There are 6 ways to get from Glasgow to Cook Islands by bus, plane, or train
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Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)plane EDI - RAR
37h 21m$1,312–3,131Bus to Campbeltown, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Wellpark Cottagesbus
- Fly from Campbeltown (CAL) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)plane CAL - RAR
43h 48m$598–1,391Fly from Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)plane GLA - RAR
34h 52m$1,207–2,918Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)plane NCL - RAR
40h 32m$913–3,098Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)plane ABZ - RAR
38h 25m$1,900–4,388Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)plane LPL - RAR
39h 34m$1,517–3,502
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Cook Islands is to bus and fly which costs $600 - $1,400 and takes 43h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Cook Islands is to fly which takes 34h 52m and costs $1,200 - $3,000.
The distance between Glasgow and Cook Islands is 15757 km.
It takes approximately 37h 21m to get from Glasgow to Cook Islands, including transfers.
Cook Islands is 11h behind Glasgow. It is currently 4:34 AM in Glasgow and 5:34 PM in Cook Islands.
There are 238+ hotels available in Cook Islands.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Cook Islands?
British Airways, Air Tahiti Nui, and seven other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) once daily.
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Newark, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,400
Flights from Campbeltown to Rarotonga International Airport via Glasgow Airport, Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 32m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–4,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–4,200
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,300
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
- Website
- airraro.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Newark, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,400
Flights from Campbeltown to Rarotonga International Airport via Glasgow Airport, Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–4,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–4,200
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 33m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,300
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- $10–20
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Wellpark Cottages
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- $30–65
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