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£404 Find Cheap Flights from Manchester to Colombo

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Cheapest return fare
£530
Overall average: £740
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£404
Typical prices: £357-£475
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MAN - CMB • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from Manchester to Colombo (MAN-CMB)

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

Thu, 5 Mar - Sun, 15 Mar
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37h 50m3 stops
£530Multiple Airlines
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£534Multiple Airlines
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£535Multiple Airlines
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£535Multiple Airlines
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£538Multiple Airlines
Fri, 9 Jan - Fri, 23 Jan
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£539Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Manchester to Colombo flights

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

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Planning a trip from Manchester to Colombo? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

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

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

When flying from Manchester to Colombo, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Manchester, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Manchester to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, 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 Manchester to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport is September, where tickets cost £647 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £1,039 and £1,002 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Manchester to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, 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 Manchester to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Manchester to Colombo

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight£404
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (27% more expensive on average)
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FAQs for booking Manchester to Colombo flights

  • Are there non-stop flights from Manchester to Colombo?

    No, unfortunately, you cannot fly direct from Manchester to Colombo; however, there are plenty of indirect flights that you can take that will get you to your destination quickly and efficiently. You can take a flight, for example, with British Airways, which requires one stop along the way at Hamad International Airport in Doha. Alternatively, you could also fly with Emirates and stop in Dubai.

  • Is there a Fast Track at Manchester Airport?

    Yes, you can Fast Track at Manchester Airport, which means you don’t have to spend time queueing unnecessarily. This needs to be booked at least 1h before you arrive at the airport and will cost approximately £4 per person. You will be provided with a time slot that provides you with a time for when you can access the Express Lane using your QR code.

  • Can I stay at a hotel the night before my flight?

    Yes, should you have an early flight the next day or maybe you just want to relax before your trip, there are hotels at Manchester Airport for you to stay at. You can choose a hotel such as the Airport Inn or Crowne Plaza, which are both ideal for those that want to be situated close to the airport the next morning and want quick access to the terminal building.

  • How to get from Colombo Airport to the city centre?

    Once you have landed at Bandaranaike Airport in Colombo, you can reach the city centre with ease. You can opt for a bus (Service 187) that costs about 120 Rs (£0.40) and will take you around 45min in total. Whereas a taxi will cost more, around 2225 Rs (£8), but get you to your destination faster, in around 25min.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Manchester to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport was £404 for a one-way ticket and £530 for a return.

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

    Manchester and Colombo are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Manchester from Manchester and will be arriving at Colombo Bandaranaike Intl.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Manchester to Colombo?

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

  • What is the most popular stopover when flying to Colombo from Manchester?

    Doha is the most popular stopover city among KAYAK users travelling from Manchester to Colombo.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Manchester to Colombo are Emirates and SWISS. With an average price for the route of £891 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. SWISS is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £588 and an overall rating of 7.5.

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

    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 Manchester to Colombo.

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

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

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

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

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Manchester to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport

  • You can get to Manchester Airport easily from the centre of the city, so it’s a good airport to fly to Sri Lanka from. You can catch a train from Manchester Piccadilly Station, which takes around 20min or arrive by car via the A555.
  • At Manchester Airport there are many exchange bureaus, such as International Currency Exchange, Travelex, and Post Office, where you can change your pounds for Sri Lankan rupees and get your holiday underway.
  • Once you’ve landed at Colombo Airport you can get to the city centre easily, but you can also go further afield too. Get to Kandy in about 3h by car or drive to Madampe in about 1h 30mins.
  • Before you fly to Sri Lanka, you can enjoy the lounges at Manchester Airport. Access a lounge such as Escape Lounge, which costs about £20 per person and provides you with complimentary food, refreshments, and Wi-Fi whilst you wait to take-off.
  • You can request mobility assistance at Manchester Airport, so you can get to your plane with ease. Call the Special Assistance Reception at least 48h before you fly and they will either meet you when you arrive at the airport or you can locate the reception in the Check-in Hall.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Manchester to Colombo

 
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3440 reviews
8.3Crew
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8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
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Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

10.0 ExcellentNaveen, Nov 2025
DXB - ZRH
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Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

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.

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..

Can’t complain Only downside was the Kiosk passport check and customs clearance at Melbourne. When will they improve that service🤔

We travelled in economy, were very satisfied with the comfort and keg space of the seats. Food was great compared to other airlines, the crew were very helpful and friendly. Since i was travelling with kids, i needed assistance multiple of times. Will be definitely taking long flights with Emirates from now on.

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

Very pleasant.The crews are very nice.Food were excellent.

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

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

Qatar maybe considered one of the best ailines in the world but nowadays it is much of a muchness with the rest

Food was absolutely pathetic. I wasted so much food which I thought was inedible. I also loathe the inflight entertainment system which has very little content

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

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.

I had to stay in the airport 15 even with a hotel reservation..i was refused to inter to qatar cuz the hotel was outside the airport. They could have offered a solution. It was really exhausting for me and my family.

I was unable to pre purchase sear upgrades or internet. Their online site is not user friendly and poor. I felt singled out in customs. Seats are very small even for a small person.

I purchased Qatar airways after seeing ads about its service. To my surprise Qatar is marketing gimmick and horrible airlines which I don’t recommend to anyone Flight was dirty including flight from Miami to Doha And Doha airport restrooms are dirty On top of this they use this pathetic cheap indigo From Doha to Hyderabad which I will never fly Also they lost one of my baggage in Indigo and still waiting to receive it. I will never travel Qatar and will never recommend

There was not enough food for everybody. Some dishes were missing.

Qatar Airways in-flight first/business class service is superior to any US airline; excellent meals are served on short haul flights such as between DXB and DOH.

