Cathay Pacific offers daytime flights from Hong Kong to multiple Australian cities. Photo: Cathay Pacific.
If you often fly to or from Asia with Qantas, you’ve probably noticed that most of Qantas’ flights from Asia back to Australia operate overnight. In the other direction, most of Qantas’ outbound flights from Australia to Asia are day flights.
Almost all of Qantas’ flights from Asia to Australia operate overnight. Photo: Matt Graham.
Most of Jetstar and Virgin Australia’s flights from Asia to Australia (except for some of the flights from Bali) are also redeye flights.
Qantas’ Asian schedules are perfect for people who prefer overnight flights back to Australia. But if you prefer daytime flights, there are other options from Asia to Australia that could be more convenient if you’re prepared to fly with other airlines. There are also a small number of daytime options on Qantas, e.g. from Tokyo to Australia.
This article lists all of the daytime flights currently available from Asia to Australia, sorted by Australian airport. For each route listed below, we’ve included the airline, flight number and schedule. Note that the schedules are subject to change, and may vary slightly on different days of the week or during daylight savings.
Daytime flights from Asia to Adelaide
Airline
Flight Number
Origin
Departure Time
Destination
Arrival Time
Jetstar
JQ126
Denpasar
10:15
Adelaide
17:30
Singapore Airlines
SQ277
Singapore
08:20
Adelaide
17:20
Daytime flights from Asia to Brisbane
Airline
Flight Number
Origin
Departure Time
Destination
Arrival Time
Jetstar
JQ58
Denpasar
13:15
Brisbane
20:55
Virgin Australia
VA48
Denpasar
15:15
Brisbane
23:05
Singapore Airlines
SQ265
Singapore
07:20
Brisbane
16:55
Singapore Airlines
SQ245
Singapore
09:55
Brisbane
19:30
Malaysia Airlines
MH275
Kuala Lumpur
10:15
Brisbane
20:35
VietJet Air
VJ83
Ho Chi Minh City
10:15
Brisbane
21:30
Cathay Pacific
CX157
Hong Kong
11:55
Brisbane
22:30
EVA Air
BR315
Taipei
09:10
Brisbane
20:00
Daytime flights from Asia to Cairns
Airline
Flight Number
Origin
Departure Time
Destination
Arrival Time
Singapore Airlines
SQ203
Singapore
08:30
Cairns
17:00
Daytime flights from Asia to Darwin
Airline
Flight Number
Origin
Departure Time
Destination
Arrival Time
Jetstar
JQ82
Denpasar
07:00
Darwin
11:15
Singapore Airlines
SQ253
Singapore
08:30
Darwin
14:55
Airnorth
TL511
Dili
08:15
Darwin
10:05
Qantas
QF362
Dili
15:45
Darwin
17:35
Daytime flights from Asia to Melbourne
Note that Korean Air’s Seoul-Melbourne route and Qantas’ new daytime Tokyo-Melbourne flight are both seasonal, running during the Australian summer.
Airline
Flight Number
Origin
Departure Time
Destination
Arrival Time
Jetstar
JQ32
Denpasar
11:30
Melbourne
20:10
Jetstar
JQ44
Denpasar
14:55
Melbourne
23:35
Virgin Australia
VA92
Denpasar
15:50
Melbourne
00:30 (next day)
Singapore Airlines
SQ207
Singapore
07:50
Melbourne
18:10
Turkish Airlines
TK168
Singapore
10:25
Melbourne
20:40
Scoot
TR38
Singapore
11:05
Melbourne
21:20
Singapore Airlines
SQ217
Singapore
11:10
Melbourne
21:35
Malaysia Airlines
MH129
Kuala Lumpur
09:20
Melbourne
20:15
AirAsia X
D7212
Kuala Lumpur
12:45
Melbourne
23:45
Cebu Pacific
5J49
Manila
12:55
Melbourne
00:10 (next day)
VietJet Air
VJ81
Ho Chi Minh City
11:10
Melbourne
23:35
Vietnam Airlines
VN779
Hanoi
09:45
Melbourne
23:15
Thai Airways
TG461
Bangkok
08:10
Melbourne
21:00
Cathay Pacific
CX163
Hong Kong
11:20
Melbourne
23:15
China Southern
CZ343
Guangzhou
08:00
Melbourne
20:20
Hainan Airlines
HU7951
Haikou
05:00
Melbourne
17:35
Korean Air
KE409
Seoul (Incheon)
08:00
Melbourne
20:30
Daytime flights from Asia to Perth
Currently, most of the flights operating from Denpasar (Bali) to Perth are daytime flights. Jetstar, Batik Air, TransNusa and Indonesia AirAsia all have regular flights on this route, so we won’t list all of these flights here. The list below contains daytime flights on routes other than Denpasar-Perth.
13 August, 2025American Airlines, Qantas
4 October, 2024Other Airlines
14 November, 2024Other Airlines