There are 6 ways to get from Cairo to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CAI - EDI
10h 54m£191–371Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CAI - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
12h 22m£162–546Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CAI - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 1m£203–535Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane CAI - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 49m£248–754Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane CAI - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h£166–668Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CAI - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 4m£281–531
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £190 - £380 and takes 10h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 10h 54m and costs £190 - £380.
The distance between Cairo and Edinburgh is 2500 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 54m to get from Cairo to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Cairo. It is currently 11:33 AM in Cairo and 9:33 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2822+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Egyptair, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Brussels, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–490
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £110–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Brussels, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–440
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- 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/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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