There are 6 ways to get from Ottawa to Glasgow by plane or train
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Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
best- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YOW - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
12h 46m£249–741Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane YOW - GLA
12h 11m£145–557Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YUL - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
11h 35m£288–813Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane YUL - GLA
12h 55m£154–729Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Newcastle (NCL)plane YOW - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
16h 11m£210–767Train to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YYZ - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
15h 3m£293–808
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ottawa to Glasgow is to fly which costs £140 - £600 and takes 12h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Ottawa to Glasgow is to train and fly which takes 11h 35m and costs £280 - £850.
The distance between Ottawa and Glasgow is 3175 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 46m to get from Ottawa to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 4h ahead of Ottawa. It is currently 4:29 PM in Ottawa and 8:29 PM in Glasgow.
There are 1539+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Ottawa, ON, Canada and Glasgow, Scotland?
Porter Airlines, Air Transat, and six other airlines fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–650
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–490
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–490
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–490
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–450
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–450
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–440
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Newcastle via Toronto Pearson International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–1,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–130
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- £20–65
- Business
- £40–120
- Business Plus
- £50–130
- Economy
- £22–70
- Economy Plus
- £25–75
Train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–130
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- £20–65
- Business
- £40–120
- Business Plus
- £50–130
- Economy
- £22–70
- Economy Plus
- £25–75
Train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- £55–130
- Business
- £80–170
- Business Plus
- £90–170
- Economy
- £60–140
- Economy Plus
- £65–140
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- 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
- £50–80
- 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
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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