There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Glasgow by plane or train
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Fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CMB - GLA
14h 31m£503–1,529Fly to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- 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 33m£424–1,574Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CMB - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
15h 23m£588–2,774Fly 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 16m£610–1,858Fly 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 37m£557–1,692Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane CMB - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
18h 50m£590–1,251
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Glasgow is to fly and train which costs £420 - £1,600 and takes 17h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Glasgow is to fly which takes 14h 31m and costs £500 - £1,600.
The distance between Colombo and Glasgow is 5650 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 31m to get from Colombo to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 7:50 AM in Colombo and 3:20 AM in Glasgow.
There are 1480+ 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) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Bengaluru, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Kuwait, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,600
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Kuwait, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Sharjah, Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,100
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 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/
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- 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 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- 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 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- 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
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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