Tag: Edinburgh Airport

Our capital's airport has become the first in Scotland to get an Autism Friendly Award recognising its accessible and supportive environment for those passengers with autism.Measures which the airport has implemented to improve the...

Edinburgh Airport is one of the busiest international airports in the UK, a vital and growing hub for tourism and industry for Edinburgh and much of Scotland. However, the changing nature of the air...

Edinburgh is still vying to win the first direct Scotland to China flight and today it is announced that Edinburgh Hotels Association (EHA) will be the second major sponsor of the Edinburgh-China Air Link project...

More than 91,000 revellers fly in for New Year.It appears that Edinburgh’s reputation as one of the party capitals of the world continues to grow as more than 91,000 people fly into the city...

On Saturday the first flight in the new easyJet service between Edinburgh and Sofia began operating opening up Bulgaria’s capital and biggest city to passengers.This is the beginning of a twice weekly service which...

Edinburgh to Oman is now possible thanks to Oman Air and Flybe’s new through fares.They start from £450 and build on the success of Oman Air’s double daily flights from London Heathrow and the...

Passengers at Edinburgh Airport will get a taste of Mexico when Barburrito opens in the departures area early next year.It will be the first Barburrito to operate in an airport and will create 20...

Edinburgh Airport has lit up the iconic control tower with Christmas lights for the first time. There are around 20,000 lights strung on 2,000 metres of cable wound round the tower to help guide Santa...

As a result of adverse and resultant atmospheric weather conditions impacting normal operations due to Storm Ophelia today, Flybe has been forced to cancel some 170 flights. A full list is available at www.flybe.com/flight-infoThis...

Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine says the CAA has made it clear to her that no final decision has been made over new flight path proposals for Edinburgh Airport.Her comments follow a meeting with...

International passenger figures soar to almost 1.3 MillionThe number of international passengers passing through Edinburgh Airport soared by 14.1% during the busiest September on record at the terminal. 1,291,640 passengers used Edinburgh Airport in September...

Vueling surprised their 400,000th customer travelling through Edinburgh Airport, lucky Tracey McTeague from South Queensferry.Tracey was boarding her flight to Alicante when she was presented with a pair of free return flights to Barcelona...

Vueling reached its 400,000th customer travelling through Edinburgh Airport and celebrated by surprising South Queensferry resident, Tracey McTeague before boarding her flight to Alicante with a pair of free return flights to Barcelona.The low-cost...

Yet another transatlantic route has opened up direct from Edinburgh Airport. Following all the flights offered by Delta and Norwegian, now it is the turn of United to fly somewhere new.This time the route...

Edinburgh Airport shows its commitment to helping local groups by sharing £40,000 of funding by way of its Community Board. Twenty groups across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife will receive a share of the money...

Edinburgh Airport confirmed this morning that it will be taking all views from local communities and groups into consideration when shaping its new flightpath design. The airport has conducted an extensive consultation programme and...

When travelling with Norwegian recently we mentioned more than once the lovely tail fins on the distinctive planes, and also the late Sir Freddie Laker who first offered low price fares across the Atlantic.Now...

Following an apparent power cut this morning which has led to disruption at check in desks in Edinburgh Airport, a spokesman said that things are getting back to normal  He said : “We can...

Low-cost airline Norwegian starts its transatlantic expansion from Edinburgh Airport today with the first of three new routes to the US east coast taking off later this afternoon.Norwegian, Europe’s third largest low-cost carrier, first...

Three men were removed from a Jet 2 Edinburgh to Alicante flight yesterday morning after becoming abusive and aggressive towards cabin crew.Two of the men tried to evade police by hiding in the plane's toilets with...

It is well known that Edinburgh Airport wants to forge a link with flights to China. Now that seems to be a little closer.The airport and Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) have signed a...

easy jet are looking for 450 new pilots across all their bases including Edinburgh in their biggest recruitment drives ever.They are particularly looking for more female pilots in their Amy Johnson initiative to get more...

Conservative MSP Gordon Lindhurst has used a Parliamentary debate this afternoon to urge Edinburgh Airport to consider local concerns over changes to its flight paths. The MSP was speaking in a debate led by Neil...

Have you tried out Flybe’s new London Heathrow service which launched at the end of March?  The service will operate four times daily year round and Flybe is the first domestic carrier to begin operating at...

There is a new bus route being launched from Ocean Terminal to Edinburgh Airport, offering an alternative to those living in the north of Edinburgh from 23 April 2017.The Lothian Buses Skylink service will be a...

Passenger numbers for March released this week show that over 956,000 people travelled through Edinburgh Airport last month.These figures show that this has been the busiest March for a Scottish airport ever, a 4.1 per cent...

32 destinations including four new ones for summer: Antalya (exclusive), Dalaman, Kos (exclusive) and Madeira 160 weekly flights and 700,000 seats available, with a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft added, a 9% uplift on Summer 17 More flights and more seats to Halkidiki, Paphos, Naples and Verona.Jet2.com and  Jet2holidays has announced...

Delta Air Lines landed back at Edinburgh Airport today, marking the start of the airline’s summer schedule.The special SkyTeam livery aircraft had a short turnaround before departing back to New York-JFK. Delta will serve...

Gatwick Express, Heathrow Express, Stansted Express and Luton Thameslink launched their first ever joint sales team at Edinburgh airport for air passengers flying into London on Friday 17 March.New research found...

 The airport has been trialling a service for those travelling on their own with children, and now they are going to extend it for the rest of 2017.The service is designed to help make...