There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Maldives by plane or 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 from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Velana International Airport (MLE)plane DUS - MLE
14h 10m$421–1,326Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Velana International Airport (MLE)plane CGN - MLE
17h 38m$394–1,950Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Velana International Airport (MLE)plane FRA - MLE
14h$468–2,128Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Velana International Airport (MLE)plane HAJ - MLE
18h 57m$556–1,524Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Velana International Airport (MLE)plane AMS - MLE
18h 7m$430–1,404Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Velana International Airport (MLE)plane BRU - MLE
17h 45m$488–1,478
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Velana International Airport (MLE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Maldives is to fly which costs $420 - $1,400 and takes 14h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Maldives is to train and fly which takes 14h and costs $460 - $2,200.
The distance between Essen and Maldives is 8088 km.
It takes approximately 14h 10m to get from Essen to Maldives, including transfers.
Maldives is 3h ahead of Essen. It is currently 7:37 PM in Essen and 10:37 PM in Maldives.
There are 174+ hotels available in Maldives.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Maldives?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Velana International Airport (MLE) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Velana International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Velana International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Velana International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Velana International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Velana International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–850
Flights from Hannover Airport to Velana International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Brussels Airport to Velana International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Velana International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Velana International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–470
Flights from Brussels Airport to Velana International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Velana International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Velana International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Velana International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Velana International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Velana International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Velana International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Velana International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–850
Flights from Hannover Airport to Velana International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–850
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Velana International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Velana International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Velana International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
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