There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane EDI - SHA
18h 2m¥2,492–7,592Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane EDI - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
18h 53m¥1,814–9,173Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane EDI - PVG
17h 18m¥1,942–7,142Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
17h 17m¥3,318–8,844Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MAN - SHA
20h 46m¥2,468–10,294Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ABZ - PVG
20h 39m¥2,661–10,029
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥2400 - ¥8000 and takes 18h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 17h 17m and costs ¥3300 - ¥9000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Shanghai is 9030 km.
It takes approximately 18h 2m to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 7h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:46 AM in Edinburgh and 9:46 AM in Shanghai.
There are 707+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Shanghai, China?
Hainan, KLM, and Xiamen Airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Helsinki, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–9,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–12,000
Train operators
- 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 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥330–550
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥600–900
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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- 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
- ¥260–420
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
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