There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Glasgow by plane or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PVG - GLA
18h 25m£168–455Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SHA - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
21h 3m£357–689Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
19h 30m£172–465Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PVG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
23h 52m£223–601Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PVG - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
22h 35m£294–763Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SHA - GLA
20h 18m£213–499Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Glasgow Centraltrain
19h 23m£378–686
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Glasgow is to fly which costs £160 - £460 and takes 18h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Glasgow is to fly which takes 18h 25m and costs £160 - £460.
The distance between Shanghai and Glasgow is 5711 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 25m to get from Shanghai to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 1:30 PM in Shanghai and 5:30 AM in Glasgow.
There are 1530+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Glasgow, Scotland?
KLM, China Eastern Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) twice daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zhengzhou, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £150–420
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–490
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Qingdao, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–450
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–450
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–500
- 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 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- 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
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- 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
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
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