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Cheap Flight Deals from Colombo to Dubai (CMB-DXB)

 
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Recent return flight deals from Colombo to Dubai

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02:05 - 05:15CMB-DXB
4h 40mdirect
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01:55 - 08:10DXB-CMB
4h 45mdirect
£262flydubai
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Mon, 26 May - Tue, 27 May
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02:55 - 05:50CMB-DXB
4h 25mdirect
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10:20 - 16:35DXB-CMB
4h 45mdirect
£281Emirates
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Tue, 3 Jun - Tue, 10 Jun
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02:05 - 05:15CMB-DXB
4h 40mdirect
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02:40 - 08:35DXB-CMB
4h 25mdirect
£285Emirates
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Wed, 7 May - Sat, 10 May
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03:35 - 11:40CMB-DXB
9h 35m1 stop
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11:45 - 02:05DXB-CMB
12h 50m1 stop
£318Qatar Airways
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Mon, 5 May - Sun, 11 May
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02:05 - 05:15CMB-DXB
4h 40mdirect
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01:10 - 09:30DXB-CMB
6h 50m1 stop
£324flydubai
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Fri, 6 Jun - Fri, 13 Jun
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03:35 - 10:15CMB-DXB
8h 10m1 stop
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13:15 - 03:05DXB-CMB
12h 20m1 stop
£384Qatar Airways
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Thu, 2 Oct - Mon, 6 Oct
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17:25 - 18:10CMB-DXB
26h 15m2 stops
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10:50 - 09:30DXB-CMB
21h 10m2 stops
£468Gulf Air
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Wed, 7 May - Wed, 14 May
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17:25 - 00:30CMB-DXB
32h 35m2 stops
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12:55 - 09:30DXB-CMB
19h 05m2 stops
£473Gulf Air
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Wed, 7 May - Thu, 29 May
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03:35 - 21:25CMB-DXB
19h 20m2 stops
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06:05 - 02:05DXB-CMB
18h 30m2 stops
£691Oman Air
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Tue, 6 May - Wed, 14 May
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10:30 - 03:10CMB-DXB
18h 10m2 stops
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11:05 - 02:05DXB-CMB
13h 30m2 stops
£692Oman Air
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Expert advice for your flight from Colombo to Dubai

 
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Colombo to Dubai flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Colombo to Dubai to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Colombo to Dubai?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Dubai on a Friday and more expensive on a Tuesday. On your return trip to Colombo, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai is October, where tickets cost £231 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £381 and £302 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
No, with an average price for the route of £1,076, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Colombo to Dubai

Low season

June

High season

December

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£117
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (1% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Colombo to Dubai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Colombo to Dubai based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Colombo to Dubai flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai was £156 for a one-way ticket and £348 for a return.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Colombo to Dubai?

    flydubai, and Emirates offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Colombo to Dubai flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Colombo to Dubai?

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Colombo to Dubai flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Colombo to Dubai?

    Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Colombo and Dubai, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Colombo to Dubai?

    There are direct flights from Colombo to Dubai on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Colombo to Dubai, Emirates or flydubai?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Colombo to Dubai are Emirates and flydubai. With an average price for the route of £312 and an overall rating of 8.0, Emirates is the most popular choice. flydubai is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £258 and an overall rating of 6.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Colombo to Dubai?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Colombo to Dubai.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Colombo to Dubai?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Dubai from Colombo is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Colombo to Dubai?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Dubai with an airline and back to Colombo with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Colombo to Dubai?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Dubai from Colombo up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Dubai to Colombo? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £323 or less one-way and £376 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Colombo to Dubai?

