LHR - CNS

£439 Find Cheap Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns

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Cheap Flights from Heathrow to Cairns (LHR-CNS)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Heathrow to Cairns 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 Heathrow to Cairns

Tue, 27 Jan - Fri, 27 Feb
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21:00 - 17:15LHR-CNS
34h 15m2 stops
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06:00 - 17:30CNS-LHR
45h 30m2 stops
£752Multiple Airlines
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Tue, 25 Nov - Tue, 2 Dec
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22:00 - 14:00LHR-CNS
30h 00m2 stops
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14:35 - 18:35CNS-LHR
38h 00m2 stops
£871Multiple Airlines
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Mon, 1 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec
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21:00 - 09:20LHR-CNS
50h 20m2 stops
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09:45 - 17:30CNS-LHR
41h 45m3 stops
£884Multiple Airlines
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Wed, 28 Jan - Wed, 18 Feb
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20:05 - 09:55LHR-CNS
51h 50m2 stops
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18:35 - 08:05CNS-LHR
23h 30m2 stops
£947SWISS
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Tue, 27 Jan - Fri, 27 Feb
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16:50 - 09:55LHR-CNS
31h 05m1 stop
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14:50 - 17:20CNS-LHR
36h 30m2 stops
£997Cathay Pacific
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Mon, 2 Mar - Sun, 22 Mar
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10:40 - 17:20LHR-CNS
44h 40m1 stop
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18:35 - 15:20CNS-LHR
30h 45m1 stop
£1,022Singapore Airlines
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Wed, 28 Jan - Wed, 18 Feb
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10:40 - 17:20LHR-CNS
44h 40m1 stop
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18:35 - 19:10CNS-LHR
34h 35m1 stop
£1,025Singapore Airlines
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Wed, 18 Mar - Sun, 22 Mar
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20:10 - 10:45LHR-CNS
28h 35m2 stops
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18:05 - 06:15CNS-LHR
46h 10m2 stops
£1,168Qantas Airways
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Wed, 18 Mar - Sun, 22 Mar
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20:10 - 10:45LHR-CNS
28h 35m2 stops
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18:05 - 06:15CNS-LHR
46h 10m2 stops
£1,176Qantas Airways
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Tue, 31 Mar - Thu, 30 Apr
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12:20 - 10:50LHR-CNS
37h 30m2 stops
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12:35 - 18:15CNS-LHR
38h 40m2 stops
£1,200Cathay Pacific
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Everything you should know

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Cheapest • from £947 (return)
Japan Airlines
Best reviews • 8.3 score
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When to book
3 weeks
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 3 weeks in advance save around 24% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
May
Cheapest • 19% price drop
March
Most popular
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Cheapest return fare
£752
Overall average: £1,282
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Tue 27/1Fri 27/2
LHR - CNS • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
£439
Typical prices: £1,007-£1,511
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Mon 1/12
LHR - CNS • 3 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Heathrow to Cairns flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

The average price of all round-trip flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Cairns, Monday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns, 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 London Heathrow Airport to Cairns is May, where tickets cost £1,029 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £1,601 and £1,506 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns, 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 London Heathrow Airport to Cairns, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 24% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight£439
Best time to beat the crowds (19% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Heathrow to Cairns

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Heathrow to Cairns 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 London Heathrow Airport to Cairns flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns was £439 for a one-way ticket and £752 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between London Heathrow Airport and Cairns, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from London to Cairns, Japan Airlines or Singapore Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from London to Cairns are Japan Airlines and Singapore Airlines. With an average price for the route of £1,528 and an overall rating of 8.3, Japan Airlines is the most popular choice. Singapore Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £1,250 and an overall rating of 8.1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

    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 London Heathrow Airport to Cairns.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cairns from London Heathrow Airport 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 London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

    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 Cairns with an airline and back to London Heathrow Airport with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns?

