The northbound run from Abu Dhabi to Dubai is one of the most-travelled corridors in the country and one of the easiest to get wrong. Meter fares swing with traffic, Abu Dhabi taxis cannot pick up a return fare in Dubai, and toll gantries on both sides are added after the fact. Chauffeurr prices the whole journey as a single fixed number agreed before you travel.
Every transfer is met on time by a licensed chauffeur in a black Mercedes, BMW or premium SUV under three years old. Airport arrivals at Zayed International are tracked by flight number with 60 minutes of free waiting from touchdown, and hotel or residence pickups are confirmed the evening before with the chauffeur's name and plate.
If the day involves meetings in both emirates, hold the car instead: an 8-hour day hire from AED 1,200 covers the drive, the waiting and the return with your belongings staying in the vehicle throughout. Chauffeurr operates 24/7 across all seven emirates under RTA Limousine trade licence 578599 (Al Rwad Limousine LLC).
| Route | Vehicle / detail | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi → Dubai (E-Class) | 3 pax · 3 bags · one way | AED 550 |
| Abu Dhabi → Dubai (S-Class) | First-class saloon | AED 700 |
| Abu Dhabi → Dubai (V-Class) | 7 pax · family or delegation | AED 750 |
| Abu Dhabi → Dubai (Yukon XL) | 6 pax · 7 bags | AED 850 |
| AUH airport → Dubai hotel | Meet & greet · flight tracked | from AED 550 |
| Full day, both emirates | 8 hours · unlimited stops | from AED 1,200 |
Chauffeur staged 15 minutes before pickup, every time. If we make you late for a flight or meeting, the ride is on us.
Once your booking is confirmed, we never cancel on you. Driver illness or vehicle issue triggers an immediate backup dispatch — not a refund and goodbye.
A second vehicle is held on standby for every flight pickup, wedding, FBO transfer and time-critical inter-emirate run. Mechanical failure adds zero minutes.
Pickup auto-adjusts to your actual landing time across DXB, DWC, AUH, SHJ and DWC FBOs. 60 minutes of free wait after wheels-down on every transfer.
The Abu Dhabi to Dubai run is roughly 140 km along the E11 Sheikh Zayed Road and takes about 75 to 90 minutes in normal conditions. That number moves more than most visitors expect. Leaving Abu Dhabi island between 06:30 and 08:30 on a weekday adds twenty to thirty minutes at the Ghantoot and Jebel Ali stretches, and arriving into Dubai between 17:00 and 19:30 can add the same again through Al Barsha and Downtown. We plan every northbound job against the actual departure window rather than a generic drive time, and the fixed fare does not change if the road does.
A metered Abu Dhabi taxi will make the trip, but three things routinely surprise people. First, the meter keeps running in traffic, so the same journey can differ by AED 100 or more depending on the hour. Second, Abu Dhabi taxis are not permitted to pick up a return fare inside Dubai, so the driver's empty return leg is often reflected in what you are asked to pay. Third, Salik gantries on the Dubai side and Darb gates on the Abu Dhabi side are added on top. A fixed chauffeur fare removes all three variables before you get in the car.
Chauffeurr quotes the corridor as a single all-inclusive number: chauffeur, fuel, Salik, Darb, parking and waiting time at the pickup. A Mercedes E-Class is AED 550 one way, an S-Class AED 700, and a V-Class for a family or a delegation AED 750. Return trips booked together are quoted as a pair, and if your meeting overruns, the car simply waits — there is no waiting-time meter on a pre-booked inter-emirate transfer.
Airport work is the other half of this corridor. Zayed International (AUH) to Dubai city is a common arrival pattern for guests flying Etihad into Abu Dhabi and staying in Dubai, and it runs in reverse for Dubai residents catching a departure out of AUH. We track the flight number, adjust for actual landing time and hold a chauffeur inside arrivals with a nameboard — 60 minutes of free wait on international arrivals, so a slow immigration queue costs you nothing.
For anyone doing the corridor repeatedly, the practical answer is usually a day hire rather than two one-way transfers. Eight hours with the car and chauffeur held for you covers a morning meeting in Abu Dhabi, lunch, an afternoon site visit and the drive back, with your belongings staying in the car all day. It is generally cheaper than three separate point-to-point bookings and removes the risk of not finding a car when a meeting finishes late.
Every vehicle on this route is under three years old, commercially insured for inter-emirate work and operated by Al Rwad Limousine LLC under RTA Limousine trade licence 578599. Chauffeurs carry UAE chauffeur permits, speak English, and know which of the E11 exits are usable during the periodic roadworks around Ghantoot — a detail that matters more on this drive than on any other in the country.
This page covers abu dhabi · dubai. The operating model behind it is the same everywhere we work in the Emirates, and it is the reason international travel programmes route their UAE legs to us.
Chauffeurr made a deliberate choice not to become another worldwide chauffeur directory. Depth in one market beats a thin presence in fifty, and the United Arab Emirates rewards depth: multiple emirates with different licensing regimes, airports spread across three of them, building access rules that differ tower by tower, and traffic patterns that change with the season and the working week.
Because we run our own RTA and DCT-licensed fleet with permanently employed chauffeurs, the standard does not change between a hotel guest transfer, a board-level roadshow and a monthly corporate assignment. That consistency is what makes us the UAE partner of choice for global networks, properties, travel management companies and in-house travel teams who need the local leg handled without supervision.
Practically, every booking carries the same commitments: a fixed quoted fare inclusive of tolls, parking and fuel; flight-tracked airport pickups with sixty minutes of complimentary waiting; passenger-insured vehicles; NDA-bound chauffeurs; and consolidated VAT invoicing with cost-centre tagging for corporate accounts.
Placing UAE ground transport for a network, property or corporate programme? Read how partner accounts work or message the operations desk on +971 (50) 239 0670.
Fixed one-way fares are AED 550 in a Mercedes E-Class, AED 700 in an S-Class, AED 750 in a V-Class for families or groups, and AED 850 in a GMC Yukon XL. Fuel, Salik, Darb tolls, parking and waiting time are all included, and the fare does not change with traffic or the time of day.
About 75 to 90 minutes for the roughly 140 km along the E11 Sheikh Zayed Road. Leaving Abu Dhabi in the 06:30–08:30 weekday peak, or arriving into Dubai between 17:00 and 19:30, can add 20 to 30 minutes. We plan pickups against your actual window rather than a generic drive time.
Often, and it is always more predictable. A taxi meter keeps running in traffic, Abu Dhabi taxis cannot pick up a return fare in Dubai so the empty return leg is reflected in the price, and Salik and Darb are added on top. A chauffeur fare is one number agreed before you travel.
Yes, 24/7. Give us your flight number and we track the actual landing time, meet you inside arrivals with a nameboard and include 60 minutes of free waiting from touchdown on international flights. Departure runs from Dubai to AUH are timed backwards from your check-in cut-off.
Yes. Booking both legs together is quoted as a pair, and for anyone with meetings on both ends an 8-hour day hire from AED 1,200 is usually better value than two or three separate transfers — the car and chauffeur stay with you all day.
Yes, free of charge — rear-facing infant, forward-facing toddler and high-backed booster. Tell us the child's age and weight at booking and the chauffeur fits the correct seat before pickup.
No. Travel between the emirates is domestic and there is no checkpoint or paperwork; your normal ID is enough. The only formality on the route is toll gantries, which are included in your fare.
Yes. Al Ain, Yas Island, Saadiyat, Masdar, Ruwais and the Corniche are all quoted on the same fixed-fare basis. Longer Western Region runs are priced individually before you confirm.