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Cheap flight deals from Melbourne to Edinburgh (MEL-EDI)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh 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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11:00 - 23:05MEL-EDI
45h 05m2 stops
11:25 - 09:00EDI-MEL
36h 35m2 stops
$2,017China Eastern
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Fri, 16 Aug - Thu, 29 Aug
21:30 - 20:45MEL-EDI
32h 15m2 stops
10:00 - 06:15EDI-MEL
35h 15m3 stops
$2,186
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Thu, 8 Aug - Sun, 11 Aug
21:30 - 23:05MEL-EDI
34h 35m2 stops
13:35 - 10:00EDI-MEL
34h 25m2 stops
$2,230
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Thu, 26 Sep - Fri, 11 Oct
12:45 - 20:45MEL-EDI
41h 00m3 stops
10:00 - 06:15EDI-MEL
35h 15m3 stops
$2,331
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Thu, 8 Aug - Sun, 11 Aug
11:00 - 08:25MEL-EDI
30h 25m3 stops
14:45 - 23:30EDI-MEL
23h 45m1 stop
$2,582British Airways
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Thu, 8 Aug - Sun, 11 Aug
15:05 - 06:30MEL-EDI
24h 25m1 stop
14:45 - 16:45EDI-MEL
41h 00m1 stop
$2,721Qatar Airways
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Thu, 8 Aug - Sun, 11 Aug
21:00 - 13:10MEL-EDI
25h 10m1 stop
08:00 - 17:45EDI-MEL
23h 45m1 stop
$2,741Qatar Airways
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Thu, 26 Sep - Fri, 11 Oct
17:10 - 13:10MEL-EDI
29h 00m2 stops
14:45 - 16:45EDI-MEL
41h 00m1 stop
$2,828Virgin Australia
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Thu, 8 Aug - Sun, 11 Aug
10:20 - 07:35MEL-EDI
30h 15m2 stops
08:20 - 06:15EDI-MEL
36h 55m2 stops
$2,872Finnair
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Tue, 18 Jun - Wed, 7 Aug
10:30 - 08:10MEL-EDI
30h 40m3 stops
17:20 - 07:25EDI-MEL
29h 05m2 stops
$11,765British Airways
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Tue, 3 Sep - Wed, 25 Sep

Flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

The average price of all flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Melbourne to Edinburgh, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Edinburgh, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh, 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 Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh is February, where tickets cost $2,291 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, where the average cost of tickets is $3,285 and $2,885 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 67 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to Edinburgh from Melbourne were found on British Airways ($1,729) and Qatar Airways ($1,871), and the lowest return tickets were found on China Eastern ($2,017) and British Airways ($2,582).

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February

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July

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When to book flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Melbourne to Edinburgh based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Melbourne to Edinburgh flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh was $582 for a one-way ticket and $1,338 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Melbourne and Edinburgh, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh, Qatar Airways or Finnair?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh are Qatar Airways and Finnair. With an average price for the route of $2,591 and an overall rating of 7.7, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Finnair is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $2,621 and an overall rating of 7.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

    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 Melbourne to Edinburgh.

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Edinburgh with an airline and back to Melbourne with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

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

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Top 5 airlines serving from Melbourne to Edinburgh

 
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Virgin AustraliaOverall score based on 623 reviews
7.9Boarding
6.7Entertainment
8.4Crew
7.5Comfort
6.7Food
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This time is good . Don’t cancel flight with out early notice .

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024BNE - MEL
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This time is good . Don’t cancel flight with out early notice .

Very good experience, considering the short flight the meals were served promptly after takeoff.

X class seats in row 3 with the new configuration are very poor in fact I feel 3B and 3E should no longer be considered as X class seat as there is no forward seat pocket available to these seats and greatly reduced leg room due the intrusion of the business class armrests/table module

It was pretty good. Everyone friendly. Like all airlines, the draconian limitations on baggage and weight and not giving even a free soda kind of drags down the experience a bit.

Last 10 minutes boarding they canceled the flight and didn’t organise anything

Estheticly the plane looks great, although the seats are way too upright. If the seats were just slightly more reclined then the comfort level would increase tenfold. I had the stiffest neck after just a short flight due to this. A nap was almost out of the question.

