There are 8 ways to get from Chennai to Scotland by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MAA - EDI
17h 9m£310–460Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BLR - EDI
22h 32m£193–677Fly Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MAA - GLA
17h 35m£213–705Fly Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane MAA - ABZ
17h 52m£294–957Fly Chennai International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MAA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 25m£261–835Fly Chennai International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane MAA - INV
21h 5m£293–957Fly Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MAA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
20h 10m£282–555Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BLR - ABZ
22h 45m£257–974
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Scotland is to fly and train which costs £280 - £600 and takes 20h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Scotland is to fly which takes 17h 9m and costs £310 - £460.
The distance between Chennai and Scotland is 5274 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 9m to get from Chennai to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 5h 30m behind Chennai. It is currently 3:22 AM in Chennai and 9:52 PM in Scotland.
There are 1537+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Scotland?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and two other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Hyderabad, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Newcastle via Kempegowda International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–800
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–800
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–800
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–750
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–500
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £1–14
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- £1–3
- Third AC (3A)
- £4–6
- Second AC (2A)
- £6–9
- First Class (1A)
- £11–14
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £1–14
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- £1–3
- Third AC (3A)
- £4–6
- Second AC (2A)
- £6–9
- First Class (1A)
- £11–14
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- BMTC
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- BMTC
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- £1
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- £1–3
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- BMTC
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- £1
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- £1–3
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