There are 6 ways to get from Aberdeen to Colombo by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Aberdeen Airport
best- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ABZ - CMB
20h 44mRs 130,665–353,987Train 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
22h 43mRs 168,518–515,883Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane EDI - CMB
19h 19mRs 168,522–1,258,097Train 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
20h 24mRs 139,433–564,685Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane MAN - CMB
22h 10mRs 189,386–768,961Train, 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 38mRs 172,845–554,859
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. 130000 - Rs. 360000 and takes 20h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Aberdeen to Colombo is to train and fly which takes 19h 19m and costs Rs. 160000 - Rs. 1300000.
The distance between Aberdeen and Colombo is 8905 km.
It takes approximately 20h 44m to get from Aberdeen to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Aberdeen. It is currently 6:03 PM in Aberdeen and 10:33 PM in Colombo.
There are 1458+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Aberdeen, Scotland and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
KLM, IndiGo Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) twice daily.
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–550,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–550,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–500,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–490,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–500,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–360,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–500,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai, Kochi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–370,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Birmingham, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 180,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–420,000
Flights from Newcastle to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–460,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–550,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–550,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–500,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–500,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–360,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–370,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Manchester Airport, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–470,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–500,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–270,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Copenhagen, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–340,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–460,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–260,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 24,000–43,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 29,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 24,000–44,000
- 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 15,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 16,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 15,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 28,000–40,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 28,000–41,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 27,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 35,000–65,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 19,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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 12,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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