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Cheap Flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi (MEL-AUH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi

Sat, 26 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug
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07:30 - 13:00MEL-AUH
35h 30m2 stops
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20:00 - 20:15AUH-MEL
42h 15m3 stops
$1,027
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Wed, 23 Jul - Tue, 29 Jul
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13:00 - 21:05MEL-AUH
38h 05m3 stops
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00:15 - 20:20AUH-MEL
38h 05m3 stops
$1,044
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Thu, 4 Dec - Wed, 10 Dec
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12:00 - 21:10MEL-AUH
40h 10m1 stop
China Eastern Logo
23:30 - 14:05AUH-MEL
31h 35m1 stop
$1,369China Eastern
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Thu, 4 Dec - Tue, 9 Dec
China Eastern Logo
12:00 - 21:10MEL-AUH
40h 10m1 stop
China Eastern Logo
23:30 - 10:00AUH-MEL
27h 30m1 stop
$1,375China Eastern
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Thu, 4 Dec - Wed, 10 Dec
SriLankan Airlines Logo
17:25 - 22:00MEL-AUH
35h 35m1 stop
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23:00 - 10:10AUH-MEL
28h 10m2 stops
$1,675SriLankan Airlines
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Thu, 4 Dec - Tue, 9 Dec
SriLankan Airlines Logo
17:25 - 22:00MEL-AUH
35h 35m1 stop
SriLankan Airlines Logo
23:00 - 10:10AUH-MEL
28h 10m2 stops
$1,682SriLankan Airlines
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Wed, 16 Jul - Wed, 23 Jul
Etihad Airways Logo
17:10 - 01:05MEL-AUH
13h 55mdirect
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20:30 - 15:35AUH-MEL
13h 05mdirect
$1,854Etihad Airways
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Wed, 23 Jul - Wed, 30 Jul
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17:10 - 01:05MEL-AUH
13h 55mdirect
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08:00 - 03:10AUH-MEL
13h 10mdirect
$1,968Etihad Airways
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Fri, 10 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
Qatar Airways Logo
18:30 - 10:55MEL-AUH
23h 25m2 stops
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22:45 - 00:10AUH-MEL
18h 25m1 stop
$2,783Qatar Airways
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Fri, 10 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
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18:30 - 10:55MEL-AUH
23h 25m2 stops
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22:45 - 00:10AUH-MEL
18h 25m1 stop
$2,799Qatar Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Melbourne to Abu Dhabi flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi is May, where tickets cost $1,547 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,402 and $1,927 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at $2,532 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonJuly
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$445
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 9% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (36% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Melbourne to Abu Dhabi flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi was $290 for a one-way ticket and $669 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    Melbourne and Abu Dhabi are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Melbourne from Melbourne and will be arriving at Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    The Airbus A380-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Melbourne to Abu Dhabi flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Melbourne and Abu Dhabi, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    There are direct flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways or Qatar Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi are Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,743 and an overall rating of 7.4, Etihad Airways is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,868 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Abu Dhabi from Melbourne is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Abu Dhabi with an airline and back to Melbourne with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Abu Dhabi from Melbourne up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $902 or less one-way and $1,609 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct from Melbourne Airport to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Melbourne to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl

Monday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Tuesday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +5 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +6 more

Wednesday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Thursday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Friday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +5 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +6 more

Saturday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Sunday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +5 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +6 more

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Direct returns

Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl to Melbourne

Monday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Tuesday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Wednesday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Thursday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Friday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Saturday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

Sunday

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, EL AL, +7 more

Air Europa, Air New Zealand, +8 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3264 reviews
7.8Food
8.1Boarding
8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.3Crew
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Very pleasant.The crews are very helpful.Food are very good.

10.0 ExcellentPaul, June 2025BKK - DXB
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Very pleasant.The crews are very helpful.Food are very good.

Wifi was not operational for the whole trip. Other than this, flight was well received .

The seating is spaced out nicely, The crew could have offer more drinks.

Premium Economy is not worth the extra money you pay. You are neither economy nor business. The seat doesn’t recline enough to relax your legs. Maneuvering while seated is cumbersome. Don’t recommend Premium Economy at all.

Emirates is superb service. The A380 was very comfortable. The cabin crew is really helpful

Premium Economy was not up to my expectation relaxation wise. The chair doesn’t extend enough. It is not economy but not spacious enough to relax and sleep. Food and services were excellent but I am not very keen about food in general.

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Everything I was good except food quality is very poor

We arrived in line for check in at 6:15 p.m. but did not check in until 8:00 p.m. The line for economy check in was very long, and all of the desks 03-13 were not open, although most of them opened sporadically. The crew on board were very nice and helpful, friendly and kind. It has been many years since we flew Emirates (at least 17 years), and we notice that foot rests are no longer available in economy, but we were lucky enough to fly in the upper deck and appreciate your opening some of your flights to economy passengers in the upper deck. We will definitely fly on emirates more often! Thank you.

I’ve flown with Qatar multiple times and the service has always been great. Very professional, organized, the food is delicious and plentiful, tons of entertainment.

The staff was the best I have experienced as a frequent traveller in a long time.

Liked some flight attendants. 1 was rude I'll not say her name I don't want to get her jn trouble on my flight back to Dallas from Doha. Very rude to some races of people clearly. She needs a better attitude and bedside manners. Asking her questions and she responds "WHAT" twice rudely like I was bothering her and "is it going to be cranberry or mango juice with an attitude".

The Qatar Airways staff pre-boarding and also on the flight from Dallas to Doha were incredibly mediocre and arrogant. Consider retraining these individuals Other flights were ok.

