There are 8 ways to get from Scotland to Cairns by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairns (CNS)plane GLA - CNS
28h 46m$660–2,410Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cairns
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairns (CNS)plane EDI - CNS
26h 37m$1,218–2,118Fly Aberdeen Airport to Cairns
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cairns (CNS)plane ABZ - CNS
28h 14m$800–2,900Train to Newcastle, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cairns (CNS)plane NCL - CNS
30h 28m$752–2,905Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairns
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Cairns (CNS)plane INV - CNS
38h 27m$811–3,028Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairns (CNS)plane MAN - CNS
28h 1m$1,177–1,982Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane MAN - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Cairnscar
33h 18m$1,237–3,672Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane MAN - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
36h 1m$942–2,652
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Cairns is to fly which costs $650 - $2,500 and takes 28h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Cairns is to fly which takes 26h 37m and costs $1,200 - $2,200.
The distance between Scotland and Cairns is 15013 km.
It takes approximately 28h 46m to get from Scotland to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 10h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 8:51 PM in Scotland and 6:51 AM in Cairns.
There are 979+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Scotland and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
Emirates, Qantas, and five other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairns (CNS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairns via Manchester Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,600
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairns via Manchester Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 41h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,400
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,700
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $140–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- $140–200
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $110–160
- 1st Class
- $210–300
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- $45–70
- 1st Class
- $90–110
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- $75–110
- 1st Class
- $150–190
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $400–430
- Sleeper Seat
- $110–150
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $470–550
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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