There are 6 ways to get from Aberdeen to Colombo by plane or train
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Fly from Aberdeen Airport
best- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ABZ - CMB
19h 5mRs 140,593–483,888Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane EDI - CMB
18h 7mRs 147,852–906,463Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane GLA - CMB
18h 43mRs 158,131–612,883Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Inverness Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane INV - CMB
21h 1mRs 147,616–374,603Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane NCL - CMB
20h 29mRs 150,255–511,251Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane DND - CMB
19h 9mRs 145,122–585,089
Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aberdeen to Colombo is to fly which costs Rs. 140000 - Rs. 490000 and takes 19h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Aberdeen to Colombo is to train and fly which takes 18h 7m and costs Rs. 140000 - Rs. 950000.
The distance between Aberdeen and Colombo is 8905 km.
It takes approximately 19h 5m to get from Aberdeen to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 5h 30m ahead of Aberdeen. It is currently 9:13 AM in Aberdeen and 2:43 PM in Colombo.
There are 1445+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Aberdeen, Scotland and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
KLM, IndiGo Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 4 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Birmingham, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–500,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–390,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–390,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Manchester, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–500,000
Flights from Newcastle to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–420,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–490,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–380,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–410,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–550,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–550,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–550,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Krakow, Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–330,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–380,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–430,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Copenhagen, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–310,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Manchester, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–330,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 23,000–42,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 28,000–50,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 18,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 23,000–42,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 12,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 15,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 15,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 14,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 27,000–38,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 27,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 26,000–37,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 15,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,500–9,500
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 18,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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