There are 4 ways to get from Edinburgh to Egypt by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane EDI - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
12h 36mTrain to Newcastle, fly to Cairo International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane NCL - CAI
12h 26m$197–521Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane EDI - CAI
11h 24m$235–355Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MAN - CAI
11h 58m$218–654
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Borg El Arab (HBE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Egypt is to fly which costs $230 - $360 and takes 11h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Egypt is to fly which takes 11h 24m and costs $230 - $360.
The distance between Edinburgh and Egypt is 3849 km.
It takes approximately 12h 36m to get from Edinburgh to Egypt, including transfers.
Egypt is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:01 AM in Edinburgh and 5:01 AM in Egypt.
There are 7709+ hotels available in Egypt.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and 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 Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- 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 Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- 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
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- 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
- $12–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- 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
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
- Phone
- +2 01200003533
- info@egyptbus.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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