Cheapest€704.01
- Sichuan Airlines SA950206:0011h 46m17:46Melbourne MELChengdu CTU
Door to door 14h 56mCO2 1329.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Melbourne to Chengdu flight
Flights from Melbourne to Chengdu start at €874.52 and take 14h 56m at their fastest.
The Flights from Melbourne to Chengdu starts at €874.52 and takes 14h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 8,980 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 14h 56mDoor to door
- 11h 46mMoving
- €874.52From
- 1329.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sichuan Airlines | €704.01 | 14h 56m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Rooms within reach of Chengdu railway station
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When to book Melbourne to Chengdu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €820.2490 days
- €591.3260 days
- €755.3445 days
- €745.3130 days
- €1,022.0221 days
- €1,183.6814 days
- €1,286.347 days
- €1,270.413 days
- €1,833.271 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €591.32.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 210 percent. The most expensive point is €1,833.27, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €1,028.51Sun
- €874.52Mon
- €1,040.90Tue
- €1,117.01Wed
- €1,183.68Thu
- €1,263.33Fri
- €1,128.81Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Melbourne
Air
- MEL
- AVV
Chengdu
Air
- TFU
- CTU
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 8,980 km against 8,719 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Melbourne at 06:00 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Melbourne to Chengdu
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu take?
The Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu takes 14h 56m door to door, of which 11h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 8,980 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu cost?
The Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu starts at €874.52 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €940.60. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu?
1 operators run the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu: Sichuan Airlines. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu use?
The Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu leaves from Melbourne MEL and arrives at Chengdu CTU. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu?
Fares for the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €591.32. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 210 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu produce?
The Flight from Melbourne to Chengdu produces about 1329.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8980 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Melbourne to Chengdu on September 10, 2026: 8980 km of route against 8719 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €874.52, and 14h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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