There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Shenzhen by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane EDI - SZX
19h 30m¥1,693–8,096Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane GLA - SZX
21h 38m¥1,825–8,886Fly Edinburgh Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)plane EDI - CAN
- Take the train from Guangzhou East to Shenzhen Stationtrain
18h 51m¥2,144–8,174Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane GLA - HKG
20h 12m¥3,266–15,542Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane EDI - HKG
20h 19m¥2,834–12,252Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane MAN - HKG
19h 43m¥3,207–9,952Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane ABZ - HKG
22h 30m¥3,228–12,138
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Shenzhen is to fly which costs ¥2800 - ¥13000 and takes 20h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Shenzhen is to fly and train which takes 18h 51m and costs ¥2100 - ¥8500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Shenzhen is 9524 km.
It takes approximately 19h 30m to get from Edinburgh to Shenzhen, including transfers.
Shenzhen is 7h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:25 AM in Edinburgh and 8:25 AM in Shenzhen.
There are 286+ hotels available in Shenzhen.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Shenzhen, China?
Hainan, Norwegian Air International, and Air China fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–11,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 11m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–12,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–9,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–11,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
- Website
- cgzair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–11,000
- 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
- ¥180–340
- Website
- https://www.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
- +44 345 600 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
- +44 345 722 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
- ¥340–550
- 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
- ¥230–380
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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