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
26h 24m$823–1,923Train 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 52m$1,050–3,583Train 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 41m$968–3,605Train 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$1,012–3,170Train 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
30h 20m$981–3,934Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane INV - ADL
32h 50m$992–3,692
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 $1,000 - $3,200 and takes 27h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Adelaide is to fly which takes 26h 24m and costs $800 - $2,000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Adelaide is 16330 km.
It takes approximately 26h 24m to get from Edinburgh to Adelaide, including transfers.
Adelaide is 8h 30m ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:38 PM in Edinburgh and 5:08 AM in Adelaide.
There are 1152+ hotels available in Adelaide.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Adelaide, SA, Australia?
Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Adelaide Airport (ADL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
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
- $900–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,600
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Adelaide Airport via Manchester Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
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
- $900–3,400
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Adelaide Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
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
- $900–3,400
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- 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
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.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
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- 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
- $150–270
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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
- $200–330
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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