There are 4 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Lusaka
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane GLA - LUN
18h 57m$505–1,197Fly Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lusaka (LUN)plane EDI - LUN
18h 46m$523–1,253Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ndola, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ndola (NLA)plane EDI - NLA
- Take the bus from Ndola to Lusakabus
28h 17mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Lusaka (LUN)plane MAN - LUN
23h 35m$612–1,427
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 18h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka is to fly which takes 18h 46m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lusaka is 8604 km.
It takes approximately 18h 57m to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka, including transfers.
Lusaka is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:06 PM in Edinburgh and 9:06 PM in Lusaka.
There are 387+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lusaka, Zambia?
easyJet, Kenya Airways, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lusaka (LUN) once daily.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via London Gatwick, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via London Gatwick, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lusaka via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ndola via Brussels, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- 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
- $11–21
- 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
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- 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
- +260 973334200
- juldanmotors@gmail.com
- Website
- juldan-motors.com
Bus from Ndola to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://juldan-motors.com/en
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