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Cheap flight deals from Dubai to Colombo (DXB-CMB)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Dubai to Colombo that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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4h 45mdirect
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4h 30mdirect
Air Canada
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4h 45mdirect
CMB-DXB
5h 05mdirect
flydubai
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DXB-CMB
4h 45mdirect
CMB-DXB
5h 05mdirect
Emirates
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DXB-CMB
4h 25mdirect
CMB-DXB
4h 45mdirect
SriLankan Airlines
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DXB-CMB
4h 40mdirect
CMB-DXB
5h 15mdirect
FitsAir
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DXB-CMB
4h 15mdirect
CMB-DXB
4h 40mdirect
Air Mauritius
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DXB-CMB
4h 25mdirect
CMB-DXB
4h 45mdirect
Ethiopian Air
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Flights from Dubai to Colombo - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Dubai to Colombo 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 Dubai to Colombo?

The average price of all flights from Dubai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Dubai to Colombo, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Wednesday is the most expensive. Flying from Colombo back to Dubai, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Thursday being the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Dubai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, 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 Dubai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport is October, where tickets cost C$ 509 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of tickets is C$ 626 and C$ 626 respectively.

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

The average price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
No, with an average price for the route of C$ 696, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Dubai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Dubai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 days before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

April
Best time to beat the crowds (1% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)

When to book flights from Dubai to Colombo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Dubai to Colombo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Dubai to Colombo flights

  • Are there direct flights from Dubai to Colombo?

    Those wanting to find direct flights from Dubai to Colombo will have the best luck booking their flights through KAYAK, with airlines such as Emirates and Srilankan Airlines. However, if you are on a budget, there are also several flight routes that have short stopovers in places like Male in the Maldives.

  • Are on-site hotels at Bandaranaike International Airport?

    The Serenediva Transit Hotel is the only hotel inside Bandaranaike International Airport. The hotel is only for customers who have a long layover in Colombo, but there are loads of hotel options for guests who want to stay close to the airport. Staying close to the airport will give you the peace of mind you need to ensure you'll be on time for your flight back out of Bandaranaike International Airport. They are also useful if you land at the airport late and need a spot to rest your head. The nearest hotel to Colombo Airport is the Ramada by Wyndham Katunayake Colombo International Airport, which is less than 1 km away from the airport. You can get a taxi from the airport to the hotel, which is the best way to get there if you are travelling with baggage. There is also a free airport shuttle service provided by the hotel.

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

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

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Dubai to Colombo?

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

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

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

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

    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 Dubai to Colombo.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Colombo from Dubai 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 Dubai to Colombo?

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

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

    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 Colombo from Dubai 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 Dubai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for C$ 230 or less one-way and C$ 508 or less round-trip.
  • You can get from Colombo Airport to Colombo city centre using the Colombo Express bus, which will get you to the city centre in 30 minutes and will cost around Rs 500 (AED 5.00).
  • The official name of Colombo Airport is Bandaranaike International Airport, which is located 20 miles from the city centre of Colombo. If you need to get a taxi after your stay in Colombo, it's always best to know the proper name of the airport to avoid confusion.
  • With spa and shower facilities all over Dubai International's Terminal 3, why not take the time to freshen up before boarding your flight to Colombo.
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Prefer to fly non-stop from Dubai to Colombo?

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

Nonstop departures

Dubai Intl to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl

Monday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Tuesday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Wednesday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Thursday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Friday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Saturday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Sunday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

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Nonstop returns

Colombo Bandaranaike Intl to Dubai Intl

Monday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Tuesday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Wednesday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Thursday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Friday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Saturday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

Sunday

Air Canada,Air Mauritius,Emirates, +4 more

Air Canada,Air Mauritius, +5 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Dubai to Colombo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Dubai to Colombo. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Dubai to Colombo? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3639 reviews
8.1Comfort
8.3Crew
7.9Food
8.3Entertainment
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

More leg room or a bed hahaha but in all was one of the best flys I been on

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2024DXB - ATH
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More leg room or a bed hahaha but in all was one of the best flys I been on

‏One of the worst flights I took in My life, delays after delays, then the AC is not working and we were living in a sauna,& we were sweating like pigs. and this even before take off. Next we arrived late one hour late, baggage claims worse than the delay itself add to that one more hour to get our luggage. I am extremely disappointed and my experience is I’m never going to fly on Emirates airline. Immigration was the only good thing about this trip. It took us seven minutes to go through to the luggage claims.

Excellent staff! Flights were delayed due to technical issues after everyone was boarded and we sat in the flight for almost 2 hours before taking off. Not enough vegetarian food was available despite pre-ordering. The staff did an exceptional job dealing with both the problems neither of their making.

When you buy emirates you don’t expect low cost. Boarding by bus. Seat will not incline. Line before emergency exit. Eating tray hits belly (and I didn’t grow lately). Entertainment on demand by payment.

Better entertainment; the lack of it made the very long flight even longer

POOR CREW BEHAVIOR. RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD. FEELS LIKE ECONOMY CLASS.

Absolutely horrible all around especially for such a long 13-14 hour flight - terrible food - ancient entertainment - legroom worse than a short air Asia flight - not enough toilets

Everything was superb, only bad point was that the fast track on London Heathrow arrivals was not handed out to me and I had to go back to the gate to collect it.

Everything was good up until getting off the plane. Riyadh simply cannot handle an A380. Exiting the plane on a remote stand was extremely slow and frustrating, then waiting for buses for transport back to the terminal is another disaster. Give me the 777 any day.

Food was good, great communication by Pilot and Co Pilot, Crew very friendly. Slow beginning drink and meal service - over 2hrs into flight which disrupted overnight flight sleep. Entertainment systems was 3 Stars, my wife's was nonfunctional and had to call attendant 3 times to get it reset, mine the headphones and jack we're twitchy and keep going to muted volume.

Needs better seat for business class. My seat was falling apart. Also no WiFi on that flight

In never flown this flight, because my flight coning from Barcelona was delayed.

Only 1 time food and drinks together was offered, for total 5 hours duration drinks and snacks was never offered. For some people food choice was not available, only veg was available. No entertainment option was there. Crew members were mostly back of the flight asking each other for KitKat and chips to share between them.

Etihad flight sector is a local . .give the same quality upto destination

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Lovely crew - comfortable journey despite it being an older plane.

Online was good boarding also but a child was crying all the way with no intervention from crew member.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

Overall mediocre experience. Check in was good. They're were discriminatory. They were not attentive, food choices were not vegetarian friendly. The food served was frozen.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

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.

The staff was absolutely phenomenal but the other elements of Sri Lankan Airlines need some serious adjustments. The day started off with terrible news that the flight was cancelled from Male and that the plane went to Malta. As an American, when such delays occur, the airlines find suitable ways to accommodate their customers such as putting them in an Airport hotel or lounge while waiting for the next flight. A 1.5 hour trip turned into 12 hours with no accommodations from the Airlines except a ticket to eat breakfast. For such a Billion dollar industry, a cheap breakfast is an insult toward the customer and something greater should have been done.

Very good crew, very efficient. Unfortunately not all items listed in duty free catalog were available.

Many changes need to be addressed from airport check in to flight departure. If they observe other major airlines, then they can expect what Sri Lankan airlines need to update their procedures.

Very professional and well managed. On time, great staff and comfortable.

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.

Second-row economy doesn't have leg space if you are 6 feet

מלון חבל על הזמן השאר יום יומיים סבבה אבל בחוץ חום כלבים

Very helpful and welcoming crew, good food in fair quantities, enough space for the legs. Surprisingly good quality for a "lowcoster".

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