There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Cairo by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane EDI - CAI
11h 24m$215–345Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane GLA - CAI
11h 36m$167–598Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alexandria, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alexandria (ALY)plane EDI - ALY
- Take the train from Alexandria to Cairotrain
14h 14m$185–749Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MAN - CAI
11h 53m$243–549Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ABZ - CAI
14h 38m$237–921
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to fly which costs $210 - $350 and takes 11h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to fly which takes 11h 24m and costs $210 - $350.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cairo is 3992 km.
It takes approximately 11h 24m to get from Edinburgh to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:16 PM in Edinburgh and 1:16 AM in Cairo.
There are 7832+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Cairo, Egypt?
Aegean Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–950
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alexandria via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alexandria via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- 1661
- support@enr.gov.eg
- Website
- enr.gov.eg
Train from Alexandria to Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–35
- Schedules at
- enr.gov.eg
- Tourist
- $17–35
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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