Port-adhair Dhùn Èideann is the Gaelic name that distinguishes the Edinburgh airport, international airport located in Ingliston, just 9 km from the city. It is the most important airport in Scotland as well as the sixth busiest airport in the whole of the United Kingdom. The owner of the complex is the British Global Infrastructure Partners, a majority company at London-Gatwick Airport.

Edinburgh Airport has two runways, and a single, large terminal. Inside, numerous services, shopping areas, duty-free, are available to travelers. There are, of course, plenty of dining options, bars, restaurants, fast-food restaurants to suit all needs, and pockets. The wi-fi line is available almost anywhere.

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Below is the list of the direct connections* with Edinburgh Airport:

AUSTRALIA: Melbourne/Orlando.
AUSTRIA: Innsbruck, Salzburg.
BELGIUM: Brussels, Charleroi.
BULGARIA: Burgas, Sofia.
CANADA: Toronto–Pearson.
CROATIA: Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar.
CYPRUS: Larnaca.
CZECH REP.: Prague
DENMARK: Billund, Copenhagen, Vágar.
ENGLAND: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, London–City, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Newquay, Norwich, Southampton.
FINLAND: Helsinki, Kittilä.
FRANCE: Beauvais, Béziers, Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Chambéry, Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille, Mulhouse/Basel, Nantes, Nice, Paris–CDG, Paris–Orly, Toulouse.
GERMANY: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich.
GIBRALTAR: Gibraltar.
GREECE: Athens, Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Paphos, Preveza/Lefkada, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos.
HUNGARY: Budapest.
ICELAND: Reykjavik–Keflavik.
IRELAND: Belfast–City, Cork, Derry, Dublin, Knock, Shannon.
ISLE OF MAN: Isle of Man.
ITALY: Bergamo, Bologna, Florence, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Rome–Ciampino, Treviso, Turin, Venice, Verona.
LATVIA: Riga.
LITHUANIA: Kaunas.
MALTA: Malta.
MEXICO: Cancún.
MOROCCO: Marrakesh.
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam/The Hague.
NORWAY: Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger.
POLAND: Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze, Wroclaw.
PORTUGAL: Faro, Funchal, Lisbon, Porto.
QATAR: Doha.
ROMANIA: Bucharest.
SCOTLAND: Kirkwall, Stornoway, Sumburgh.
SLOVAKIA: Bratislava.
SPAIN: Alicante, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Madrid, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Palermo, Pisa, Reus, Santander, Seville, Tenerife–South.
SWEDEN: Gothenburg, Stockholm–Arlanda.
SWITZERLAND: Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, Zürich.
TURKEY: Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Izmir.
USA: Boston, Chicago–O’Hare, New York–JFK, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Washington–Dulles.
WALES: Cardiff.

EDINBURGH AIRPORT – CENTER CONNECTIONS

The airport is connected in an excellent and efficient way with Edinburgh. Upon exiting the terminal, you will really be spoiled for choice.

AIRLINK AND SKYLINK

Airlink 100, is an express service that allows you to reach Waverley Bridge in just under half an hour, aboard modern and comfortable buses. The bus operates 7 days a week, with departures every 10 minutes.

Alternatively, you can use the three Skylink express buses. Bus 200, active from around 05:00 to midnight, connects the airport with Ocean Terminal every 30 minutes. Bus 300, which runs from the morning to 11.10pm, connects Cameron Toll every 20 minutes. Finally, bus 400, every 30′, connects Edinburgh Airport and Fort Kinnair.

The ticket for a one-way trip (to/from the airport) at a standard rate costs £4.50, while a return ticket (the latter on an open date) costs £7.50. Reduced, costs 2 and 3 pounds, respectively.

You can also travel aboard the buses by purchasing the advantageous RIDACARD, at a cost of £20 per adult, in the weekly version!