Cheap flights from Edinburgh to Australia from £487

You can get flights to Australia from Edinburgh with ease, with Edinburgh Airport (EDI) offering many routes throughout the week to cities all across Australia. Getting to Edinburgh Airport is quick and easy, so you can get your trip off to the best possible start. Get the Airlink bus (service 100) from the centre of the city, which takes approximately 30min to arrive at the terminal and costs about £2.50. If you're flying to Sydney Airport (SYD), you can continue your journey quickly, by either getting the T8 South Line train or the 400 or 420 bus. These take roughly 13min and 1h respectively and cost in the region of A$ 15 (£8.30) and A$ 2.30 (£1.30) each. Should you be landing at Melbourne Airport (MEL), you can get the SkyBus to the centre in about 20min, which will cost you around A$ 12 (£6.70), whilst those who land on the west coast at Perth Airport (PER) can get bus 380 or bus 40, which take about 40min and cost around A$ 4.50 (£2.50).

Unfortunately, there are no airlines which fly directly from Edinburgh to anywhere in Australia; however, there are many options that allow you to take an indirect flight. You could, for example, take a flight to Sydney Airport with either Qatar Airways or British Airways, which both require one stop along the way at Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha and take around 24h to arrive, whilst there is also a range of multi-airline flights you can take which require two stops before Sydney. You could, for example, fly with Qatar Airways and Qantas Airways, which stop along the way in Doha and also at Melbourne Airport. This route takes approximately 26h in total. Should you be flying to Perth Airport, you could opt for a flight with British Airways too, which takes about 24h and stops at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and also in Doha. Alternatively, you could also fly to Melbourne Airport with Etihad Airways, which takes about 26h and requires stops at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) and Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). In general, there isn’t much difference in price, but it may be slightly cheaper to fly with two stops rather than one.

As there aren’t any indirect routes between Edinburgh and Australia, you might want to consider which is the best place to layover at. If you're flying to Sydney Airport, one of the most common places for a layover is at Hamad International Airport in Doha; The time for the transfer tends to be about 2h 50min. Whilst this is a likely layover for those flying to Sydney Airport, it is also a common airport to transfer in for trips to Perth Airport too, with the transfer time being around 2h 30min. For those flying to Melbourne Airport, one of the more popular layover airports is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which has a layover time of roughly 2h 45min. One of the longest layover routes is to Melbourne Airport via London City Airport (LCY) and Kuala Lumpur Airport (KUL), which has a total time of around 38h 30min.

British citizens will need to get a visa before travel, which can be applied for online. Your passport will need to be valid for the entirety of your stay.

Located just 6.8 mi from the city center, Edinburgh Turnhouse (EDI) is the airport most travelers will use when flying to Australia from Edinburgh.

£726 is the cheapest one-way deal found within the past few days, from Lufthansa. You may also be able to find cheap deals on United Airlines and Qatar Airways, with prices starting from £727 and £768, respectively.

The most popular flight routes from Edinburgh to Australia are Edinburgh Turnhouse - Melbourne, Edinburgh Turnhouse - Sydney Kingsford Smith and Edinburgh Turnhouse - Perth.

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Currently, May is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from Edinburgh to Australia (average of £985). Flying from Edinburgh to Australia in January is currently the most expensive (average of £1,502). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.