Cabin crew were very professional and welcoming. They certainly appeared to have lifted their game. Congratulations

I know not directly a Virgin "thing" but I hold Virgin responsible for their subcontractors. Had to wait 45 minutes waiting for baggage at PER before the belt conveyor even started. This is unacceptable and hopefully Virgin engages with whoever to pull their fingers out. I realise PER staff are generally slow at the best of times but this was ridiculous. Maybe more seating for those waiting, a cafe in the baggage area for a light meal while we wait or at the very least a troop of dancing girls to entertain the punters while they stare at the conveyor belt start light almost willing it to fire up.

Very poor. Flight was cancelled due to captain exceeding hours. Told to fend for ourselves for 12 hours until a new flight could be done. This meant overnight accommodation in Hobart. Next plane was delayed and no food onboard. No apologies from Virgin. Extremely disappointing.

Flight was cancelled due to a mechanical fault - Virgin rebooked me on a flight 6 hours later so I cancelled and flew with another carrier

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

they give hard time at checking, they not allow computer bag or purse

I found it weird that the quality of the flight different from Australia to Doha than the Doha to Berlin leg. The quality of the toiletries pack (was in a box from Australia) and then a proper bag from Doha. The biggest variation was the inflight entertainment, which had a significantly shorter amount of content compared to the Doha flight. My QSuite seat was also broken and did not recline all the way flat. Wasn’t the best and I wouldn’t be happy if I’d paid cash for the flight.

They shld improve and provide a lunch or dinner in an international leg

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

Was required to print a boarding pass, which I'd prefer to avoid. Seat (economy x) was comfortable, service was excellent.

Terrible. The website insisted that I wasn't logging in correctly to confirm my flight. It also wouldn't let me register as a member. I was unable to get a boarding pass until 4 hours before the flight so I couldn't get through security and had to wait. It was unlike anything I've experienced in decades.

Better service is needed. I booked for Qatar but I was switched to American way after I bought my tickets.

The plane from Dublin to Doha was quite comfortable. I was in economy and the seats and rows were very tight. The man in front of me reclined his seat and it made my screen incredibly close to my face and I wasn’t able to take my tray down and my knees were pressed against the seat. I had to ask three times for him to pull his seat up but in his defence he hadn’t even reclined it far, the rows were just too close. I had a pain in my side by the end of the flight from the chairs which were quite worn and not very padded or supportive. It was a significantly inferior plane to the plane from Doha to Sydney and vice versa.

There was no phone charger, uncomfortable seats, unprofessional flight attendants, didn’t like food. Could not reserve seat in advance

Good experience with Turkish Airlines. We will be back with Turkish in the future and look forward to upgraded business class on the 777 beginning in 2025 and on the Airbus 350 now.

It was a nightmare. I booked business class ticket from Ediburgh to Beirut via Istanbul to attend a funeral. I had a wonderful experience flying to Istanbul from Edinburgh. Then I could not get a boarding pass issued to Beirut. It seems that although they booked me and I had a reservation number, I had no seat allocated and the flight was full. I was asked to go from one desk to another and made to wait for 2 hours. I missed my flight as I did not have a seat assigned and it was full. The only option was to put me on the next flight, 6 hours later, for a fee of over $400. They said that was the best they can do to 'help me' and to 'take it or leave it'. Well, I was not about to be bullied; I stood my ground. I booked and paid premium for the journey, which was confirmed. The eventually accepted to not charge me extra and i waited a total of over 8 hours in the airport with no compensation. On top of my grief with the risk of missing the funeral service, I had to put up with their indifference and condescending attitude. They spoke about me in Turkish thinking I would not understand (I hold a British passport) in front of me. When they eventually handed my passport and boarding pass back to me, I showed them I was born in Istanbul and that I understood everything and said a condescending 'thank you' back to them in Turkish. You should have seen their faces. I said that consumers have rights and it is a shame that Turkish Airlines does not have good customer service to at least acknowledge and apologize for errors committed by the airline. Blaming the me, the client, for such an error and placing unreasonable ultimatums, rudeness and dismissiveness to be rid of me, particularly when I was vulnerable and visibly grieving was really shocking... The airline taints the city of Istanbul and the people of Türkiye. Such a shame.

the worst experience we had. they put connection label to our luggages with mistake and we had to wait for 5 hours to pick them up

Paying for reserved seats and never received the seats I paid for !! Just fake and a surprise out of their " box "

Better attitude training for staff at airport, better training for flight attendants, better food, don’t put us with all the crying babies that cried nonstop for 12 plus hours.

