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
19h 13m£155–456Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SHA - GLA
20h 6m£150–550Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PVG - ABZ
19h 11m£205–606Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
18h 34m£155–446Fly 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
19h 45m£201–720Fly 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 21m£338–1,016Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PVG - INV
22h 53m£210–622
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 £150 - £450 and takes 18h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Scotland is to fly which takes 18h 34m and costs £150 - £450.
The distance between Shanghai and Scotland is 5711 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 13m to get from Shanghai to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 5:10 AM in Shanghai and 9:10 PM in Scotland.
There are 1384+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Scotland?
KLM, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Qingdao, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Brussels, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–550
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–550
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–490
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–85
- 1st Class
- £110–160
- 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
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £24–35
- 1st Class
- £45–60
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £25–30
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–50
- 1st Class
- £65–85
- 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
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- 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
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–11
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £70–100
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £120–180
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