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Cheap Flights from Sydney to the Maldives

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
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Malé1 stop$818
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Malé1 stop$818

Book Cheap Sydney to the Maldives Plane Tickets

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

Di, 11 Nov - Di, 25 Nov
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21:50 - 09:50SYD-MLE
18h 00m1 stop
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21:15 - 20:35MLE-SYD
17h 20m1 stop
Di, 18 Nov - Fr, 28 Nov
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21:50 - 09:50SYD-MLE
18h 00m1 stop
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10:40 - 09:15MLE-SYD
16h 35m1 stop
Mi, 10 Sep - Mo, 15 Sep
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09:15 - 20:10SYD-MLE
15h 55m1 stop
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10:45 - 20:00MLE-SYD
28h 15m1 stop
Do, 20 Nov - Do, 4 Dez
Malaysia Airlines Logo
22:15 - 11:00SYD-MLE
18h 45m1 stop
Malaysia Airlines Logo
12:00 - 10:20MLE-SYD
16h 20m1 stop
$900Malaysia Airlines
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Do, 28 Aug - Do, 4 Sep
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20:35 - 09:50SYD-MLE
18h 15m1 stop
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10:45 - 07:50MLE-SYD
16h 05m1 stop
Sa, 18 Okt - Sa, 25 Okt
SriLankan Airlines Logo
17:10 - 19:50SYD-MLE
32h 40m1 stop
SriLankan Airlines Logo
21:00 - 15:50MLE-SYD
12h 50m1 stop
$928SriLankan Airlines
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Do, 20 Nov - Do, 4 Dez
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20:20 - 20:10SYD-MLE
29h 50m2 stops
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10:40 - 19:05MLE-SYD
26h 25m2 stops
So, 2 Nov - Mo, 17 Nov
Malaysia Airlines Logo
22:15 - 11:00SYD-MLE
18h 45m1 stop
Malaysia Airlines Logo
12:00 - 20:35MLE-SYD
26h 35m1 stop
$961Malaysia Airlines
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Sa, 30 Aug - Do, 4 Sep
Malaysia Airlines Logo
22:10 - 11:25SYD-MLE
18h 15m1 stop
Malaysia Airlines Logo
12:30 - 10:00MLE-SYD
16h 30m1 stop
$992Malaysia Airlines
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Fr, 29 Aug - Sa, 6 Sep
SriLankan Airlines Logo
16:10 - 14:25SYD-MLE
27h 15m1 stop
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09:25 - 14:55MLE-SYD
24h 30m1 stop
$1,048SriLankan Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sydney to the Maldives flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to the Maldives?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to the Maldives, 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 Sydney to the Maldives is March, when tickets cost $1,037 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,732 and $1,706 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to the Maldives, 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 Sydney to the Maldives, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 41% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$427
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 35% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
Flight from Sydney to Malé

FAQs - booking Maldives flights

  • What cultural customs should I be aware of when travelling to the Maldives?

    When travelling, respecting other people's traditions and considering their respective religious practises is crucial. There are things to be mindful of when visiting the Maldives because it is an Islamic country. For instance, it is not permitted to carry alcohol into the Maldives. Other items to be aware of include the prohibition on eating pork, you cannot have any sacred objects or books of religion with you, and only married couples are permitted to purchase contraceptives.

  • Do I need a visa to travel to the Maldives from Sydney Airport?

    Australian nationals do not need a visa in order to visit the Maldives; a 30-day tourist visa will be given to you at the airport. You must also meet the entrance criteria when you visit. These include a current passport that is valid for at least six months, enough money to cover your expenses, reserved lodging, and a return flight home.

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

    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 Sydney to the Maldives.

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

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

    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 Sydney to the Maldives 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 Sydney to the Maldives?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to the Maldives?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the Maldives is generally at night, when retur flights cost $739 on average. Morning departures are around 1% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the Maldives is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $799.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to the Maldives

  • The flight from Sydney to the Maldives is long, with at least one stopover. If you have an early morning flight, you could stay overnight at a hotel in Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), also known as Sydney Airport. Flights to the Maldives leave from Terminal 1. The most convenient hotel is located inside T1, the Aerotel. Other establishments in Terminals 2 and 3 include the Rydges Hotel, Mantra Sydney Airport, and Ibis budget Sydney Airport.
  • Need to charge your phone? There are complimentary charging stations in the International Arrivals Terminal at Male International Airport (MLE). You can find them around Gates 1, 2, and 3, the duty-free area, the pier bridge, and the concourse.
  • The time zone in the Maldives is MTV, which is 30 minutes behind Indian Standard Time. When you go to your resort, there can be a time difference, though. This is due to the resorts extending the daytime hours by 1 hour to 1h 30min on their clocks. So that you can plan your timetable for your return travel, keep this in mind.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Sydney to the Maldives

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney to the Maldives? 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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EmiratesOverall score based on 3300 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
8.3Crew
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We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

10.0 ExcellentSue, July 2025MAN - DXB
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We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

The staff on board were excellent. Kind, thoughtful, helpful - not just with me but with others around that I observed. Wonderful service.

