There are 8 ways to get from Seoul to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)GMP - EDI
22h 40m£251–962Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)ICN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
21h 23m£209–628Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ICN - EDI
20h£272–713Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Newcastle (NCL)ICN - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
21h 43m£212–887Fly Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)GMP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
23h 13m£388–1,277Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)ICN - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
24h 36m£260–1,033Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)ICN - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
25h 11m£536–1,867Fly Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)GMP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
25h 7m£448–932
Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £200 - £650 and takes 21h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 20h and costs £270 - £750.
The distance between Seoul and Edinburgh is 5397 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 40m to get from Seoul to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 9h behind Seoul. It is currently 3:06 AM in Seoul and 6:06 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2481+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Air China, Hainan, and five other airlines fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- arex.or.kr
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- http://www.arex.or.kr/main.do
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £250–290
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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