There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO)plane EDI - TAO
19h 9m¥1,889–5,597Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Qingdao Liuting International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO)plane MAN - TAO
21h 18m¥2,508–7,487Train to Newcastle, fly to Qingdao Liuting International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO)plane NCL - TAO
20h 25m¥2,687–6,262Fly Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Yantai Penglai International Airport (YNT)plane EDI - YNT
- Take the bus from Yantai Airport to Yantai Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yantai Bus Station to Qingdao Liuting airportbus
22h 55m¥1,910–5,710Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dongying Shengli Airport (DOY)plane EDI - DOY
- Take the bus from Dongying Jiangzaiya Building to Qingdao Liuting airportbus
33h 21m¥1,990–5,800
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao is to fly which costs ¥1800 - ¥6000 and takes 19h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao is to fly which takes 19h 9m and costs ¥1800 - ¥6000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Qingdao is 8510 km.
It takes approximately 19h 9m to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao, including transfers.
Qingdao is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:30 AM in Edinburgh and 11:30 AM in Qingdao.
There are 256+ hotels available in Qingdao.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Qingdao, China?
Hainan, Air China, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) once daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Newcastle to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Newcastle to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- yzr.com.cn
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- qdairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Newcastle to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–5,500
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- flycua.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–1,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥320–550
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥360–550
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥480–750
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥240–340
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- (86+)0532-96567
- Website
- qdairport.com
Bus from Yantai Bus Station to Qingdao Liuting airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥85
- Schedules at
- qdairport.com
Bus from Dongying Jiangzaiya Building to Qingdao Liuting airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥130
- Schedules at
- qdairport.com
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