There are 5 ways to get from Colombo to Glasgow by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CMB - GLA
15h 11m£314–1,330Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CMB - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
15h 12m£320–2,038Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CMB - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
17h 52m£547–1,759Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
17h 43m£410–1,675Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane CMB - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
21h 56m£528–1,393
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Glasgow is to fly which costs £310 - £1,400 and takes 15h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Glasgow is to fly which takes 15h 11m and costs £310 - £1,400.
The distance between Colombo and Glasgow is 5650 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 11m to get from Colombo to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 5h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 9:51 AM in Colombo and 4:21 AM in Glasgow.
There are 1471+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Glasgow, Scotland?
Emirates, SriLankan Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,400
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,500
- 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
- £60–90
- 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
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- £15–30
- 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
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
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