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$478 Find Cheap Flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

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Everything you should know

Cheapest return fare
$1,175
Overall average: $1,629
China Eastern
Tue 10/3Sat 14/3
SYD - AUH • 3 stops
Cheapest direct flights
$1,577
Typical prices: $1,363-$1,762
Etihad Airways
Mon 16/3Sat 28/3
SYD - AUH • Direct
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China Eastern
Cheapest • from $1,175 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8.1 score
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May
Cheapest • 16% price drop
December
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Cheap Flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi (SYD-AUH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Sydney 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

Tue, 10 Mar - Sat, 14 Mar
China Eastern Logo
09:20 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
66h 50m
3 stops
China Eastern Logo
23:30 - 13:35
AUH
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SYD
31h 05m
1 stop
$1,175China Eastern
Wed, 1 Apr - Wed, 8 Apr
China Eastern Logo
11:05 - 21:20
SYD
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AUH
41h 15m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 12:35
AUH
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SYD
31h 15m
1 stop
$1,181China Eastern
Tue, 24 Mar - Sun, 12 Apr
China Eastern Logo
09:20 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
42h 50m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 08:00
AUH
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SYD
50h 40m
2 stops
$1,188China Eastern
Tue, 10 Mar - Sat, 14 Mar
China Eastern Logo
12:00 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
40h 10m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
23:30 - 13:35
AUH
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SYD
31h 05m
1 stop
$1,192China Eastern
Mon, 23 Mar - Thu, 9 Apr
China Eastern Logo
13:30 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
38h 40m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 08:00
AUH
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SYD
50h 40m
2 stops
$1,194China Eastern
Mon, 8 Jun - Mon, 29 Jun
China Eastern Logo
20:30 - 20:30
SYD
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AUH
30h 00m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 09:00
AUH
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SYD
27h 40m
1 stop
$1,197China Eastern
Mon, 23 Mar - Mon, 13 Apr
China Eastern Logo
12:00 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
40h 10m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 12:35
AUH
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SYD
31h 15m
1 stop
$1,199China Eastern
Thu, 26 Mar - Sat, 4 Apr
China Eastern Logo
13:30 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
38h 40m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 08:05
AUH
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SYD
50h 45m
2 stops
$1,202China Eastern
Wed, 25 Mar - Sat, 11 Apr
China Eastern Logo
10:00 - 21:10
SYD
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AUH
42h 10m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
23:20 - 09:00
AUH
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SYD
27h 40m
1 stop
$1,209China Eastern
Tue, 10 Mar - Fri, 20 Mar
China Eastern Logo
12:00 - 01:10
SYD
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AUH
44h 10m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
21:20 - 12:15
AUH
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SYD
31h 55m
2 stops
$1,215China Eastern
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Sydney to Abu Dhabi flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sydney to Abu Dhabi?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Sydney to Abu Dhabi, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from Abu Dhabi back to Sydney, the best deals are generally found on Friday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Abu Dhabi?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney 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 Sydney to Abu Dhabi is May, where tickets cost $1,334 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,896 and $1,861 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Sydney 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 3 stops stopover the cheapest option at $1,603 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney to Abu Dhabi, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$478
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (16% more expensive on average)
Flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

When to book flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sydney to Abu Dhabi based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi was $478 for a one-way ticket and $1,175 for a return.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi are Emirates and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,838 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,794 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney 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 Sydney to Abu Dhabi.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sydney 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 Sydney with another airline.

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $638 or less one-way and $1,533 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Sydney Kingsford Smith to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Sydney Kingsford Smith to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Sydney Kingsford Smith to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl

Monday

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Tuesday

Etihad Airways

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Wednesday

Etihad Airways

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Thursday

Etihad Airways

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Friday

Etihad Airways

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Saturday

Etihad Airways

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Sunday

Etihad Airways

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Direct returns

Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl to Sydney Kingsford Smith

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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Sunday

Etihad Airways

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sydney 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 Sydney 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 3517 reviews
7.9Food
8.3Crew
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
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Seat did not recline at all, wi-FI did not work at all. Those are both very unfortunate for a 14 hour flight. Crew and food was of course very nice as always.

4.0 OkayMarcia, Feb 2026
HYD - DXB
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Seat did not recline at all, wi-FI did not work at all. Those are both very unfortunate for a 14 hour flight. Crew and food was of course very nice as always.

Always enjoyed flying with Emirates, flown with others but they don't really measure up. The others are cheaper without a doubt, but not as good as Emirates

Fly Dubai takes low cost and thrift to new depths in terms of service levels, terminal 2 is grossly inadequate for capacity and resembles a crowded buss or railway station,, the fly dubai( Emirates) flight is never on time(was 2.5 hrs delayed), and this is not an isolated experience, the flght air conditioning was turned low while we waited on the tarmac for take clearance to save fuel, should say more!!!! The depths! I only fly this airline from a compulsion, emirates code shares for connections to Muscat

Food was great. More vegetarian options on menu would be great!

They changed the flight time without telling us and were unwilling to help with rebooking because we booked through orbits/kayak

Child’s meal was great along with other nice touches for kids.

Both flights to and back from Lyon with buses taking extra time and delaying flight at DXB. Food serving needed work.

Emirates did great! I liked the service, the food, cleanness, and the flight was on time. Much better airline than Qatar Airways I flew with last year.

