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Aviation leaders have urged the Scottish Government to address a discrepancy in Covid test costs Scots returning from overseas trips are facing Covid test charges that are up to four times as expensive as English rates. The Scottish Government has been urged to address the discrepancy by Airlines UK, the Airport Operators Association (AOA), AGS and Edinburgh airports. Industry experts say higher test costs risk pricing Scots out of the holiday market. The government confirmed on Ma...

Aberdeen airport welcomes new chair Lena Wilson CBE Updated: 28/04/2021, 12:01 pm © Supplied Aberdeen International Airport has announced the appointment of its new chair. Lena will succeed Sir Peter Mason, who has chaired AGS since it was formed in 2014 by Ferrovial and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). She is one of the UK’s most senior business figures, serving as a chair or non-executive on a range of PLCs and other organisations across a variety of sectors. Having had a ...

Glasgow Airport owner unveils new chairman By Ian McConnell LENA Wilson, former chief executive of economic development agency Scottish Enterprise, has been named as the new chairman of Glasgow and Aberdeen airports owner AGS. Ms Wilson will take up her post on May 1. She replaces Sir Peter Mason, who has chaired AGS since it was formed in 2014 by Ferrovial and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.  Lena Wilson said: “As the country moves into recovery, regional connectivity will...

Airport runway plans: Heres what happened so far tonight SOUTHAMPTON Airport bosses have put forward their support for plans to expand the airports runway as the debate over the proposals resumed. After almost 11 hours of deliberation on Thursday, the full council meeting at Eastleigh Borough Council resumed today at 6pm. As reported, councillors will have to decide whether to approve or reject plans to expand the runway at Southampton Airport by 164m. On Thursday councillors listened to...

Posted Responding to the findings of the Sir Peter Hendy-led Union Connectivity Report findings, Derek Provan, chief executive of AGS Airports, said: “The findings from the Union Connectivity Review on Air Passenger Duty (APD) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s desire to see a reduction on what is a regressive tax to passengers and the industry is welcome news. “As one of the UK’s largest regional airport groups, we have stated all along that APD is a barrier to growth. The world has ...

Union Connectivity Review: what it could mean for travel within the UK Simon Calder These are the key recommendations – and the analysis by The Independent. What’s the problem? “Inadequate connections, needless bottlenecks and endless delays on the vital links between one part of the UK and another”: that is how Boris Johnson sums up travel within the United Kingdom in an article on transport infrastructure. Mr Johnson, the third Conservative prime minister in the past ...

Updated: March 10, 2021, 3:54 pm Tui has reduced its summer programme from Aberdeen. Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up North-east MSP Liam Kerr has pressed the Scottish Government to come up with an initiative to safeguard jobs after Tui announced it was to axe more than half of its city flights. The UK’s largest holiday provid...

The chief executive of Glasgow Airport has welcomed suggestions that the UK could cut air passenger duty (APD) on domestic flights in a bid to boost…

BBC News Published image copyrightReuters Job losses are "inevitable" following the decision by package holiday firm Tui to reduce flights from Aberdeen, the airports operator has warned. Tui said it would no longer base an aircraft at Aberdeen while flights offered from the city are reduced from 10 to four each week this summer. It said it had "no choice" due to the continued uncertainty over holidays. Operator AGS Airports said further job losses would happen unless there was a recovery plan....

by Alastair Gossip and Kieran Beattie February 24, 2021, 7:44 am Updated: February 24, 2021, 11:05 am © Kenny Elrick / DCT Media Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Scottish Government’s roadmap out of lockdown was criticised last night for failing to address the need for travel – both at home and abroad. And retail, t...