Jealous of your friends or colleagues who went to Europe over the past few months? The good news is that it’s that time of year again when many of the major international airlines offer “Early Bird” sale fares for travel to Europe in 2025.

Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Lufthansa and Air France are among the airlines now offering discounted 2025 Europe Early Bird airfares. You can book Economy from $1,255 round-trip, or Business Class from $6,300 return.

Singapore Airlines 2025 Early Bird fares

Singapore Airlines was among the first of the airlines to launch Early Bird Sales this year for travel in 2025. This sale covers travel to Europe, as well as to Asia including India, Dubai, South Africa and the United States.

Plus, if you book an eligible flight by 25 September 2024, you can earn 30% bonus KrisFlyer miles.

Here are the key details:

• Book by 25 September 2024
• Travel between 13 January – 10 September 2025
• Example Economy fares: Melbourne-London from $1,588, Cairns-London from $1,593 and Brisbane-Johannesburg from $1,554 return
• Example Business Class fare: Adelaide-Frankfurt from $7,489 return

See the Singapore Airlines website for a full list of routes, terms & conditions.

Qatar Airways 2025 Early Bird fares

Qatar Airways is currently running a “15th Anniversary Sale” to celebrate 15 years of services to Australia. Sale fares are available on flights to Europe, as well as destinations like New York and the Seychelles.

Here are the key details:

• Book by 30 September 2024
• Travel between 1 October 2024 – 10 June 2025
• Example Economy fares: Perth-London from $1,589 and Sydney-London from $1,849 return
• Example Business Class fares: Adelaide-Düsseldorf from $7,309 and Perth-Nice from $7,209 return

Qatar Airways is also offering 1,500 bonus Avios for Economy bookings and 15,000 bonus Avios for Business Class bookings from Australia if you book by 30 September 2024 and fly by 31 March 2025. You’ll need to credit your flight to Qatar Airways’ Privilege Club program to use this offer.

See the Qatar Airways website for full details.

Malaysia Airlines 2025 Early Bird fares

Malaysia Airlines currently has an Early Bird Offer on flights from Australia to London and Paris. The airline will start serving Paris in March 2025.

Here are the key details:

• Book by 30 September 2024
• Travel until 31 August 2025
• Example Economy fares: Adelaide-London from $1,572 and Perth-Paris from $1,498 return
• Example Business Class fares: Adelaide-Paris from $6,983 and Melbourne-London from $7,166 return

See the Malaysia Airlines website for details.

Lufthansa 2025 Europe Early Bird fares

Lufthansa Group has launched its own Early Bird 2025 offer from Australia. Until 25 September, you can access discounted flights to a very wide range of cities across Europe, including for travel next summer. Lufthansa also has sale fares in Premium Economy available.

With a Lufthansa Group fare, you would fly to Asia with a partner airline (such as Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways or Qantas) and then onwards to Europe with Lufthansa, Swiss or Austrian Airlines.

Here are the key details:

• Book by 25 September 2024
• Travel between 13 January – 10 September 2025
• Example Economy fares: Melbourne-Vilnius from $1,520, Sydney-Zadar from $1,540 and Cairns-Dublin from $1,520 return
• Example Premium Economy fares: Melbourne-Basel from $3,600 and Sydney-Reykjavik from $3,750 return
• Example Business Class fares: Darwin-Budapest from $6,300, Sydney-Sarajevo from $6,310 and Brisbane-Rome from $6,530 return

Air France & KLM 2025 Europe Early Bird sale

Air France is getting in on the Early Bird action too, with a sale of its own. With these fares, you’d fly a partner airline such as Qantas to Singapore or Hong Kong, then Air France or KLM to Paris or Amsterdam.

One benefit of flying long-haul with Air France is that they serve complimentary Champagne, including in Economy Class.

Here are the key details:

• Book by 1 October 2024
• Travel until June 2025
• Example Economy fares: Sydney-Amsterdam from $1,733 and Sydney-Paris from $1,782 return

The Air France website has the details.

Cathay Pacific Early Bird sale

Cathay Pacific is getting in on the action too, with deals in Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class to cities across Europe via Hong Kong. Cathay members can also earn bonus Asia Miles when using special promo codes.

Here are the key details:

• Book by 30 September 2024
• Travel until 30 June 2025
• Example Economy fares: Perth-London from $1,468 and Sydney-Madrid from $1,594 return

See the Cathay Pacific website for details including the promo codes.

Great deals with Etihad and Turkish Airlines

Etihad is currently discounting Economy Class flights to Europe until 30 September 2024, but only for travel until the end of this year. Sale fares include Sydney-London from $1,407 and Sydney-Rome from $1,286 return. That is some sharp pricing!

See the Etihad website for more deals.

Turkish Airlines also has some great deals from Australia to Europe at the moment. These fares are available from Melbourne, as well as on the brand new Turkish Airlines flight from Sydney that will launch in December.

We’ve seen Turkish Airlines fares for travel over the coming months from Melbourne to Milan for as low as $1,255 return or Melbourne-Madrid for $1,430 return. (If you happen to be a student, you can even book for less than this using the airline’s student discount.)

How to get even cheaper Business Class from Australia to Europe

Looking for even cheaper Business Class flights to Europe? Consider booking separate tickets between Australia-Asia, and Asia-Europe, with stopovers in Asia to break up the trip. That’s because you’ll be able to access much lower Business Class pricing when booking flights from Asia to Europe, rather than out of Australia.

See our guide to cheap Business Class from Australia to Europe for more on this and other strategies!

Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 90 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include economics, aviation & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

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