£254 Find Cheap Flights from Edinburgh to China

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Cheap Flights from Edinburgh to China

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Shanghai
Shanghai1 stop£584
Beijing
Beijing1 stop£578
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops£753
Shenzhen
Shenzhen1 stop£829
Fuzhou
Fuzhou2 stops£631
Chengdu
Chengdu2 stops£769
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops£776
Hangzhou
Hangzhou1 stop£840
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops£657
Wuhan
Wuhan1 stop£910
Sanya
Sanya2 stops£881
Dalian
Dalian2 stops£790
Nanning
Nanning2 stops£710
Shanghai
Shanghai1 stop£584
Beijing
Beijing1 stop£578
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops£753
Shenzhen
Shenzhen1 stop£829
Fuzhou
Fuzhou2 stops£631
Chengdu
Chengdu2 stops£769
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops£776
Hangzhou
Hangzhou1 stop£840
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops£657
Wuhan
Wuhan1 stop£910
Sanya
Sanya2 stops£881
Dalian
Dalian2 stops£790
Nanning
Nanning2 stops£710

Book Cheap Edinburgh to China Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Edinburgh to China that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Edinburgh to China

mar., 1 sep. - mar., 8 sep.
Multiple Airlines Logo
06:15 - 05:10
EDI
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PEK
15h 55m
1 stop
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02:50 - 15:40
PEK
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EDI
19h 50m
1 stop
£578Multiple Airlines
mié., 30 sep. - dom., 18 oct.
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11:05 - 12:10
EDI
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PVG
18h 05m
1 stop
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20:50 - 17:05
PVG
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EDI
27h 15m
2 stops
£584Multiple Airlines
mar., 29 sep. - dom., 18 oct.
Finnair Logo
18:05 - 18:25
EDI
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PVG
17h 20m
1 stop
Finnair Logo
20:50 - 07:40
PVG
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EDI
17h 50m
1 stop
£591Finnair
mar., 29 sep. - dom., 18 oct.
Finnair Logo
18:05 - 18:25
EDI
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PVG
17h 20m
1 stop
Finnair Logo
20:50 - 21:55
PVG
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EDI
32h 05m
2 stops
£602Finnair
mar., 29 sep. - dom., 18 oct.
China Southern Logo
15:35 - 10:25
EDI
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PVG
35h 50m
2 stops
China Southern Logo
07:50 - 23:00
PVG
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EDI
22h 10m
2 stops
£608China Southern
mar., 29 sep. - dom., 18 oct.
China Southern Logo
18:30 - 22:20
EDI
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SHA
20h 50m
2 stops
China Southern Logo
08:35 - 23:00
SHA
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EDI
21h 25m
2 stops
£617China Southern
mar., 29 sep. - dom., 18 oct.
Hainan Airlines Logo
12:00 - 10:00
EDI
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SHA
15h 00m
1 stop
Hainan Airlines Logo
19:00 - 07:00
SHA
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EDI
19h 00m
1 stop
£698Hainan Airlines
vie., 23 oct. - sáb., 14 nov.
China Eastern Logo
13:10 - 23:30
EDI
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CAN
27h 20m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
17:30 - 23:10
CAN
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EDI
37h 40m
2 stops
£755China Eastern
jue., 19 nov. - lun., 23 nov.
China Eastern Logo
11:40 - 12:35
EDI
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CTU
40h 55m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
14:35 - 23:10
CTU
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EDI
40h 35m
2 stops
£774China Eastern
sáb., 12 sep. - sáb., 26 sep.
Hainan Airlines Logo
12:00 - 19:55
EDI
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CAN
24h 55m
1 stop
Hainan Airlines Logo
19:00 - 07:00
CAN
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EDI
19h 00m
1 stop
£775Hainan Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Edinburgh to China flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Edinburgh to China to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Edinburgh to China flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to China from Edinburgh found in the last 72 hours was to Beijing, at £625 return. The most popular route is from Edinburgh (EDI) to Beijing Capital Airport (PEK), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £625.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Edinburgh to China?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of £702, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Edinburgh to China?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Edinburgh to China, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Edinburgh to China is October, when tickets cost £273 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of return tickets is £599 and £502 respectively.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Edinburgh to China

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight£254
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (83% more expensive on average)
Flight from Edinburgh to Shanghai Pudong Airport

FAQs - booking China flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Edinburgh to China?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Edinburgh to China.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Edinburgh to China?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Edinburgh to China is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Edinburgh to China?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Edinburgh to China with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Edinburgh to China?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Edinburgh to China up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Edinburgh to China

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Edinburgh to China? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.3
Hainan AirlinesOverall score based on 66 reviews
8.5Boarding
8.3Food
8.1Comfort
8.8Crew
7.7Entertainment
Airline reviews

The seats and service exceeded expectation for the price I paid for.

8.0 ExcellentDamien, Apr 2026
HKG - HAK
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The seats and service exceeded expectation for the price I paid for.

My first time flying Hainan Airlines. Boarding process was easy and quick. Staff was friendly and helpful. Food was a simple, hot meal which we don’t see much any more on short flights in the US. Only water, coffee or tea to drink but it was only a two hour flight. Overall pleasing experience.

