Edinburgh Airport has recorded its busiest ever month, with the 1.5 million passenger barrier broken for the first time ever at a Scottish airport.
A total of 1,501,988 people passed through the airport last month ? an increase of 6.3% on July 2017, with growth in both domestic and international markets.
Gordon Dewar, chief executive for Edinburgh airport said: ?These are fantastic figures for the airport, for Edinburgh and for Scotland, and they show an increase in passenger demand of 60% over the past five years ? that is phenomenal growth and easily makes us one of Europe?s fasting growing airports.
?We have invested huge sums already to keep up with that demand and are now for the first time in a position where we?re ahead of that curve thanks to a terminal expansion which will see us grow our passenger capacity to more than 17 million. That headroom is welcome and is a position we want to stay in and aim to do so through continued investment.
?Part of that wider picture is the need for improvements to the external infrastructure as well and that is an ongoing discussion with various partners as we must change and grow to maximise the opportunities that the airport brings. ?This extension is the beginning of a longer period of investment in our airport. Growth is our main strategic challenge and we will develop in order to enable growth for Edinburgh and Scotland as a whole.?
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