Daytime Flights from Asia to Australia

If you often fly to or from Asia with Qantas, you’ve probably noticed that almost all of Qantas’ flights from Asia back to Australia operate overnight. The only exception is QF72 from Singapore to Perth (which arrives just after midnight) – or technically the flights from Dili and Port Moresby, although these are not long-haul routes.

In the other direction, most of Qantas’ outbound flights from Australia to Asia are day flights. But an exception is Qantas’ Sydney-Tokyo flight, which runs overnight both ways. (That plane sits in Tokyo all day between flights.)

Most of Virgin Australia and Jetstar’s flights from Asia to Australia (except for a limited number of 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 different airlines.

Qantas will also begin offering a daytime Tokyo-Sydney service from 26 November 2023.

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 may vary slightly on different days of the week or during daylight savings.

Daytime flights from Asia to Adelaide

Please note that the daytime Singapore Airlines service to Adelaide is a seasonal route running during December and January only.

Daytime flights from Asia to Brisbane

Note that SQ265 is a seasonal flight operating during December and January only.

Daytime flights from Asia to Cairns

Daytime flights from Asia to Darwin

Daytime flights from Asia to Melbourne

Daytime flights from Asia to Perth

Currently, all of the flights operating from Denpasar (Bali) to Perth are daytime (i.e. not redeye) flights. Jetstar, Batik Air 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.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is not currently operating the Tokyo-Perth route, but this route will return in late October 2023.

Singapore Airlines flight SQ213 is a seasonal summer service operating from November until January.

Daytime flights from Asia to Sydney

Please note that Qantas flight QF26 will switch from a 10pm to a 7am departure from 26 November 2023. Until then, it is an overnight service.

Matt Graham

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