There are 6 ways to get from Malta to Ireland by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MLA - DUB
4h 57m€85–248Fly to Cork Airport
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane MLA - ORK
17h 47m€115–212Fly to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane MLA - SNN
5h 23m€93–162Fly to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane MLA - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
6h 39m€86–194Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MLA - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
8h 12m€89–232Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane MLA - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
9h 46m€108–278
Malta International Airport (MLA) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Malta to Ireland is to fly which costs €90 - €170 and takes 5h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Malta to Ireland is to fly which takes 4h 57m and costs €85 - €250.
The distance between Malta and Ireland is 2553 km.
It takes approximately 4h 57m to get from Malta to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Malta. It is currently 6:36 AM in Malta and 5:36 AM in Ireland.
There are 1226+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Malta and Ireland?
Ryanair and Aer Lingus fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Dublin Airport (DUB) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to Dublin Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to Dublin Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Cork Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Cork Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
Flights from Malta International Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
Flights from Malta International Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Malta International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Malta International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Malta International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Malta International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Malta International Airport to Cork Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Malta International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Malta International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Malta International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Malta International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
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