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Auckland
Auckland1 stop$637
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Christchurch1 stop$822
Wellington
Wellington1 stop$1,196
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Queenstown1 stop$1,252

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April

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March

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$380
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  • Morning departure is around 4% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
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Top airlines flying from Cairns to New Zealand

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cairns to New Zealand? 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.
7.6
Qantas AirwaysOverall score based on 820 reviews
7.3Entertainment
7.5Comfort
7.0Food
7.7Boarding
8.2Crew
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Good communication regarding any updates time of flight and flight delayed. The fight was delayed by two and half hours at eleventh hour. That was unexpected, especially when you international passenger.

8.0 ExcellentBaldev, Nov 2024MEL - DFW
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Good communication regarding any updates time of flight and flight delayed. The fight was delayed by two and half hours at eleventh hour. That was unexpected, especially when you international passenger.

The service was excellent. The quarters were a little cramped in Economy, and we had to exist there for 18 hours.

It was very nice. I will try to fly with Qantas whenever I can.

Terrible. 6 hour delay with no explanations and only 15 dollars in food credits. A disaster. I'll just leave it at that.

We paid for business class seats for the comfort that comes with that but couldn’t use the bathroom as it was full all the time.

Flight was cancelled about 1.5 hours before departure. Replacement flight provided scheduled 1 hour later. Late boarding, late departure and arrived Melbourne nearly 2 hours after originally scheduled.

Flight is overpriced. Quality of service is poor. Constant delays. This flight again was multiple times delayed. The relaxed and careless attitude of staff is appalling. People are busy and it does matter if we do things more efficiently than chilled out. Once the flight was ready to depart we had more delays due to the careless approach of boarding passengers. Food is highly processed with limited options and super unhealthy. Leg room is shockingly bad. Even the biz class is pretty bad. Coupled with the horrendous prices Qantas only benefits given Australia is their home market. Otherwise they are not competitive at all.

The flight was good, long obviously but smooth. The seats are pretty small, definitely notice a difference for long haul compared to Emirates or Cathay Pacific it’s more like medium haul seating for space. Food options were good, children’s meals were good for my fussy 3yo.

Top notch service, good selection of snack and meal options, generous accommodation for luggage, and great selection of in cabin entertainment. I really appreciate the offering of pillows, blankets, sleep mask, tb&paste, and earplugs. The only complaint I can make was that my seat was horribly uncomfortable and lacked cushion.

An extremely long flight packed in like sardines. But they feed you often with meals,drinks and snacks. They have a lot of movies and audio books

The crew were great. The seat was older than an old Holden with a big metal bar sticking right into my back. The passenger next to me complained that hers was the same. The pre purchase system for food was disappointing as the pie/quiche took 20 mins to warm up, arrived too hot and with no utensils. It was one of the most uncomfortable flights I've ever been on.

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

Flight was as expected - we got what we paid for which was a base fare

Unaware of charge for carry on until i got to gate

I got what I paid for - flight was clean, staff were friendly

I like that fare is cheap but because there's no amenities whatsoever. You get what you paid for.

There's a reason why fare is cheap, no amenities.

It is what it is - nothing more, nothing less. No entertainment onboard but one kinda knows that when buying a ticket on a no frills airline. I choose Jetstar only because of price.

Plane was delayed both on arrival to Sydney and departure. We boarded the plane while it was in the process of being refuelled, which I am certain is against CASA regulations. Comfort for anyone over 6 foot is non existent.

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Recent return flight deals

19/1Sun
1 stopJetstar
10h 55mCNS-AKL
26/1Sun
1 stopJetstar
8h 35mAKL-CNS
$637
22/4Tue
1 stopJetstar
9h 00mCNS-AKL
29/4Tue
1 stopJetstar
12h 55mAKL-CNS
$681
24/4Thu
1 stopJetstar
9h 00mCNS-AKL
29/4Tue
1 stopJetstar
12h 55mAKL-CNS
$707
13/1Mon
1 stopJetstar
8h 35mCNS-AKL
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1 stopJetstar
16h 15mAKL-CNS
$797
22/4Tue
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20h 10mCNS-AKL
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18h 10mAKL-CNS
$842
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17h 10mCNS-AKL
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1 stop
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$881
25/1Sat
2 stopsQantas Airways
15h 50mCNS-AKL
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1 stopQantas Airways
9h 50mAKL-CNS
$1,082
26/1Sun
1 stopQantas Airways
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2 stopsQantas Airways
14h 05mAKL-CNS
$1,141
5/1Sun
1 stopEmirates
17h 35mCNS-WLG
12/1Sun
1 stopEmirates
8h 50mWLG-CNS
$1,196
21/12Sat
2 stopsAir New Zealand
32h 25mCNS-CHC
5/1Sun
2 stopsAir New Zealand
20h 55mCHC-CNS
$3,118

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12/3Wed
1 stopJetstar
16h 50mCNS-AKL
$380
15/3Sat
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14h 10mCNS-AKL
$382
17/3Mon
1 stop
16h 45mCNS-AKL
$391
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$396
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7h 40mCNS-ZQN
$481
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$503
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4h 40mCNS-AKL
$555
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1 stopQantas Airways
12h 45mCNS-AKL
$611
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$623
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$983

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26/11Tue
multi-stop
21h 45mCNS-WLG
4/12Wed
multi-stop
22h 30mWLG-CNS
$1,073
26/11Tue
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22h 30mWLG-CNS
$1,078
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25h 00mWLG-CNS
$1,272
21/11Thu
multi-stopQantas Airways
8h 40mCNS-AKL
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multi-stopQantas Airways
14h 20mAKL-CNS
$1,345
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multi-stopQantas Airways
8h 40mCNS-AKL
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multi-stopQantas Airways
19h 00mAKL-CNS
$1,495
22/11Fri
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24h 00mZQN-CNS
$1,620
22/11Fri
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24h 50mZQN-CNS
$1,731
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23h 20mCNS-AKL
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multi-stop
27h 40mAKL-CNS
$1,855
22/11Fri
multi-stop
22h 00mCNS-ZQN
26/11Tue
multi-stop
24h 35mZQN-CNS
$2,018
22/11Fri
multi-stopAir New Zealand
12h 15mCNS-ZQN
26/11Tue
multi-stopAir New Zealand
14h 20mZQN-CNS
$3,572

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