Passenger Numbers Up @ Inverness Airport

There 21,000 travellers through the Highland terminal between April and June on the same time last year.

The HIAL managing director has insisted the union's demands are "unrealistic".
Published 23rd Jul 2015

Flights to Manchester and Dublin are being hailed for rising passenger numbers at Inverness Airport.

Figures were up 12 per-cent between April and June - that's almost 21,000 more travellers.

Latest figures across the Hial group attracted 385,491 passengers during the period, an extra 19,000 compared to the same point last year.

That's an increase of 5.3% with much of the growth at HIAL’s Inverness hub.

A new weekly summer service from Inverness to Zurich also launched during the period.

With an extra 60,000 seats on offer this summer, the airport is expecting its busiest ever summer.