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

It was a terrible airline. The air hostess and the people in the flight, just very rude.

I requested a special meal (kosher) several months ahead of the flight . It was listed on the Turkish air website that I had a kosher meal. In-flight, there was no kosher meal. I was not able to eat during the nearly 8-hour flight. There also was no kosher meal on the second leg of the trip. The flight attendants said there was nothing they could do. They had no idea why the kosher meal was not provided. Very bad meal service.

The flight was delayed and there was no response from Turkish Airlines

It would be good to choose between a Turkish based meal and an American meal option.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

1st time with. Etihad Airways and it was amazing from check in to crew. Great flight.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience.

Crew were very polite and quicker in service. Excellent cooling, comfortable seats and tasty food served

The staff was kind and polite, but it was very very hot and no ways to have some fresh air.it would be also be nice to have more time to sleep, since it was a night flight

My wife and I were upgraded to Business Class on our Dublin-Abu-Dhabi flight on the 22nd of January. Being served by "Mariyan" (not too sure about her name, she's from Tunisia) was the real highlight of our flight, she deserves to be working with etihad. We are looking forward to the next upgrade as we are flying back to Dublin on February 01, 2024. If I am not mistaken we have just reached GOLD status as Etihad Guests.

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

Everything is good and improved and needs to improve economy class seat more specious so long journey we can enjoy and it will be give more relaxable. Overall all services good and safely landed . I enjoyed my journey and all the cabin crew members services very well.

Food and beverage service have rooms for improvement .there were no entertainment facilities available

The flight was small and was not cool very bad

Very bed boarding, there was overbooked and make a lot of problems and noises

On my way from Chicago to London, I was seated next to a quite heavy passenger. I could barely move. BA should have ensured that overweight customers are placed in comfortable seats and not to penalize also other passengers because BA is not willing to accommodate these passengers and their needs. No respect at all.

I truly don't think there was anything that could have been better. How is that for an endorsement?! I'm a firm fan of BA now, with two flights in the past 2 months. Keep up the great work! And thank you!

New airport for me. A little confusing.bunable to use kiosk for boarding pass. Agent checking us in was professional but not very friendly.

Taking off and landing were smooth. I didn't have anything to complain about.

The flight as far as timings go was excellent. Unfortunately we ended up sat with someone on a night flight who had been drinking alcohol before boarding and BA staff were happily serving him more alcohol. He was very drunk which made our flight uncomfortable and awkward. My partner had this person lying on him whilst asleep. Alcohol should be served minimally. If there had been an emergency this person would not have been in a fit state to act accordingly.

The sad case is that BA is often late. I missed my connection outbound and then was rebooked in another biz class seat some 10 hours later. I opted to change to economy (no compensation refunded of course) that was only 5 hours later. On the return journey, once again changing planes was very challenging. This time we landed only a little bit late, but deplaning took a long time so the connection was very much in doubt. Some serious running and sweat later, I managed to make the connection but my luggage did not. No messages about the missing luggage, so I had to wait until the entire bag return process was over before seeking out an agent. There was only one and well over 50 passengers waiting to speaking with her. She was quite pleasant, but it took 1 hour and 45 minutes from touchdown to leaving the airport.

First time flying with BA and I will do it again. Staff at airport and on board were very nice and helpful

BA charged me 70 euros for one bag on my return after having recognized my frequent flier status and charging me nothing for the same bag on the outbound. Their employees are not well trained and rules are inconsistently applied.

I couldn’t select my seat until I checked in at the airport. Extremely difficult to talk to a customer service representative. Also, the gate announcement doesn’t appear until less than an hour before boarding.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Melbourne to Edinburgh found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/6Mon
3 stops
43h 55mMEL-EDI
$877
13/6Thu
3 stops
44h 30mMEL-EDI
$962
13/6Thu
2 stops
50h 25mMEL-EDI
$1,037
2/7Tue
3 stopsBritish Airways
30h 10mMEL-EDI
$1,729
2/7Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 10mMEL-EDI
$1,871
3/6Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
24h 15mMEL-EDI
$2,136
4/8Sun
2 stopsXiamenAir
62h 05mMEL-EDI
$3,665
3/8Sat
2 stopsXiamenAir
52h 55mMEL-EDI
$4,159
4/8Sun
3 stopsBritish Airways
30h 25mMEL-EDI
$6,458
3/8Sat
1 stopTurkish Airlines
27h 30mMEL-EDI
$7,307

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