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Cheap Flights from Edinburgh to Crete

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Heraklion
Heraklion1 stop£113
Chania
Chania1 stop£137
Heraklion
Heraklion1 stop£113
Chania
Chania1 stop£137

Book Cheap Edinburgh to Crete Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Edinburgh to Crete 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 Crete

Tue, 29 Sep - Tue, 6 Oct
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:15 - 17:05
EDI
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HER
18h 50m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
09:55 - 09:45
HER
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EDI
25h 50m
1 stop
£113Multiple Airlines
Tue, 29 Sep - Tue, 6 Oct
Multiple Airlines Logo
13:50 - 11:35
EDI
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HER
19h 45m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
09:55 - 22:40
HER
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EDI
14h 45m
2 stops
£122Multiple Airlines
Thu, 13 Aug - Thu, 20 Aug
Jet2 Logo
15:55 - 22:20
EDI
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HER
4h 25mdirect
Jet2 Logo
23:15 - 01:55
HER
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EDI
4h 40mdirect
£143Jet2
Thu, 13 Aug - Thu, 20 Aug
Jet2 Logo
15:55 - 22:20
EDI
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HER
4h 25mdirect
Jet2 Logo
23:15 - 01:55
HER
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EDI
4h 40mdirect
£143Jet2
Thu, 8 Oct - Wed, 14 Oct
easyJet Logo
15:20 - 04:05
EDI
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HER
10h 45m
1 stop
easyJet Logo
00:45 - 13:05
HER
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EDI
14h 20m
1 stop
£144easyJet
Sat, 7 Nov - Sat, 14 Nov
easyJet Logo
06:15 - 13:20
EDI
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HER
29h 05m
1 stop
easyJet Logo
20:20 - 17:20
HER
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EDI
23h 00m
1 stop
£147easyJet
Thu, 14 Jan - Thu, 21 Jan
Aegean Airlines Logo
11:55 - 19:50
EDI
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HER
5h 55m
1 stop
Aegean Airlines Logo
06:00 - 11:05
HER
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EDI
7h 05m
1 stop
£236Aegean Airlines
Thu, 21 Jan - Thu, 28 Jan
Aegean Airlines Logo
11:55 - 21:10
EDI
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HER
7h 15m
1 stop
Aegean Airlines Logo
06:00 - 11:05
HER
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EDI
7h 05m
1 stop
£236Aegean Airlines
Mon, 10 Aug - Tue, 18 Aug
KLM Logo
05:45 - 20:00
EDI
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HER
12h 15m
1 stop
KLM Logo
22:20 - 10:15
HER
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EDI
13h 55m
1 stop
£278KLM
Mon, 10 Aug - Tue, 18 Aug
KLM Logo
05:45 - 20:00
EDI
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HER
12h 15m
1 stop
KLM Logo
22:20 - 10:15
HER
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EDI
13h 55m
1 stop
£278KLM
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Edinburgh to Crete flights

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

How much is a return flight from Edinburgh to Crete?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Edinburgh to Crete departing in September.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Crete from Edinburgh usually cost between £239 and £392 in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was £113 on Multiple Airlines (29 Sept–6 Oct).

What is the cheapest Edinburgh to Crete flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Crete from Edinburgh found in the last 5 days was to Heraklion, at £172 return. The most popular route is from Edinburgh (EDI) to Heraklion (HER), and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £172.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Crete?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Edinburgh to Crete depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Crete is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost £321 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Crete is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £396.

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

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.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops stopover the cheapest option at £266 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Edinburgh to Crete, 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 Crete is January, when tickets cost £0 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and December, when the average cost of return tickets is £492 and £462 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Edinburgh to Crete?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Edinburgh to Crete, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on the flight from Edinburgh to Crete, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 2 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Edinburgh to Crete

Low season

November

Cheapest flight

£41
Best time to beat the crowds (6% less expensive on average)
Flight from Edinburgh to Heraklion

FAQs - booking Crete flights

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

    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 Crete.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Edinburgh to Crete 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 Crete?

    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 Crete 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 Crete?

