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Highlands set for £22m lift from flights



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Published Date: 25 January 2008
By JOHN ROSS
UP TO £22 million will be injected into the Highland economy annually as a result of new air services, it was claimed yesterday.
Eastern Airways flies services from Inverness to Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Southampton; EasyJet flies to Bristol and Ryanair to Nottingham.

Flybe, which already flies an Inverness-Belfast service, will add routes to Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester and Southampton this year.

Highlands Loch Ness Marketing say an extra 100,000 people are expected to land at Inverness when the new routes start. Nicol Manson, its chairman, said: "The new flights are tremendous news."

The report comes weeks after it was announced that the only air connection, provided by the airline Bmi, between the Highlands and Heathrow is to be scrapped.



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  • Last Updated: 24 January 2008 10:11 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Budget airlines
 
1

Snuffy Ivy,

Aberdeen 25/01/2008 03:55:03
It's interesting that the first thing the headline points out is the money advantage. The LAST thing the paper really needs to point out is the advantages and convenience to paying customers/tourists! It's all about money. Shame.
2

Guga II,

Rockall 25/01/2008 06:30:13
But nothing is to be done about the air services to the islands, with the standard return fare from Stornoway to Glasgow remaining at around £320.
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Jonnypneumonic,

Inverness 25/01/2008 11:29:53
While these additional flights are great news for those wishing to come to the Highlands, where are the direct flights from Inverness to overseas locations?

Is it not time that Inverness 'International Airport' did more to offer a better selection of overseas direct flights. For instance if you want to fly to the likes of Turkey, you have to take a flight from Belfast, Glasgow or one of the London airports. Same can be said for much of Spain (in Canary Islands) etc.

How about giving us some more choice?

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truthsleuth,

South of the Border 25/01/2008 15:28:12
Who pays/paid the £millions to bail the airport out
Who will continue to pay the £millions in support of this and other local airports.
What will happen when Carbon taxes have to be paid for all the unnecessary flights.
Who subsidises the 'commuters'
How many incoming tourists are there against outgoing tourists and what is the balance here.
6

truthsleuth,

South of the Border 25/01/2008 15:31:52
£22,000,000 at 100000 passengers = £220 per passenger
Hardly enough for a couple of fish suppers nowadays.
7

Declan,

Glasgow 28/01/2008 14:12:16
The new flights proposed by Flybe are clearly in direct competition with Eastern. Eastern Airways are much more expensive and I foresee them pulling out of many of the Inverness routes - there won't be enough passengers to fill all the planes.

The routes will certainly help the city and those in the northern isles, no longer having to fly through Edinburgh to get to English destinations.

 

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