86,000 set to fly in for Hogmanay

EDINBURGH Airport is set to welcome more than 86,000 passengers as the city gears up for its traditional Hogmanay celebrations.

Bosses said the projected figure, for the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, would be the largest-ever number of passengers arriving at the airport in the period running up to Hogmanay.

Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said: “The global demand for Edinburgh and the international draw of Scotland has surpassed expectations and the previous record set last year.”

Al Thomson, director of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, said: “It has seen an annual increase in its international audience and last year we welcomed visitors from over 80 countries to celebrate Scotland’s New Year festival.”