There are 7 ways to get from Scotland to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)EDI - MEL
25h 22m$837–1,637Fly Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)ABZ - MEL
28h 4m$659–2,418Fly Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)GLA - MEL
25h 37m$1,028–1,428Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)INV - MEL
32h 30m$1,034–3,437Train to Newcastle, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)NCL - MEL
27h 41m$1,041–1,781Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)MAN - MEL
29h 51m$773–1,839Fly Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Avalon Airport (AVV)EDI - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
30h 32m$1,237–3,837
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Melbourne is to fly which costs $800 - $1,700 and takes 25h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Melbourne is to fly which takes 25h 22m and costs $800 - $1,700.
The distance between Scotland and Melbourne is 16935 km.
It takes approximately 25h 22m to get from Scotland to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 11h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 6:22 PM in Scotland and 5:22 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5268+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Scotland and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia, and Emirates fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- 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
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $420–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $120–160
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $500–600
- Phone
- +61 (0)3 9335 2811
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
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