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 56m£181–391Fly 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 16m£124–486Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CAI - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 2m£140–600Fly 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£226–699Fly 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 29m£204–538Fly 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£231–501
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 £180 - £400 and takes 10h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 10h 56m and costs £180 - £400.
The distance between Cairo and Edinburgh is 2500 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 56m to get from Cairo to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Cairo. It is currently 3:56 AM in Cairo and 1:56 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2713+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–750
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–650
- 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
- £210–950
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
- £240–950
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–430
- 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
- £240–950
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
- £240–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–390
- 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
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- 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 23m
- 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
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- 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
- £40–75
- 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/
- 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
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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