Aviation: Scotland

(asked on 25th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of direct flights from Scottish airports to emerging economies which have commenced since 2010.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 3rd March 2015

The table below shows the number of air transport movements at Scottish airports on direct routes outside Western Europe or North America, which have commenced since 2010.


Number of flight departures, 2010-2013

Reporting Airport

Next Airport

Next Country

2010

2011

2012

2013

Aberdeen

Baku

Azerbaijan

62

84

1

Aberdeen

Riga

Latvia

1

13

Aberdeen

Antalya

Turkey

4

10

Edinburgh

Istanbul

Turkey

97

314

Edinburgh

Budapest

Hungary

92

137

137

Edinburgh

Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt

44

16

39

Edinburgh

Tallin

Estonia

125

Edinburgh

Szczecin (Golenow)

Poland

49

62

Edinburgh

Katowice

Poland

63

Edinburgh

Antalya

Turkey

22

20

16

Edinburgh

Enfidha

Tunisia

26

Glasgow

Enfidha

Tunisia

34

74

116

Glasgow

Boa Vista (Rabil)

Cape Verde Islands

35

53

Glasgow

Warsaw (Chopin)

Poland

88

Glasgow

Gdansk

Poland

86

Glasgow

Punta Cana

Dominican Republic

13

Prestwick

Bydgoszcz

Poland

83

105

Prestwick

Warsaw (Chopin)

Poland

135

Prestwick

Modlin Masovia

Poland

68

Prestwick

Rzeszow

Poland

63

Prestwick

Warsaw (Modlin Masovia)

Poland

42

Source: Civil Aviation Authority Airport Statistics

Routes with less than 10 departures in a year are excluded.

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