The main issue was that the flight from trivandrum to Dubai was delayed which resulted in arriving late in Dubai. Coincidentally the flight leaving out of Dubai to jfk was also delayed for different reason. Despite we reached the gate ( through wheel chair assistance) along with 10 other passengers we were not let in. The gate was open and yet was refrained from entering. We were then requested to flight the next morning. Meal vouchers were provided but the hotel reservations were not made and took a lot longer to receive that. If Emirates knew about the delay and was certain the passengers will not be able to board the next flight shouldn't they have prepared these ahead of time?

The plane was old so the entertainment system was difficult to operate. The crew did advise earlier. The plane was landed and parked away from the gates, which added 20+ mins to the overall arrival

excellent! movie selection just ok, but everything else was wonderful.

Friendly and discreet staff. Could have done with a few more offers of water/snacks overnight. Movie and tv selection notably poor. Seats not especially comfortable

Initial booking was confusing and had to get new CC issued.

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

no qatar did noting wrong Kayak messed up my whole vacation . Went early to check in at The Cairo, Egypt airport to find our I had not tickets to board , Kayak and/or Affirm never sent the money for my flight that I paid for and booked. So I had no flight at 12am in a foreign country and I had to scramble and find anther very costly other option just so that could fly home. Fucken horrible experience.

Food was absolutely pathetic. I wasted so much food which I thought was inedible. I also loathe the inflight entertainment system which has very little content

Boarding from DOH to SYD the Business Class were pointed in a separate gate but no one there to receive us. Otherwise it was ok.

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

The check-in and crew staff were wonderful. The food was reasonable. The online side Qatar was very poor. Seats were very tight and not very comfortable for a 14 hour flight!

I prebooked a comfort plus seat on this flight and therefore the flight was comfy. I got the correct seat in the correct section of the plane that I have booked, that's this. Flight was comfortable. Staff were average on the flight, appearing to be rushed and short in engagement with travellers, perhaps this to maximise there rest time on the flight.

Ethiad wanted to charge me $1100 for 2 checked bags on a ticket that was $550. Nother the airline or airfare assist was willing to help before arriving at the airport. All parties said it was the other responsibility to help. Never flying ethiad or using kayak again.

No entertainment except on app. No outlets working to charge. Good service

It was great! Kept the time. Provided what was promised

It was mediocre. Honestly, the flight was late but that didn’t bother me as I had plenty of time. The only thing that bothered me is that the crew never asked to make the beds for us in business class. Maybe the crew was exhausted and that just didn’t occur to them.

The flight was over 1 hour late taking off ,when I arrived in Abu Dhabi ,I missed my connecting flight to Bangkok so I had to wait almost 6 hours for my flight arriving in Bangkok at 6:30 am ,So I missed a whole day of my vacation and my hotel room sat empty so I paid for hotel days that I was not there. In Abu Dhabi there was a woman that worked the desk at transfers that was so professional, courteous , helpful,and may I say absolutely beautiful .she got me food vouchers for my layover and was a very calming presence. Besides that I will never use Etihad again I will pay the Xtra money . I'm sure they won't read or see this but it's my "2 cents" I'll use an airline that respects me and my hard earned dollars

I booked and paid for a Business Class seat for myself and my wife. 4 hours before the flight i get a call saying the plane they sent doesn't have the correct layout to accommodate all the business class seats they sold me 3 months earlier at a premium of $1500 a ticket. So they have to bump me from Business to Economy and will give me a $400 credit (total of $800 for both seats) that I could turn in at Abu Dahbi for $400 in US cash. They then promised a row that we could have to ourselves and the arm rests would go up so we could spread out for each of us. My wife was taken care of but I was put in the exit row with the flight attendents set as part of the three...and the arm rest did not go up. When we got to Abu Dahbi, they would not exchange our credit for cash as promised. Very disappointed they took my money 3 months ago and refused to reimburse for the change in seats or follow the promises made.

We have paid premium price for a business class Cabinet and we have received the old 777 with the following apart business class that is not to standard. It was very disappointing and it’s a very bad reputation for a premium airline company. This aeroplane should be the commission from being as a business class. We will pass this knowledge to our colleagues because the quality of business class in Etihad is not consistent and it is a lucky dip that sometimes you’re getting a good aeroplane and sometimes you’re getting their 30 years old aeroplane. The crew of the aeroplane have apologise and said that they hate this aeroplane and they have complained about it multiple times as well. Obviously Etihad is putting the economy in front of the Customer Experience. For the future we will not take this risk anymore and will fly with established company like emirates.

There was not any issues with the Etihad Airways. Staff was excellent and I love the variety of movies and games that they provided.

It was fantastic. The flight from Chicago to Abu Dahbi was fantastic. The crew, food and service were amazing. Everything was handled by the crew member assigned to us , Nicholas, was usually done before we asked for it. Highly recommend Etihad!

Etihad Check In counter/Station manager in Heathrow was bothering and not helpful at all. They are rude and not customer oriented

The ticket was last minute buy so no concerns about the pricing this time, but the crew in general could have been more accommodating, helpful.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers. A BIG ISSUE FOR NON-CHINESE PASSENGERS IS THE ABILITY TO CHECK IN ONLINE, by making so difficult or almost impossible there is no chance to get a seat assignment ahead of time then go to the airport and get what is left. THIS IS NOT a SKY TEAM modality.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers.

2 parts to the journey. First leg covered in a newer plane with decent staff + POOR FOOD QUALITY but the second half didn’t leave a positive impression at all as the plane itself was an older built and the crew didn’t serve properly. Language is an issue with China Eastern flights as always, but unmotivated crew just makes it even bad.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

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.

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