On
this page is how to go about finding cheap flights to Cairns.
You may
be coming from
overseas, or you may be from other parts of Australia (a fair few of
these people fly up here and then catch
up with their Cape York trip mates in Cairns).
If you are from Australia,
or
rather in
Australia, scroll
down to 'where to look for cheap flights'.
If you are from overseas,
read this page (including
'when is it cheap
to
go?') but
also the page about cheap
flights to
Australia (opens in a new window so you don't have to leave
this page).
When Is It Cheap to Go?
While the
international
flights to Australia are cheapest during the high season in
Cape
York, if you fly to
Cairns from
elsewhere in Australia, things are different.
June and July are the
highest season
in Cape York because the weather is the best in the
northern,
and the worst in the southern parts of Australia.
And the same applies to
Cairns.
While southern Australia is having too cool winter temperatures, up
here they are only mild (they are too
hot during the hotter months).
And as you would know
when it's high
season somewhere, the prices go up.
So Australia-wide it's
the most
expensive time to fly to Cairns, something you may want to
consider if you fly from overseas.
You are best off to weigh
whether it's
cheaper to take a direct flight to Cairns instead of a
cheap
flight to Sydney/Melbourne and then a domestic one to Cairns.
Cheap
Flights to
Australia
So how do
you go about finding cheap flights to Australia?
As you
likely already know -
you don't go to your
travel agent.
The cheapest flights,
and that
of course applies to anywhere in the world, are now (and have for a
good amount of years been) found online.
The
only other main thing to bear in mind is - start looking early. The last minute flights that
Europeans
are used to, don't
work with tickets to Australia. But there
a few other
things that are
good to know.
When Is
It Cheap to Go?
Yes -
there are expensive
times and cheap times of
the year,
and if you are heading to Cape York during the high season, the luck is
on your side.
The cheapest time to fly
to Australia
is during the summer of the Northern Hemisphere, when
people
generally want to enjoy their own summer instead of flying to Australia.
The prices gradually go up after that, and peak in the Christmas - New Year
time.
They then decrease
through our Wet
Season, to hit the bottom in June - July.
Where in Australia to Fly?
Another
factor that affects
your price is where in
Australia you fly.
Prices tend to be the
cheapest if you
fly to the larger, southern cities,
particularly Sydney and Melbourne.
In case you are coming to Cape York or otherwise want to end up in
Cairns, flights to Cairns are also often cheap from Darwin and Brisbane.
In that case, read more about cheap
flights to Cairns.
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