There are 5 ways to get from Bucharest to Melbourne by plane, train, bus, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane OTP - MEL
22h 6m$779–1,535Night train, Metro to Istanbul, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Istanbul Airporttrain
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane IST - MEL
31h 19m$746–1,472Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane OTP - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
29h 14m$913–2,519Bus, shuttle to Varna Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane VAR - MEL
30h 30m$1,158–3,797Night train, bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovonighttrain
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane SOF - MEL
32h 32m$997–1,757
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Melbourne is to night train and Metro and fly which costs $700 - $1,500 and takes 31h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Melbourne is to fly which takes 22h 6m and costs $750 - $1,600.
The distance between Bucharest and Melbourne is 14990 km.
It takes approximately 22h 6m to get from Bucharest to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 9h ahead of Bucharest. It is currently 2:22 PM in Bucharest and 11:22 PM in Melbourne.
There are 5511+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Etihad, Flydubai, and Emirates fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Varna Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Varna Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–3,900
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,500
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,500
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Varna Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Varna Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Varna Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–3,900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Melbourne Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $6–8
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $15–42
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $15–21
- 1st Class
- $16–21
- Phone
- +90 850 252 88 00
- info@metro.istanbul
- Website
- metro.istanbul
Train from Halkali to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- istairport.com
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
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