There are 8 ways to get from Canberra to Scotland by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Canberra International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CBR - EDI
30h 48m£561–1,613Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SYD - EDI
31h 56m£496–1,738Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SYD - GLA
30h 10m£519–2,333Fly Canberra International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane CBR - DND
32h 56m£503–1,406Fly Canberra International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane CBR - INV
42h 10m£605–2,312Fly Canberra International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CBR - GLA
32h 17m£504–1,608Fly Canberra International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane CBR - ABZ
35h 55m£656–2,110Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SYD - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
34h 1m£551–2,177
Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Canberra to Scotland is to bus and fly which costs £490 - £1,800 and takes 31h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Canberra to Scotland is to bus and fly which takes 30h 10m and costs £500 - £2,400.
The distance between Canberra and Scotland is 10589 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 48m to get from Canberra to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 9h behind Canberra. It is currently 2:46 PM in Canberra and 5:46 AM in Scotland.
There are 463+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Canberra, ACT, Australia and Scotland?
Virgin Australia, Qatar Airways, and three other airlines fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 53m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Perth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £750–2,800
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Sydney International Airport, Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Sydney International Airport, Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Adelaide, Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,200
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Sydney International Airport, Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Sydney International Airport, Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 57m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Ngurah Rai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–850
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- (61) 13 22 51
- enquiries@murrays.com.au
- Website
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
- Website
- flixbus.com.au
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.au
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