There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Adelaide by plane or train
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Fly from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane EDI - ADL
25h 59m$1,223–2,923Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane INV - ADL
32h 47m$1,111–3,608Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane GLA - ADL
34h 44m$1,228–3,786Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane MAN - ADL
27h 13m$1,117–1,677Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane ABZ - ADL
31h 40m$1,281–4,115Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane BHX - ADL
29h 50m$1,263–1,841
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Adelaide Airport (ADL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Adelaide is to train and fly which costs $1,100 - $1,700 and takes 27h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Adelaide is to fly which takes 25h 59m and costs $1,200 - $3,000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Adelaide is 16330 km.
It takes approximately 25h 59m to get from Edinburgh to Adelaide, including transfers.
Adelaide is 8h 30m ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:31 AM in Edinburgh and 11:01 AM in Adelaide.
There are 1586+ hotels available in Adelaide.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Adelaide, SA, Australia?
Qatar Airways and Virgin Australia fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Adelaide Airport (ADL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–7,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Adelaide Airport via Manchester Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 16m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–270
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $160–280
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $200–340
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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