There are 5 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 11mTrain 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
11h 51m$238–617Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane EDI - CAI
11h 29m$245–485Train 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 53m$283–738Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ABZ - CAI
13h 51m$272–843
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 $240 - $490 and takes 11h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Egypt is to fly which takes 11h 29m and costs $240 - $490.
The distance between Edinburgh and Egypt is 3849 km.
It takes approximately 12h 11m to get from Edinburgh to Egypt, including transfers.
Egypt is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:11 AM in Edinburgh and 4:11 AM in Egypt.
There are 2459+ hotels available in Egypt.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Egypt?
Aegean Airlines, Egyptair, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) twice daily.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–490
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Borg El Arab via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- 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
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- 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
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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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