There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Abu Dhabi by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane EDI - AUH
12h 44mAED 898–2,450Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane GLA - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
14h 25mAED 858–3,072Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane EDI - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
13h 44mAED 898–2,250Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane MAN - AUH
13h 33mAED 1,137–2,845Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane EDI - SHJ
- Take the bus from Al Jubail Bus Terminal to Abu Dhabi Central Bus Stationbus
15h 48mAED 888–2,204Train to Newcastle, fly to Dubai International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane NCL - DXB
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
14h 55mAED 1,058–2,920Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hamad International Airport, drive
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hamad International Airport (DOH)plane EDI - DOH
- Drive from Hamad International Airport (DOH) to Abu Dhabicar
14h 55mAED 1,186–4,006
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Abu Dhabi is to fly and bus which costs AED 850 - AED 2200 and takes 15h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Abu Dhabi is to fly which takes 12h 44m and costs AED 900 - AED 2500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi is 5847 km.
It takes approximately 12h 44m to get from Edinburgh to Abu Dhabi, including transfers.
Abu Dhabi is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:34 AM in Edinburgh and 7:34 AM in Abu Dhabi.
There are 1251+ hotels available in Abu Dhabi.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates?
Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Hamad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Hamad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Hamad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Hamad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hamad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hamad International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hamad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,800
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,700
Flights from Newcastle to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,300
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,000
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,300
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- AED 330–550
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- AED 170–290
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- 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
- AED 90–150
- 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
- AED 35–65
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 200–280
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 260–400
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- AED 130–190
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +1 800 665 2122
- Website
- emirates.com
Shuttle from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- emirates.com
Shuttle from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- emirates.com
Shuttle from Dubai Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- emirates.com
- Phone
- +971-6-00525252
- [email protected]
- Website
- srta.gov.ae
Bus from Al Jubail Bus Terminal to Abu Dhabi Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 28–40
- Schedules at
- eforms.srta.gov.ae
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