Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport' (IATA: DILICAO: WPDL), formerly known as Comoro Airport, is the main international airport of Dili.
Major international airlines that serve Dili directly include:
There have been significant increases in seat capacity in the last 12 months with the inclusion of the Austasia Airlines ( Now called Air Timor SA. ) Singapore service (118 seats) and the upgrade of Airnorth aircraft to the Embraer 170 Jet (76 seats). Flights are not scheduled every day so check out timings when making travel plans. With the increase of Batavia Air for the Dili-Denpasar route had brought down the airfare and increase flight options.
Currently International flight details in and out of Dili are as follows:
Airnorth - 6 flights per week. Flight Time - approx 1 hour in Embraer 170 Jet, at the following times:
Morning Services (Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat): Depart Darwin 0630, arrive in Dili 0715. Depart Dili 0800, arrive Darwin 0945.
Afternoon Service (Mon): Depart Darwin 1500, arrive in Dili 1615. Depart Dili 1700, arrive Darwin 1845.
Austasia Airlines ( now Air Timor SA. ) from Singapore. Three times a week full service chartered 'SilkAir' flights every Tue, Thur and Sat as follows:
Depart Singapore 0920, Arrive Dili 1400. Depart Dili 1515, Arrive Singapore 1800.
Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Bali (Denpasar), Indonesia. Daily return flights from Bali.
Batavia Airlines from Bali (Denpasar), Indonesia. Daily return flights from Bali.
Flying out of Dili, you are subject to the airport departure tax of US$10- which must be paid in cash in US Dollars only.
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