The first carbon tetrabromide-promoted novel double-oxidative dehydrogenative cyclization/acidic ring opening/aromatization tandem reaction of glycine derivatives with dioxane for the synthesis of complex quinoline motifs has been developed (up to 71% yield). The use of very inexpensive substrates (glycine derivatives and dioxane) and an extremely simple metal-free promoter (carbon tetrabromide) with green molecular oxygen (air) as an oxidant make this protocol very attractive for potential synthetic applications. A plausible mechanism involving a radical process is proposed.