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£231 Find Cheap Flights from Colombo to Manchester

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Cheapest return fare
£425
Typical prices: £698-£1,167
Multiple Airlines
Sat 24/1Sat 31/1
CMB - MAN • 3 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
£248
Typical prices: £367-£772
Multiple Airlines
Sat 17/1
CMB - MAN • 3 stops
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Cheap Flights from Colombo to Manchester (CMB-MAN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Colombo to Manchester 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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Recent return flight deals from Colombo to Manchester

Sat, 24 Jan - Sat, 31 Jan
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19:30 - 08:10
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31h 10m3 stops
£425Multiple Airlines
Sat, 24 Jan - Sat, 31 Jan
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29h 25m2 stops
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19:30 - 08:10
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31h 10m3 stops
£465Multiple Airlines
Thu, 22 Jan - Thu, 29 Jan
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22:15 - 21:40
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28h 55m3 stops
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15:00 - 02:00
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£516Multiple Airlines
Sat, 24 Jan - Sat, 31 Jan
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16h 30m1 stop
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19:30 - 08:10
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31h 10m3 stops
£532Multiple Airlines
Thu, 22 Jan - Thu, 29 Jan
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22:15 - 09:15
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11:40 - 08:10
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15h 00m1 stop
£542IndiGo
Thu, 22 Jan - Thu, 29 Jan
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22:15 - 09:15
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£544Multiple Airlines
Thu, 22 Jan - Thu, 29 Jan
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21h 20m2 stops
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15:00 - 03:55
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£558Multiple Airlines
Sat, 24 Jan - Sat, 31 Jan
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£597Multiple Airlines
Sun, 25 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb
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20:15 - 11:15
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20h 30m2 stops
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£683Emirates
Thu, 5 Mar - Mon, 9 Mar
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£701Emirates
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Colombo to Manchester flights

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

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How much is a return flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester departing in January.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Colombo to Manchester?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Manchester on a Saturday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Friday is the most expensive day to fly from Colombo to Manchester. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester, 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 Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester is June, where tickets cost £621 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £876 and £829 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 6% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Colombo to Manchester

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£248
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 13% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (20% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Colombo to Manchester

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Colombo to Manchester 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 Colombo to Manchester flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Manchester was £201 for a one-way ticket and £425 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Colombo to Manchester?

    When flying out of Colombo you will be using Colombo Bandaranaike Intl. You will be landing at Manchester, also known as Manchester.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Colombo to Manchester?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Colombo to Manchester?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Colombo to Manchester, Emirates or Qatar Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Colombo to Manchester are Emirates and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of £717 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £686 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Colombo to Manchester?

    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 Colombo to Manchester.

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

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

    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 Manchester with an airline and back to Colombo with another airline.

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

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Colombo to Manchester

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Colombo to Manchester. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Colombo to Manchester? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3434 reviews
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.3Crew
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Premium economy was worth it-comfort was definitely better than economy class. The seats were more comfortable, blankets and pillows thicker

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2025
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Premium economy was worth it-comfort was definitely better than economy class. The seats were more comfortable, blankets and pillows thicker

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

No kids provided. Instead we were told to have contacted the airline that we have kids and require kids meals. We were not the only ones who inquired about kids meals. It’s odd. Emirates and other airlines give kids meals as standard and before the adult food comes out. The rice in our meals was gluggy and under cooked. The chicken was also raw. Sadly not the best experience with Finn Air. The hostesses tried to compensate with the snacks and drinks but missed the mark by a long way. Especially when paying Emirates/Qantas prices

I had a good experience flying with Emirates. All of the flights were on time staff was very professional and kind. So I had a positive experience..

Hospitality is good. Should improve on buggage handling because l lost a suitcase. Layover in Dubai was too long , 6 hours

Food was excellent. Leg room in economy, not so good; I’m 6’-1”.

I lost my lock from my luggage, I don’t know someone took something from my bag.

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

They should resume the fast track for business / first class passengers

They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

It was little disheartening and disappointing. Although flight staff did a good job. But customer service didn’t do anything to resolve my issue.

Seated in row 6 you are separated from business class close to the toilets. The is a high panel in front that obscures forward viewing, coupled with no window view. Service is limited as the area is not in view of the attendants. It is closer in proximity to economy than business class.

The flight was operated by IndiGo and not Qatar, which is a budget airline from India. Nevertheless, the flight was uneventful.

