There are 8 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
15h 3m£182–714Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PKX - GLA
17h 26m£174–805Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PEK - GLA
16h 17m£412–654Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PEK - ABZ
17h 20m£232–904Train 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
18h 13m£364–495Fly 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 45m£458–818Fly 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 59m£295–1,164Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PEK - INV
18h 12m£237–920
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from China to Scotland is to fly which costs £180 - £750 and takes 15h 3m.
The fastest way to get from China to Scotland is to fly which takes 15h 3m and costs £180 - £750.
The distance between China and Scotland is 4987 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 3m to get from China to Scotland, including transfers.
There are 1384+ 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) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–950
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–900
- 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
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–85
- 1st Class
- £110–160
- 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
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £24–35
- 1st Class
- £45–60
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £25–30
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–50
- 1st Class
- £65–85
- 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
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- 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
- £260–300
- 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
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–11
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £70–100
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £120–180
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