There are 6 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
17h 39m¥1,591–6,599Train 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 28m¥2,371–8,787Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Qingdao Liuting International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO)plane ABZ - TAO
20h¥2,186–9,485Fly 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
- Take the bus from Qingdao Liuting airport to Civil Aviation Building(Qingdao)bus
23h 30m¥2,512–10,212Fly Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lianyungang (LYG)plane EDI - LYG
- Take the train from Donghaixian Station to Qingdaotrain
22h 14m¥2,249–8,783Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Yantai Penglai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Yantai Penglai International Airport (YNT)plane MAN - YNT
- Take the bus from Yantai Airport to Yantai Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yantai Bus Station to Qingdao Liuting airportbus
- Take the bus from Qingdao Liuting airport to Civil Aviation Building(Qingdao)bus
26h 4m¥3,292–11,400
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao is to fly which costs ¥1500 - ¥7000 and takes 17h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao is to fly which takes 17h 39m and costs ¥1500 - ¥7000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Qingdao is 8510 km.
It takes approximately 17h 39m to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao, including transfers.
Qingdao is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 10:33 PM in Edinburgh and 6:33 AM in Qingdao.
There are 180+ hotels available in Qingdao.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Qingdao, China?
Hainan, Air China, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) 6 times a week.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–11,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–12,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–11,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–11,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–12,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
- Website
- yzr.com.cn
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–10,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–12,000
- 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
- ¥750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥500–950
- 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 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥330–500
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥600–850
- 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
- ¥230–390
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Donghaixian Station to Qingdao
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥130–150
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥220–250
- Business Class Seat
- ¥320–460
- 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 Qingdao Liuting airport to Civil Aviation Building(Qingdao)
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥20
- Schedules at
- qdairport.com
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