Finally! Unbelievably cheap business class tickets Europe to Australia!

Turkish Airlines are currently offering cheap business class tickets from Europe to Australia. This is not some random ticket from a backwater to an obscure city, but genuinely useful flights between major cities.

Deals to Australia have been few and far between over the past few years. Prices have been high matching extremely high demand, so things must be calming down somewhat to see reasonable prices returning.

Flight Choices

While noodling around Google flights, I noticed you can slice and dice things quite a bit. Cities originating in Europe include Dublin (which never gets cheap business class going east), Helsinki, Rome, Sofia, Oslo, Milan and Copenhagen among others. The dates you’re looking for start around the middle of January 2026 and run through to the end of March.

On the Australian end, you need to be going to Perth, Adelaide or Brisbane. Flights are from the European city to Kuala Lumpur, connecting in Istanbul along the way. Onwards flights are on Malaysia Airlines. Who doesn’t like a visit to Australia in summer?

The Fun Bit – Prices!

I consider anything with a two in front of it to be a price point I’ll pay for business class from Europe to Australia. In this instance Sofia to Adelaide is cheapest, coming in at €2,331 return. Oslo to Adelaide is €2,492. Dublin to Adelaide is a very competitive €2,931 return. For Dublin, the next cheapest is Cathay Pacific and SWISS at €4,859, and with Emirates, Qantas and Qatar Airways over €6,300!

A straight return flight to Brisbane doesn’t count in the deal, however if you do an open jaw ticket it works. For example, a return Dublin to Brisbane is €4,174. However, search a multi-city Dublin to Brisbane and then Adelaide to Dublin and the price pops back down to €2,950. The other cities mentioned are all between €2,700 and €2,950 return. Those going to Perth should originate out of Rome and Milan by the way.

Cheap business class doesn’t mean bad!

Earlier this year I visited Australia and flew Malaysia Airlines from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney. Their business class is outstanding and I found it even better with their new seats on the return on the new Airbus A330-900neo.

Turkish Airlines are also highly regarded. Their flights from Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur are operated by modern Airbus A350-900s with single seats for all passengers. Apparently the food and drinks are world class, so nothing to dislike there.

Overall Thoughts

All of these cheap business class flights are available right now. I did all my searching on Google Flights, then at the end when going to book, you can choose where to book and happily the Turkish Airlines website is an option. That means you book directly with the airline, the only way to fly in my book.

Needless to say, I spent a good amount of time trying to decided on the cheapest option. Would I take Ryanair to Sofia or do an open jaw back to Dublin? How about originating in Oslo? In the end I elected for the open jaw, outbound to Brisbane and back from Adelaide.

It’s simple enough to get the quick one hour flight from Brisbane to Sydney and Adelaide is a shade under two hours, so no big deal. All booked and ticketed for me, so these are live fares and are available now. I have no idea how much longer they will be there, but I would act fast if I were you. Also, mosey on over to Luxury Flight Club – much of this came from one of their e-mails. Worth the subscription!

What do you think of these cheap business class fares? Have you flown Turkish Airlines or Malaysia Airlines before? What are they like? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.

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