    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 Cairns from London Heathrow Airport 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 Heathrow to Cairns

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from London to Cairns. 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 Heathrow to Cairns? 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.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1596 reviews
8.2Comfort
7.8Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.4Boarding
7.7Food
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Not good. The flight from LAX to Tokyo was delayed 15 hours.

2.0 MediocreJeremy, Oct 2025PHX - LAX
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Not good. The flight from LAX to Tokyo was delayed 15 hours.

JAL is an exceptional airline that shows the true heart of Japanese omotenashi service. If the option is available I’ll always chose it

highly recommend for trip to japan only reason why i gave good not excellent is because their selection of movies and tv shows in English is more limited .

I love Japan Airlines! I go out of my way to book with them. It is regrettable that the One World Alliance includes American Airlines though. The last leg of my flight from LAX to Austin was easily the worst, most disorganized part of the trip. Next time I will plan to fly directly from DFW to Haneda to avoid American Airlines as much as possible.

We asked for Hindu vegetarian meal in advance and the quality of the food was horrendous. Never flying JAL again!

My wife had vegetarian meal and food was meh. Needed to have a but more flavors instead of it being just boiled vegetables.

I wish I was able to flew with JAL all the way to DFW. After my JAL flight to Japan it was taken over by a flight with AA which is another experience, the plane was not as roomy like JAL. I was terrified to drop anything in the floor and not have the room to bend and pick it up. My wifi din not work at all, l just slept through majority of the flight. Although not a bad experience, I still wish that I flew JAL straight to DFW for the experience.

I actually didn’t make it onto the flight. I spent quite a few hours trying to rebook the flight just to get screwed out of $5000. Fun!

we have requested for hindu veg. meal during booking. but served meal was of very poor qualty and taste. they can get such meal from 5 star Indian restaurant at Vancouver/ tokyo/ Bangalore.pure hindu veg meal and no AVML

for a such long and tiresome flight with halt of 10 hrs. during night Indigo should provide night stay arrangeement to such transit passengers we both are senior citizens of nealy 75 with some diability. any responsible air line should provide such arrangements.

Best service airline. The cabin crew is attentive and friendly. Inflight entertainment system is good

Best airline I think. No problems with anything. Crew were great, no problems with the airline food and entertainment and a smooth flight.

I have difficulties to book wheelchair for my parents returned flight

Airline should consider adding a small meal at the last leg of the flight, right now there is 7 hours of no meal break.

The business class seats were very uncomfortable. When in lie flat position my legs were very restricted.

Lounge a access was excellent as was the attentiveness and service from the crew as always. The food and drink supplied were of good quality. The entertainment system had a good selection and I liked the mapping system supplied. However the screen wild have been bigger and the operation a little smoother to navigate. The seats were barely comfortable, but adequate.

Crew and service excellent. 2 hour delay for takeoff. SQ app showed flight on time.

The food wasn’t good at all. I skipped meals .

Food from Surabaya was below average but from Singapore is much better

The usual excellent experience with Singapore Airlines. The airplane was on time and actually early to Haneda Airport. The onboarding experience was pleasant with no delays, perhaps owing to the fact that the flight was not full. Nevertheless, the air crew were their usual outstanding standards in serving the passengers.

Chicken pieces were too big with pasta. Need to be smaller.

My connecting flight was canceled or never existed. My stopover went from 1 hour and a half to 10 hours. It was a long day that I wasn't prepared for and it would have been nice to know that ahead of time. Cathay is great though. Great staff, entertainment and food.

The only problem was my connecting flight to Chiang Mai on Hong Kong express that I booked through Cathay Pacific was canceled and I was never told about it. I was rescheduled on a flight 10 hours later. Very long day at rgr airport in Hing Kong after a 13 hour flight but that's OK, I understand things change but I think I should have been told. I would have prepared myself for a long wait. Great flights all around though. Thank you

I am Vegetarian also has Gluten free food. However they gave me chicken and fish which is gluten free, but i am a vegetrain and i requested crew Hindu meal vegetarian, they said they will come back. .but they never showed up even i asked 2nd time. They could have compensate. I also request airline industry to have another option Gluten Free for Vegetarin people as well. Because Vegetarin people will have gluen issue...

