£138 Find Cheap Flights from the United States to Edinburgh

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Cheapest return fare
£289
Overall average: £588
Multiple Airlines
Tue 3/3Mon 9/3
EWR - EDI • 2 stops
Cheapest direct flights
£392
Typical prices: £542-£817
JetBlue
Sun 3/5Thu 7/5
BOS - EDI • Direct
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Most flights • 12 per week
Virgin Atlantic
Best reviews • 7.5 score
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January
Cheapest • 16% price drop
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Cheap Flights from the United States to Edinburgh

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

Tue, 3 Mar - Mon, 9 Mar
Multiple Airlines Logo
19:35 - 18:25
EWR
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EDI
17h 50m
2 stops
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22:30 - 19:25
EDI
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EWR
24h 55m
2 stops
£289Multiple Airlines
Wed, 4 Mar - Tue, 10 Mar
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17:45 - 17:15
EWR
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EDI
18h 30m
1 stop
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08:40 - 17:15
EDI
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EWR
12h 35m
1 stop
£303Multiple Airlines
Thu, 26 Feb - Mon, 2 Mar
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17:45 - 07:50
EWR
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EDI
9h 05m
1 stop
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10:45 - 16:15
EDI
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EWR
10h 30m
1 stop
£309Multiple Airlines
Sat, 11 Apr - Sun, 19 Apr
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23:00 - 13:20
BOS
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EDI
9h 20m
1 stop
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14:15 - 21:45
EDI
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BOS
12h 30m
1 stop
£380Icelandair
Mon, 20 Apr - Fri, 1 May
Icelandair Logo
20:50 - 13:20
BOS
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EDI
11h 30m
1 stop
Icelandair Logo
14:15 - 18:50
EDI
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BOS
9h 35m
1 stop
£383Icelandair
Tue, 12 May - Tue, 19 May
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21:12 - 09:20
JFK
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EDI
7h 08mdirect
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12:10 - 14:44
EDI
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JFK
7h 34mdirect
£400JetBlue
Sun, 29 Mar - Fri, 10 Apr
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06:00 - 10:35
LGA
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EDI
23h 35m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
09:00 - 14:08
EDI
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LGA
34h 08m
3 stops
£401United Airlines
Sun, 3 May - Wed, 13 May
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07:50 - 23:00
JFK
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EDI
10h 10m
1 stop
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10:30 - 13:10
EDI
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JFK
7h 40mdirect
£403British Airways
Wed, 8 Apr - Wed, 30 Sep
United Airlines Logo
06:00 - 10:35
LGA
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EDI
23h 35m
1 stop
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09:00 - 07:50
EDI
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LGA
27h 50m
1 stop
£405United Airlines
Tue, 21 Apr - Wed, 29 Apr
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10:00 - 09:20
DCA
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EDI
18h 20m
1 stop
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11:30 - 21:00
EDI
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DCA
14h 30m
1 stop
£495JetBlue
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Edinburgh

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

What is the cheapest flight to Edinburgh?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The flight route Atlanta to Edinburgh was the most popular route on KAYAK over the last 3 days. A return flight could be found for £481. Also in the last 3 days, New York was the most budget-friendly place to find a flight to Edinburgh with one-way tickets at £138 and £289 return.

How much is a flight to Edinburgh?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Edinburgh from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

On average, a flight to Edinburgh costs £383. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £183 and departed from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport. The most popular routes on KAYAK are New York to Edinburgh which costs £320 on average, and Atlanta to Edinburgh, which costs £790 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly to Edinburgh?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Edinburgh, 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 to Edinburgh is January, where tickets cost £478 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets from the United States is £984 and £783 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is January with an average price of £505.

What is a good deal for flights to Edinburgh?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Edinburgh, 25% of our users found tickets to Edinburgh for the following prices or less: From New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport £287 one-way - £184 return.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Edinburgh, 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, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 81 days before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from the United States to Edinburgh

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£138
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Edinburgh

FAQs - booking Edinburgh flights

  • What facilities does Edinburgh Airport have available for children and families?

    Families with the kids in tow will be happy to hear that there are children’s play areas available T Edinburgh Airport. In fact, there are three separate play areas in total, so no matter where your gate is, there will be one nearby.

  • How do I get into Edinburgh proper from Edinburgh Airport?

    Edinburgh Airport is well-connected to downtown Edinburgh with taxi, tram, bus, shuttle, and even train options available. For most travelers, the tram is the simplest and quickest method of getting into the downtown area. Taxis and buses are, of course, also popular, but the directness and cheapness of the tram is hard to beat. The two main train stations in Edinburgh, Waverley and Haymarket, are also easily reached from the train station at the airport.

  • What shopping options does Edinburgh Airport have?

    Forgot to buy souvenirs and gifts for your family and friends during your time in Scotland? Luckily for you, Edinburgh Airport has you covered with its plethora of shopping options available. For souvenirs and gifts, head on over to The Liquorice Tree and Thinking Scotland. For other more general shopping needs, WHSmith, The Collection @ Edinburgh, and Jo Malone are sure to please.

