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)PVG - GLA
17h 59m£145–455Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)SHA - EDI
20h 5m£169–595Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)PVG - ABZ
18h 20m£195–605Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Newcastle (NCL)PVG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
22h 35m£165–569Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)PVG - EDI
18h 32m£145–425Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)PVG - INV
22h 54m£202–615Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)PVG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
19h 16m£319–1,000
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 £140 - £430 and takes 18h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Scotland is to fly which takes 17h 59m and costs £140 - £460.
The distance between Shanghai and Scotland is 5710 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 59m to get from Shanghai to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 6:21 AM in Shanghai and 10:21 PM in Scotland.
There are 1363+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Scotland?
British Airways, KLM, and five 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
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–800
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
- £200–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, 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 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–410
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- 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
- £150–600
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–470
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Daxing, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–420
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- 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 Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–95
- 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 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 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 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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