Manchester to Glasgow flight
Flights from Manchester to Glasgow start at €41.44 and take 4h 1m at their fastest.
The Flights from Manchester to Glasgow starts at €41.44 and takes 4h 1m door to door, run by 1 operator over 304 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 1mDoor to door
- 51mMoving
- €41.44From
- 74.8 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loganair | €32.59 | 3h 58m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Rooms within reach of Glasgow Central
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When to book Manchester to Glasgow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.6390 days
- €15.0360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €13.9330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €21.0814 days
- €23.837 days
- €22.183 days
- €34.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €34.28, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €23.28Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €17.78Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €22.73Thu
- €22.73Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Manchester
- MAN
Glasgow
- GLA
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 81% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 19% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 304 km against 295 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Southport, Fylde, Preston, Blackpool. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Manchester at 06:49 and the last at 14:07, across 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 48m | 2h 4m | 44m | €37.74 | 9.7 kg | 16 |
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €41.44 | 74.8 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 4h 39m | 3h 55m | 44m | €17.78 | 8.0 kg | 3 |
Questions about Manchester to Glasgow
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 Manchester to Glasgow take?
The Flight from Manchester to Glasgow takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 51m is spent moving. The route runs 304 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 Manchester to Glasgow cost?
The Flight from Manchester to Glasgow starts at €41.44 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €32.59. 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 Manchester to Glasgow?
1 operators run the Flight from Manchester to Glasgow: Loganair. Between them they file around 2 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 Manchester to Glasgow use?
The Flight from Manchester to Glasgow leaves from Manchester MAN and arrives at Glasgow GLA. 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 Manchester to Glasgow?
Traveling from Manchester to Glasgow by Train costs €37.74 and takes 2h 48m door to door, against 4h 1m 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 Manchester to Glasgow?
Fares for the Flight from Manchester to Glasgow bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Manchester to Glasgow produce?
The Flight from Manchester to Glasgow produces about 74.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 304 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 Manchester to Glasgow on September 12, 2026: 304 km of route against 295 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €41.44, and 4h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
GLA is not in Glasgow, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from GLA into Glasgow?
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