It’s a business class ticket but they didn’t give a lounge access

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.

excellent, staff and boarding were all seamless and no issues, thank you!

Wish the flight attendants were more attentive in serving food

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

The WiFi was not compatible on both my phones (Vivo Y30 5g and Samsung Galaxy A32) with up-to-date android software.

I am a larger than average person and in my opinion i don't think it's fair to allocate a window seat to anyone who is my size or larger, i was seated between 2 large passengers on a full aircraft. The guy in the window seat also occupied a portion of the middle seat (my seat) which made my experience of flying with etihad very cramped and uncomfortable, i was flying from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok. Had this been a airbus 380 it would have been better as the seats are larger but unfortunately it wasn't so i had to endure the 6+hrs unable to get any rest

Old plane, old entertainment system. It wasn't working throughout the entire flight. I was offered to connect to their system via Wifi to watch on my phone. Crew wasn't very helpful except one lady who turned the experience around.

It was OK as the seat which we paid for doesn’t have any window. We paid $120 for 3 seats but it’s for nothing. Crew could not help. None of the ports worked so all our phones went dry

Chicago to Istanbul was a much better experience than I expected since I’m more accustomed to Qatar Airways business class. The business lounge in the Istanbul airport was amazing - loved the lockers and phone charging stations, and the bathroom was a spa experience in itself. The onward leg from Istanbul to Karachi was utterly disappointing. Terrible plane, and I felt like I was in economy - the seats don’t come near to lying flat and the food was mediocre. What a sad downgrade - it isn’t as though the ticket on that leg was cheaper. So, on that front, there’s no contest with Qatar airways.

Second leg of Turkish Airline with Indigo is disaster for following reason. 1) You have to carry your cabin bags through ladder to boeing 777 because it was parked somewhere in parking lot and was not given a gate to board passengers and this seems to be people traveling to and fro from those flights and is not issue with flight itself. 2) I choose non vegetarian food on Turkish portal way ahead of checkin to entire trip, However the Indigo flight gave me random veg food saying they code veg food code from Turkish. 3) Indigo did not served any alcoholic beverages stating some weird reason which is non nonsensical. 4)Indigo have TV screens in front of you but it displays nothing except "Welcome Onboard" with annoying white black ground in dark flight. This is the most stupidest and annoying part because you are held hostage for 7 hours and only thing you could do is stare back at white screen which does not have entertainment package or even flight tracker. Such a shame.

My experience with Turkish Airlines was good. I didn’t get the meal I ordered. So I didn’t have anything to eat which was disappointing.

So boarding is a little slow when you fly 787 but on the 777 the business class had its own entrance. The entertainment can be a little bit more up to date Other than that it was a great experience food and service was great

Excellent food and service on my international flight. Most notable is the food provided by Turkish even for coach passengers is very good.

Staff friendly. Business class but issue with flat bed. Incoming Turkish flight delayed. Made connection due to fast buggy but luggage did not make it. Confusion at Delhi airport

I wouldn't know what the flight was like. AI canceled my flight reservation!! There's no way to speak to an actual human to fix the issue! NEVER AGAIN! ALWAYS BOOK YOUR FLIGHT DIRECTLY WITH THE AIRLINE NEVER GO THROUGH KAYAK OR JUSTFLY.COM!!

I had a bad experience with the Airline company. I still did not get one of my baggages. I went several times at the Airport looking for the missing luggage.

It was pleasant except for the boarding at Istanbul and long wait for the wheel chair almost missed the flight Itambul to Dubai

my experience was great with Turkish airlines . the problem i encountered was with kayak booking. When I booked . it showed that im allowed a bag . and when I got to the airport, i had to pay $165 for one bag.

From the checking, ground handlimg was very poor.seems new personal on duty,people qho suppose to be teaching them didnt see around.new people may mislead passenger, as of flt info boards, not give proper info.even informatiin counter people dont get uptodate info.makin big ques, totally disaster.guests were not happy about it.even boarding to aircraft some BC class pax sent to aft staircase, some aft pasx sent to front door.poor ground handling.may need to improove.

Nice crew.flight delay fromBKK for some ground prep issue I guess, crew serve well to guest, and respect to guest as well. As usual AC is old,and nt much comert in compare to other rehional airliners.other than that.all good

All good, on time, depart.only bad side was, airxraft is too old to be in business.hope ailine will manage somethinv somewhat.all good

Flight was on time.food is as usual good.Aircraft is old.old A320, seats aithout any display.crew serve well

Was good, comparatively. A330, with good crew set.on time depature. And crew try there best, to make thing efficient.

Spesific ,Crew and cabin manager, look after all pax on board despite being in a old A320 equipment.Got free seat upgrade as well,but old style seats, no much comfert on it.But food and the spesific crew, was amazing.maintain airlanka standerd.the cabin manager, who was so much keen,keen operate as per SOP.

Was got free upgrade, on old A320.aircraft is out dated kind of.bt service ,cabin manager, tried there best.and food was excelent.

When flying from Indian Sector, should be more prepared with Indian food

KAYAK Real time status update is not accurate.the flight inbound rejected and go around.and came back and land. Delay abt 30 min.still shows ontime.track ur self if u wana real time.and cabin crew s are nicer. Aircraft is jst ok.old airplane.and in midflight ,seems have some compressor issue.airconditioning was nt work properly either.I could litarary see guests were cheking if AC is working.bt on landing it start to gv cool.which probably some one intentionaly kept .which was so bad.even breathing was bit difficult.otjer than that.for me all ok.

This leg of the trip was smoother than compared to the initial trip. Sri Lankan Airlines still have much work to do to improve the overall travel experience.

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