There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Glasgow Airport (GLA) by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MEL - GLA
25h 14m£505–965Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane MEL - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
33h 1m£405–988Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MEL - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
27h 20m£505–939Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MEL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
29h 53m£713–1,259Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
29h 28m£512–1,020Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MEL - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
31h 13m£613–1,110
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Glasgow Airport (GLA) is to fly and bus which costs £500 - £950 and takes 27h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Glasgow Airport (GLA) is to fly which takes 25h 14m and costs £500 - £1,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Glasgow Airport (GLA) is 10617 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 14m to get from Melbourne to Glasgow Airport (GLA), including transfers.
Glasgow Airport (GLA) is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 7:29 AM in Melbourne and 10:29 PM in Glasgow Airport (GLA).
There are 1573+ hotels available in Glasgow Airport (GLA).
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Glasgow Airport (GLA), Scotland?
Emirates flies from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £380–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £350–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £350–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £380–700
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
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