. Smooth boarding, early take off, on time landing, very courteous crew, clean plane.

local frequent travellers know that Jetstar’s flights between MEL and LST are turnaround flights so those in the morning tend to run on time and become delayed increasingly through the day. We observed how the staff at check in and boarding try to assist, guide and facilitate travellers - they were courteous, efficient, amiable while enforcing Jetstar’s baggage requirements. They try to speed up boarding by having passengers board from both front and back. We would take Jetstar again.

The issue was a 4 hour delay to takeoff with very sketchy information provided about the available of the flights delay. Passengers were not informed of gate changes and how long the delay might be. It ended with a late night 2 hour drive to our home which was not ideal for elderly people.

Flight was fine with boarding starting a few minutes early. Not a fan of the crew pushing political messaging regarding indigenous naming of Brisbane city… really pushed it like I haven’t heard on Jetstar before.

Improved experience over our last years flight when also we flew local but on an international scheduled flight. The double processing is still unwelcome i.e. by security and then by border force having to produce a licence and boarding pass repeatedly on departure and return. Obviously suits the airline rather than the local traveller. The flight and crew were good though a helper on return was offhand having to push the wheel chair did the bare minimum we felt.

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