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Cheapest return fare
€93
Typical prices: €146-€273
Aer Lingus
Thu 3/9Mon 7/9
DUB - DUS • Direct
Cheapest one-way flight
€40
Typical prices: €62-€162
Aer Lingus
Tue 15/12
DUB - DUS • Direct
Arrival airport
You can’t fly directly to Essen. It is served by Düsseldorf (DUS), located 25.9 km from Essen.
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Cheap Flights to Essen

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Essen that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Essen

Thu, 3 Sep - Mon, 7 Sep
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06:50 - 09:45
DUB
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€93Aer Lingus
Tue, 8 Sep - Wed, 16 Sep
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06:50 - 09:45
DUB
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€98Aer Lingus
Tue, 18 Aug - Wed, 26 Aug
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06:50 - 09:45
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€100Aer Lingus
Mon, 17 Aug - Mon, 24 Aug
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06:50 - 09:45
DUB
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€101Aer Lingus
Thu, 3 Sep - Mon, 7 Sep
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06:50 - 09:45
DUB
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€102Aer Lingus
Thu, 3 Sep - Mon, 7 Sep
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06:50 - 09:45
DUB
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€103Aer Lingus
Thu, 3 Sep - Mon, 7 Sep
Aer Lingus Logo
06:50 - 09:45
DUB
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DUS
1h 55mdirect
Aer Lingus Logo
21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€103Aer Lingus
Thu, 3 Sep - Mon, 7 Sep
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15:00 - 17:40
DUB
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DUS
1h 40mdirect
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21:05 - 22:00
DUS
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DUB
1h 55mdirect
€105Multiple Airlines
Fri, 21 Aug - Fri, 28 Aug
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17:30 - 08:45
ORK
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DUS
14h 15m
1 stop
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09:50 - 16:40
DUS
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ORK
7h 50m
1 stop
€213SWISS
Fri, 14 Aug - Fri, 21 Aug
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17:30 - 08:45
ORK
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DUS
14h 15m
1 stop
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09:50 - 16:40
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ORK
7h 50m
1 stop
€234SWISS
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Good to know – Book Cheap Essen Plane Tickets

Low season

May

Cheapest flight

€40
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 43% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (8% more expensive on average)
Flight from Dublin to Düsseldorf Airport

FAQs - booking Essen flights

  • How long is the flight to Essen?

    Flights from Dublin1h 40m
  • Which airlines fly to Düsseldorf Airport?

    Many airlines fly to Düsseldorf Airport, the most common ones being Aer Lingus, Eurowings, and Ryanair. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to Düsseldorf Airport.

  • How to fly to Essen?

    You cannot fly directly to Essen. KAYAK recommends you fly to Duesseldorf Intl (DUS) (25.91 km from Essen). From there you can hire a car or take a taxi.

  • What airports are near Essen?

    The closest airport is Duesseldorf Intl (DUS) (25.91 km). Other nearby airports are Dortmund (DTM) (42.07 km), Düsseldorf Weeze (NRN) (61.65 km) or Cologne Köln/Bonn (CGN) (65.71 km). KAYAK recommends you fly to Duesseldorf Intl.

  • How far is Duesseldorf Intl Airport from central Düsseldorf?

    There are 6 km between Düsseldorf city centre and Duesseldorf Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Essen?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Essen.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Essen?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Essen is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Essen?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Essen with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Essen?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Essen up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Essen

  • There is no major airport in Essen. It is instead served by Duesseldorf Intl Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Essen? 25% of our users found return tickets to Essen for the following prices or less: From Dublin €108
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Essen flight deals.

Reviews of the top airlines flying to Essen

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Ireland to Essen? 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.
7.3
Aer LingusOverall score based on 1678 reviews
7.2Comfort
7.0Entertainment
7.4Boarding
8.1Crew
6.6Food
Airline reviews

No snacks, drinks or coffee. No entertainment, not comfortable seats

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
DUB - GLA
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No snacks, drinks or coffee. No entertainment, not comfortable seats

This was a great flight. I love the way they had general boarding board from the back first by seat row and in general the flight was very comfortable. The seats were actually comfy, and the food served was surprisingly good.

A seat was broken There was a delay of 45min A checked bag was missing in Boston

The service was some of the worst I have experienced on an international flight. The service was rude, the quality of the food was very low. The speed of service was insanely quick. You couldn’t finish your pretzels before the meal came before the coffee came before trash collection came. Then they never came back for 5 hours. They rushed everything so they could get it over with.

A special shout-out to one of the check-in staff at DUB yesterday noon. We had to use the "Closing Flights" counter and we met, hands down, the most efficient person - able to resolve several issues in the matter of minutes, while remaining polite and calming everyone down. Great job, Aer Lingus!

Customer service was excellent! The app was terrible, tried several times to check in without success! But the young lady that checked us in was absolutely terrific and helpful.

Horrible. I had to wait in Dublin for 4 hours for the next connecting flight which took my to London and than i had to wait 3 hours for the flight to Dusseldorf

Was not aware that Aer Lingus was like the cut-rate services in the states, with no food or beverage (other then 3.50 Euro coffee) and no screens for entertainment. Was a great flight, but not much in the way of services.

I didn’t realize Aer Lingus was a “nickel and dime” kind of airline where you had to separately buy all the amenities you wanted. The push to purchase duty-free beauty products was off-putting. And our row had the least amount of leg room I’ve ever dealt with on a flight.

Boarding was so quick, flight was ahead of time which is great and the pilot spoke clearly and was letting people know everything, amazing, love travelling with you 😊

My flight was delayed and my second flight missed despite a three hour connection in Düsseldorf. My luggage was lost and it took three hours to recover which was actually unfortunately very much barely possible. I needed to rebook a flight that was three times the original cost of the original flight which now I need to go back and recover from the airline. Terrible experience,

Nice to have reclining seats for a change and great to have internet access

Tivat airport really needs to up its game W Eurowings needs to provide support at luggage collection

Delay after delay: no information besides what my Kayak app provided was provided about the delays. The plane was at the gate. Also, the gate, 100A, was incredibly warm, and the sun was beaming in. Boarding was disorganized with no groups announced.

Kayak - EDreams - Eurowings need to define clearer the hand luggage terms. I asked for add. hang luggage got charged by Eurowings for having add. hand luggage that was not included in my booking. I travel alot! I know the size dimensions never paid twice for hand luggage and cannot chase Edreams or put Eurowings in the wrong. Also there was severe delays on this flight. Issue getting bus on arrival and missed connections. Unfortunate will not use Eurowings

No food on plane.. flights scheduled 55 min..everything is very expensive on aeroport

Filthy plane, obviously not cleaned properly between flights, food crumbles in seat and carpet

Smallest seat I have ever seen. And they had a label with more Legroom but in fact where really tiny.

No cancellations but one flight delayed due to arrival airport industrial action. Comfortable

I was held-up at boarding by rude employee who insisted that I had to wait until all other passengers had boarded the lane before issuing me a boarding pass so I can board the plane. I could not check-in earlier and get a boarding pass since I had flown directly from Dusseldorf.

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