There are 7 ways to get from China to Glasgow by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PEK - GLA
16h 25m£195–609Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PKX - GLA
17h 11m£177–610Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PKX - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
17h 28m£181–565Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PEK - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
15h 32m£419–914Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PEK - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
19h 33m£242–719Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PEK - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 7m£370–1,034Fly Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CAN - GLA
19h 6m£184–606
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from China to Glasgow is to train and fly and bus which costs £180 - £600 and takes 17h 28m.
The fastest way to get from China to Glasgow is to fly and bus which takes 15h 32m and costs £410 - £950.
The distance between China and Glasgow is 5021 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 25m to get from China to Glasgow, including transfers.
There are 1529+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between China and Glasgow, Scotland?
Air China, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- 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 Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- 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
- £28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
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