International or domestic flights to Bali'Find out how to reach this tropical island easily'
There are many flights to Bali leaving from the major airports in the world Depending where you're coming from it can take just a couple of hours or a tour around the world. I have flown with Singapore Airlines, British Airways, Qantas, KLM, China Airlines and Malaysian Airways and I'm impressed with the Asian airlines. They had the latest on-demand in flight entertainment and the service was fantastic. Nonetheless some of the airlines seem to take forever before I arrived in Bali. Here I have outlined the fastest routes from the Europe, Australia and the USA so you don't have to hang in the sky or around airports too long.
Flights from Europe to Bali The second fastest option is with China Airlines to Bangkok and change here on the Thai Airways flight to Denpasar. This flight takes 16 hours and 35 minutes. The second quickest option is to fly with KLM to Singapore and change on a Singapore Airlines flight to Denpasar. Total flight time here is 17 hours. You can also take KLM or their code-sharing partner Malaysia Airlines to Kuala Lumpur and then transfer here on an Malaysia Airlines flight to Bali. Total flight time is approximately 17 h 50 minutes. Kuala Lumpur Airport (KLIA)is a huge airport with a lot of facilities. If you have some time to spare try to catch the train to downtown Kuala Lumpur. Even though KLIA is far out of Kuala Lumpur there's a KLIA Ekspres train that can take you within 30 minutes to Kuala Lumpur central for 70 Malaysia Ringgits return (around 14 Euro's). When you fly from London Heathrow to Bali with Singapore Airlines, British Airways or their code-sharing partner Qantas you will transit at Changi Airport, Singapore where you will continue your last flight to Bali with Singapore Airlines.The fastest flight time on the LHR-Bali route is 16 h and 30 minutes. Changi Airport has special computer desks with free internet (also free wireless when you bring your laptop), numerous tax-free shops and enough coffee bars to kill some time before your next flight to Bali. When you have more than a couple of hours to spend, hop on one of the buses, taxi's or MRT trains to downtown Singapore. They are cheap and since Singapore is so small you'll be there in no-time. Even though it's not the quickest route from LHR a friend of mine swears by Cathay Pacific from Europe and loves to transit at Hong Kong before he continues his flight to Bali. The best option to take from Frankfurt am Main airport is to fly with Lufthansa or Singapore Airlines to Singapore with a connecting flight to Bali. This will take 16 h 20 minutes. For flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Bali it’s the same; take Singapore Airlines and it will save you lots of time. Flights to Bali from Australia This last airline is not even allowed to land in Europe anymore so it's not recommended unless you're into swimming to Bali. Anyway this flight takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes. From Perth there are enough direct flights with Virgin Blue, Jetstar, Ozjet, Qantas and Garuda Indonesia to Bali in 3 hours and 35 minutes. From Melbourne the quickest and only direct flight to Bali is with Garuda Indonesia in 6 hours or with one stop with Jetstar Airways and Qantas in 10 hours or Virgin Blue in 10 hours and 15 minutes. From Sydney there are also direct flights operated by Jetstar/Qantas and the fastest flying time is 6 h 25 minutes. Flights to Bali from the USA When you depart from San Francisco your fastest option would be to fly through Taipei with Delta Airlines (operated by China Airlines) and then take China Airlines to Bali. This flight will take approximately 21 hours. When you fly from New York to Bali your fastest route is to fly to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific or American Airlines and then transfer on a flight with Hong Kong Express Airways to Bali. This 'fast' option will take around 22h 15 minutes. If you don't mind about time then another fly-around-the-world option is to fly from New York to Sydney and then take the last stretch to Denpasar with Garuda Indonesia but this option takes around 30 hours. Before you can put your feet on one of the many beautiful beaches or rice fields don't forget to buy a tourist visa upon arrival. Cheap flights to Bali with domestic airlines -- There are loads of cheap flights to Bali from Jakarta and other smaller Indonesian cities.
The only two airlines my girlfriend and I like to take are AirAsia and Lion Air with a young fleet of aircrafts, good safety records and cheap prices.You can even book tickets online, which makes it very convenient when you're not in Indonesia yet. During the Christmas high season we paid around IDR 700.000 one-way Bali-Jakarta, which is around 50 Euro's or 70 USD. In the low-season flights to Bali with AirAsia or Lion Air are much cheaper. We often pay around 30 Euro's/50 USD. Pretty cheap for a two-hour flight right? ;-) These tips are of course based on my own experiences. I can imagine that there are more...
Every traveler has their favorite airline. Which one is yours or which airline is the one you will always avoid boarding? Was is it the service? The connecting time? The seats? The price? Or something else..?
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There is a choice of various domestic airlines that change their names as fast as you change your underwear. 