There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Dubai by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane EDI - DXB
10h 14mAED 953–2,656Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)plane EDI - DWC
14h 38mAED 862–4,368Train 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 9mAED 976–2,014Train 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 1,253–2,069Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane EDI - SHJ
13h 58mAED 1,021–2,480
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Dubai is to train and fly which costs AED 950 - AED 2100 and takes 11h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Dubai is to fly which takes 10h 14m and costs AED 950 - AED 2700.
The distance between Edinburgh and Dubai is 5803 km.
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Edinburgh to Dubai, including transfers.
Dubai is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:25 AM in Edinburgh and 11:25 AM in Dubai.
There are 18477+ hotels available in Dubai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
Emirates, SunExpress, and Qatar Airways fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) twice daily.
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–4,300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,800
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,200
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,400
- 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 100–190
- 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 170–270
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 310–450
- 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 210–380
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- AED 130–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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