My flight was with American Airlines 120. The flight was delayed 3 hours and I missed my connection. When I arrived in Doha, the AA staff told me to call an 800 number to rebook a different flight, which was unacceptable. Eventually a Qatar Air staff member helped rebook me on a flight to Manila, that was 12 hours later. They offered me a hotel and meal voucher which I declined, because I didn’t want to leave the airport. Long story short, I spent 12 hours in the Doha airport waiting for my next flight.

Reason for travelling Tampa to Orlando is to fly Qatar Airline. we end up with American Airline. This was the miserable experience I ever had in my entire travel history. Flight attendants were rude. They hit my knee with the food cart and I was holding ice pack for 2 hours. I still have the pain after a week. WE boarded the flight twice because of the temperature inside the plan.

Terrible experience resolving missed connection after flight was delayed. 3 hour queue at transit desk, not enough staff, no organisation, worst ever flying experience.

Awful plane to Tashkent. Not even possible to sleep. In business class does not even recline fully

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

It was ok, not much more can be said, as long as airlines/aircraft manufacturers insist on cramming in as many seats as possible....best of a bad situations, seats are simply too uncomfortable to sit in for more than a few hours. Lack of flexible headrests not a help on long overnight flights either.

All the crew members were too slow and rude. Most of the times the registers were empty, while hundreds of customers were waiting in line, and it was impossible to get a supervisor. Despite being in line on time, I missed my freight, plus a some customers who were ahead and behind me.

Seat space was tight and uncomfortable. There was hardly any cushioning giving me a terrible tail bone ache. Getting and out was extremely cramped. We paid for seat choices and felt totally ripped off. Food was mediocre. By the time the servers served 2 or 3 rows they ran out of this or that option as we saw on the inbound trip also. This is infuriating. Entertainment choices were extremely limited for such a long haul. The screen froze on occasion and did not switch off when the on off button was pressed. When it did it came back on its own in 5 seconds. The airlines has gone downhill since last year.

I paid 44 $ for seat upgrade (22D) and my seat was stack in high position for all the 6 hours of flight. I don't recommend the upgrade. I am looking to get my upgrade payment back

1 hour flight. No complaints. Some drinks would have been nice.

The flight from Abu Dabhi to Bangalore was terrible. The plane was an order model with no onboard entertainment. The beverage selection were very limited.

More leg space than other flights, but felt like *maybe* narrower seats?

We booked a business class ticket via Underpricer. Somehow they screwed up our ticket from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad. We will be hesitant to book again with them.

One of your male flight attendant was pushy and a bit of a martinette. Completely unnecessary.

Etihad charged me for 2 check in bags. On Kayak search results price was showing 2 check in bags were included. Kayak need to reimburse me for these additional charges and metal agony and distress. Thanks.

Will never book any flight from Kayak and will never travel ithad airline

In Colombo when I-drop my baggage Sri Lanka air line crew not polite way talk very rude

flight was full and folks coming from Dubai all wear this strong perfume (OUD) which is annoying. Also, not sure why but these fools all stand up and get ready to bail once the plane stops. they seem to all run for the door which is funny AF. Plane was a 2 4 2 configuration and kind of an older plane with USB connection. Food wasn't that great either. Not sure i'd take this airline again since i have no plans on going to Istanbul again. Emirates is definitely better if you want to go from US to DXB,

I had ordered gluten free vegetarian but I got chicken instead. I wasn’t able to eat the meal. It’s hard not having food to eat when it’s an international flight. I don’t want to complain but when it’s a 14 hours flight. It would be nice to have something to eat.

Worse worse worse, i would not recommend this airline to anyone. Istanbul airport maybe State of the Art facility but staff is rude, only works if they get tips, and they push you to give tips even though my family had spent $50 in tips. Airline staff doesn't speak english so you really can't understand them. It was a nightmare travelling with Turkish. Never again.

Very bad this airline changes my schedule date of travel and get me stranded in Istanbul for three days, paid for only one day hotel accommodation with only one breakfast and i had to pay for lunches ,and dinners and hotel accommodations for the two and half days

They changed the return flight to the next day and it interrupted the plans we had in our connecting city.

The staff at IST airport could have been more helpful. Too much wasted time and the plane from IST to KHI was just horrible. The plane was not clean and smelled bad!

