Cheap flights from Melbourne Avalon Airport to Bali from $321

If you live in Geelong and are planning a trip to Bali, you don’t have to travel all the way to Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (MEL) to catch your international flight. A closer option is to fly to Bali from Avalon, using Avalon Airport (AVV). It’s about a 25min drive from the centre of the city or you can take a train on the V-Line to Lara. There’s one every 30min and the trip takes just over 15min. From Lara, it’s under 10min to Avalon Airport by taxi. If you’re in Melbourne, you can catch a Skybus, which takes just under an hour to travel the approximate 50 km. Your end destination is Denpasar Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in the southern part of Bali. It’s 13 km from the Bali capital of Denpasar, which is around a 25min drive in a hire car or taxi.

Unfortunately, there aren’t currently any direct flights from Avalon to Bali, as all of the routes on offer involve two layovers on the way. The quickest flights for total travel time take about 32h to make the journey, stopping at Sydney before flying onwards to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, and finally landing at Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport. You’ll fly the first leg to Sydney on Jetstar, where you’ll change planes in order to fly to Jakarta on Garuda Indonesia, the country’s national carrier. The longest flights will take around 37h to make the trip, depending on the time you layover at each airport on the way.

There is a standard route to Bali from Avalon that all current flights follow. You’ll board Jetstar at Avalon Airport and fly direct to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD). This layover will last just under 4h 30min while you change airlines to Garuda Indonesia. You’ll then fly directly to Indonesia, landing first at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK). The time you’ll spend here during this layover can vary. Some flights stop for around 16h 30min, while others make about a 22h layover here. Then, you’ll board Garuda Indonesia again to fly to Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport.

You won’t need any type of visa to fly from Avalon to Bali if you don’t intend to stay for longer than 30 days. You will need to make sure that your passport will still be valid six months after you’ve entered Indonesia, however, and this needs to have a blank page to accommodate a visa exemption stamp. For longer stays, you will need a visa, which you won’t need to organise before leaving Australia as you can simply get the visa at the immigration counter after you’ve landed in Bali.

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Currently, February is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from Melbourne Avalon Airport to Bali (average of $297). Flying from Melbourne Avalon Airport to Bali in September is currently the most expensive (average of $453). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.