    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 Crete up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many flights are there between Edinburgh and Crete per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 direct flight a day that takes off from Edinburgh and lands in Crete, with an average flight time of 4h 27m. The most common departure time is 14:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 5 flights.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Edinburgh to Crete

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Edinburgh to Crete. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Edinburgh to Crete? 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.
8.2
Jet2Overall score based on 193 reviews
7.2Food
7.7Comfort
6.2Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.1Boarding
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Generally excellent but a couple of areas could be improved. After boarding we were delayed a full 20 mins whilst various ground crew, flight crew, captain faffed around counting and recounting passengers. Said discrepancy between computer and manual. All OK in the end. So why o why did it take 20 mins to find all OK? No sense of urgency shown Secondly the seat base is just not supportive/resilienfor a 4½ hour journey - backside really aching by journey end.

8.0 ExcellentColin, Mar 2026
BOH - AYT
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Generally excellent but a couple of areas could be improved. After boarding we were delayed a full 20 mins whilst various ground crew, flight crew, captain faffed around counting and recounting passengers. Said discrepancy between computer and manual. All OK in the end. So why o why did it take 20 mins to find all OK? No sense of urgency shown Secondly the seat base is just not supportive/resilienfor a 4½ hour journey - backside really aching by journey end.

The staff are just so friendly travelling alone was a bit scary but they made me feel comfortable and nothing was to much bother I loved how one of the girls was talking to the old ladies she really took time thank you jet2 shame I can’t get home with u guys 🥲

On time flight. Reasonable comfortable but a bit cramped. Excellent jet 2 staff as usual.

A good flight with friendly crew and check-in but disembarking was chaotic and badly managed

Flights were on time, boarding was straight forward. Very good attentive staf

Delays on both journeys - only found out before geting to the airport as had created trip within Kayak.

There is nothing I can think.of that jet2 need to improve They offer a great package. Very efficient

All was good but they should bring back seat pockets. It’s difficult trying to travel with small children and keep having to get stuff out of flight bag and then have nowhere to put it!

The flight was okay, seats slightly more comfortable than Easy jet, but wouldn’t want to fly much more than 3.5 hours in those seats, hard and uncomfortable for further journeys. Boarding was okay, never eat or drink on Eco airlines, food not good and expensive for what you get. But it is what it is, and for the price one can not really complain.

Excellent outbound flight to Arrecife on a new very clean Airbus with great flight crew. Flight was only delayed around 10-15 mins and boarding was very good. Comms from pilots and crew was very welcoming and excellent throughout flight.

Crew was great, service was good, flight went well. Originally, the flight was advertised with WiFi… including during check in… and nada.

Aegan Airlines compensates for its outdated business-class seats with excellent food and onboard crew service. Launge was also excellent.

For a business class, it barely met the standards of a basic economy on most carriers. The seat would barely recline; no pillow or blanket unless you ask a crew member; no leg rest (at least in the 1st row). The crew was friendly and attentive, except for one male crew member who was very inconsiderate toward many business passengers who were already sleeping or trying to sleep, slamming the doors of the kitchen compartments. He did so twice till another passenger complained to him. Overall, business class is an economy experience except for the food.

Seats that recline. Ice for soft drinks. No charge for did drinks. Wifi.

Aegean Airlines was great! Great spirit, very helpful and efficient. Overall Aegean Airlines was a great experience.

The crew aboard Aegean were excellent, they picked on our son’s anxiety and immediately came to the rescue to see what they could do to make it go away.

Flight had delays as always. It has been very disappointing as the last 4 times I’ve travelled with Aegean we always had delays.

The flight was absolutely fine. Unfortunately it was delayed by an hour due to unforeseen reasons.

Just ok. No much of a great travel experience. If you need point A to B they are ok.

More leg room, great if crew could move people before flight (ie if 3 in a row, offer to move 1 or 2 to an empty 3 seat row rather than let people move themselves after takeoff

The flight was 45 mins late leaving, we sat without a/c for some of this, 2nd Meal was a slice of pizza. Movies were good.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

The flight was great, the only reason for middle scores on entertainment and food is that it was a short flight so not included (but snacks were served including alcoholic beverages free of charge). I would definitely recommend KLM.

