Flights to 8 India destinations for under $500 return
Be spoiled for choice.
India is the type of country that begs to be explored. Each city hosts its own unique character, ranging from its rituals and temples to its cuisine and landscape. Now you can pick and choose where to explore with flights to eight of its most popular cities on sale for less than $500 return.
Your choices include Amritsar, Hyderabad, Kochi, Bengaluru, Chennai, New Delhi, Visakhapatnam and Mumbai.
Most of these flights are with budget airlines, including AirAsia and Scoot; however, there are some flights on full-service airlines, such as the flight from Perth to Mumbai from $499, which is on Malaysia Airlines.
Other hot flights include Perth to Amritsar from $465 return on Scoot, Sydney to Chennai from $466 return on Scoot and Perth to New Delhi from $492 return on AirAsia.
Travel dates vary depending on your route but are heavily concentrated between July and October, which includes monsoon season (July to September). True, it's not the most optimal time to visit, but if you can score cheap seats in October, you'll be sitting pretty with thin crowds and predominately dry days as the country transitions into the dry season.
We've found the best way to uncover these budget-friendly buys is by visiting Skyscanner and utilising its calendar search tool, enabling you to uncover the cheapest flights in your designated travel month.
There's no set end date for when the above flights go off sale, but prices change often so if they're in the ballpark of what you'd like to pay, don't delay as they may go up sooner than you think.
Here's a full list of the eight destinations currently selling for under $500 return:
To | Travel period | Return fares from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
Amritsar | July-October 2018 | $415 | Search for your India flight |
| Hyderabad | July-October 2018 | $453 | Search for your India flight |
Kochi | July-October 2018 | $453 | Search for your India flight |
Bengaluru | July-October 2018 | $455 | Search for your India flight |
Chennai | July-October 2018 | $456 | Search for your India flight |
| New Delhi | July-October 2018 | $487 | Search for your India flight |
Visakhapatnam | July-October 2018 | $489 | Search for your India flight |
Mumbai | July-October 2018 | $499 | Search for your India flight |
