Cheapest€704.01
- Sichuan Airlines SA950206:0011h 46m17:46Melbourne MELChengdu CTU
Door to door 14h 56mCO2 1329.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Melbourne to Chengdu costs €704.01 at the cheapest and takes 14h 56m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 8,980 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 8,980 km
- Fastest
- 14h 56m
- Average
- 15h 37m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €704.01
- CO2 per passenger
- 1329.0 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 14h 56m | 11h 46m | 3h 10m | €874.52 | 1329.0 kg | 5 |
- 14h 56mFastest, by Flight
- €874.52Cheapest, by Flight
- 1329.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 8,980 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Melbourne to Chengdu | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €1,976.64 | €1,564.82 | €1,109.93 | €1,253.30 | €1,344.16 | €1,604.94 | €1,263.33 | €1,128.81 | €1,028.51 | €874.52 | €1,040.90 | €1,117.01 | €1,418.50 | €885.73 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €704.01
Chengdu is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.
Rooms within reach of Chengdu railway station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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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.
- €881.6090 days
- €560.6460 days
- €610.2045 days
- €675.1030 days
- €832.0421 days
- €885.7314 days
- €1,263.337 days
- €1,109.933 days
- €1,976.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €560.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 253 percent. The most expensive point is €1,976.64, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
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
- €1,418.50Thu
- €885.73Fri
- €1,128.81Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €1,253.30Sep
- €961.25Oct
- €734.10Nov
- €665.66Dec
- €646.19Jan
- €651.50Feb
The route
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.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Melbourne
Rail
- North Melbourne
- Melbourne Central
- Kew railway station, Melbourne
Bus
- Melbourne Airport
- Williamstown
Air
- MEL
- AVV
Ferry
- Spotswood
- Como Landing
Chengdu
Rail
- Chengdu railway station
- Chengdu East railway station
- Chengdu West Railway Station
Bus
- Chengdu Long distance bus station
- 永陵路西
Air
- TFU
- CTU
Who runs this route
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 |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €589.00 | 84% |
| Taxes | €106.02 | 15% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 1% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 0% |
| Total you pay | €704.01 | 100% |
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Chengdu railway station
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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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 it take to get from Melbourne to Chengdu?
The fastest journey from Melbourne to Chengdu takes 14h 56m door to door, of which 11h 46m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 15h 37m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Melbourne to Chengdu?
The cheapest fare from Melbourne to Chengdu is €704.01, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,158.90. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Chengdu?
The cheapest way from Melbourne to Chengdu is by Flight, at €874.52 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 14h 56m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Melbourne to Chengdu?
Fares from Melbourne to Chengdu bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €560.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 253 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Melbourne to Chengdu?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Melbourne to Chengdu, at €874.52. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Melbourne to Chengdu?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Melbourne to Chengdu, at €646.19 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Melbourne to Chengdu?
1 operators sell services from Melbourne to Chengdu across 1 modes: Sichuan Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Melbourne to Chengdu?
20 percent of the services we sell from Melbourne to Chengdu are direct. The rest connect at Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Melbourne to Chengdu use?
Services from Melbourne to Chengdu by Flight leave from Melbourne MEL and arrive at Chengdu CTU. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Melbourne to Chengdu?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Melbourne to Chengdu allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Melbourne to Chengdu on September 11, 2026: 8980 km of route against 8719 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €704.01, 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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What to book in Chengdu before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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