There are 7 ways to get from Sri Lanka to Manchester by plane or train
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Fly to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
13h 33m£309–564Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CMB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
16h 27m£336–668Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane CMB - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
19h 30m£359–932Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CMB - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
15h 13m£350–734Fly 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
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
15h 21m£370–735Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CMB - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Manchester Victoriatrain
17h 46m£400–543Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CMB - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
17h 8m£454–1,435
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sri Lanka to Manchester is to fly which costs £300 - £600 and takes 13h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Sri Lanka to Manchester is to fly which takes 13h 33m and costs £300 - £600.
The distance between Sri Lanka and Manchester is 5547 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 33m to get from Sri Lanka to Manchester, including transfers.
Manchester is 4h 30m behind Sri Lanka. It is currently 3:13 AM in Sri Lanka and 10:43 PM in Manchester.
There are 3612+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Sri Lanka and Manchester, England?
Qatar Airways, Etihad, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- 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 Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- 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 Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
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 Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,400
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- 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 Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- 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
- £370–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
- 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
- jet2.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Sharjah, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £380–950
- 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
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
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