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
14h 12m£432–614Train 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 36m£177–610Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PEK - GLA
17h 55m£195–609Train 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 44m£184–565Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PEK - ABZ
17h 16m£266–811Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PKX - ABZ
17h 13m£248–812Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PKX - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 45m£226–740Fly 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 38m£364–689
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from China to Scotland is to train and fly which costs £180 - £600 and takes 16h 44m.
The fastest way to get from China to Scotland is to fly which takes 14h 12m and costs £430 - £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 1518+ 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 London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- 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
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–900
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- 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 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
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