Find which airlines fly direct from Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport to Dubai Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Colombo Bandaranaike Intl to Dubai Intl

Monday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +6 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +7 more

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Direct returns

Dubai Intl to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl

Monday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, Emirates, +5 more

Air Canada, Air Mauritius, +6 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Colombo to Dubai

 
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3206 reviews
8.2Entertainment
7.8Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.3Crew
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Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

6.0 GoodDave, Mar 2025SYD - DXB
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Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Everything I was good except food quality is very poor

We arrived in line for check in at 6:15 p.m. but did not check in until 8:00 p.m. The line for economy check in was very long, and all of the desks 03-13 were not open, although most of them opened sporadically. The crew on board were very nice and helpful, friendly and kind. It has been many years since we flew Emirates (at least 17 years), and we notice that foot rests are no longer available in economy, but we were lucky enough to fly in the upper deck and appreciate your opening some of your flights to economy passengers in the upper deck. We will definitely fly on emirates more often! Thank you.

no problem with Emirates it was the underpricer subcontractor Who was ridiculous

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

It was great, a little more leg room would have been better particularly since we were in premium economy

Overall was a good experience and this particular flight the crew were great too at least in business class. It’s not always the case with flydubai. Few things would make me think twice in the future on this route. 1. The arrival into T3 might sound good but it is a real pain as it takes almost 30 mins to get to terminal on the bus as the aircraft still park at T2. The bag takes even longer . If they just let us off at T2, I’d be home within 30 mins of walking off the plane. Instead it takes 1.5 hours. 2. Due to the timing, the very tiny lounge in Penang is so crowded because half the lounge is closed for Qatar crew. Hardly anywhere to sit. 3. Flydubai app and site has a long way to go and using it is very unpleasant.

Good flight overall. Good options of food on NY-Dubai-Mumbai leg. Not that good reversing back. The flight crew is courteous and professional as always. The seating was much more comfortable going into Mumbai than coming back. Cheers!

The boarding process was smooth and the stewardesses were nice. Some delays with drinks at the end of the flight, but no issues.

Etihad seems to have a very strict luggage enforcement. I am a very light passenger compared to other passengers which are mainly heavier. I do not understood why airlines enforce the weight restriction so strictly. I was overweight luggage of 1.5kg, but am probably 10+kg lighter than the average passenger. Other airlines are far more accommodating. Poor customer service as far as I am concerned. If weight is such an important issue to an airline they should charge passengers by total amount of body weight plus luggage. To me just ridiculous.

Certainly! Here’s a more concise and refined version of your report, maintaining a polished and professional tone: --- Crew Check-In – Kolkata (CCU) The crew handling check-in in Kolkata was outstanding—efficient, courteous, and highly organized. Flight Segment – CCU to Abu Dhabi (AUH) A standard flight overall. Notably, only one in-flight meal option—a vegetarian curry—was available, which seemed unsuitable for a red-eye journey. The crew offered no alternatives, which was unexpected. Flight Segment – Abu Dhabi to Rome (AUH-FCO) Comfort improved on this leg, but service quality was average, falling short of Etihad’s premium standards. Crew attention was heavily absorbed by a difficult couple in Row 15 (port side), resulting in disproportionate focus. It was concerning that a steward had to personally return to apologize, a task better suited for supervisory staff. This highlights a development opportunity for supervisors Anna and Quashim in managing guest escalation professionally.

Horrible. After paying for my seats, I was cramped, had no overhead bin space, freezing as the flight had no temperature controls, the food was awful and served cold, when asked for snacks was told to wait and then never received any. I booked this flight as a partner through American Airlines but will avoid in the future.

Took a long time for boarding. The flight was comfortable.

Extremely bad food, they never gave our bags in time, the online check-in did not let us check in because we had Indian OCI not sure why we were given the option to check in then, because we couldn’t check in online we had to go in person and we were not able to change our seats and sit with our family

Should have had business class line in immigration. Food quality suboptimal

Used to Etihad employees are very rude and unprofessional but now better than before over all is okay now

The staff were wonderful but the seats weren't very comfortable for a bigger guy like me.

we were delayed from Athens to Abu Dhabi by an hour and a half, so I had trouble connecting the flight from there to Bali. It could have been done had they waited even 15 mins. There was another lady who was in the same boat. By the time we were half way across the terminal, they have actually already issued different flights for us to go Jakarta then to Bali. Not to mention the inconvenience of waiting over 4 hrs at the airport and the subsequent inconvenience, we did not arrive to Bali till after 800pm the next day, which means I paid for the hotel for nothing when I could have been there before noon the next day! There was little explanation. It was just as well I needed some assistance getting around, otherwise the 2 of us would have been completely lost! Not going to fly with them again!

