There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO)plane EDI - TAO
19h 9m¥1,889–5,597Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Qingdao Liuting International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO)plane MAN - TAO
21h 28m¥2,509–7,489Fly Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Yantai Penglai International Airport (YNT)plane EDI - YNT
- Take the bus from Yantai Airport to Yantai Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yantai Bus Station to Qingdao Liuting airportbus
23h 5m¥1,910–5,710Fly Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lianyungang (LYG)plane EDI - LYG
- Take the train from Donghaixian Station to Qingdaotrain
22h 4m¥2,147–6,281Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dongying Shengli Airport (DOY)plane EDI - DOY
- Take the bus from Dongying Jiangzaiya Building to Qingdao Liuting airportbus
33h 21m¥1,890–5,300
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao is to fly and bus which costs ¥1800 - ¥5500 and takes 33h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao is to fly which takes 19h 9m and costs ¥1800 - ¥6000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Qingdao is 8510 km.
It takes approximately 19h 9m to get from Edinburgh to Qingdao, including transfers.
Qingdao is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:15 AM in Edinburgh and 10:15 AM in Qingdao.
There are 254+ hotels available in Qingdao.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Qingdao, China?
Hainan, Air China, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) 6 times a week.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,000
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- yzr.com.cn
Flights from Manchester Airport to Qingdao Liuting International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yantai Penglai International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lianyungang via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- flycua.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dongying Shengli Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
- 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
- ¥600–1,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Donghaixian Station to Qingdao
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥130–150
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥220–250
- Business Class Seat
- ¥320–460
- Phone
- (86+)0532-96567
- Website
- qdairport.com
Bus from Yantai Bus Station to Qingdao Liuting airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥85
- Schedules at
- qdairport.com
Bus from Dongying Jiangzaiya Building to Qingdao Liuting airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥130
- Schedules at
- qdairport.com
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