There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Cairo by plane or train
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Fly from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane EDI - CAI
10h 49m$265–565Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ABZ - CAI
12h 51m$263–1,048Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane NCL - CAI
11h 51m$279–724Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MAN - CAI
11h 53m$380–740Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MME - CAI
15h 40m$390–1,164
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 $260 - $600 and takes 10h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to fly which takes 10h 49m and costs $260 - $600.
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 3:47 AM in Edinburgh and 5:47 AM in Cairo.
There are 8243+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- 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
- $210–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Cairo International Airport via Corfu, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–550
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- 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
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- 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
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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