There are 5 ways to get from Glasgow to Penang by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane GLA - PEN
21h 17mRM 1,419–4,125Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane EDI - PEN
21h 31mRM 1,539–4,554Fly Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Alor Setar (AOR)plane GLA - AOR
- Take the train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugortrain
21h 34mRM 1,540–6,078Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Alor Setar, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alor Setar (AOR)plane EDI - AOR
- Take the train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugortrain
22h 8mRM 1,660–6,607Fly Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Hat Yai (HDY)plane GLA - HDY
- Take the train from Hat Yai to Padang Besartrain
- Take the train from Padang Besar to Tasek Gelugortrain
23h 11mRM 1,531–5,600
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Penang International Airport (PEN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Penang is to fly which costs RM 1400 - RM 4200 and takes 21h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Penang is to fly which takes 21h 17m and costs RM 1400 - RM 4200.
The distance between Glasgow and Penang is 10439 km.
It takes approximately 21h 17m to get from Glasgow to Penang, including transfers.
Penang is 7h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 2:09 AM in Glasgow and 9:09 AM in Penang.
There are 2423+ hotels available in Penang.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Penang, Malaysia?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Penang International Airport (PEN) twice daily.
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–7,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–4,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alor Setar via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alor Setar via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Hat Yai via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–6,000
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTM Intercity
Train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 21–29
- Website
- KTM Intercity
Train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 21–29
- Website
- KTM Intercity
Train from Padang Besar to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 35–50
- Website
- KTM Intercity
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTMB
Train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RM 2–21
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 2–4
- Express
- RM 14–21
Train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RM 2–21
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 2–4
- Express
- RM 14–21
Train from Hat Yai to Padang Besar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 1–17
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 1–2
- Express
- RM 11–17
Train from Padang Besar to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 3–27
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 3–6
- Express
- RM 18–27
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTM
Train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 20
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 15–17
- Gold
- RM 20
- Platinum
- RM 23–25
Train from Anak Bukit to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 20
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 15–17
- Gold
- RM 20
- Platinum
- RM 23–25
- Phone
- 1690
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.co.th
Train from Hat Yai to Padang Besar
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 1–110
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- railway.co.th
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- RM 75–110
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- RM 12–15
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- RM 1–3
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- RM 30–34
- 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
- RM 40–80
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- RM 40–80
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 40–80
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- RM 40–80
- 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
- RM 35–55
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 35–55
- Website
- Ember
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