There are 6 ways to get from Southampton to Abu Dhabi by train, plane, shuttle, or bus
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi
best- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane LHR - AUH
11h 30mAED 1,065–2,654Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane LGW - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
14h 25mAED 967–2,367Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane LHR - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
14h 15mAED 1,115–2,554Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)plane LHR - DWC
- Take the bus from Ibn Battuta Bus Station 8 to Abu Dhabi, Central Bus Station 1bus
12h 51mAED 1,143–4,097Fly Southampton Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane SOU - AUH
12h 32mAED 1,211–3,325Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Sharjah International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane LGW - SHJ
- Take the bus from Al Jubail Bus Terminal to Abu Dhabi Central Bus Stationbus
14h 45mAED 1,207–2,721
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Abu Dhabi is to train and fly and shuttle which costs AED 950 - AED 2400 and takes 14h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Abu Dhabi is to train and fly which takes 11h 30m and costs AED 1000 - AED 2700.
The distance between Southampton and Abu Dhabi is 5662 km.
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Southampton to Abu Dhabi, including transfers.
Abu Dhabi is 3h ahead of Southampton. It is currently 9:07 PM in Southampton and 12:07 AM in Abu Dhabi.
There are 1284+ hotels available in Abu Dhabi.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates?
Loganair, Etihad, and three other airlines fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,700
Flights from Southampton Airport to Abu Dhabi via Barcelona, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,500–5,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,900
Flights from Southampton Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Abu Dhabi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,300
Flights from Southampton Airport to Abu Dhabi via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,500
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubai International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–1,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–5,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–4,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Sharjah International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,200
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,900
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,500
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,600–3,000
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,400
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,300–7,500
- Website
- zanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,800
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 110–250
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 110–250
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 110–250
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 150–350
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 150–350
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
- Phone
- 8009090
- [email protected]
- Website
- rta.ae
Bus from Ibn Battuta Bus Station 8 to Abu Dhabi, Central Bus Station 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- AED 22–35
- Website
- https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/public-transport/dubaibus?lang=en
- Phone
- +971-6-00525252
- [email protected]
- Website
- srta.gov.ae
Bus from Al Jubail Bus Terminal to Abu Dhabi Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 28–40
- Schedules at
- eforms.srta.gov.ae
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