Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Edinburgh to Boston. Left side wins both the departure over Edinburgh and the arrival into Boston. During the transatlantic crossing itself, the left side also faces south toward the North Atlantic shipping lanes and, on clear days at lower latitudes, the Canadian Maritime coastline as you descend toward New England. Right side has little to offer over the open North Atlantic.

During takeoff from Edinburgh (EDI), sit on the Left side for the best views. Edinburgh Airport's primary departure runway 06/24 means westbound departures often use runway 24, climbing out to the southwest before turning northwest. A left-side seat gives you Edinburgh city centre, Arthur's Seat, and the Firth of Forth as the aircraft banks north. The castle on its volcanic rock is unmistakable from this angle. Notable sights include: Edinburgh Castle on Castle Rock, Arthur's Seat volcanic hill, Firth of Forth and Forth Bridges, Pentland Hills to the south.

When landing at General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Logan Airport sits on a peninsula in Boston Harbor, and most transatlantic arrivals from the northeast approach over the harbor on runway 04L/04R or from the south on 33L. A left-side seat on approach from the northeast gives you Boston Harbor, the downtown skyline with the Hancock and Prudential towers, and Cambridge across the Charles River. The city layout is clearly readable from this angle. Notable sights include: Boston downtown skyline (Hancock Tower, Prudential Center), Boston Harbor and its islands, Charles River and Cambridge, Cape Cod Bay visible to the south on clear days.

The flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) takes Approximately 8 to 9 hours westbound.

The route tracks northwest over the Scottish Highlands briefly, then out over the North Atlantic via the NATS Shanwick oceanic tracks. You cross southern Greenland's ice sheet and glaciated fjords around the midpoint, then the Labrador coast of Canada with its boreal forest and lakes, before descending over Nova Scotia, the Gulf of Maine, and the New England coastline into Boston.