There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka by train or plane
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane GLA - LUN
18h 56m$472–1,197Fly from Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lusaka (LUN)plane EDI - LUN
18h 46m$463–1,153Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Lusaka (LUN)plane ABZ - LUN
23h 53m$624–1,686Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Lusaka (LUN)plane NCL - LUN
23h 18m$530–1,366Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Lusaka (LUN)plane MME - LUN
23h 41m$849–3,008Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Lusaka (LUN)plane INV - LUN
24h 50m$591–1,549
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka is to fly which costs $460 - $1,200 and takes 18h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka is to fly which takes 18h 46m and costs $460 - $1,200.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lusaka is 8604 km.
It takes approximately 18h 56m to get from Edinburgh to Lusaka, including transfers.
Lusaka is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:13 AM in Edinburgh and 7:13 AM in Lusaka.
There are 373+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lusaka, Zambia?
Qatar Airways, easyJet, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lusaka (LUN) twice daily.
- 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
- $340–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to Lusaka via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via London Gatwick, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via London Gatwick, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lusaka via London Gatwick, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lusaka via London Gatwick, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lusaka via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Newcastle to Lusaka via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- 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
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.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 Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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