At the Scottish Transport Awards Edinburgh Airport won the accolade of Airport of the Year. It is certainly the busiest airport in Scotland with more than 13.4 million passengers in 2017 which was an increase of 8.6% on 2016.
A total of 34 new routes were added to the destination board, and the vast majority of these were international ones.
With the addition of a route to China Edinburgh Airport has really been celebrating its successes.
Pictured Piper Conner Pratt pipes off the first flight from Edinburgh to China
Chief Executive of Edinburgh Airport, Gordon Dewar said: “This is a fantastic achievement and one which is thoroughly deserved given the amount of hard work and the level of commitment shown by our staff every single day.
“There are so many people who work behind the scenes and who are the beating heart of the airport and this award is for all of them as they make the airport what it is, but it’s also for those passengers who choose to fly from us and take advantage of the fantastic routes and links that we have.
“We’ve just had our busiest ever year, and the busiest one ever for a Scottish airport, and we’ve continued that momentum into 2018 with more passenger growth, more new routes and a terminal expansion which will open this summer to provide improved facilities and increased capacity.
“We are going from strength to strength and this reinforces our position as Scotland’s busiest, and I feel best, airport.”
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