A growing number of European and international destinations now have direct flight links to Scottish airports. Although you may still have to take a direct flight to London or Manchester and then take a connecting flight to Scotland, depending on where you are departing from.
Bear in mind that none of Scotland’s airports are served by rail links, with the exception of Glasgow Prestwick. This means that you will have to use one of the dedicated bus services or take a taxi into the city centres.
Here is a quick guide to the five Scottish airports.
Aberdeen Airport
8 miles out of the city. Direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bergen, Copenhagen, Dublin, Esbjerg, Faro, Groningen, Kristiansand, Malaga, Murcia, Oslo, Palma, Paphos, Paris, Stavanger and Tenerife.
Edinburgh Airport
10 miles west of the city. Direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Avignon, Barcelona, Bergen, Bergerac, Bremen, Brussels, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Dortmund, Dublin, Faro, Frankfurt, Galway, Gdansk, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Ibiza, Katowice, Krakow, Madrid, Mahon, Malaga, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Murcia, New York, Nice, Oslo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Pisa, Poznan, Prague, Pula, Rennes, Rome, Shannon, Sharm el Sheikh, Stockholm, Szczecin, Tenerife, Toronto, Toulouse, Warsaw and Zurich.
Glasgow International Airport
8 miles west of the city. Direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Bourgas, Calgary, Copenhagen, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Dublin, Faro, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Halifax, Heraklion, Las Vegas, Madeira, Malta, New York (Newark), Nice, Orlando, Ottawa, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Philadelphia, Prague, Pula, Reykjavík, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife, Toronto and Vancouver.
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport
30 miles south west of Glasgow - it is an additional train journey of up to an hour in to Glasgow city centre.
Domestic flights to London Stansted and Bournemouth. International flights to Brussels, Bergamo, Budapest, Cork, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Girona, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Kaunas, Krakow, Milan, Murcia, Oslo (Torp), Paris, Pisa, Reus, Riga, Rome, Shannon, Stockholm and Wroclaw.
Inverness Airport
Situated 7 miles north east of the city.
UK domestic airlines with flights operating to Scotland include:
BMI - from London Heathrow, Manchester, Leeds‐Bradford, and Norwich
BMIbaby - from Birmingham, Cardiff and Nottingham East Midlands.
British Airways - from London (Heathrow, Gatwick and City)
Eastern Airways - from Birmingham, Durham Tees Valley, Humberside, Leeds - Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham East Midlands, and Southampton.
Easyjet - from London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Bristol, and Belfast.
Flybe - from Belfast, Birmingham, Exeter, Jersey, Manchester, Newquay, Norwich and Southampton.
Ryanair - from Bournemouth, Liverpool, and London Stansted.
Scotairways - from London City.
Fly Whoosh - from Belfast and Birmingham.
If you are looking for cheap hotels for your Scottish trip, have a look online for the biggest selection. Most towns have a basic Travel Lodge hotel, as well as a selection of hostels, B&Bs, as well as a selection of beautiful country house hotels. And remember to take out valid travel insurance for your trip. Visit the Go Travel Insurance website where you will find some very competitive quotes on travel insurance.
