MNL - DXB

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Expert advice for your flight from Manila to Dubai

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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Airlines
Cebu Pacific

Cebu Pacific's GO Easy fare includes a 20 kg checked bag and seat selection.


Consider booking an extra seat for more comfort on Cebu Pacific's long flights.

Emirates

Enjoy 33-inch legroom and 13.3-inch screens with Emirates' economy class for a comfortable journey.


Emirates offers free Wi-Fi for Skywards members, enhancing connectivity during your flight.

Read more about Emiratesby Duncan Madden
Airports
MNL

Expect traffic congestion approaching MNL's departure areas. Leave plenty of time to navigate the airport's four terminals.

Read more about MNLby Gabriel Leigh
DXB

For a seamless arrival at DXB, consider the metro for a clean, efficient, and affordable ride to the city center.

Read more about DXBby Jessica Macdonald
Our travel experts
John Walton

John Walton

Expert on Cebu Pacific

John Walton

John Walton

Independent aviation journalist John Walton took his first flight at eight weeks old and hasn’t stopped travelling since. A world-renowned expert in airlines and the passenger experience, he writes in depth on aviation, is a resident expert on travel in Japan and France, and offers a uniquely queer perspective on travelling the world.

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Duncan Madden

Duncan Madden

Expert on Emirates

Duncan Madden

Duncan Madden

Duncan is a freelance travel writer, copywriter and book author in constant search of travel stories and the perpetual sensation of being on holiday. He’s never happier than when on a dusty trail in search of empty waves or ducking under the piste tape in search of snowbound solitude. British born, living in Germany, but happiest heading for the horizon. His first book, Found in Translation, explores the etymologies and stories of country names around the world and is out now.

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Gabriel Leigh

Gabriel Leigh

Expert on MNL

Gabriel Leigh

Gabriel Leigh

Gabriel is a writer and video creator. As senior content producer for Flightradar24 and Monocle’s transport correspondent, he keeps a close eye on aviation in particular. He has also written travel articles for the likes of The New York Times. Born in New York but raised around the world, he now lives in Sweden. He’s been to 75 countries, flying 2.3 million miles on 113 airlines and through 234 airports in the process.

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Jessica Macdonald

Jessica Macdonald

Expert on DXB

Jessica Macdonald

Jessica Macdonald

Currently based in Scotland after living in South Africa and the United States, Jessica has been writing travel and aviation content for more than 10 years. She regularly contributes to Travel + Leisure and TripSavvy, and has had work published by Condé Nast Traveller and The Independent. She has traveled to more than 50 countries across six continents.

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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Manila to Dubai flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Manila to Dubai?

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$234
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 27% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 15% increase in price.
Flight from Manila to Dubai

When to book flights from Manila to Dubai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Manila to Dubai 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.
  • How can I fly from Manila to Dubai?

    A few airlines are offering direct connections between Manila and Dubai. They include Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and Emirates. Other airlines serving the route have at least one layover included on the trip, and it is important to note that some connecting flights are cheaper than flying direct. Some of the potential layover options, if you choose to book connecting flights, include Bahrain with Gulf Air, Muscat when flying with Oman Air, and Guangzhou with China Southern.

  • How do I make my trip more sustainable?

    Avoid plastic bottles and cans during your flight and instead go for reusable bottles. You can also consider booking nonstop flights instead of connecting flights, since connecting flights will leave a higher carbon footprint because you cover a larger distance. Also, go for airlines that have adopted sustainability practices. For example, Etihad Airways has a lot of its flights in Abu Dhabi and are served by fully electric vehicles, and it is already trialing the use of sustainable aviation fuel for use on some of its flights.

  • Do I need a visa to get into Dubai?

    As long as you are traveling for tourist reasons and don’t plan on staying longer than 30 days, a visa will not be necessary. In case you plan on staying in the country longer, then you’ll have to visit the United Arab Emirates consulate for further help. A passport will be necessary, and you should make sure you have six months of validity left from the time you arrive in the country to avoid trouble with immigration.

  • How do I get from Dubai International Airport to my accommodation?

    The only transfer options from DXB to the city center are taxis and train. A taxi is far more convenient than using the train since it will drop you at your accommodation regardless of where it is located in the city. However, if you choose to take the train, you will be dropped at Burj Khalifa Station, from which you can either walk or find other means to get to your accommodation.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Manila to Dubai

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $347 or less one-way and $581 or less round-trip.
  • Travelers have the option of two landing airports in Dubai. You can either land at Dubai International Airport (DXB) or Sharjah International Airport (SHJ). DXB is closer to Dubai compared to SHJ and offers more connections to international destinations, but it is also busier and therefore has longer waiting times.
  • Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is the main hub for Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific. When flying out of this airport, these are good options to consider because they have more regular flights and charge lower prices compared to other airlines.
  • While there is a bus service from downtown Manila to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, a taxi is the best option when commuting to the airport. Buses are often overcrowded and highly affected by traffic.
  • When booking a solo ticket for your child, Philippine Airlines is a good option for this route. It has an unaccompanied minors service, which is designed to make sure that your child is safe and secure for the whole trip when not accompanied by a parent.
  • It is worth noting that of the popular airlines serving this route, Philippine Airlines has the best baggage allowance for economy passengers, with two checked bags compared to Emirates, which has an allowance of one checked bag, and Cebu Pacific which only allows one carry-on for free.

