Airlink

Quick and efficient airport bus service in Edinburgh. The Airlink leaves every ten minutes from Waverley bridge, taking about 30 minutes to the airport. The buses are comfortable, have adequate storage space, and provide free WiFi. Inevitably, the service is significantly more expensive than the regular Lothian Buses, but it’s cheaper and, in my opinion, better than the tram for reaching the airport. Worth the cash.

The airport bus is quicker and cheaper than the tram to the airport. The bus has free wifi, charging plugs and lots of space for luggage.
The bus goes from Waverley Bridge to the Airport in 25 to 30 minutes. It’s currently £4.50 single and £8 return. Buses run from 4am to midnight every 10 to 15 minutes.
It also stops at Haymarket, Murrayfield and Mayberry, so you can get on further along the route if that suits you better.

Vorbildliche Busverbindung vom Flughafen Edinburgh in die Innenstadt und zurück.
Die beiden Endhaltestellen der Buslinie 100 bilden dabei jeweils das Flughafenterminal und die Waverley Station in der Innenstadt. Dazwischen liegen etwa 10 über die Innenstadt verteilte Haltestellen und nur knapp 30 Minuten.
Der Bus fährt 24 Stunden täglich und kommt zu den Stoßzeiten im Abstand von wenigen Minuten.
An Bord des zweistöckigen Busses befinden sich videoüberwachte Gepäckablagen (unten), gemütliche Sitze, teilweise mit Tischen, Steckdosen und USB-​Buchsen zum Laden des Smartphones und als kleines Extra gibt es kostenloses und recht flottes WLAN an Bord.
Relativ günstig ist das Alles auch noch: 4,50£ kostet eine einzelne Fahrt für einen Erwachsenen, 7,50£ die Hin– und Rückfahrt. Kinder zahlen 2 bzw. 3£.
Vom Flughafenterminal komfortabel direkt in die Innenstadt — das Ganze auch noch unkompliziert und bezahlbar. Was will man mehr!!!

A convenient way to get to/​from the airport.
So the Airlink is a nice way to get to the airport from my flat because It’s only about a 7 minute walk to the Waverly Station stop, which is super convenient. A single pass runs £4.50, which is way less than a taxi and only slightly more expensive than a standard bus. It is easy to locate when exiting the airport as well, which is nice when you are tired from a flight back.
My last experience on the Airlink was on Christmas Eve when I arrived in Edinburgh around 22:00. All of the airport shops were closed due to the holiday and I only had a £10.00 bill. The driver –although somewhat annoyed at my request –broke change for me so that I wouldn’t have to insert the larger bill. He was kind enough to break it for me so I could pay the proper amount. I really appreciated that.
The ride itself is uneventful, taking about 40 minutes to get to/​from the airport. It is an easy bus to catch, and you don’t have to worry about the signs confusing you. It is set up for anyone to understand, which is great for tourists and others who don’t know the bus system.
Overall, this is still a faster option than the Edinburgh Tram. Easy to get to, cheaper than any taxi, and easy to understand. I definitely recommend it. 4 stars for Airlink!

Excellent way to go from and to the airport. Fast, convenient, affordable, comfortable :) It is now 4£ one way.

This is a pretty amazing bus service that does not require replacing, at all, ever.
I always look forward to a trip on the Airlink because it’s a nice relaxing time between the frenzy of packing and the frenzy of getting on my plane.
As has been said, £6 return, £3.50 one way, free on your ridacard. There’s free Wifi, which is awesome because I always forget to download my podcasts in the rush before travelling and the stress-​free trip to the airport is the perfect time to do it.
The bus is every 10 – 15 minutes and you will be at the airport within 30. There is plenty of room for everyone’s luggage. The bus is even nicer than normal buses with fancy pleatherish seats and a wee bit more room (or am I imagining it?)
The Edinburgh Airlink is the best airport transport service I’ve ever been on (apart from the one Disney has from CDG, because nothing beats Disney).

Los buses de Airlink son la mejor opción para ir desde el aeropuerto de Edinburgh a la ciudad en sólo 30 minutos (parada final en Waverley Station).
El horario es muy amplio, con una frecuencia de cada 15 minutos (en horas punto incluso más veces).
Los vendedores de los billetes así como los conductores son increíblemente amables (sí, amables a pesar de ser escoceses!) y eficientes.
Los billetes valen 3,50 £ (sólo ida) y 6 £ (ida y vuelta) — un precio muy bueno comparado con los airport shuttles de otras ciudades europeas. Los que quieren evitar colar también pueden comprar los billetes por la página web.
Los vehículos están muy limpios, hay muchos espacio para dejar el equipaje e incluso hay conexión Wifi para los que nunca quieren desconectar.
Un servicio rápido, fiable y económico — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

As far as buses come, you can’t really ask for much more.
Runs every 15 min I think so pretty regular. Takes 30 min waverly station to airport.
Drivers seem friendlier than most.
Most noticeable difference from other buses is the massive amount of legroom and fancy leather seats.
All in all a good deal for £6 return I reckon.

