There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Panama by plane, train, shuttle, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane EDI - PTY
18h 28m$333–1,153Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane GLA - PTY
17h 45m$341–1,196Train to Newcastle, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane NCL - PTY
18h 53m$395–1,462Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane ABZ - PTY
21h 53m$450–1,683Fly Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EDI - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Take the bus from Uvita to Davidbus
23h 21m$838–1,543Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane MME - PTY
21h 53m$708–2,703
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Panama is to fly which costs $330 - $1,200 and takes 18h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Panama is to train and fly which takes 17h 45m and costs $340 - $1,200.
The distance between Edinburgh and Panama is 8338 km.
It takes approximately 18h 28m to get from Edinburgh to Panama, including transfers.
Panama is 5h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 6:14 AM in Edinburgh and 1:14 AM in Panama.
There are 781+ hotels available in Panama.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Panama?
United Airlines, Copa Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) 5 times a day.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via London Gatwick, Punta Cana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Newcastle to Tocumen International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via London Gatwick, Punta Cana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- 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
- $27–50
- 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/
- 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 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- 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 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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- 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/
- 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
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $311
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2221 4214
- info@tracopacr.com
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Uvita to David
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $13–17
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