There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Dubai by plane, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane EDI - DXB
10h 9mAED 801–1,554Fly Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane EDI - AUH
- Take a shuttle bus from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
14h 31mAED 687–2,392Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane GLA - DXB
11h 8mAED 873–1,610Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane EDI - SHJ
13h 28mAED 819–2,178Train to Newcastle, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane NCL - DXB
11h 36mAED 1,041–2,051Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)plane EDI - DWC
15h 3mAED 960–3,166
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Dubai is to fly which costs AED 800 - AED 1600 and takes 10h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Dubai is to fly which takes 10h 9m and costs AED 800 - AED 1600.
The distance between Edinburgh and Dubai is 5803 km.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Edinburgh to Dubai, including transfers.
Dubai is 4h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:09 PM in Edinburgh and 10:09 PM in Dubai.
There are 19782+ hotels available in Dubai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
Emirates, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,700
Flights from Newcastle to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–3,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,100
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,400
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–4,800
Train operators
- 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
- AED 100–180
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- AED 170–260
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 310–430
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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- 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
- AED 210–370
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- AED 120–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Bus operators
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 35–38
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
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