There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Penang by plane, train, or tram
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane EDI - PEN
28h 37mRMĀ 1,551ā4,551Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane GLA - PEN
21h 16mRMĀ 1,765ā5,021Train to Newcastle, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane NCL - PEN
22h 18mRMĀ 2,087ā5,982Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar, tram
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alor Setar (AOR)plane EDI - AOR
- Take the tram from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugortram
22h 38mRMĀ 1,972ā6,096Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane ABZ - PEN
23h 48mRMĀ 2,404ā8,577Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)plane EDI - KUL
- Take the train from Klia T1 to KL Sentraltrain
- Take the train from Kl Sentral to Nibong Tebaltrain
24h 32mRMĀ 1,904ā6,671
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Penang International Airport (PEN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Penang is to fly which costs RM 1500 - RM 4600 and takes 28h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Penang is to train and fly which takes 21h 16m and costs RM 1700 - RM 5000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Penang is 10369 km.
It takes approximately 28h 37m to get from Edinburgh to Penang, including transfers.
Penang is 7h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:41 AM in Edinburgh and 10:41 AM in Penang.
There are 2520+ hotels available in Penang.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Penang, Malaysia?
Emirates, Flydubai, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Penang International Airport (PEN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,500ā4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā4,900
Flights from Newcastle to Penang International Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā13,000
Flights from Newcastle to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Doha, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,100ā9,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,300ā6,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,500ā4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Doha, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,300ā6,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,500ā4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā9,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,300ā6,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,500ā4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,300ā8,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Penang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,200ā8,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Penang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,300ā8,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā5,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā4,800
Flights from Newcastle to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,500ā4,300
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā4,900
Flights from Newcastle to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,900ā5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,100ā9,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Penang International Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 1,700ā13,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,100ā9,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Penang International Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,200ā17,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Penang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,200ā16,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,100ā6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,100ā6,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,100ā7,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Penang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2,200ā8,000
- 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
- RMĀ 110ā200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 290ā550
- 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
- RMĀ 45ā85
- 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
- RMĀ 65ā120
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 170ā300
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 170ā310
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- RMĀ 180ā280
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 190ā290
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 330ā470
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 340ā490
- 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
- RMĀ 220ā400
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- ktmb.com.my
Tram from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 2ā21
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my
- Shuttle
- RMĀ 2ā4
- Express
- RMĀ 14ā21
Train from Kl Sentral to Nibong Tebal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 8ā45
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my
- Shuttle
- RMĀ 8ā12
- Express
- RMĀ 30ā45
- Phone
- +603 2267 8000
- customerenquiry@kliaekspres.com
- Website
- kliaekspres.com
Train from Klia T1 to KL Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RMĀ 45ā75
- Website
- https://www.kliaekspres.com
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