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 12m£462–614Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- 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£184–565Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- 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 27m£187–610Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PEK - ABZ
15h 36m£256–761Fly 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£376–754Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PEK - GLA
16h 37m£425–659Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PEK - INV
18h 14m£266–762
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 £180 - £600 and takes 16h 43m.
The fastest way to get from China to Scotland is to fly which takes 14h 12m and costs £460 - £650.
The distance between China and Scotland is 4987 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 12m to get from China to Scotland, including transfers.
There are 1555+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between China and Scotland?
Hainan flies from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- 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
- £280–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
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
- £310–1,100
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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