There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Ningbo by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)EDI - SHA
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
19h 37m¥2,199–6,329Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)EDI - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
20h 21m¥1,939–5,879Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)EDI - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Ningbo
19h 30m¥1,961–6,228Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB)EDI - NGB
19h 27m¥2,093–6,595Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)GLA - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
21h 30m¥2,015–6,496Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)MAN - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
19h 55m¥3,105–9,318Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)MAN - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Ningbo
22h 39m¥2,027–7,667Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Ningbo Lishe International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB)MAN - NGB
22h 1m¥2,259–7,534
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Ningbo is to train and fly which costs ¥2000 - ¥6500 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Ningbo is to fly which takes 19h 27m and costs ¥2000 - ¥7000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Ningbo is 9334 km.
It takes approximately 19h 37m to get from Edinburgh to Ningbo, including transfers.
Ningbo is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:21 AM in Edinburgh and 3:21 PM in Ningbo.
There are 88+ hotels available in Ningbo.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Ningbo, China?
Hainan, Air China, and Norwegian Air International fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) 5 times a week.
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥140–160
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥230–250
- Business Class Seat
- ¥340–480
Train from Hangzhou East to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥70–80
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥70–80
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥115–130
- Business Class Seat
- ¥160–240
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥110–240
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥110–160
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥170–240
Train from Hangzhou East to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
- 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
- ¥165–167
- 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
- ¥165–167
- 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
- ¥550–750
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ¥1,900–2,200
- Sleeper Seat
- ¥550–750
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ¥2,100–2,500
- 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
- ¥250–1,100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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