£569 Find Cheap Flights from Edinburgh to South Island

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Edinburgh to South Island departing on 10/11. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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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£788
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops£1,492
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops£2,017
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops£788
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops£1,492
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops£2,017

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.
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Recent return flight deals from Edinburgh to South Island

Mon, 1 Dec - Thu, 22 Jan
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17:55 - 17:20EDI-CHC
34h 25m2 stops
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22:30 - 22:30CHC-EDI
37h 00m2 stops
Fri, 9 Jan - Fri, 30 Jan
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09:25 - 10:35EDI-CHC
36h 10m2 stops
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14:15 - 07:55CHC-EDI
30h 40m2 stops
£1,198
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Mon, 1 Dec - Thu, 22 Jan
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16:10 - 14:00EDI-CHC
32h 50m3 stops
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13:45 - 19:05CHC-EDI
42h 20m2 stops
£1,220
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Thu, 25 Dec - Tue, 24 Feb
Lufthansa Logo
09:25 - 10:35EDI-CHC
60h 10m2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
14:15 - 07:55CHC-EDI
54h 40m2 stops
£1,294Lufthansa
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Sat, 6 Sep - Sat, 27 Sep
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07:55 - 21:15EDI-CHC
50h 20m2 stops
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08:20 - 13:40CHC-EDI
40h 20m2 stops
£1,302
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Sat, 6 Sep - Tue, 23 Sep
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21:50 - 16:35EDI-ZQN
31h 45m3 stops
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14:15 - 20:15ZQN-EDI
41h 00m3 stops
£1,548Qantas Airways
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Sat, 6 Sep - Tue, 23 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
21:50 - 16:35EDI-ZQN
31h 45m3 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
14:15 - 20:15ZQN-EDI
41h 00m3 stops
£1,692Qantas Airways
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Mon, 6 Oct - Mon, 27 Oct
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21:50 - 17:35EDI-CHC
31h 45m2 stops
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18:20 - 19:05CHC-EDI
37h 45m2 stops
£1,826Emirates
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Thu, 25 Dec - Sat, 17 Jan
Emirates Logo
20:55 - 21:05EDI-ZQN
35h 10m2 stops
Emirates Logo
16:30 - 19:05ZQN-EDI
39h 35m2 stops
£1,918Emirates
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Sat, 13 Dec - Sun, 28 Dec
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14:05 - 13:10EDI-ZQN
34h 05m2 stops
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19:30 - 12:35ZQN-EDI
30h 05m2 stops
£2,189Qatar Airways
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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 £425, 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 £1,067 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of return tickets is £1,935 and £1,678 respectively.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Edinburgh to South Island

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight£569
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 40% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 22% lower on average.
Flight from Edinburgh to Christchurch

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 £1,609 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 £2,299.

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 3318 reviews
8.3Crew
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.2Entertainment
Airline reviews

Similar to Hyd->Dubai this too was worst airlines. Bad seats, bad seating arrangement which created lot of confusion since family member were not given seat together. However most of them changed the seat and got with the family. Cheap tactics by Emirates.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Aug 2025DXB - JFK
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Similar to Hyd->Dubai this too was worst airlines. Bad seats, bad seating arrangement which created lot of confusion since family member were not given seat together. However most of them changed the seat and got with the family. Cheap tactics by Emirates.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

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?

The seating is spaced out nicely, The crew could have offer more drinks.

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Everything I was good except food quality is very poor

Overall was a good experience and this particular flight the crew were great too at least in business class. It’s not always the case with flydubai. Few things would make me think twice in the future on this route. 1. The arrival into T3 might sound good but it is a real pain as it takes almost 30 mins to get to terminal on the bus as the aircraft still park at T2. The bag takes even longer . If they just let us off at T2, I’d be home within 30 mins of walking off the plane. Instead it takes 1.5 hours. 2. Due to the timing, the very tiny lounge in Penang is so crowded because half the lounge is closed for Qatar crew. Hardly anywhere to sit. 3. Flydubai app and site has a long way to go and using it is very unpleasant.

Very uncomfortable aircraft. No free entertainment or drinks. Food okay. Won't fly with them again.

Excellent comfort and entertainment. Service poor..Food average with little choice.

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

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.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Overall good experience with flight and airport wheelchair staff. Also got Indian food in the flights

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