There are 7 ways to get from China to Scotland by plane or train
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Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PEK - EDI
14h 13m£382–1,114Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
cheapest- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PEK - ABZ
16h 10m£237–1,111Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PEK - GLA
16h 22m£385–909Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PEK - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 11m£468–748Fly 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 Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
17h 39m£381–1,103Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PKX - EDI
16h 43m£374–565Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PEK - INV
18h 15m£256–1,313
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from China to Scotland is to train and fly which costs £370 - £600 and takes 16h 43m.
The fastest way to get from China to Scotland is to fly which takes 14h 13m and costs £380 - £1,200.
The distance between China and Scotland is 4987 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 13m to get from China to Scotland, including transfers.
There are 551+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between China and Scotland?
Hainan, Air China, and Lufthansa fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,300
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,100
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–950
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shenyang, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,300
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–950
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,100
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–950
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- 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
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Schedules at
- bdia.com.cn
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