There are 5 ways to get from Australia to Islay by plane, bus, ferry, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Islay
best- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Islay (ILY)plane PER - ILY
26h 53m£802–2,203Fly to Glasgow Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PER - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
29h 18m£434–1,375Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PER - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
31h 11m£494–1,726Fly to Newcastle, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
33h 33m£576–1,610Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, car ferry, Bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane PER - BHD
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
- Take the bus from Cairnryan Stena Terminal to Glasgow Buchananbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
39h 53m
Perth Airport (PER) to Islay (ILY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Australia to Islay is to fly and train and bus and ferry which costs £490 - £1,800 and takes 31h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Australia to Islay is to fly which takes 26h 53m and costs £800 - £2,200.
The distance between Australia and Islay is 9307 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 53m to get from Australia to Islay, including transfers.
There are 23+ hotels available in Islay.
What companies run services between Australia and Islay, Scotland?
Emirates, Loganair, and three other airlines fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Islay (ILY) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Islay via Dubai, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £800–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £850–3,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Islay via Rome, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £900–3,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–800
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
Flights from Perth Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Perth Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Perth Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–800
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
Flights from Perth Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Perth Airport to Islay via Dubai, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £800–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Islay via Rome, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £900–3,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Perth Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Perth Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Terminal Building to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Cairnryan Stena Terminal to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–36
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £149
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