There are 8 ways to get from Beijing to Edinburgh by train or plane
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Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PKX - EDI
17h 46m£362–463Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle, train
cheapest- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PEK - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 13m£189–687Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PEK - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 3m£420–671Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PEK - EDI
14h 41m£293–393Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PKX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 8m£219–721Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PKX - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 53m£228–837Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PEK - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 11m£270–713Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane PEK - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 21m£231–786
Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Beijing to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £290 - £400 and takes 14h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Beijing to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 14h 41m and costs £290 - £400.
The distance between Beijing and Edinburgh is 5026 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 46m to get from Beijing to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Beijing. It is currently 6:34 AM in Beijing and 10:34 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2489+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Beijing, China and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Hainan flies from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice a week.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Manchester Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–490
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airport
- Adult - second class
- £2–4
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- 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 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 Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- 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
- £230–270
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