There are 7 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)INV - MEL
32h 30m$1,034–3,437Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)ABZ - MEL
30h 39m$651–2,502Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Take the bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)EDI - MEL
28h 27mTrain, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perth
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)GLA - MEL
29h 41m$1,077–1,648Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)NCL - MEL
31h 17m$1,086–1,944Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Take the bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Avalon Airport (AVV)EDI - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
33h 37mTrain, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)MAN - MEL
34h 4m$814–1,956
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $800 - $2,000 and takes 34h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 29h 41m and costs $1,000 - $1,700.
The distance between Inverness and Melbourne is 16888 km.
It takes approximately 32h 30m to get from Inverness to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 11h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 9:39 PM in Inverness and 8:39 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5268+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
KLM, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–62
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–30
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $31–34
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $420–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $120–160
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $480–550
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $420–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $120–160
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $490–600
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $420–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $120–160
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $500–600
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $420–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $120–160
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $500–600
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +61 (0)3 9335 2811
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
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