There are 6 ways to get from Almaty to Scotland by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ALA - EDI
15h 50m£245–378Fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ALA - GLA
15h 24m£160–650Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraalbus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
5d 20h£427–1,104Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ALA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 41m£308–633Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ALA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 7m£217–626Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane ALA - DND
17h 24m£230–735
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Scotland is to fly and train which costs £210 - £650 and takes 18h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Scotland is to fly which takes 15h 24m and costs £160 - £650.
The distance between Almaty and Scotland is 3522 miles.
The best way to get from Almaty to Scotland without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 20h and costs £420 - £1,100.
It takes approximately 15h 50m to get from Almaty to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 5h behind Almaty. It is currently 11:21 AM in Almaty and 6:21 AM in Scotland.
There are 1384+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Scotland?
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Tashkent, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £320–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Warsaw Chopin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Istanbul, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Tashkent, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £320–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Warsaw Chopin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Istanbul, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Newcastle via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £160–320
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- £160–230
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- £230–320
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- £160–220
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- £35–55
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- £45–65
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £65–100
- 1st Class
- £140–230
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £95–140
- Comfort
- £110–160
- Premium
- £140–190
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £150–340
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £150–210
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £230–340
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £70–100
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £120–180
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–240
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £310–360
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–85
- 1st Class
- £110–160
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £24–35
- 1st Class
- £45–60
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £25–30
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–50
- 1st Class
- £65–85
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–11
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £51
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £52
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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