Air Transport in Scotland is well developed with a good number of domestic as well as International flights. The scheduled flight services from the International airports of Scotland reach to the leading destinations of Europe, Asia, Africa and North America and at the same time the rest of U.K.
Air transport in Scotland is maintained with the help of four International airports of Scotland:
Edinburgh Airport: This airport operates flights mainly to the short haul destinations as well as long haul daily service to Newark.
The short haul services include the destinations like,
Milan
Zurich
Frankfurt
Paris
Brussels
Copenhagen
Glasgow International Airport: This is the largest airport in Scotland. The airport handles maximum number of long-haul international flights. The international flight service reaches to:
Canada
Pakistan
Dubai
United States
Glasgow International Airport is the main hub for Loganair which operates many domestic flights on behalf of British Airways within Scotland including the Highlands, West Coast Islands and Northern Ireland.
Aberdeen Airport: A large number of International as well as domestic flights are handled by this airport. Domestic destinations cover mainly the north of Scotland and International destinations include:
- Dublin
- Brussels
- Paris
- Amsterdam
- Oslo
- Barcelona
- Copenhagen
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport: This is the second airport of Glassgow and mainly handles low-cost airlines like, Ryanair and Air Transavia. The International destinations include:
- Republic of Ireland
- France
- Italy
- Poland
- Spain
- Latvia
- Germany
- Amsterdam
Air transport in Scotland takes place with the help of the leading airlines like,
- Loganair
- Scot Airways
- City Star Airlines
- Eastern Airways
- bmi regional
- Flyglobespan
The International airports of Scotland are serving more and more number of International flights to a large number of European and other long-haul destinations and this leads to more expansion of air transport in Scotland.
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