  • What is there to do while in Edinburgh Airport?

    For travelers interested in the arts, one great option is to check out the in-house art gallery. The Airport Gallery is located post-security and features a curated rotating cast of some of Scotland’s greatest artists. Many of the artists on display are even from Edinburgh itself. All of the art is actually for sale, so travelers looking to add to their collection are in luck.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Edinburgh?

    The flight route Atlanta to Edinburgh was the most popular route on KAYAK over the last 3 days. A return flight could be found for £481. Also in the last 3 days, New York was the most budget-friendly place to find a flight to Edinburgh with one-way tickets at £138 and £289 return.

  • How far is Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport from central Edinburgh?

    The distance between Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport and the city centre of Edinburgh is 7 miles.

  • What is the name of Edinburgh’s airport?

    All flights to Edinburgh land at Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport. The airport code is EDI,and it can also be referred to as Edinburgh, Edinburgh Turnhouse, or Turnhouse.

  • How much is a flight to Edinburgh?

    On average, a flight to Edinburgh costs £383. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £183 and departed from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Edinburgh?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Edinburgh is Thursday where tickets can be as cheap as £495. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are £739 on average.

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

    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 to Edinburgh.

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

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Edinburgh 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 to Edinburgh?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Edinburgh?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Edinburgh is generally at night, when flights cost £534 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Edinburgh is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £534.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Edinburgh

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Edinburgh? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Edinburgh for the following prices or less: Cheap flights to Edinburgh from Boston £297
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Edinburgh flight deals.
  • Just booked your flight to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and now you are looking for a hotel nearby? Fortunately for you, there are a number of neighboring hotels that offer complimentary airport pickup and drop-off. Such hotels include The Chester Residence, Dakota Edinburgh, and DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh Airport.
  • Hungry after your flight to Edinburgh? While the food in Scotland might not be its most famous attraction, the Edinburgh Airport certainly brings it when it comes to the culinary offerings. Popular restaurant options in the airport include The Turnhouse, Thermidors Seafood Bar, and YO! Sushi.
  • If your flight to Edinburgh is just the start to your journey in Scotland, then perhaps catching a train or long-distance coach from the airport would the best option for getting to your next destination. Both options are readily available directly from Edinburgh Airport and both connect to destinations all across Scotland as well as the U.K.
  • Neck feeling tight after being stuck in an airplane seat for the past few hours? Fortunately for you, AeroSpa in Edinburgh Airport is here to solve all your hair and beauty needs. But what does a hair salon have to do with tight necks? AeroSpa actually offers a wide range of massage treatments on top of their salon services. So, whether you need a trim or a deep tissue massage, they are the place for you.
  • Feeling like you need to center yourself after your flight to Edinburgh? If so, maybe a visit to Edinburgh Airport’s Prayer Room would help relieve your post-flight stress. Nothing helps alleviate stress and anxiety better than a bit of peace and quiet, after all.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from the United States to Edinburgh

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Edinburgh. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to Edinburgh. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Edinburgh? 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.
7.5
Virgin AtlanticOverall score based on 678 reviews
7.7Boarding
6.9Food
7.3Comfort
8.2Crew
7.6Entertainment
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Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

10.0 ExcellentRanj, Nov 2025
DEL - LHR
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Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

Great staff great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

The power at the seat didn't work and the seat itself was difficult to adjust - this was a business class seat. Flight attendant gave me miles to compensate. The attendant was very professional and on top of his game the entire flight.

Terrible. Our first time back on United for 10 years, the seats in Polaris class are small and uncomfortable. They have squished too many people in to get more $$$. The staff are not friendly and not wanting to accommodate. I asked for two salads rather than a main meal and was advised no we wont do that. Then asked what I would like for breakfast and given something else anyway. I will not be flying United International anytime soon.

Same thing as flight from Pheonix to Newark. Uograded and Promised extra leg room and when I got to the seat it had none.

I upgraded my seat and was promised it would be next to the emergency door for extra leg room and they said it was premium plus but it was at the back of the plane...same thing happened from Newark to Dubai

Everything except the food and entertainment. It was a great experience though

Bad food, bad service, cold cabin with no additional blankets when asked for (they told me they don’t provide additional blankets). I’m a frequent traveler and this is one of the worst companies I traveled with (by the way I thought that I booked my ticket with Lufthansa but I didn’t see that the flights were handled by United).

United Airlines is my preferred airlines and I am thankful for Gary who also help support me on the phone to switch my flight literally last min.

Not being stranded in Chicago for her airport to 11:30 tomorrow morning the 3rd

the whole trip was smooth, and as comfortable as flying is these days. flight crew was friendly and very courteous and helpful.

The attendant on board was amazing. She should be doing business/first international long haul.

