There are 3 ways to get from Melbourne to Turkestan by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Shymkent International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane MEL - CIT
- Take the bus from Shymkent Samal Bus Station to Turkestan bus stationbus
26h 49m$415–1,626Fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane MEL - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Turkestantrain
30h$532–1,137Fly to Turkistan
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Turkistan (HSA)plane MEL - HSA
24h 52m$623–2,225
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Turkestan is to fly and train which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 30h.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Turkestan is to fly which takes 24h 52m and costs $600 - $2,300.
The distance between Melbourne and Turkestan is 11900 km.
It takes approximately 26h 49m to get from Melbourne to Turkestan, including transfers.
Turkestan is 5h behind Melbourne. It is currently 11:15 PM in Melbourne and 6:15 PM in Turkestan.
There are 92+ hotels available in Turkestan.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Turkestan, Kazakhstan?
Qantas, Air Astana, and eight other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Turkistan (HSA) twice daily.
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Delhi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 2m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Delhi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Suvarnabhumi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Guangzhou Baiyun, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Guangzhou Baiyun, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 1m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Delhi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Delhi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Guangzhou Baiyun, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Turkistan via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- airasiax.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $460–900
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,100
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Turkestan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $11–12
- Coupe
- $14–16
- SV
- $24–27
- Phone
- +77252451241
- samal@avokzal.kz
- Website
- samal.avokzal.kz
Bus from Shymkent Samal Bus Station to Turkestan bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- samal.avokzal.kz
- Website
- saparzhai.kz
Bus from Shymkent Samal Bus Station to Turkestan bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://saparzhai.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://saparzhai.kz/расписание-автобусов
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