There are 9 ways to get from Scotland to Cairo by plane, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)EDI - CAI
11h 27m$214–444Fly from Aberdeen Airport
cheapest- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)ABZ - CAI
11h 14m$163–704Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cairo
2d 10hFly from Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)GLA - CAI
11h 12m$209–319Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)DND - CAI
14h 27m$185–856Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)INV - CAI
11h 30m$182–815Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)NCL - CAI
12h 24m$167–488Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)MAN - CAI
12h 1m$214–496Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cairo
2d 11h$1,094–1,672
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Cairo is to fly which costs $210 - $450 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Cairo is to fly which takes 11h 12m and costs $200 - $320.
The distance between Scotland and Cairo is 3999 km.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Scotland to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 3:12 AM in Scotland and 5:12 AM in Cairo.
There are 7706+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Scotland and Cairo, Egypt?
Aegean Airlines, Egyptair, and six other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 3 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–460
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairo International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–380
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- 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
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $270–300
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $320–370
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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