There are 8 ways to get from Sydney to Scotland by plane or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SYD - EDI
27h 4m£490–1,722Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane SYD - INV
31h 21m£424–1,121Fly to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SYD - GLA
27h 18m£513–2,317Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SYD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
28h 27m£636–1,306Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane SYD - DND
31h 57m£432–1,215Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SYD - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
29h 39m£539–2,161Fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SYD - ABZ
30h 41m£615–4,519Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SYD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
31h 48m£510–1,592
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Scotland is to fly which costs £490 - £1,800 and takes 27h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Scotland is to fly which takes 27h 4m and costs £490 - £1,800.
The distance between Sydney and Scotland is 10570 miles.
It takes approximately 27h 4m to get from Sydney to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 10h behind Sydney. It is currently 2:03 AM in Sydney and 4:03 PM in Scotland.
There are 551+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Scotland?
Emirates, Virgin Australia, and Qatar Airways fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–650
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dubai, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Beijing Capital, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–850
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,500
- 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
- £65–90
- 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
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- 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/
Train from Birmingham International to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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