Loganair offers new daily flights between Edinburgh and Glasgow

Loganair is offering an alternative to the M8 with a new daily flight between Ed inburgh and Glasgow.

Commuters can make the short trip between Glasgow and Edinburgh airports seven days a week with Loganair.

The 41 miles journey takes just 15 minutes, according to Flight Radar, costing £45.41.

Logan air revealed the route on Facebook, explaining that the route is “another sideeffect of the pandemic”.

It wrote: "Well, it's no mistake, no publicity stunt, nor is it just a novel way of cutting down on rush hour traffic on the M8.

“The actual reason, however, is another side-effect of the pandemic...

“With insufficient demand for some routes from Edinburgh directly, we' ve temporarily amended our schedules to provide new mini-hubs across our net work, allowing you to fly routes such as Edinburgh-stornoway, via Glasgow, and Inverness to Kirkwall, via Aberdeen.”

Though the sub -50 mile trip is intended to be used as a stop-off to other destinations, passengers are able to book a flight between the two cities at the airline’s official website. Loganair lists the flight time between the two cities as 30 minutes, though Edinburgh Airport advises passengers travelling domestically to arrive at least one hour before a flight.

A single train ticket from Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street costs £13.40 and takes 51 minutes according to National Rail.

A Citylink bus between the two city centres costs just £10 for a return but takes one hours and 20 minutes.

A drive from Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow Airport would take 50 minutes.