There are 7 ways to get from Chennai to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MAA - EDI
17h 6m£250–340Fly Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MAA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 18m£177–718Fly Chennai International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MAA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 38m£186–834Fly Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane MAA - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 50m£228–633Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BLR - EDI
22h 35m£203–435Fly Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MAA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 31m£187–520Fly Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane MAA - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 20m£298–570
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Edinburgh is to train and bus and fly which costs £200 - £440 and takes 22h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 17h 6m and costs £250 - £340.
The distance between Chennai and Edinburgh is 5278 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 6m to get from Chennai to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 5h 30m behind Chennai. It is currently 3:47 AM in Chennai and 10:17 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2504+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Qatar Airways, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Mumbai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Manama, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Manama, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–460
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–410
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–450
- 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/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- 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
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- 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
- £6–16
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- 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
- Once 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
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- 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
- £250–290
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £1–15
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- £1–3
- Third AC (3A)
- £5–7
- Second AC (2A)
- £6–9
- First Class (1A)
- £11–15
- Phone
- 080 22483777
- Website
- mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- £1
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