Edinburgh Airport
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Edinburgh Airport, (also called Turnhouse) located in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the sixth largest international airport in the UK. Its IATA Airport Code is EDI. It is located 13 km (8 miles) West of the city centre.
Edinburgh Airport is owned by BAA plc, the company that also owns Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted Airport, Glasgow International Airport, Aberdeen Airport and Southampton Airport.
The present terminal building, designed by Robert Matthew, was constructed in 1977 and has been heavily upgraded in recent years, with new car parking facilities and an extended arrivals hall. A new control tower is currently under construction.
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Airlines and destinations
- Aer Arann (Cork, Galway)
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- Air France (Cityjet) (Paris Charles de Gaulle)
- Air Scotland (Alicante, Málaga)
- Air Transat (Toronto)
- Atlantic Airways (Vágar)
- bmi (Brussels, Copenhagen, Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, London Heathrow, Manchester, Stornoway)
- bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham East Midlands)
- British Airways (London Gatwick, London Heathrow)
- British Airways (Citiexpress) (Birmingham, Bristol, London City, Manchester, Southampton)
- British Airways (Loganair) (Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Sumburgh, Stornoway, Wick)
- British Airways (Sun Air) (Billund)
- CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
- Continental Airlines (Newark)
- Eastern Airways (Norwich)
- easyJet (Amsterdam, Belfast International, Bristol, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Luton, Nottingham East Midlands)
- EUjet (Kent Manston)
- Flybe (Belfast City, Birmingham, Exeter, Jersey, Southampton)
- Flyglobespan (Alicante, Barcelona, Faro, London Stansted, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Rome Fiumicino)
- Germanwings (Cologne-Bonn)
- Hapag-Lloyd Express (Hamburg)
- Jet2.com (Manchester)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Ryanair (Dublin)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Stockholm)
- ScotAirways (London City)
- Transaero Airlines (Moscow Domodedovo)
Holiday Airlines
In addition to the scheduled services listed above, a number of holiday companies operate exclusive charter flights from Edinburgh to a number of destinations in Europe. The popular resorts of the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Cyprus, the Greek Islands and Turkey form the majority of destinations for these flights.
A number of airlines operate holiday flights from Edinburgh, including First Choice Airways, Britannia Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, My Travel, Monarch, Spanair, Futura and Excel Airways.
Passenger Information
In 1991 2,339,538 passengers passed through Edinburgh Airport, by 2002 that had increased to 6,906,731 passengers. That represents an annual increase of 10.6%. Edinburgh Airport recorded 8 Million passengers in the rolling year to the end of January 2005; the first time that that milestone has been reached.
Future Plans
There are plans to expand Edinburgh airport by adding a third runway, although this is unlikely to be completed in the next 30 years. Because of its central location, which is on the "correct" side of Edinburgh (i.e to its West), it is easily reached by the M8 and M9 motorways, and is nearby a major railway line meaning that it is within easy reach of most of the country. It is also attractive for those living in the eastern area of Greater Glasgow, as it removes the need for passengers to traverse Glasgow itself and the notorious city centre section of the M8 to reach either Glasgow or Prestwick Airports. For this reason, and the logistical problems in physically expanding Glasgow Airport any further it is expected that more investment will be poured into Edinburgh.
The Scottish Executive announced in 2003, plans to extend a rail link to Edinburgh Airport. More details can be found on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Project (http://www.earlproject.com/) website. A proposed tram route is expected to connect to Edinburgh Airport when complete in 2009. Currently, bus services links the airport to Edinburgh City Centre, Livingston, Stirling and Fife.
Accidents
On 27 February 2001, a Loganair Shorts 360 operating a Royal Mail flight to Belfast, crashed into the Firth of Forth shortly after taking off from Edinburgh at 1730GMT. Both crew members were killed, but there were no passengers on board. A fatal accident inquiry later blamed a build up of slush in the aircraft's engines for the crash. Protective covering had not been fitted to the engine intakes while the aircraft was parked for several hours in heavy snow at Edinburgh.
External links
- Edinburgh Airport Official Site (http://www.baa.com/main/airports/edinburgh/)
- Edinburgh Airport Unofficial Site (http://www.taxiwayalpha.com/airports/edinburgh/)Template:UKAirports