Addis Ababa (ADD) to Dubai (DXB): 1,565 miles (2,519 km) great-circle, about 3h 40m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $468 round-trip on Ethiopian, nonstop, departing May 12, 2026.
$468 round-trip, Ethiopian ET600, departing 2026-05-12 at 21:45, returning 2026-05-20. The recorded itinerary left on a Tuesday, returning on a Wednesday 8 nights later; the fare was observed 17 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $468, it ranked 4th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from ADD (median $825). That is 29.9 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the ADD median of 26.5 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from ADD of similar length: Cairo (1,537 mi) at $526 and Bangui (1,427 mi) at $1221.
Ethiopian had the cheapest fare on 10 of 30 ADD routes. It is the 22nd longest of the 30 routes we track from ADD.
Of 28 departure airports with a fare to Dubai, Addis Ababa (ADD) ranked 9th at $468. Lowest: $204 from Riyadh (RUH); highest: $1558 from Wellington (WLG); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Emirates (3), Ethiopian (2), Etihad (2), Gulf Air (2), Qantas (2) and Saudia (2), plus 14 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Africa/Addis_Ababa, Asia/Dubai; flight time is our estimate.