There are 4 ways to get from Edinburgh to Cairo by plane, train, or bus
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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
10h 49m$255–345Fly Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane EDI - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
- Take the train from Alexandria to Cairotrain
16h 21m$235–949Train 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$262–558Train 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 18m$339–544
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to fly which costs $250 - $350 and takes 10h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to fly which takes 10h 49m and costs $250 - $350.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cairo is 3992 km.
It takes approximately 10h 49m to get from Edinburgh to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:34 AM in Edinburgh and 9:34 AM in Cairo.
There are 7957+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Cairo, Egypt?
Austrian Airlines, Egyptair, and six 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 Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–950
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–490
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- 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
- Phone
- +2 01200003533
- info@egyptbus.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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