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8.3.10 |
Varsity Express
Varsity Express have ceased operations. More information for
passengers who had seats booked on the Oxford-Edinburgh service
here.
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7.3.10 |
Edinburgh to host Japan flights
Edinburgh Airport is to receive a couple of charter flights from
Japan this summer. A one-way charter from Nagoya is due to arrive
on 8 July and another from Tokyo on 5 August, both operated by
Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
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1.3.10 |
Derry link added
Aer Arann have added flights to Derry. The new service departs 6
times a week from 20 May.
www.aerarann.com
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26.2.10 |
Ryanair add another German
service
Ryanair have added another destination from Edinburgh to Germany -
Lübeck, near Hamburg. The new service will operate 3 time a week
from 29 March.
www.ryanair.com
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25.2.10 |
Lufthansa add link to Düsseldorf
Lufthansa have
added a brand new, six-weekly service to Düsseldorf. The early
evening flights begin on 26 April onboard Canadair Regional Jet
aircraft with fares available from £6 one way at
www.lufthansa.co.uk.
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17.2.10 |
Norwegian Air Shuttle add
Stockholm
Norwegian have added summer season flights to Sweden's main
airport, Stockholm Arlanda. The Scandinavian budget airline
also flies twice a week from Edinburgh to Copenhagen and up to
five times a week to Oslo over the summer.
www.norwegian.no
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16.2.10 |
Jet2
Mallorca
Jet2 have added twice weekly flights to Palma, Mallorca. The new
summer service operates between 26 June - 24 October. www.jet2.com
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12.2.10 |
New link to South Coast
Flybe have announced a new daily service to Manston (Kent
International), beginning on 27 May.
www.flybe.com
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10.2.10 |
Ryanair expand Edinburgh base
Ryanair have assigned a sixth aircraft to their growing Edinburgh
base and launched four new destinations - Marrakech, Faro, Kaunas
and Paris Beauvais. Frequencies on 11 existing services will also
be increased from May. The latest expansion brings the total
number of destinations served by Ryanair from Edinburgh to 38 with
2.5 million seats available annually.
www.ryanair.com
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10.2.10 |
January
Traffic Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 513,400 passengers in January - a loss
of 7.4% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year
to January 2010 stands at 9,006,000 which is a growth of
0.5% on the
same period last year.
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28.1.10 |
New flights to Vilnius
Lithuanian low cost carrier Star1 Airlines have announced a new
twice weekly summer service between Vilnius and Edinburgh.
www.star1.aero
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25.1.10 |
Aer Lingus Regional
Aer Arann have entered a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus,
forming Aer Lingus Regional which will see an increase in
frequency of the Edinburgh-Dublin service from one daily to 3
daily. The timetable will be flown by one Aer Lingus Airbus 320
aircraft and two Aer Arann ATR-72-500 turboprops and will allow
connections onto the Aer Lingus Dublin-USA network. The Cork
service which is flown by Aer Arann is now bookable through
www.aerlingus.com
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10.1.10 |
December
Traffic Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 580,100 passengers in December - a loss
of 4.4% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year
to December 2009 stands at 9,046,900 which is a growth of
0.6% on the
same period last year.
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5.1.10 |
Cimber Air return to
Edinburgh for summer 2010 with twice weekly budget flights to
Copenhagen.
www.cimber.com
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11.12.09 |
New Edinburgh - Guernsey route
Flybe have launched a thrice
weekly service direct to Guernsey for the summer schedule.
Other summer leisure routes with Flybe from Edinburgh include
Jersey, Newquay, Rennes and Bergerac.
www.flybe.com
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10.12.09 |
Easy
does it - to Lisbon!
easyJet have added a three times weekly service to
Lisbon. The new flights start on 4 May 2010 with return fares from
£58 at
www.easyjet.com.
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10.12.09 |
November
Traffic Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 647,200 passengers in November - a gain
of 1.3% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year
to November 2009 stands at 9,073,500 which is a 0.7% change on the
same period last year.
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22.11.09 |
Bargains
Galore from Edinburgh
All of the airlines are vying for business which is good news for
the consumer. With budget flights available from under £20 return,
it's never been cheaper to fly. For inspiration for an extra
weekend break to loads of UK and European destinations with return
flights available at under £100 see our new
Edinburgh flight deals page.
Book early to grab a real bargain air fare before the cheapest
seats are snapped up.
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17.11.09 |
Ryanair adding
Tampere
Ryanair have added fights from Edinburgh to Tampere,
Finland. The new flights will depart three times a week from 1
April. However, services to Wroclaw, Limoges and Altenburg have been
withdrawn.
www.ryanair.com
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9.11.09 |
October
Traffic Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 824,600 passengers in September - a gain
of 3.8% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year
to October 2009 stands at 9,065,000 which is a 0% change on the
same period last year.
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9.10.09 |
September Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 854,500 passengers in September - a gain
of 3.8% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year
to September 2009 stands at 9,034,400 which is 0.6% down on the
same period last year.
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24.9.09 |
Jet2 launch
summer 2010 flights
Dubrovnik (from 2nd May) – from
£49.99 one way including taxes
Faro (from 20th May) – from £34.99 one way including taxes
Ibiza (from 27th May) – from £34.99 one way including taxes
La Rochelle (from 29th May) – from £34.99 one way including taxes
Menorca (from 28th May) – from £39.99 one way including taxes
Murcia (from 3rd April) – from £34.99 one way including taxes
Sardinia (from 15th May) – from £34.99 one way including taxes
Prague (year round) – from £29.99 one way including taxes
Toulouse (from 29th May) – from £34.99 one way including taxes
Venice (from 24th April) – from £34.99 one way including taxes.
Book early for the best fares. Flights are on sale now at www.jet2.com
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10.9.09 |
August Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh
Airport handled 928,500 passengers in August - a gain of 4.8% on
the same month last year. Total passengers for the year to August
2009 stands at 9,003,200 which is 1.2% down on the same period
last year.
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10.8.09 |
July Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 955,800 passengers in July - a gain of
5.6% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year to
July 2009 stands at 8,960,700 which is 1.8% down on the same
period last year.
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10.7.09 |
June Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh Airport handled 871,300 passengers in June - a gain of
1.4% on the same month last year. Total passengers for the year to
June 2009 stands at 8,910,000 which is 2.5% down on the same
period last year.
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4.7.09 |
Capital's
Canadian Affair is over
Canadian
specialist Canadian Affair will close their Edinburgh link in
October. The long established weekly seasonal flights to Toronto
will not be returning in summer 2010.
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3.7.09 |
Thomson Holidays
now booking for summer 2010
The TUI Group, lead by Thomson Holidays, have issued their summer
2010 programme from Edinburgh. Flights and package holidays direct
to Majorca, Ibiza, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Bourgas, Corfu, Dalaman
and Cyprus are on sale at
www.thomson.com.
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10.6.09 |
May Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh
Airport handled 821,700 passengers in May - a gain of 1.4% on the
same month last year. Total passengers for the year to May 2009
stands at 8,898,100 which is 2.5% down on the same period last
year.
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11.5.09 |
April Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh
Airport handled 752,100 passengers in April - a gain of 3.9% on
the same month last year. Total passengers for the year to April
2009 stands at 8,886,400 which is 2.5% down on the same period
last year.
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15.4.09 |
March Traffic
Figures
Edinburgh
Airport handled 694,400 passengers in March - a drop of 3.6% on
the same month last year. Total passengers for the year to March
2009 stands at 8,858,500 which is 2.8% down on the same period
last year.
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