There are 7 ways to get from Glasgow to Brisbane by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane GLA - BNE
25h 36m$1,226–2,335Bus to Campbeltown, fly to Brisbane Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Wellpark Cottagesbus
- Fly from Campbeltown (CAL) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane CAL - BNE
34h 2m$536–1,463Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane EDI - BNE
27h 5m$1,033–2,045Fly Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Gold Coast Airport (OOL)plane GLA - OOL
- Take the train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3train
33h 5m$759–2,637Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane NCL - BNE
28h 41m$1,091–1,853Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Gold Coast Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Gold Coast Airport (OOL)plane EDI - OOL
- Take the train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3train
30h 59m$1,016–3,147Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane MAN - BNE
29h 50m$1,100–2,274
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Brisbane is to bus and fly which costs $500 - $1,500 and takes 34h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Brisbane is to fly which takes 25h 36m and costs $1,200 - $2,400.
The distance between Glasgow and Brisbane is 16405 km.
It takes approximately 25h 36m to get from Glasgow to Brisbane, including transfers.
Brisbane is 9h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 5:23 AM in Glasgow and 2:23 PM in Brisbane.
There are 2581+ hotels available in Brisbane.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Brisbane, QLD, Australia?
Emirates, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Newcastle to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Campbeltown to Brisbane Airport via Glasgow Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Newcastle to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Campbeltown to Brisbane Airport via Glasgow Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- 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
- $100–160
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–28
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $14–28
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–28
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $14–28
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Wellpark Cottages
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $45–90
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- Ember
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