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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 brought ...

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 three, who ...

17 Nov 2022 at 17:05

Scot Brian Glendinning freed from Iraqi prison returns home

A father of three who was held in an Iraqi jail over an unpaid debt had an emotional reunion with his family as he returned to Scotland. Brian Glendinning, 43, arrived at Edinburgh airport on Saturday after being held in a prison in Iraq. He ...

19 Nov 2022 at 14:19

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 employed in ...

03 May 2023 at 11:05

Airport strike action averted after union secures deal in pay dispute

Summer strike action at Edinburgh Airport has been averted after workers accepted a pay deal. Unite the union said 96% of workers backed the deal which will deliver a 12% increase on basic salary and shift pay along with a one-off cash ...

13 Jun 2023 at 14:07

Army officer charged after airport alert over dummy hand grenade

A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland’s busiest airport. A bomb squad was called to Edinburgh Airport in October and Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of ...

24 Nov 2024 at 13:01

Return of Scot held in Iraqi jail over Qatar bank ‘debt’ is delayed

A Scottish man who was reportedly held in an Iraqi prison over a bank debt will arrive back in Scotland on Saturday morning. The PA news agency understands that Brian Glendinning, 43, from Kincardine, Fife, will arrive at Edinburgh ...

18 Nov 2022 at 16:27

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 Airport ...

26 Sept 2023 at 21:57

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 to figures ...

04 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Flights disrupted and schools closed for second day as wintry weather continues

Flights have been cancelled and schools closed for a second day as wintry weather continues to affect many parts of Scotland. Met Office yellow weather warnings for snow and ice for northern and western Scotland – ...

07 Jan 2025 at 10:43

Strike action averted as airport employer offers staff improved pay deal

Strike action at a busy airport involving more than 100 staff has been averted after a “significant improvement” was made to a pay offer, a union has said. OCS Group workers at Edinburgh Airport had been planning ...

19 Sept 2025 at 16:30

Scotland

Airport’s ‘pioneering’ solar farm hailed by Forbes

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said an airside solar power project, which can provide more than a quarter of an airport’s electricity is a “fantastic example” of “real and lasting change”. Kate Forbes was ...

20 Aug 2025 at 16:38

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