The crew for the flight was A+ top notch. They were friendly and professional and made the flight a very relaxing and enjoable.

Rude crew member. She seemed annoyed at me without me saying a single word. Also loudly admonished me for having my bag next to my seat instead of tucked away before landing. Just telling me to put it away and guiding me without giving me a lecture would have been enough.

No included food for a 5 hour flight and the entertainment was only accessible if you had wired headphones (not provided). Otherwise though, great and smooth flying and customer service.

Crew were fantastic and so catering and wonderful! Full score for the entire crew!

Because of weather and mechanical issues our flight was 4 hours late. The only compensation offered to us was a meal voucher to be used only at Boston Airport and only on the day issued. But by the time it was offered to us all the restaurants were closed, so there was no way to use that offer.

Friendly crew, efficient boarding and flight arrived early. Couldn’t ask for a better experience

Terrible. They canceled our early morning flight after midnight on the day of and had no available flights to rebook my family on for the next 72 hours. Yet they still had other flights that were not cancelled from JFK so it couldn’t be based on the weather. It felt like they canceled the flight based on it not being profitable enough for them. I am not interested in traveling with the again. The absolute worse customer service and lack of accountability.

Horribly rude check in at airport, worst in 25 years of flying. All over a simple issue they could have googled to resolve.

First time flying with JetBlue and never again. I went to the counter to request meet and assist because I'm 74 and my wife is 79. I walk with a cane and my wife is handicapped and has her own wheel chair. I told the agent that my wife and luggage was at the entrance door. The ticketing agent said to me that they don't offer meet and assist. I need to bring them our luggage and then go back and get my wife in order to get my boarding pass. As I went back to get my luggage a Southwest agent along with a TSA agent recognized the situation and came over and took my wife and luggage to the JetBlue ticketing counter alongside the line and told the JetBlue agent to issue to take our luggage as soon as they could.

Flight was fine, price was good but food onboard was abysmal. I was on there for breakfast and lunch and dinner 845am EST to 845pm GMT and all I got was a yoghurt parfait, fruit and a piece of cake. Later snacks included an ice-cream brownie and a pizza twist. I was hungry by the time I landed and the airport amenities were closed. Not happy.

Flight crew was superb. Meal was one of the meals at altitude I’ve had

Canceled my flight couple hours before takeoff. They could not find a decent re-routing and refused to pay for when i subjected alternative with Lufthansa.

Seats a little to soft on the SFO DUB flight

Well, I think we left close to on time. Crew was “eh”.

Flight takeoff was delayed an hour, but arrival time was not updated at the same time as departure time, so those picking me up at the other end were not alerted to the change in my arrival.

Seats are terribly cramped. I’m only 5’2” and my knees were practically in my face. No room to put a normal size bag under the seat and when the person in front of you reclined their seat your tray table was in your lap. This is the airline’s way of cramming more seats into the plane to make more money. I’ll think twice about taking Aer Lingus again since there are a few other options from Boston to the Emerald Isle.

Couldn’t check In online, message was couldn’t check in until Sunday morning though plane left Saturday night. Checked in okay at airport but caused slot if stress.

I had zero issues with the flight. I did have issues with the staff at the airport. We missed out flight due to a delay with another airline. Talking to the staff and trying to get a new flight arranged was challenging. One guy was able to try to help us and got us on a new flight, but other staff was dismissive and clearly let us know it wasn’t their problem. All I kept thinking was… this is why air lingus has such a poor customer service reputation. I will be avoiding this airline in the future.

Fast and sensible boarding was absolutely amazing. But extortionate wifi and seats that barely moved, making me unable to sleep, didn't do a lot of favors.

I liked the front row seats. A lot of leg room. The check-in window needs to be longer

My enetertainmnet screen was broken. Lost my bags. Almost missed my flight do to connection issues with (despite a request) ZERO help from crew. Food was edible. Potatoes pretty good even

The issue was not with BA it was with the link yoiu sent fopr booking the flight

Loved the boarding option from Business class lounge, experience on flight was excellent, plenty of good food choices

I like everything about British Airways. Excellence. Perfect. Exquisite service.

The airline was not clear about a new departure time so we got to the airport early anyway. The flight left early which was great because of weather. The check in process was very easy and staff were friendly and helpful. The crew was great and our flight was very good.

Awful it always is unfortunately is the only way to fly direct to london

Ohooo it's fantastic 👏 I love it 😀 😍 ❤️ it's on time ⏲️

I travelled in business class and was disappointed by lack of service, curt and borderline rude time of the crew and to top it off, all of my luggage was delayed. It was like pulling teeth to even report the missing luggage and recover it the next day from the airport.

Boarding was poor. All groups called immediately one after the other resulting in a long queue in the jetty/jet bridge. Seats were very hard and and did not recline on a 4.5 hour flight. No food was available. Plane was cold. There was no entertainment.

The cramped seats are cruel and unusual punishment and may violate the Geneva code.

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