This is by far one of the easiest airport-​downtown links I’ve seen. Mostly because the Edinburgh airport is rather simple and the big blue bus is hard to miss!
The trip takes about 30 – 45 minutes and drops you off on Waverly Bridge, just outside the central train station. This is more or less central to most of the hotels in the downtown area. There are plenty of taxis at the station if you need a ride for the last few blocks.
Get a round trip ticket and save some money. Cost is L6 for round trip, 3.5 one way.

The Airlink service is pretty awesome. There’s a timetable but you don’t really need it as there are buses pretty much every 15 minutes going from outside Waverley Train Station to the Airport. Even in morning traffic, you”ll get there in around 30 — 45 minutes.
The drivers are really friendly. The bus is really clean, with plenty of luggage space. The bus there was almost empty, the bus back was full, so a little cramped. But at £6 return, when a single taxi journey to the airport will cost £20 (so £40 return) you’re saving £34. You can’t really complain.
This again, leads to the question of ‘why’ in relation to the Trams. The Airlink service is brilliant, spot on, and I havent found another as good as it in other cities I’ve visited. Bravo Airlink.

Fast (traffic incident depending, obviously), handy (runs along the main thoroughfare of Edinburgh, along Princes Street and then down Corstorphine Road) and inexpensive.
Don’t really know where else I can go with this review, and the fact is I have 11 more to scribe today (I will have you Unilocal Challenge) so the fact my thoughts on the Airlink are short and sweet is kind of a good thing…
Don’t really know why I’ve held back on the 5^th star. Maybe I wanted to be entertained on my way home from the airport, as I returned from my holiday feeling depressed and freezing cold, so the addition of some young, up and coming comedians, a fluffy owl, a game of bus bingo or just copious amounts of booze might have helped.

This is a great airport bus service that is extremely convenient. For just £3.50 for a single or £6 for a round-​trip, it does what it advertises and gets you safely to the airport and back. Considering the regular buses in town are cheaper but take double or triple the time, the Airlink is well worth it and is super easy and reliable, leaving every quarter hour or even more frequently in peak times. They have a map telling you where you are at all times for the newbies to town, and they even have free wifi on board for your thirty-​minute journey.

I went on the airlink bus this morning at 5:35.
It took almost exactly 30minutes as advertised.
It had wifi as advertised.
The seats, while comfortable for an average man, were a touch confining for me, however as it is a bus, this was expected.
I read a metro. It was shit.
All in all this bus is ronseal.
It was almost exactly as advertised.
It was £6 return.

Centre to airport…
Buses every 10−15…
Will the tram replace?

Apart from what it does, when you have a ridacard you do not pay any extra to take this to the airport. It is also a very comfortable and quick service to the zoo. I like! Thanks

A very efficient double-​decker bus that runs loop from the airport through the city. It’s moderately expensive for a bus, I thought, but the plentiful space for bags inside and the limited stops it made are advantages over a city bus.

Efficient and quick service from airport to city centre.
Biggest known secret to locals — you get to city center for £3 in 20 mins or less. Runs every 10 mins. It dropped me off at the city centre next to the Caledonian and the Sheraton Grand hotel, but it can stop at the Waverly station.
Also, it also goes to the Zoo from the city centre in about 8 minutes.
Excellent, timely service. Friendly, efficient, convenient. All for £3 each way. Yes way! Thank you Airlink.

I am a WiFi whore. Just ask my friends. I can be found at any time, in public, seeking out free internet access for no reason whatsoever other than to simple have my phone connected FOR FREE. I regularly seek out Cafes with free WiFi. I even have a program on my laptop for decrypting WiFi passwords… wait, I probably shouldn’t admit that publicly.
So here’s my beef with the Airlink service: the «free WiFi» only works 20% of the time! I’ve used these busses getting to and from Edinburgh airport 16 times in the past 10 months. The «free Wifi» has worked only twice.
Yeah, fine, it’s a convenient survive. Yes, it’s always on time, it’s cheep and affordable, and gets you to and from the airport without worries. But where’s the advertised «free WiFi»? I’m trying to get to the airport, I don’t need the added frustration of «Unable to Join Network.» I need to know what Justin Bieber did yesterday and you expect me to find that out only 20% of the time before my flight lands FOR FREE?!
Stop resting on your laurels, Lothian Busses, and get your WiFi sorted!

