$289 Find Cheap Flights from Victoria to South Island – Compare and Save

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 Victoria to South Island.

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

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 Victoria to South Island with an airline and back with another airline.

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

Victoria and South Island are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Air India (25 flights per week), IndiGo (24 flights per week), and Emirates (24 flights per week).

There are 9 airports in South Island. The busiest airport is Christchurch Airport (CHC), with 52% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in South Island is Queenstown Intl Airport (ZQN), with an average flight price of $423.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to South Island is Wednesday when return tickets can be as cheap as $542. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are $618 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to South Island is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $484 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Island is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $605.

The cheapest ticket to South Island from Victoria found in the last 5 days was to Queenstown, at $267 return. The most popular route is Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Queenstown (ZQN) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $267.

The cheapest month for flights from Victoria to South Island is May, when tickets cost $320 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $454 and $405 respectively.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Victoria to South Island, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 28% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

From Victoria, there are direct flights to South Island from one city. This city is Melbourne and there are 251 direct flights each week.

There are around 36 direct flights from within Victoria to South Island every day. Most flights (74%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 251 direct flights from within Victoria to South Island. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 20% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from Victoria to South Island takes 7h 36m, covering a distance of 3722 km. The shortest route is Melbourne Avalon Airport (AVV) to Queenstown (ZQN) with an average flight time of 0h 55m.

There aren’t any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to South Island. Instead, there are 251 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Melbourne.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Queenstown (53% of total searches to South Island). The next most popular destinations are Christchurch (36%) and Nelson (8%). Searches for flights to Dunedin (2%), to Blenheim (1%), and to Invercargill (0%) are also popular.