There are 6 ways to get from Istanbul to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Istanbul to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane IST - MEL
22h 57m$781–2,131Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Avalon Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane SAW - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
28h 6m$667–2,422Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane SAW - MEL
26h 48m$931–1,832Train to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankaratrain
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ESB - MEL
28h 10m$756–2,169Fly Istanbul to Avalon Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane IST - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
27h 5m$917–3,221Bus to Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Sultanköybus
- Fly from Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport (TEQ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane TEQ - MEL
35h 16m$894–2,350
Istanbul (IST) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Melbourne is to fly which costs $900 - $1,900 and takes 26h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Melbourne is to fly which takes 22h 57m and costs $750 - $2,200.
The distance between Istanbul and Melbourne is 14704 km.
It takes approximately 22h 57m to get from Istanbul to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 7h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 3:59 AM in Istanbul and 10:59 AM in Melbourne.
There are 3422+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Turkish Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Avalon Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport to Melbourne Airport via Ankara Esenboğa International Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Avalon Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport to Melbourne Airport via Ankara Esenboğa International Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Avalon Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Istanbul to Avalon Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–4,800
- Website
- airasiax.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Melbourne Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- 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
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- 0850 222 59 59
- info@istanbulseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Sultanköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Sultanköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $16–23
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