There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Malta by plane, bus, busferry, 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 Malta International Airport (MLA)plane DUS - MLA
5h 27m€102–280Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Sciclibusferry
- Take the busferry from Pozzallo to Vallettabusferry
2d 10hTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane CGN - MLA
5h 53m€106–317Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane FRA - MLA
6h 25m€136–340Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane AMS - MLA
8h 4m€140–521Bus, bus and ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Sciclibusferry
- Take the busferry from Pozzallo to Vallettabusferry
2d 12h
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Malta International Airport (MLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Malta is to train and fly which costs €100 - €320 and takes 5h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Malta is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs €100 - €280.
The distance between Essen and Malta is 1864 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Malta without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Essen to Malta, including transfers.
There are 6112+ hotels available in Malta.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Malta?
Air Malta, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Malta International Airport (MLA) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Malta International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Malta International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Malta International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Malta International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Malta International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.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
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €29–50
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Essen Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Scicli
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Scicli
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- (+356) 22069022
- res@virtuferries.com
- Website
- virtuferries.com
Busferry from Pozzallo to Valletta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €73
- Website
- https://www.virtuferries.com/
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Essen Hbf to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
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