The cheapest London to Melbourne return flight on the radar right now is £560, flying with Hainan Airlines via one or more connections. It covers departures in November 2026, and every dated link below opens that exact LHR–MEL search on Skyscanner. That is roughly 24% below the £735 this route usually costs. Across 71 recorded checks it has ranged between £499 and £1,121. Our sampling points to November 2026 as the cheapest month to fly London to Melbourne.

Every fare here is re-confirmed against Skyscanner automatically, and each one is stamped with the moment it was last checked, so you can see how fresh it is instead of taking it on trust. Not flying from London? We track 54 other departure cities for Melbourne, listed at the foot of this page.

Fares move quickly. If this London to Melbourne price has gone by the time you search, shift the dates a day or two either side, because the same route is often still cheap just next door.