There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Dubai by plane, train, or shuttle
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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 1,252–2,755Fly 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 961–3,467Train 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 1,667–2,813Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane EDI - SHJ
13h 48mAED 1,270–2,879Train 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 35mAED 1,191–3,463Fly Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi, shuttle
- 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 21mAED 1,088–2,993
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 1200 - AED 2800 and takes 10h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Dubai is to fly which takes 10h 14m and costs AED 1200 - AED 2800.
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 1:33 PM in Edinburgh and 4:33 PM in Dubai.
There are 692+ hotels available in Dubai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
Emirates, Qatar Airways, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,900
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,600
Flights from Newcastle to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,500
Flights from Newcastle to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–4,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,300–4,400
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–2,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,300–3,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,100
- Phone
- +44 (0)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
- AED 100–190
- 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
- AED 40–85
- 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
- AED 65–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- AED 170–290
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 200–280
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 310–440
- 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
- AED 210–370
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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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