Prefer to fly direct from Manila to Dubai?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl to Dubai Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport to Dubai Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl to Dubai Intl

Monday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Tuesday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Wednesday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Thursday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Friday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Saturday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Sunday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

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Direct returns

Dubai Intl to Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl

Monday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Tuesday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Wednesday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Thursday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Friday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Saturday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Sunday

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Manila to Dubai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Manila to Dubai. 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 Manila to Dubai? 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 3318 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.3Crew
Airline reviews

Food was excellent. Leg room in economy, not so good; I’m 6’-1”.

8.0 ExcellentCarlton, Aug 2025MLE - DXB
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Food was excellent. Leg room in economy, not so good; I’m 6’-1”.

I lost my lock from my luggage, I don’t know someone took something from my bag.

We travelled in economy, were very satisfied with the comfort and keg space of the seats. Food was great compared to other airlines, the crew were very helpful and friendly. Since i was travelling with kids, i needed assistance multiple of times. Will be definitely taking long flights with Emirates from now on.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

The flight from Beijing to Dubai was good. The flight from Dubai to Barcelona was excellent because of the staff on board.

The queue for checking for economy passengers was enormous! Only one desk open for economy faith s queue a mile long, whilst business and first class desks empty and unemployed. Will seriously consider changing to another next trip. Disappointed customer.

Delayed and missed connecting flight. But Emirates took care until next day flight. Thank you

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

Very pleasant.The crews are very helpful.Food are very good.

Wifi was not operational for the whole trip. Other than this, flight was well received .

they are deley vancouver to hankong 3 hour after honkong 20 hour stay there honkong not visa approved and they cant help to visa so we are stay in airport 20 hour even honkong staf very bad person they cant do for us 6 hour we arround they said you there you go there waste time next time i dont want to go cathay stay in honkong

I was only given 2 meals, and my screen showed that there were 3 meals. Second meal was 1-2 hours late according to the screen.

Just want to do a little more clean up so does not smell like urine.

Great. Efficient boarding process with the face recognition. Plenty of cabin space for luggage.

They ran out of food and were offering random food to passengers.

Short staffs, I ask stewardess to bring me cognac twice during dinner but they didn't bring it!

The food and service was great. You have to pay a lot for in flight Internet though which is lame.

Flight was delayed at the last minute for six hours. Instead of delaying it to a normal hour, they moved it to 10 pm to essentially make it a redeye. There was no compensation or benefit offered for this inconvenience. Once on the plane, Inpaid for WiFi twice with both times it not working because of a “weak WiFi signal”, according to the flight attendants. They also chose the farther possible gates in both airports from the entrance/exit, even though they were one of the few active flights left so late in the evening. Overall it was pretty horrible.

Special request meals are really below average. Vegetarian options are very limited if you didn't prebook.

So so, crew was overly professional and lacks human touch. Equipment is very old, especially the HKG-PVG CX366 flight. That plane along with its decor must have twenty years of history, or at least I had that impression.

Overall I had good experience with China Southern airline. Nothing to claim. I hoped they could improve the meal quality that is.

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

The connection between LA and Atlanta was too much stress

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

Not good - chair back could not move back for premium economy. Not worth the price

The back of the chair - premium economy could not move back - not worth the price

It was great! The flight was on time and had a smoother flight

You have to pay $25 to get access to smoking lounge. One coffee and small bottle of water coupon provided. Max time 2 hrs for two entries total.

Boarding and flying on time is the most important need of passengers they did that

Everything was very good but seats are small for a big man!

Theairline, both at the terminal and during the entirety of the flight were kept at uncomfortably cold temps. Maybe between 55 and 60 f. Those who had traveled with the airline before donned puffer jackets, wool hats and pulled blankets from their carry-on bags. The seat back entertainment also failed on my trip, leaving me for 12 hrs. With nothing. Seats offered enough room (barely) for a 6'1" frame, but it was pretty tight But the worst offender was the uncomfortable temp..

Purchased exit row window seat for extra leg room and sleep. Worth the price. Attendants maintained restrooms regularly. No snacks/chips/nuts/cookies beyond what was served with meals.

Delayed, from morning flight, they moved to evening. And said, their earlier flight is already full but we can upgrade the seat

Manila airport is a dump. Very dirty and not comfortable at all

Not so good, my business seat is not working properly

Going to Dumaguette 4 times in a row I was late it's terrible

We were allowed to board early, seats were spacious and we arrived early.

The seats were dirty. Food on tray table. Late on my first flight and almost an hour early on the return. My driver was unable to adjust and I had to pay for different ground transportation.

I had excellent experienced flying with Cebu Pacific on my domestic flight. However, no food and beverage serve might be due to short travel time of 40 minutes.

No entertainment and not expected. Cabin was very cold which brought the comfort score down

Your check in lines were terrible everything else was great!

flight cancelled.. booked through orbitz, yet orbitz won't handle refunds.. never use them again..

It arrived 18 minutes early. Attendant are good. For baording , they should improve especially carrying thru bus.

Super delayed. Delayed to get the bus, delayed to get off the bus, delayed to take off.

exceptionally good with the particular flight because no delay. hope that happens for every flight

Boarding had us in a tunnel with no AC for 15 minutes. Not planned well. And you have to pay for water, get at airport

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