Fastest€60.91
- Lufthansa L460508:061h 6m09:12Edinburgh EDILondon LHR
Door to door 4h 16mCO2 135.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Edinburgh to London flight
Flights from Edinburgh to London start at €58.55 and take 4h 16m at their fastest.
The Flights from Edinburgh to London starts at €58.55 and takes 4h 16m door to door, run by 12 operators over 550 km, with around 96 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 16mDoor to door
- 1h 6mMoving
- €58.55From
- 135.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 British Airways | €52.06 |
| BA CityFlyer | €53.24 |
 Aer Lingus | €50.29 |
 Ryanair | €50.88 |
 Lufthansa | €52.65 |
 Jet2.com | €50.88 |
 Air New Zealand | €53.24 |
| Ryanair UK | €50.88 |
| easyJet | €50.29 |
 Virgin Atlantic Airways | €55.01 |
 CityJet | €51.47 |
| Titan Airways | €53.83 |
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When to book Edinburgh to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.8890 days
- €19.9860 days
- €21.6345 days
- €20.5330 days
- €28.7821 days
- €36.4814 days
- €43.637 days
- €41.983 days
- €57.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 187 percent. The most expensive point is €57.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €33.18Sun
- €29.33Mon
- €29.33Tue
- €31.53Wed
- €38.13Thu
- €34.83Fri
- €36.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Edinburgh
Air
- EDI
London
Air
- LGW
- STN
- LHR
- LTN
- LCY
- SEN
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 550 km against 534 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Edinburgh at 06:09 and the last at 20:55, across 96 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 16m | 1h 6m | 3h 10m | €58.55 | 135.3 kg | 96 |
| Train | 4h 23m | 3h 39m | 44m | €66.89 | 17.6 kg | 36 |
| Coach | 7h 42m | 6h 58m | 44m | €29.33 | 14.4 kg | 12 |
Questions about Edinburgh to London
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Edinburgh to London take?
The Flight from Edinburgh to London takes 4h 16m door to door, of which 1h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 550 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Edinburgh to London cost?
The Flight from Edinburgh to London starts at €58.55 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €61.50. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Edinburgh to London?
12 operators run the Flight from Edinburgh to London: British Airways, BA CityFlyer, Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Lufthansa. Between them they file around 96 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Edinburgh to London use?
The Flight from Edinburgh to London leaves from Edinburgh EDI and arrives at London LHR. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Edinburgh to London?
Traveling from Edinburgh to London by Coach costs €29.33 and takes 7h 42m door to door, against 4h 16m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Edinburgh to London?
Fares for the Flight from Edinburgh to London bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 187 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Edinburgh to London produce?
The Flight from Edinburgh to London produces about 135.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 550 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Edinburgh to London on September 12, 2026: 550 km of route against 534 km in a straight line, 96 services a day, 12 operators, a cheapest fare of €58.55, and 4h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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