There are 6 ways to get from Inverness to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane INV - MEL
28h 47m$1,037–3,445Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane EDI - MEL
29h 27m$998–3,519Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane GLA - MEL
29h 5m$1,081–3,602Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ABZ - MEL
31h 57m$1,226–4,099Train to Newcastle, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane NCL - MEL
30h 42m$1,183–3,505Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Avalon Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane EDI - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
34h$1,084–3,009
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Melbourne is to train and bus and fly which costs $1,000 - $3,600 and takes 29h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Melbourne is to fly which takes 28h 47m and costs $1,000 - $3,500.
The distance between Inverness and Melbourne is 16889 km.
It takes approximately 28h 47m to get from Inverness to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 9h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 6:59 PM in Inverness and 3:59 AM in Melbourne.
There are 3422+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
KLM, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) twice daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–250
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–270
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $8–12
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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