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Scotland by plane
Scotland by plane
Until recently, there were few direct international services to Scotland, meaning many travellers would have to fly into London or Manchester and then transfer to a Scottish airport on a UK domestic flight. However, there are now a growing number of European and long haul destinations served by the five international airports in Scotland:
Aberdeen Airport, 8 miles north west of the city, has direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bergen, Copenhagen, Dublin, Esbjerg, Faro, Groningen, Kristiansand, Malaga, Murcia, Oslo, Palma, Paphos, Paris, Stavanger and Tenerife.
Edinburgh Airport, 10 miles west of the city, has direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Basel, Bergerac, Berlin, Billund, Bratislava, Bremen, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Dortmund, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Galway, Gdansk, Geneva, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Ibiza, Katowice, Kaunas, Knock, Krakow, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Mahon, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Murcia, New York, Nice, Oslo, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Poznan, Prague, Pula, Rennes, Rome, Shannon, Sharm el Sheikh, Stockholm, Tampere, Tenerife, Toronto, Toulouse, Venice, Vilnius and Zurich.
Glasgow International Airport, 8 miles west of the city, has direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Belfast, Berlin, Bourgas, Calgary, Copenhagen, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Dublin, Faro, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Las Vegas, Madeira, Malta, New York (Newark), Orlando, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Philadelphia, Reykjavík, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife, Toronto and Vancouver.
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, situated 30 miles south west of Glasgow, is a hub of budget airline Ryanair with domestic flights to London Stansted and Bournemouth; and international flights to Brussels, Bergamo, Budapest, Cork, Dublin, Girona, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Kaunas, Milan, Murcia, Oslo (Torp), Paris, Pisa, Reus, Riga, Rome, Shannon, Warsaw and Wroclaw. Be aware that there is an additional train journey of up to an hour from this airport into Glasgow city centre. Aer Arann flys twice weekly from Donegal International Airport into Prestwick.
Inverness Airport, situated 7 miles north east of the city.
There are many UK domestic flights operating to Scotland including:
BMI flights from London Heathrow, Manchester, Leeds-Bradford, and Norwich
BMIbaby flights from Nottingham East Midlands.
British Airways flights from London (Heathrow, Gatwick and City)
Eastern Airways flights from Birmingham, Durham Tees Valley, Humberside, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham East Midlands, and Southampton.
Easyjet flights from London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Bristol, and Belfast.
Flybe flights from Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Jersey, Manchester, Manston-Kent, Newquay, Norwich and Southmapton.
Ryanair flights from London Stansted.
Scotairways flights from London City.
No airport in Scotland, except Glasgow Prestwick, is connected to the rail network, meaning travellers have to use a dedicated bus service to the city centre, or take a taxi. However, a tram line is currently under construction between Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh city centre, and is expected to be operational by 2012. Passengers arriving at and departing from Prestwick may use their boarding pass to claim a 50% discount on single train tickets between the airport and any station in Scotland.
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