There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Scotland by plane or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PVG - GLA
18h 18m£168–661Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
18h 24m£165–616Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SHA - EDI
20h 7m£180–810Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PVG - ABZ
19h 11m£220–813Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PVG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 27m£211–800Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
19h 9m£334–955Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PVG - INV
19h 46m£219–815
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Scotland is to fly which costs £160 - £650 and takes 18h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Scotland is to fly which takes 18h 18m and costs £160 - £700.
The distance between Shanghai and Scotland is 5711 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 18m to get from Shanghai to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:14 AM in Shanghai and 6:14 PM in Scotland.
There are 1467+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Scotland?
KLM, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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