There are 7 ways to get from Sri Lanka to London by plane or train
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Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CMB - LHR
12h 21m£287–643Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CMB - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
16h 10m£204–733Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CMB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
12h 44m£308–633Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CMB - STN
14h 27m£393–1,235Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London City Airport (LCY)plane CMB - LCY
15h 8m£508–1,912Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CMB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
15h 13m£329–643Fly Jaffna to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Jaffna (JAF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane JAF - LHR
21h 38m£513–1,038
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sri Lanka to London is to fly and train which costs £200 - £750 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sri Lanka to London is to fly which takes 12h 21m and costs £280 - £650.
The distance between Sri Lanka and London is 5468 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 21m to get from Sri Lanka to London, including transfers.
London is 4h 30m behind Sri Lanka. It is currently 4:01 PM in Sri Lanka and 11:31 AM in London.
There are 20830+ hotels available in London.
What companies run services between Sri Lanka and London, England?
SriLankan Airlines, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Jaffna to London Heathrow Airport via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Kuwait, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Muscat, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £330–800
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–850
Flights from Jaffna to London Heathrow Airport via Madras, Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
Flights from Jaffna to London Heathrow Airport via Madras, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,500
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–600
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–800
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Jaffna to London Heathrow Airport via Tiruchirapalli, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
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