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
11h 20m$195–465Train to Newcastle, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane NCL - CAI
12h 11m$187–481Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane GLA - CAI
12h 24m$266–543Train 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 54m$208–440Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ABZ - CAI
13h 56m$194–856
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to train and fly which costs $200 - $440 and takes 11h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cairo is to fly which takes 11h 20m and costs $190 - $470.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cairo is 3992 km.
It takes approximately 11h 20m to get from Edinburgh to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:21 PM in Edinburgh and 2:21 PM in Cairo.
There are 7517+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Cairo, Egypt?
Aegean Airlines, Egyptair, and four 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 Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–480
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- 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
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- 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
- $23–24
- 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
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–350
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–34
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- $11–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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