I’m a great morning person, but even I have my limits. It’s 5am and I’ve been up for half an hour. I’ve just about managed to throw myself in the shower (and rhyme, how marvellous), and I’m looking presumably terrible in my Run DMC sweater and cargo shorts with inexplicable bed hair and no make-​up. My morning orange juice followed by black coffee is a long way off, and my suitcase handle still won’t retract for love nor money. Seriously, I’ve offered it both. Many times.
Thank heaven then for the best bus ever. To take us from Haymarket to Edinburgh Airport, this wonderfully convenient and comfortable ride arrived right on time, righ-​righ-​right on time. Okay, so my brain was still asleep and I couldn’t count my money, but the driver was patient and sweet to my confused zombified self. Shuffled as I did on board, I was alarmed to sink into one of the plushest transport seats I’d ever had the good fortune to park my cheeks on, and I very nearly fell asleep for the duration (companion’s shoulder optional). But we were there before we knew it. Anyway even if you do fall asleep, you’re regularly reminded where you’re at. So you’ve no excuse.
I was ridiculously impressed. Manchester, you might want to catch up a bit. Just a thought.

Sehr gute und schnelle Busverbindung. Der Bus verkehrt sehr oft, in ca. 30 Minuten kommt man vom Flughafen in die Innenstadt, der Bus hält an einigen Stationen und fährt bis zum Bahnhof. Es gibt wohl sogar W-​Lan im Bus, habe ich selbst aber nicht ausprobiert. Ein Round-​Trip-​Ticket kostet 6 Pfund. Alternativ fährt auch ein Linienbus vom Flughafen zum Ocean Terminal durch die Innenstadt, das Ticket ist mit 1,20 etwas günstiger und vielleicht die bessere Wahl, wenn man in einem Hotel außerhalb der Innenstadt wohnt.

Let’s talk about a five star service.
Let’s talk about an affordable way to get to and from the airport.
Let’s talk about comfy leather seats.
Let’s talk about a bus service that seemingly runs more often then scheduled.
Let’s talk about free wifi.
Let’s talk about the unmissable eye catching blue.
Let’s talk about those weird purple mood lights.
Let’s talk about being told where you are so you can easily find your stop.
Let’s talk about making this service free to existing ridacard subscribers.
Let’s talk about the ungodly hours the drivers service the airport.
Let’s talk about being able to use the bus in the city for the price of a regular ticket.
Let’s talk about having an airport link that Edinburgh can be proud of when the rest of our transport seems a bit cocked up.
Bravo Airlink.

It’s a shame more cities don’t have a similar airport shuttle service! The double-​decker coaches are clean and really comfortable, with big soft leather seats and tables to sit at, and the driver was really helpful when it came to announcing the next stop so that you knew where to get off for which hotel.
It runs until around minight, as late as there are flights coming in or out of the airport, and it’s really fast (it takes 25 – 30 mins depending on traffic). But the best thing is how regularly it goes — going in either direction I didn’t have to wait more than a few minutes for the next departure.
There’s nothing worse than getting off a long flight and having to faff around trying to work out how you’re going to get into the city centre without forking out for a ridiculously expensive cab, so Airlink is an absolute lifesaver. And at only £6 for an open return, which you can just buy when you get on at Waverley Bridge, it’s also a complete bargain.

Arriving at Edinburgh airport you are faced with two choices of public transport. Either cab which is about 20 pounds to the centre, or the much more affordable Shuttle Bus (3.50 single, 6 pounds return) .
There are lots of signs guiding you to it and you can buy tickets from the driver. It’s a fast entry into the city (about 30 minutes) and the last stop is at Waverley bridge just in front of the main trainstation and right in the heart between Old and New Town. It leaves at about every 10 – 15 minutes and if you aren’t sure where to get off tell the driver where you are trying to go, they are quite friendly (although their strong Scottish can be a good introduction to the country).
The first bus of the day leaves the city centre at 4.20 am whilst the last bus leaves the aiport at 12.20 am. At night you can take the N22 which departs from Princes Street at Waverley Steps.
There’s lots of space on the lower floor to leave your suitcases as well and sitting on top gives you great views of leaving/​arriving into the City. Keep your eyes peeled for the grand school for the deaf on your way out!
For your return to the airport, the bus leaves from the same place (Waverley Bridge) and stops at a few places along the way. Best check their website for a reliable timetable and bus route and stops. Be aware that at busy road hours (8.30ish and 4.30 ish) it can be stuck in traffic but the longest it has ever taken me is 45 minutes).