Was trying to change a flight but told that Canadian and local klm systems do not interact so they could not access my booking. Overall I like klm a lot but if it was important to change flights I would be very frustrated.

KLM is my favourite airline. Never ever let us down.Staff are first class.

Pretty bad. Food was awful. drinks were scarce, as if drinking an extra drink would ruin the airline. attendants were not very helpful. likely Dutch "directedness" (I cannot be bothered). Crammed flight. Entertainment in very minimal dosage. Almost all old movies and series with 1-3 episodes only. Very limited number of options available. Jesus!! it seems you need to bring your own entertainment these days even of flights that are 13 hrs long!! I would and I will avoid in the future!

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

There was no useful information given regarding the flight back to the UK from Tenerife. This despite the week publicised problems around the EES system and the delays caused to boarding. This aspect of the customer experience could have been much better.

Fast boarding, smooth takeoff and landing. plenty of space in seats. Excellent air-conditioning on a hot day. Perfect experience

Whole way through - far more professional and slick than I expected

Sitting on the last row in between the aisle and a massive person, all people going to the bathroom bumped into me including the flight attendants.

The best budget airline in Europe. Flight was on time, crew friendly and worked hard during flight and were able to meet our needs. Only downside (not the airline's fault), there were no rear steps.

It was transportation nothing more. I will give a positive rating over Ryanair. We missed our Ryanair flight the night before and received rude and unconcerned treatment from the Ryanair customer service. It was late. We were very tired and stressed after doing our best to get to the airport. The so called customer service ladies were completely unconcerned from the start. Aside from that, the flight to London seemed to be their opportunity for advertising. No time to relax as attendants were constantly in the aisle selling. I will never fly Ryanair again!!

Boarding could be better. To get through your gate but to be stood in a corridor for 20 minutes is not great.

Not great! Rude staff in London and the worse baggage reclaim I’ve ever seen. Great staff in flight but doubt I’ll fly with them again

Staff had been really impolite at the boarding area and for both ways charged high extra fees without a reason. For the check-in luggage which was measured 3.5 kg and was confirmed by the stuff to cost 40 € , 60 Euros had been purchased from our credit card. When confronted staff did call us both liars and claimed to never have announced anything. Flight back , when not wanting to press a backpack in a measuring metal instead of hand measuring , staff got angry that one did not follow her order, which was than escalated by the team. Although carrying a baby anyways staff did not offer any help in the unreasonable process and than charged again extra money. Cabine crew has been friendly but this experience LL lead to not booking easy jet at all in the future. Check in process in Edinburgh anyways chaotic,to the family check-in and disabled check-in everybody else was guided for check in process, so people just getting in between each other, not possible to monitor your own stuff.

Would have liked the plane to leave on time so I didn’t miss connection upon arrival. Some pathetic excuse as to late departure bought about by easyJet incompetence

The crew on the flight were not particularly pleasant and fluid restriction was an issue. I was not allowed to fill my water bottle. Crew didn't check on passengers other than meal service.

No WiFi working on either flight. No leg room at all, the seat in front of me left dents in my knees. If I put the tray down, it was so low it was propped up by my knees. (I’m only 182.9 cm) I’m usually cool on planes, but the planes were both hot during taxi and take-off.

we had to walk up stairs to get into the plane--no jetways. Perhaps that's a problem not with the airline but with facilities at Heathrow, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. But it was inconvenient.

On time. Clean. Efficient. Just what is required for the short hop.

No longer a premium carrier and no better than the low cost .

BA have long since lost their way. They are a budget airline without the budget fares. Everything from booking to boarding to flying to arrival is just plain ordinary. I fly BA if the only alternative is Ryanair who are even worse. Otherwise we fly KLM or Lufthansa who are so much better.

Denied boarding passes for connecting flight. Missed connection as a result. Customer services T5 Heathrow airport vile, arrogant people who lied to us and threatened us.

Flight was 1 hour 40 minutes late in departure. My luggage was left at Heathrow but is being delivered today. All things considered, it was a good flight.

Flying economy is like being packed into a sardine can.

Too many passengers are bringing two large bags, neither fit under the seat so space is limited and the crew ask for many people to check bags

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