The economy seats are incredibly tight. A large percent of the traveling public will not fit. I will not fly Cathay again because of this. You are literally squeezing passengers for profit. The CEO should fly some economy flights.

Great. Efficient boarding process with the face recognition. Plenty of cabin space for luggage.

Entertainment for kids was good. Good was terrible, needs lots of work.

The only problem I had was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arriving at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

If I had blood clots, that window seat would've killed me for certain.

They ran out of food and were offering random food to passengers.

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

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

One of the best Qantas business flights I've had. Quality product

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

Airline running better than post Covid, proper boarding process now implemented, some aircraft feeling a bit old and tired, crew fine, online experience better.

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

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

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

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.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

0lane 2qs on tim3. Very bad food. No free wifi, only for texts. Entertainment poor and hard to access.

At boarding, the locations where we had to have our passports checked prior to boarding were very unclear. Occasional staff wandered around telling people, but in busy area of the terminal this was not obvious. It was also located well after the check in desk in terms of walking to the gate. The Premium Economy service was attentive and warm. The only big draw back was lack of restrooms, and no division or even curtain between PE and Economy.

We had seats between the bathroom and a screaming baby, and did not have enough room to lay my head down on the tray table. Not ideal.

Very nice crew and great food. Easy to board just wish the flight could be shorter or seats more comfortable or more room to walk around when you get cramps in your legs from sitting so long. Crew was great and attentive and really was good food.

Everything was fairly easy just hard when you get to Heathrow not know your Gate number until an hour before but otherwise really everything great. Did not get my texts in time though to do me any good but that is why I still like everything the old fashioned way and print everything out.

As an ex airline employee in my home country of Jamaica, it was wonderful to see that Swiss Air has maintained it's exemplary service. The crew was both pleasant and professional. The meals were wholesome and tasty. My brother and I traveled and we both agree that our amazing vacation started with the excellent experience with Swiss Air. Continue to keep your standards high 🙂

We flew an Air Bus 330 airliner from Zurich to Boston. Our seats were terrible. I am 6'5" with long legs. I tend to refuse paying extra for extra seat room, usually it's tolerable. We were side by side in row 40, with my wife in the window and me in the aisle. The internal arm rest only rose to 45 degrees, I thought it was broken. I ended up standing by our seats in the aisle for an hour. A stewardess finally approached me and asked if I was feeling sick. I told her that it was the worst seat comfort I had ever encountered. She left and shortly came back telling me that there were center row seats two up from us where only one passenger was sitting out of the 4 seats. I took her advice and sat there most of the flight. I put m legs sideways in the adjoining empty seat. But the arm rests there as well only rose to 45 degrees, so it's a feature, not a defect. The arm rest position really limits our position. It's a horrible seating design, what are the air craft designers thinking?

Even though I paid extra for more room, we were very cramped and the seats were hard. Also, when we checked in they did not post the gate we were to arrive at even though we were half an hour away from boarding. The agent did not know either. Actually, the flight from Porto to Zurich did to have the gate posted, and there were very few agents in the boarding areas who could help us. I would never fly Swiss Air again.

Swiss is the. Only airline I use when I go to Europe. They are on time and they are fantastic!

At the boarding gate, passengers were offered the option of checking in their carry-on luggage, as the plane was full. However, they failed to specify that they would not be dropping it off at the exit. Instead, everyone had to wait over 30 minutes at the airport carousel, and to everyone's surprise, not even the carry-on luggage, but the checked luggage, was the first to arrive. An hour later, we finally collected our bags. Lesson learned: I will never check my carry-on luggage with Swiss Air / Helvetic Airways again.

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