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

Wifi was not operational for the whole trip. Other than this, flight was well received .

Emirates is superb service. The A380 was very comfortable. The cabin crew is really helpful

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

Everything I was good except food quality is very poor

We arrived in line for check in at 6:15 p.m. but did not check in until 8:00 p.m. The line for economy check in was very long, and all of the desks 03-13 were not open, although most of them opened sporadically. The crew on board were very nice and helpful, friendly and kind. It has been many years since we flew Emirates (at least 17 years), and we notice that foot rests are no longer available in economy, but we were lucky enough to fly in the upper deck and appreciate your opening some of your flights to economy passengers in the upper deck. We will definitely fly on emirates more often! Thank you.

Headwind delayed our flight which wasn’t the airlines fault

Good service and food. For buying items on flight should be preordered as they don’t keep much stock on board.

Both the staff at check-in counter and on board were pleasant and helpful. My chicken and mashed potato was good, sauce was tasty, but the zucchini, carrot n other accompanying vegetables were over-cooked a little. (I understand the meal has to be prepared earlier). Yet I would fly on Singapore Airlines again and recommend it to family and friends.

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.

Very good flight from Boarding to landing -efficient and comfortable with decent entertainment options

Excelent service and plenty of food and drinks during the flight. Flight crew very attentive to our needs. Leg room between rows are very disappointing.

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 very good experience on board to Sydney with SQ.

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.

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.

Vast improvement needed in customer service. I couldn’t get the drink of my choice during both meals (i.e. sparking water and Diet Coke). I had used plastic cups falling onto me from the tray. No eye contact when they thank you on the way out signalling an insincere thank you.

Jia yung was the flight attendant that made this a miserable flight.

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

AC not working, just slowly blowing room temperature air. Long taxi time does not help as well. Sweating all over the whole trip.

Did not take as cancelled 3 time so took another airline

It was a 2-hour flight so they didn't have much time for serving food. There was some turbulence so they could not serve hot coffee or tea for the safety reason. Good service, good tasting food, nice plane, a little bit of delay.

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

Ok, but legspace on MH0127 from Kul to Per was too small. It was not possible to tilt my seat which I don't understand because the seat in front of my could do it. So I didn't rest on the flight. Also, the crew was probably understaffed because it took very long time to take trash after the meal. Everything very different from the flight with Malaysian Airlines from London to KL.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

The crew were excellent, service amazing, blankets and pillow good, cabin temperature perfect, the flight on time, food was unusual selection however plentiful, price for tickets unbeatable through Kayak. Older aeroplanes used by China Eastern was the only down side.

Delay in off-boarding due to customs at SFO... pilot announcement should have come earlier so passengers don't clog aisles.

Better good than most, if not all European airlines. If you’re stuck in an economy seat anyways, China Eastern is a good choice because of shorter flight time, being able to overfly Russia

From the checking, ground handlimg was very poor.seems new personal on duty,people qho suppose to be teaching them didnt see around.new people may mislead passenger, as of flt info boards, not give proper info.even informatiin counter people dont get uptodate info.makin big ques, totally disaster.guests were not happy about it.even boarding to aircraft some BC class pax sent to aft staircase, some aft pasx sent to front door.poor ground handling.may need to improove.

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

All good, on time, depart.only bad side was, airxraft is too old to be in business.hope ailine will manage somethinv somewhat.all good

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

Was good, comparatively. A330, with good crew set.on time depature. And crew try there best, to make thing efficient.

Spesific ,Crew and cabin manager, look after all pax on board despite being in a old A320 equipment.Got free seat upgrade as well,but old style seats, no much comfert on it.But food and the spesific crew, was amazing.maintain airlanka standerd.the cabin manager, who was so much keen,keen operate as per SOP.

Was got free upgrade, on old A320.aircraft is out dated kind of.bt service ,cabin manager, tried there best.and food was excelent.

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.

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