£751 Find Cheap Flights from Edinburgh to South Island

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Cheap Flights from Edinburgh to South Island

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops£1,138
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops£1,242
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops£1,138
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops£1,242

Book Cheap Edinburgh to South Island Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Edinburgh to South Island 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Edinburgh to South Island

Sun, 17 May - Thu, 21 May
Qantas Airways Logo
21:50 - 00:20
EDI
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CHC
39h 30m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
06:20 - 20:15
CHC
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EDI
48h 55m2 stops
£1,138Qantas Airways
Sun, 17 May - Thu, 21 May
Qantas Airways Logo
21:50 - 00:10
EDI
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CHC
39h 20m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
17:45 - 20:15
CHC
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EDI
37h 30m2 stops
£1,142Qantas Airways
Fri, 3 Apr - Sat, 18 Apr
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:25 - 09:40
EDI
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CHC
34h 15m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:55 - 08:30
CHC
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EDI
30h 35m2 stops
£1,177Multiple Airlines
Sun, 17 May - Thu, 21 May
Qantas Airways Logo
21:50 - 00:10
EDI
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CHC
39h 20m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
06:20 - 20:15
CHC
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EDI
48h 55m2 stops
£1,187Qantas Airways
Sun, 15 Mar - Thu, 19 Mar
Emirates Logo
20:55 - 13:05
EDI
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ZQN
27h 10m2 stops
Emirates Logo
07:00 - 19:05
ZQN
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EDI
49h 05m2 stops
£1,242Emirates
Fri, 3 Apr - Sun, 19 Apr
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:25 - 09:40
EDI
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CHC
34h 15m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:55 - 08:30
CHC
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EDI
30h 35m2 stops
£1,276Multiple Airlines
Sun, 15 Mar - Thu, 19 Mar
Emirates Logo
20:55 - 13:05
EDI
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ZQN
27h 10m2 stops
Emirates Logo
07:00 - 19:05
ZQN
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EDI
49h 05m2 stops
£1,330Emirates
Thu, 12 Feb - Mon, 9 Mar
Multiple Airlines Logo
08:35 - 12:40
EDI
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CHC
39h 05m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
06:05 - 09:10
CHC
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EDI
40h 05m3 stops
£1,379Multiple Airlines
Sun, 15 Mar - Thu, 19 Mar
British Airways Logo
14:05 - 14:35
EDI
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ZQN
35h 30m3 stops
British Airways Logo
15:30 - 09:10
ZQN
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EDI
54h 40m3 stops
£4,045British Airways
Sun, 15 Mar - Thu, 19 Mar
British Airways Logo
14:05 - 14:35
EDI
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ZQN
35h 30m3 stops
British Airways Logo
15:30 - 09:10
ZQN
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EDI
54h 40m3 stops
£4,061British Airways
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Edinburgh to South Island flights

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

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Edinburgh to South Island?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of £231, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Edinburgh to South Island?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Edinburgh to South Island, 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 Edinburgh to South Island is June, when tickets cost £1,071 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, when the average cost of return tickets is £2,076 and £1,944 respectively.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Edinburgh to South Island

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight£751
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 34% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 24% lower on average.
Flight from Edinburgh to Queenstown

FAQs - booking South Island flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Edinburgh to South Island?

    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 Edinburgh to South Island.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Edinburgh to South Island 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 Edinburgh to South Island?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Edinburgh to South Island with an airline and back with another airline.

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

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Island?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to South Island is generally at night, when retur flights cost £1,198 on average. Morning departures are around 18% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Island is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £1,712.

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Edinburgh to South Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Edinburgh to South Island. 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 Edinburgh to South Island? 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.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3442 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
Airline reviews

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

8.0 ExcellentEden, Dec 2025
DUR - DXB
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There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

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

The journey was nice, all the crews were very good and services are excellent

Great flight - Clubhouse met our needs, and the staff provided good service. Boarding felt a little chaotic, but given the size of the aircraft, it's always going to be challenging. Whilst the crew were friendly, the number of passengers meant that we received our breakfast items, but had finished breakfast before we were served a drink. Lunch was much better organised, and throughout the flight, the crew were attentive. Found the seats and ICE to be excellent. Disembarkation was fine, and everything possible to expedite the process was being done.

Bathrooms were amazing and first class seat was very comfortable. Food was edible but not up to the standards of other first class meals on other airlines. But Caviar was amazing! So much caviar. Dom Perignon 2015 was room temperature. It would have been amazing if it was chilled down a bit more. Slippers were amazing and amenity kit requested was beautiful. Requested Pajamas never came so can’t tell you how nice they were. Loved the design of the seat and personal storage. Suite was much smaller than other airline’s first class and tv screen was tiny and remote difficult to use. I probably wouldn’t pay for this flight again.

It was delayed for 2 hrs. Flight attendants were not attentive.

We boarded but due to a technical issue we spent 4.5hrs on the ground waiting for the issue to be resolved

The food options were excellent for Economy. It was difficult to find the lounge after clearing security and boarding was clunky

the seat is quite narrow compared to others. entertainment and food were very good

This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

Couldn't access entertainment on app as said in an email

After already paying for excess luggage prior to flight, i was advised AT check in that i had to pay $816 or forfeit my flight! The lady at the counter was SO rude and had already started offboarding me when i said i would pay it after asking her three times for the exact amount! Have lodged a formal complaint yet heard nothing. Will not ever travel via Qantas again

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

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