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Triumphant Olympic curling teams land in Edinburgh

Team GB’s only Olympic medallists received a hero’s welcome after they arrived home to Scotland on Tuesday. Winter Olympic champion Eve Muirhead and her gold medal-winning teammates arrived back in the capital just days after clinching the top prize ...

23 Feb 2022 at 00:25

Scotland

Edinburgh Airport vehicles make switch from diesel to vegetable oil

Vehicles at Edinburgh Airport are now powered by vegetable oil in a bid to cut carbon emissions. Thirty-four vehicles have switched from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil, which is a renewable alternative and eliminates up to 90% of net carbon ...

06 May 2022 at 18:55

Scotland

Edinburgh Airport welcomes almost one million passengers as numbers bounce back

Edinburgh Airport bosses have said it is coping with a surge in passengers as April marked the terminal’s busiest period since before the pandemic. Around one million people travelled through the capital’s airport last month, as people made the ...

10 May 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Holidaymakers to expect disruption over peak summer travel period, airport warns

Edinburgh Airport has warned travellers looking to go abroad over the peak summer period to expect queues and disruption as it returns to full service for the first time in more than two years. Over the last two years, the airport has been ...

31 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Father held in Iraqi jail over ‘debt’ to arrive back in Scotland on Friday

A Scottish man who was reportedly held in an Iraqi prison over a bank debt will arrive home on Friday. Brian Glendinning, 43, will fly into Edinburgh Airport at about 5.25pm and will be greeted by his family and friends. The father of ...

17 Nov 2022 at 17:05

Father-of-three held in Iraqi jail over Qatar bank ‘debt’ to return to Scotland

A Scottish man who was reportedly held in an Iraqi prison over a bank debt is to arrive back at Edinburgh Airport. Brian Glendinning, 43, will arrive at around 5.25pm and will be greeted by family and friends. The father-of-three, ...

18 Nov 2022 at 03:45

Summer travel chaos warning as airport workers balloted on strike action

Passengers could face a summer of travel chaos if workers vote to take strike action in a dispute over pay, a union has warned. Unite said it will ballot around 275 workers at Edinburgh Airport on walkouts, including members ...

03 May 2023 at 11:05

Scotland

Plane which left Edinburgh forced to land in Manchester as passenger becomes ill

A Ryanair flight that departed from Scotland was forced to land after a passenger became ill onboard. The flight FR5663 EDI-AGP departed Edinburgh for Malaga, Spain, on Tuesday, but made an emergency landing at Manchester ...

26 Sept 2023 at 21:57

City

France’s Vinci to snap up majority stake in Edinburgh Airport

French firm and Gatwick Airport owner Vinci has struck a deal to buy a majority stake in Edinburgh Airport for around £1.27 billion. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has agreed to sell a 50.01% stake in the Scottish ...

17 Apr 2024 at 09:21

Pilot who was over alcohol limit before transatlantic flight jailed

A pilot who attempted to captain a transatlantic flight while more than twice the alcohol limit has been jailed for 10 months. Captain Lawrence Russell, 63, was stopped in Edinburgh Airport wearing his pilot’s uniform ...

19 Mar 2024 at 13:14

Airport workers back strike action in pay row

Passengers could face a summer of travel chaos after airport workers voted to take strike action in a dispute over pay, a union has warned. Unite balloted around 275 staff at Edinburgh Airport, including members ...

25 May 2023 at 13:08

Scotland

Police attended almost 1,000 incidents at Scottish airports in two years

Police officers responded to almost a thousand incidents at Scottish airports in the last two years, figures show. Across all 14 airports, officers were called out to 983 incidents in 2021 and 2022, according ...

04 Jul 2023 at 00:01

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