The food is not good and also if you ask crew to bring something they say ok I will bring but you will never get it. Please they should listen good to passengers

Aircraft was spacious compared to American Airlines, food was great, entertainment was much better with a wide variety of options, and the crew was very polite.

Doha airport is huge , takes long time to reach gate .

Overall experience was OK. Seats were truly uncomfortable for such a long flight. Food quality was mediocre at best. The staff was great though!

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

Etihad seems to have a very strict luggage enforcement. I am a very light passenger compared to other passengers which are mainly heavier. I do not understood why airlines enforce the weight restriction so strictly. I was overweight luggage of 1.5kg, but am probably 10+kg lighter than the average passenger. Other airlines are far more accommodating. Poor customer service as far as I am concerned. If weight is such an important issue to an airline they should charge passengers by total amount of body weight plus luggage. To me just ridiculous.

Certainly! Here’s a more concise and refined version of your report, maintaining a polished and professional tone: --- Crew Check-In – Kolkata (CCU) The crew handling check-in in Kolkata was outstanding—efficient, courteous, and highly organized. Flight Segment – CCU to Abu Dhabi (AUH) A standard flight overall. Notably, only one in-flight meal option—a vegetarian curry—was available, which seemed unsuitable for a red-eye journey. The crew offered no alternatives, which was unexpected. Flight Segment – Abu Dhabi to Rome (AUH-FCO) Comfort improved on this leg, but service quality was average, falling short of Etihad’s premium standards. Crew attention was heavily absorbed by a difficult couple in Row 15 (port side), resulting in disproportionate focus. It was concerning that a steward had to personally return to apologize, a task better suited for supervisory staff. This highlights a development opportunity for supervisors Anna and Quashim in managing guest escalation professionally.

Horrible. After paying for my seats, I was cramped, had no overhead bin space, freezing as the flight had no temperature controls, the food was awful and served cold, when asked for snacks was told to wait and then never received any. I booked this flight as a partner through American Airlines but will avoid in the future.

Took a long time for boarding. The flight was comfortable.

Extremely bad food, they never gave our bags in time, the online check-in did not let us check in because we had Indian OCI not sure why we were given the option to check in then, because we couldn’t check in online we had to go in person and we were not able to change our seats and sit with our family

Should have had business class line in immigration. Food quality suboptimal

Used to Etihad employees are very rude and unprofessional but now better than before over all is okay now

The staff were wonderful but the seats weren't very comfortable for a bigger guy like me.

we were delayed from Athens to Abu Dhabi by an hour and a half, so I had trouble connecting the flight from there to Bali. It could have been done had they waited even 15 mins. There was another lady who was in the same boat. By the time we were half way across the terminal, they have actually already issued different flights for us to go Jakarta then to Bali. Not to mention the inconvenience of waiting over 4 hrs at the airport and the subsequent inconvenience, we did not arrive to Bali till after 800pm the next day, which means I paid for the hotel for nothing when I could have been there before noon the next day! There was little explanation. It was just as well I needed some assistance getting around, otherwise the 2 of us would have been completely lost! Not going to fly with them again!

Likes: on time departure, new plane Didn’t like:very poor quality food, very limited entertainment.no amenity kit etc.

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

The crew were excellent, service amazing, blankets and pillow good, cabin temperature perfect, the flight on time, food was unusual selection however plentiful, price for tickets unbeatable through Kayak. Older aeroplanes used by China Eastern was the only down side.

Delay in off-boarding due to customs at SFO... pilot announcement should have come earlier so passengers don't clog aisles.

Better good than most, if not all European airlines. If you’re stuck in an economy seat anyways, China Eastern is a good choice because of shorter flight time, being able to overfly Russia

The temperature of the plane cabin is too hot. Sweat and uncomfortable. Also my food tray was broken down drinks fall off

From the checking, ground handlimg was very poor.seems new personal on duty,people qho suppose to be teaching them didnt see around.new people may mislead passenger, as of flt info boards, not give proper info.even informatiin counter people dont get uptodate info.makin big ques, totally disaster.guests were not happy about it.even boarding to aircraft some BC class pax sent to aft staircase, some aft pasx sent to front door.poor ground handling.may need to improove.

Nice crew.flight delay fromBKK for some ground prep issue I guess, crew serve well to guest, and respect to guest as well. As usual AC is old,and nt much comert in compare to other rehional airliners.other than that.all good

All good, on time, depart.only bad side was, airxraft is too old to be in business.hope ailine will manage somethinv somewhat.all good

Flight was on time.food is as usual good.Aircraft is old.old A320, seats aithout any display.crew serve well

Was good, comparatively. A330, with good crew set.on time depature. And crew try there best, to make thing efficient.

Spesific ,Crew and cabin manager, look after all pax on board despite being in a old A320 equipment.Got free seat upgrade as well,but old style seats, no much comfert on it.But food and the spesific crew, was amazing.maintain airlanka standerd.the cabin manager, who was so much keen,keen operate as per SOP.

Was got free upgrade, on old A320.aircraft is out dated kind of.bt service ,cabin manager, tried there best.and food was excelent.

When flying from Indian Sector, should be more prepared with Indian food

KAYAK Real time status update is not accurate.the flight inbound rejected and go around.and came back and land. Delay abt 30 min.still shows ontime.track ur self if u wana real time.and cabin crew s are nicer. Aircraft is jst ok.old airplane.and in midflight ,seems have some compressor issue.airconditioning was nt work properly either.I could litarary see guests were cheking if AC is working.bt on landing it start to gv cool.which probably some one intentionaly kept .which was so bad.even breathing was bit difficult.otjer than that.for me all ok.

This leg of the trip was smoother than compared to the initial trip. Sri Lankan Airlines still have much work to do to improve the overall travel experience.

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