There are 3 ways to get from Invercargill to Melbourne by plane or bus
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Fly Invercargill to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Invercargill (IVC) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane IVC - MEL
6h 37m$207–800Fly Invercargill to Avalon Airport, bus
- Fly from Invercargill (IVC) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane IVC - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
11h 26m$327–1,350Bus to Queenstown Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the bus from Invercargill to Queenstownbus
- Fly from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ZQN - MEL
9h 28m$342–899
Invercargill (IVC) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Invercargill to Melbourne is to fly which costs $200 - $800 and takes 6h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Invercargill to Melbourne is to fly which takes 6h 37m and costs $200 - $800.
The distance between Invercargill and Melbourne is 2183 km.
It takes approximately 6h 37m to get from Invercargill to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 2h behind Invercargill. It is currently 6:52 AM in Invercargill and 4:52 AM in Melbourne.
There are 3576+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Invercargill, New Zealand and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Air New Zealand, Qantas, and Jetstar fly from Invercargill (IVC) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Invercargill to Melbourne Airport via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,500
Flights from Invercargill to Avalon Airport via Auckland, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Invercargill to Avalon Airport via Christchurch, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,300
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Invercargill to Melbourne Airport via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Invercargill to Avalon Airport via Christchurch, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Invercargill to Avalon Airport via Auckland, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Invercargill to Melbourne Airport via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Invercargill to Melbourne Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Invercargill to Melbourne Airport via Christchurch, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Invercargill to Melbourne Airport via Christchurch, Queenstown Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–700
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–700
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- Phone
- +64 274 497 994
- info@rippletravelgroup.com
- Website
- catchabussouth.com
Bus from Invercargill to Queenstown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- catchabussouth.com
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