Glasgow and Edinburgh set new highs
GLASGOW and Edinburgh airports set further records for passenger numbers in May, while Aberdeen saw another year-on-year increase in traffic after a protracted decline.
More than 910,000 passengers travelled through Glasgow Airport last month. This marked the airport’s busiest-ever May, and managing director Amanda McMillan forecast a record June.
Glasgow Airport noted the addition of capacity by several airlines, including Thomson and Thomas Cook. Its growth in May was fuelled by a 16.5 per cent yearon-year rise in international passenger numbers, to 525,785.
Domestic passenger numbers at Glasgow in May were up by two per cent on a year earlier at 384,548.
Edinburgh Airport also achieved its busiest May on record. It handled 1.23 million passengers in May, up by 10.8 per cent on a year earlier. Its international passenger numbers were up 15.6 per cent yearon-year, at 766,094. The airport’s domestic passenger numbers last month, at 465,618, were up by
3.7 per cent on May 2016.
Aberdeen International Airport, hit in recent years by the oil and gas sector’s woes, handled 274,263 passengers last month. It noted domestic and international traffic were up by 4.2 per cent and
1.4 per cent respectively on the same month of last year.