There are 5 ways to get from Glasgow to Alexandria by train, plane, 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.
Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Alexandria
best- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alexandria (ALY)plane EDI - ALY
11h 41m$194–802Fly Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane GLA - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandriabus
14h 18m$146–514Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane EDI - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandriabus
14h 29m$224–389Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Alexandria
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Alexandria (ALY)plane MAN - ALY
13h 41m$262–870Fly Glasgow Airport to Alexandria
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Alexandria (ALY)plane GLA - ALY
16h 11m$196–707
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alexandria (ALY) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Alexandria is to train and fly and bus which costs $220 - $390 and takes 14h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Alexandria is to train and fly which takes 11h 41m and costs $190 - $800.
The distance between Glasgow and Alexandria is 3866 km.
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Glasgow to Alexandria, including transfers.
Alexandria is 2h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 2:51 AM in Glasgow and 4:51 AM in Alexandria.
There are 1192+ hotels available in Alexandria.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Alexandria, Egypt?
easyJet, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Alexandria (ALY) 5 times a week.
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alexandria via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 51m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alexandria via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alexandria via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alexandria via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alexandria via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alexandria via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alexandria via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 15649
- Website
- West and Central Delta
Bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–8
- Schedules at
- West and Central Delta
Bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–8
- Schedules at
- West and Central Delta
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