There are 7 ways to get from France to Abu Dhabi by plane, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Abu Dhabi
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane NCE - AUH
9h 55mAED 1,110–2,214Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Abu Dhabi
cheapest- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane CDG - AUH
10h 24mAED 899–1,851Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane GVA - AUH
12h 17mAED 982–1,915Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane ZRH - AUH
12h 12mAED 1,142–3,400Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane NCE - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
12h 25mAED 1,110–2,114Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Abu Dhabi
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane FRA - AUH
12h 5mAED 1,246–4,705Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane LYS - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
12h 41mAED 1,018–1,670
Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from France to Abu Dhabi is to train and fly which costs AED 950 - AED 2000 and takes 12h 17m.
The fastest way to get from France to Abu Dhabi is to fly which takes 9h 55m and costs AED 1100 - AED 2300.
The distance between France and Abu Dhabi is 4824 km.
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from France to Abu Dhabi, including transfers.
Abu Dhabi is 3h ahead of France. It is currently 6:29 AM in France and 9:29 AM in Abu Dhabi.
There are 1243+ hotels available in Abu Dhabi.
What companies run services between France and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates?
Etihad, Turkish Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,800
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 700–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,000
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Abu Dhabi via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,800
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubai International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,700
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,000
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Abu Dhabi via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dubai International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,300
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–3,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 650–2,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 700–2,600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,000
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Abu Dhabi via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–3,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- AED 120–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 100–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- AED 55–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- AED 130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- AED 65–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- AED 120–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- AED 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- AED 90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +1 800 665 2122
- Website
- emirates.com
Shuttle from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- emirates.com
Shuttle from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- emirates.com
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