Cheap flights from Melbourne Airport to Xiamen from $530

If you don’t want to visit Xiamen in May, then you should wait until August to fly from Melbourne Airport, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $665.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Xiamen is on a Tuesday when prices can be found for as low as $768. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. Be sure to avoid booking your departure on a Saturday as prices are generally higher than usual. According to our data, the average ticket price to Xiamen on Saturday is $924.

Fly from Melbourne to Xiamen Gaoqi Intl for the best Melbourne - Xiamen Gaoqi Intl flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Xiamen from Melbourne Airport when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Xiamen for around $919 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Xiamen from Melbourne Airport for as low as $661 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 42% on your flight if you consider stops on a Melbourne Airport to Xiamen flight.

Hainan Airlines is the most popular carrier operating from Melbourne to Xiamen Gaoqi Intl

XiamenAir, China Southern and China Eastern are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Xiamen from Melbourne Airport according to our data. XiamenAir is the first choice among our users, with 83% of people opting to fly with this airline when travelling to Xiamen. Keep in mind that there are 5 different airlines that fly to Xiamen on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 31% of flights between Melbourne and Xiamen have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 104 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the early afternoon tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the morning have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Thursday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Saturday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, XiamenAir have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 31% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

Hong Kong (HKG) was the most common stop: 50% of momondo users choosing one-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Haikou (HAK) offer the lowest average return price of $727.

Flights connecting via Hong Kong (HKG) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 13h 27m.

Hong Kong (HKG) has the shortest average stopover time for this route: 3h 50m.