Aberdeen Airport
Growing alongside the oil industry in the 60s and 70s, Aberdeen
was once the world’s largest commercial heliport. With three
terminals dedicated to North Sea helicopter operations, this is
still a very widely-used facility for the offshore oil industry.
However, as more passengers are taking to the skies, Aberdeen has
begun a £10m project that will extend the airport’s services and
attract more international routes. The expansion is expected to
create 1200 jobs at the airport alone, and more across
Scotland.
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Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport was the busiest in Scotland in 2008. Going
back little more than 20 years, though, the only international
services from Edinburgh were to Amsterdam and Dublin. Progress
rolls on – it’s projected that by 2020, the airport will be
handling some 20m passengers. An extension to the terminal, called
the ‘South East Pier’ opened in September 2006. In 2008, there was
controversy over the opening of a Gate 13 – but in the end,
Edinburgh refused to give in to superstition.
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Glasgow Airport
Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Ghlaschu is just west of Glasgow
city centre – and for those who don’t speak Scottish Gaelic, that’s
Glasgow Airport. It was the first airport in Scotland to handle
over one million passengers in one month, in July 2004. The
airfield is a hub for Loganair, EasyJet and Flyglobespan, and also
houses maintenance facilities for British Airways. The RAF also
bases an air squadron there, providing flying training to Glasgow
and Strathclyde university students who plan to join the ranks.
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Prestwick Airport
Originally, Prestwick was the only Scottish airport allowed to
operate a transatlantic link, because of the lovely weather
conditions on the Ayrshire coast. It’s considered to be the only
piece of UK territory Elvis Presley ever visited, when his US Army
transport plane stopped to refuel. The airport also featured on Top
Gear, which ran two vehicles behind the engines of a Boeing 747-700
to investigate the effect of crosswinds on cars.
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