There are 9 ways to get from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA) by plane, train, bus, bus and ferry, night train, car, car train or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Istanbul to Glasgow • 6h 31m
Cheapest option
Fly Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow • 10h 41m
7 alternative options
Fly Istanbul to Edinburgh, train • 6h 50m
Bus, train • 2 days 6h
Bus, bus and ferry • 2 days 6h
Night train, bus and ferry, train • 3 days 0h
Night train, bus • 3 days 3h
Drive, Eurotunnel • 34h 24m
Drive, car ferry • 35h 41m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA) is to night train and bus which costs 2.200 ₺ - 3.300 ₺ and takes 3 days 3h.
The quickest way to get from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA) is to fly which costs 2.500 ₺ - 6.000 ₺ and takes 6h 31m.
It is approximately 1825 miles to get from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA).
The best way to get from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA) without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 6h and costs 4.700 ₺ - 9.500 ₺.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA), including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Istanbul Airport to Glasgow Airport. The quickest flight takes 6h 50m and has one stopover.
Glasgow Airport (GLA) is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 1:55 PM in Istanbul and 11:55 AM in Glasgow Airport (GLA).
Turkish Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa and British Airways offer flights from Istanbul Airport to Glasgow Airport.
There are 300+ hotels available in Glasgow Airport (GLA). Prices start at £75 per night.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Istanbul Airport is to taxi which takes 31 min and costs 150 ₺ - 190 ₺.
- Distance: 1825.5 miles
- Duration: 6h 31m
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Glasgow Airport (GLA), Scotland?
British Airways, Lufthansa and seven other airlines fly from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport (GLA) hourly.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280 - £490
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £500
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £390
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210 - £420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £650
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £400
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150 - £420
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £410
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £700
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190 - £600
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260 - £600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £280
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £280
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £280
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £280
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £600
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £440
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £440
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Sabiha Gokcen to Glasgow via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £490
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10 - £29
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £10 - £15
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £23 - £29
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Constanţa to Bucureşti Nord Gr.A
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4 - £14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- 2nd Class
- £4 - £6
- 1st Class
- £12 - £14
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Constanţa to Bucureşti Nord Gr.A
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Astra Trans Carpatic
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- office@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Constanţa to Bucureşti Nord Gr.A
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8 - £10
- Website
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
- Phone
- +40 238 434 380
- sesizari@transferoviarcalatori.ro
- Website
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
Train from Constanţa to Bucureşti Nord Gr.A
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £5 - £7
- Website
- Transferoviar Calatori
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80 - £280
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £80 - £110
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £210 - £280
- Phone
- 0700 10 200
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Gara Bucureşti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13 - £20
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £13 - £16
- 1st Class
- £16 - £20
Night train from Halkali to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7 - £12
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £7 - £10
- 1st Class
- £9 - £12
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@firstgroup.com
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65 - £100
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Advance Single
- £25 - £35
- Off-Peak Day Single
- £50 - £75
- Anytime Day Single
- £65 - £100
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Eurotunnel
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.ro
Bus from Istanbul - Aksaray to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £21 - £27
- Schedules at
- transevren.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Warrington Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14 - £18
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26 - £35
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- 0871 266 3333
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Warrington Interchange Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7 - £22
- Website
- Megabus UK
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21 - £40
- Website
- Megabus UK
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- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- iletisim@metroturizm.com.tr
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10 - £18
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Phone
- 0090 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20 - £30
- Schedules at
- alparturizm.com.tr
- Phone
- +44 74 71405777
- office@balkanhorn.com
- Website
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to London Victoria Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £122
- Website
- Balkan Horn
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14 - £18
- Website
- National Express
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- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Bus and ferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60 - £85
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75 - £110
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £80 - £140
- Website
- dfds.co.uk
- Standard Car - Economy
- £84
- Standard Car - Premium
- £134
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