Likes: on time departure, new plane Didn’t like:very poor quality food, very limited entertainment.no amenity kit etc.

From the checking, ground handlimg was very poor.seems new personal on duty,people qho suppose to be teaching them didnt see around.new people may mislead passenger, as of flt info boards, not give proper info.even informatiin counter people dont get uptodate info.makin big ques, totally disaster.guests were not happy about it.even boarding to aircraft some BC class pax sent to aft staircase, some aft pasx sent to front door.poor ground handling.may need to improove.

Nice crew.flight delay fromBKK for some ground prep issue I guess, crew serve well to guest, and respect to guest as well. As usual AC is old,and nt much comert in compare to other rehional airliners.other than that.all good

All good, on time, depart.only bad side was, airxraft is too old to be in business.hope ailine will manage somethinv somewhat.all good

Flight was on time.food is as usual good.Aircraft is old.old A320, seats aithout any display.crew serve well

Was good, comparatively. A330, with good crew set.on time depature. And crew try there best, to make thing efficient.

Spesific ,Crew and cabin manager, look after all pax on board despite being in a old A320 equipment.Got free seat upgrade as well,but old style seats, no much comfert on it.But food and the spesific crew, was amazing.maintain airlanka standerd.the cabin manager, who was so much keen,keen operate as per SOP.

Was got free upgrade, on old A320.aircraft is out dated kind of.bt service ,cabin manager, tried there best.and food was excelent.

When flying from Indian Sector, should be more prepared with Indian food

KAYAK Real time status update is not accurate.the flight inbound rejected and go around.and came back and land. Delay abt 30 min.still shows ontime.track ur self if u wana real time.and cabin crew s are nicer. Aircraft is jst ok.old airplane.and in midflight ,seems have some compressor issue.airconditioning was nt work properly either.I could litarary see guests were cheking if AC is working.bt on landing it start to gv cool.which probably some one intentionaly kept .which was so bad.even breathing was bit difficult.otjer than that.for me all ok.

This leg of the trip was smoother than compared to the initial trip. Sri Lankan Airlines still have much work to do to improve the overall travel experience.

Boarding from T3 is a nightmare for the transfer to the aircraft.

BEST air crew in the industry and service delivery takes it to the next level from great to AMAZING!!!

No TVs are working, in my local busses also not work sometimes. Is the both are same,,

The timing for this flight is really odd.. at 4.45AM If it was 1AM or 8AM it would be great. I guess its probably for European connecting flights with Emirates? Anyway, for a budget airline, the business class product in FlyDubai is quite decent. You even get Champagne, although 4AM is an off time to have it. The Throne seat for me while is great for privacy, sleeping isn't great for the foot extension. This flight is great for me due to its direct nature but if Emirates did it, I would choose that.

The quality is worse and worse , this business ticket pricing is overpriced !!!!

The Plane was very small.. domestic route will perfect not international

If I have a choice I would not use this airline. They moved by booking to Smart Wings, an airline they code share with. Changing terminals in buses and dealing with some of the staff associated with it is not the best experience. Having stated that I must share that the crew of Smart Wings airlines was polite.

Consider serving food to all passengers regardless of food reservation status during booking.

This was a smartwings operated flight. Flydubai is no longer value for money. Their prices are as high as emirates whereas delays, services and overall quality is as low as any other low cost carrier.

The only highlight on this flight was the taste of the food, which was surprisingly good. Everything else was below average, and the cabin crew service especially stood out for being slow and inattentive. We were surrounded by toddlers/babies and it made our 4 hour flight feel like 10 hours. Granted, that's not the airline's fault, but it added to the overall subpar experience.

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