The food and drinks were below the normal standard we expect from Turkish Airlines. On a 4 hour flight we received 1 drinks service and 1 food service, the latter was a cheese omlete, which is well below what we have received in the past, such a shame we always recommend this airline..

The entertainment center of my seat wasn’t working. I asked the crew many times to restart it and they that will be done by the next crew that take control of the flight in São Paulo. Bad attitude during the whole flight

This is really the rating of two flights. JFK to IST then IST to NQZ. New York to Istanbul was good. Good crew and all positives. The flight to Astana was so bad that brought it all down. Crew was nonexistent above the minimum, seats were cramped, and it was hot on the plane. Turkish Airlines seems to be slipping down to US based carriers level.

I hate to have pay for my first luggage 165$ when I did my search on Kayak with 2 luggages .I don't plan to use kayak in the future and go with Turkish airlines directly

Check in was was and the agent was very friendly and helpful The lounge was nice...boarding was straight from the lounge Everything worked at our seats, and video entertainment was good ..food was mediocre

The flight was excellent in World Travellor plus. Well worth the extra money. Boarding at Phoenix was the usual poorly organized event. Very stressful.

Although business class, the seating was really cramped. The food was so so.

Not only were the aircrafts spacious, but the crew was friendly and efficient. I was so gracious for the included meals on the longer flight (8+ hours).

Smooth trip no turbulence which is always a bonus for me lol! In cattle class so an element of being a bit squished (but not as bad as other shorter haul airlines) smaller plane than the one we flew out on and entertainment system wasn’t as modern but still definitely passed the time. Lovely crew x

The check-in baggage belt was broken (which is understandable) but what was surprising is they would check you in, give a baggage tag and then you have to drag the baggage to a different counter at the end of airport. No vegetarian option in in-flight meal. British Airways remains the worst big name airlines and always my last option while booking.

Decrepit planes, poor business class layout designed to maximize revenue, no decent movie selection.

Entertainment did not work from DC to London. Was not able to check in online during my return journey from Mumbai to London. Food was good!

The to flight was excellent but the return flight the seats seemed not cushioning enough.

⭐ British Airways Review — A Journey of Highs, Lows, and Lessons ⭐ I recently flew Business Class round-trip from Boston to Mumbai with British Airways, and my experience was a tale of two extremes — from disappointment to exceptional service, and then back to inconsistency. Boston → London: A Surprisingly Poor Start My journey began on a disappointing note. On a 6-hour Business Class flight, I was surprised to discover that there wasn’t a single proper vegetarian meal option available. I was offered a few bakery items only after repeatedly requesting something to eat. The flight attendant shrugged, offered no solution, and eventually — quite literally — threw some bread at me after much delay. This was not only disheartening, it was extremely surprising given my wonderful Business Class experience with BA last year. I stepped off that flight genuinely hungry and had to make a mad dash to the lounge just to get a proper meal. London → Mumbai: A Complete Turnaround The next sector restored my faith in British Airways. The entire crew was warm, welcoming, attentive, and genuinely caring. A special shoutout to Phiroze, Sara and the entire team serving the Business Class cabin — their professionalism, hospitality, and thoughtful service were extraordinary. They truly embodied what makes British Airways a global leader, and I am deeply grateful for the experience they provided. This is the BA I know and love. Mumbai → London: A Strange Meal Schedule This sector was generally fine, but the meal timing was puzzling. Lunch at 10:30 AM — for a Business cabin — felt unusual, and most passengers, including myself, barely touched it. The rest of the service was smooth, but the scheduling definitely needs a rethink. London → Boston: Mixed Experience Again The flight itself was decent, but the Business Lounge at Heathrow for this leg was a letdown. Arrived during lunch hours: no hot vegetarian options available Lounge area: dirty dishes everywhere Even after politely alerting the staff, the dishes were ignored and left uncleared For a premium cabin passenger — and at one of the world’s busiest international hubs — this was disappointing. Overall Impression My journey with British Airways felt inconsistent — two great sectors sandwiched between two that fell short of the BA standard. When BA is good, it is world-class. When it misses, the gap is noticeable. I genuinely hope the airline takes this feedback as constructive insight. I continue to believe in British Airways, and I commend the outstanding crew on the London → Mumbai sector — they were the highlight of my entire trip. With a little more focus on vegetarian meal availability, lounge service, and consistency across crews, BA can ensure every Business Class passenger experiences the premium journey they promise.

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