The absolute worst experience I’ve ever had flying. I am a regular flyer and was transferring from Seoul to Beijing to the USA. I was told the companies were partnered so no need to pick up my baggage, I got through eventually after a terribly confusing airport and unhelpful staff, had issues with the check in counter where they didn’t understand my baggage tag from the previous airline and that my bag needed transferring (which as a company partnership they should have communication like this) and then I got through extremely stressful security with multiple stops and the plane was poor quality (same exact quality as my 1.5 hour flight there) for a 16 hour flight with poor food quality, slow trash service, and less than 15 movies total for flight options I was absolutely over it. My only good thing was I was lucky enough to be sitting by myself in a row

Great although I believe they are able to redistuibute the passangers in a more comfortable way if the flight is not full dor such long flights. Unless the seats are paid for, of coruse.

Good flight, on time. The aircraft was old and the seats lost their shapes. Food was just acceptable.

Two hours delayed departure ! Lost one of our luggage! Two days later found the luggage, again waiting for more than two hours to get the lost luggage because locked at other airline office.

Hainan Airlines was amongst the best. It's sad to see her becoming just mediocre. I recommended her as outstanding. I won't recommend her again.

Such amazing service! Wonderful flight attendants who actually care about the passengers and go out of their way to make our journey easier!!

They asked how much cash i have . I said no cash they said bring cash from atm . Why they even care about my cash.

Flight was scheduled to depart at 1210 hrs. It was delayed 1 hour 20 minutes (maybe for air traffic control reasons). The seats were worn out and very uncomfortable. Lunch was typical for airline. Flight free were friendly.

As always, it’s a pleasure to travel with KLM. It is one of my favorite airlines.

Brand new plane lots of room the snack was very flavourful and enjoyable

There were no charge points for phones on the economy seats. The seats were comfortable overall. Food was okay.. flight was on time

The flight was delayed. The aircraft was unclean. Promised seat was not given due to change in Aircraft. Not one crew on ground was in a position to give any response. Amsterdam Airport is AVIODABLE Over crowded. Over Expensive. Poor Services.

It was really nice experience by flying this klm flight.I personally recommend everyone to please try this klm flight

Crew is not the cheerful type. very slow meal service (this is their style as have flown this many times)

Empty seats next to me - wish it had been for a longer flight!!

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

Flight was ok but lack of communication cost me to literally beg to be put on another flight as connecting flight had departed

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

Poor seats. Not helpful crew. The food was awful.overall very very bad experience. Traveled with the family of 5

did not get a notification about seat selection ahead of time. We didn't end up sitting together.

I was denied boarding at the Brisbane airport and it seems like I won’t get any refunds from the airline

In my return flight they couldn’t identify my ticket or boarding pass, I had to go to 3 different counters until I was able to get my boarding pass. The food was on, it was the bear minimum. They didn’t even recognise that I was a Muslim and can’t eat meat, chicken or pork. In one of the trays I believe they served me pork. The staff were very pleasant, but they need to be aware of their surroundings more carefully, one of them stuck her lower belly right into my face! I was shocked and very uncomfortable.

Overall I had good experience with China Southern airline. Nothing to claim. I hoped they could improve the meal quality that is.

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

The connection between LA and Atlanta was too much stress

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

Staff are friendly and the pilot when we landed very smooth.

Food could of been a bit more premium, but everything was excellent. LOVED the innovative boarding drinks and terrific service!

Turkish Airlines lost my reservation!!! I had to wait 8 hours for the next flight. They provided me with no food no water. Completely ridiculous!!! Never fly on this airline.

Very bad boarding staff. I was flying business. We were stashed in a bus as much as it could be filled with business then economy passengers. By the time we have reached the plane we have waithed 10 more minutes inside the bus mext to the plane because of some documental work in the plane. I guess TGS -Turkish Airlines Ground Services forgot yo radio the plane if it was ready.

Staff could have been friendlier and offered drinks more often

The connecting flight experience was okay. Flight crew's service were great upon settling. However, it wasn't the same as previous flight. Flight crew were okay - friendly, however, not as accommodating.

Good overall. Seat spacing a bit tight between IST and ISB.

They have adopted a crazy "no paper boarding passes at all cost policy". We spent half an our at the checkin stall – my elderly mother and her grandchildren were flying. She had no phone reception for some reason (besides being an inexperienced smartphone user), the kids had dumbphones, And they still won't issue a paper boarding pass. We had to do a lengthy dance with getting the boarding pass SMS on my phone and transferring them to her phone via WiFi. This was horrible, honestly. I can't imagine how they could manage it without me being there. Trees (and airline profits) should be less important than people.

it was great honestly for the melbourne flight a kit with blindfold and slippers was probided to each passenger on the seat and the food was really great will definitely recommend people take turkish airlines for travel not just on the sin-melbourne route.

The crew on this flight provided exceptional business class service to me.

This was my first time ever flying China Eatern and it will not be my last. I was very satisfied with my whole experience and trip. Thank you very much and until soon.

It was just fine. The sirlines did live up fully to my expectation.

The flight was delayed. The staff made us wait in the room that is too small and it was crowded and with no seats available for waiting. They did not tell us why the delay occurred.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking at the gate, then there was another ticket checking at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Not sure which idiot made this absolutely unnecessary arrangement.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking by the gate, then there was another ticket checking right at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Don't understand why the duplication?

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

Plane was good. But food was bad and air host was so rude. I will never fly with China Eastern again

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

The ticket was last minute buy so no concerns about the pricing this time, but the crew in general could have been more accommodating, helpful.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

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