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Inverness Airport
Airport Directory » United Kingdom » Inverness » Inverness AirportInverness Airport (IATA: INV, ICAO: EGPE) is an international airport located at Dalcross, 7 NM (13 kilometre; 8.1 mi) nor'-east of the town of Inverness in Highland, Scotland. The airport is the independent gateway for traveler to the northward of Scotland with a broad bush of scheduled services throughout the UK and Ireland, and limited charter and shipment voyages into Europe. 678,776 riders passed through the airport in 2008. It is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) who own most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands.
History
The airport was originally used by the Royal Air Force during World War II and was opened for polite functioning in 1947. British European Airways, 1 of the predecessors to British Airways, set about voyages to London Heathrow in the mid-1970s using a combination of Hawker Siddeley Trident jet plane and Vickers Viscounts (4-engined turbo-propeller planes). By the late 1970s and early 1980s there were 2 daily voyages between Inverness and Heathrow, nevertheless the path was stopped in 1983 on the dry land of poor fiscal functioning. Dan-Air inherited the service, offering a three-times daily service using ab initio BAC 1-11 jet plane come after in the early 1990s by Boeing 737-200 aircraft. The air hose keep up the path adding relates to London Gatwick and Manchester in the late 1980s, even so these new services turn up not to be successful and were stopped.
When Dan Air was purchased by British Airways in 1992, the flag bearer retained the service for a further 5 yr, adding a 4th daily oftenness shortly before pulling away the link up, amidst considerable contention and public ire, in fall 1997. British Airways reassigned the London service to Gatwick, functioned by its subordinate on a three-times daily ground using lower capacity BAe 146 regional jet plane. The growth of easyJet as a pressure in UK air power also cooccured with the set up of a daily service to London Luton in 1996. Other destinations and air hose were added (Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Leeds-Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle), especially after 2003, where HIALs's selling attempts were attended to by path development monetary fund back up from the Scottish Executive. The London Heathrow link up was re-instated in 2004, by bmi on a daily oftenness, still the service was stopped in March 2008, the air hose adverting arising costs at Heathrow as the ground.
International scheduled services have ne'er turn up successful at Inverness. A new weekly seasonal service between Düsseldorf and Inverness will get down in Summer 2009, functioned by Lufthansa CityLine.
The currently defunct Snowflake (a low cost foot soldier of SAS) functioned a twice weekly service to Stockholm in the summertime of 2004, still the service was move back after a short time period of functioning due to want of claim. KLM UK functioned a daily service to Amsterdam via Edinburgh in 1997 but this was short-lived, lasting only a few calendar month. ScotAirways set up a service to Amsterdam in 2001, even so this was move back coming after the events of 11 September. British Airways experimented with a Saturday only connexion to Bergen in Norway (via Kirkwall and Sumburgh) during the summertime of 1990 but this to a fault was move back and ne'er reinstated. A 4 clips weekly service to Dublin was functioned by Aer Arann between 2006 and 2008 using ATR 42 aircraft before being move back due to the results of intensifying fuel monetary values.
Present solar day
Flybe is currently the biggest bearer at Inverness Airport. It functions the thrice-daily London-Gatwick service, inherited from BA Connect functioned by a ground Embraer 195 aircraft. The bearer also has a ground Bombardier Q400 which functions paths to Manchester, Jersey and Southampton. There are also Flybe paths using a Q400 to Belfast and Birmingham.
The airport does an eminent operate within the Highlands and Islands web, operating as a hub where voyages between the islands and the central belt tie. In the 1970s, British Airways functioned Viscount services on the web after down-sizing to Hawker Siddley 748s. These were then replaced by ATPs. British Airways elongated to lose money on these paths and bit by bit reassigned its functioning to franchise bearers British Regional Airlines and Loganair. Today these services are all functioned by Loganair under a franchise understanding with Flybe. Another emerging participant is Inverness-based Highland Airways which functions relates to Stornoway and Benbecula as good as supplying postal service to all the islands. Links to the central belt have lately been lost. There are no longer anybody direct services to Glasgow after they were move back by Loganair. Highland Airways' tries to function this service were afterwards short-lived. There is, nevertheless, a twice daily relate to Edinburgh.
Terminal info
The airport depot is eminent as an early representative of the Public-private partnership favored by the UK Government. HIAL was picked apart for a PFI cover signed to construct a new depot at Inverness Airport. The cover signed by HIAL averaged it had to pay £3.50 for every rider winging from the airport to the PFI operator. In 2006, the PFI cover was call off, costing the Scottish Executive £27.5 million. The depot has a figure of retail sales outlet including a subdivision of WH Smith, a Starbucks and a cafebar, all district side. There is also a eating house and bar airside. All the usual installations are available at the airport including a Servisair Lounge, business organisation and conference installations, an ATM, letter box, Avis and Hertz auto engage and an infocenter.
Transport link up
Bus
Improved bus company are currently functioning between Inverness Airport, Inverness and Nairn. Stagecoach in Inverness path 11 runs every 30 min. between the airport and Inverness town center close to the railroad terminal. Stagecoach in Inverness path 29X runs every 60 minute to Nairn.
Rail
There is no post at Inverness Airport, although the Aberdeen to Inverness Line runs alongside the southward circumference of the field. A new station at the airport has been advised late, even so for the meanwhile the about stations are Nairn or Inverness (both about 9 mi (14 kilometre) forth).
Road
The airport is turn up 8 mi (13 kilometre) nor'-east of the town of Inverness merely off the briny A96 Aberdeen-Inverness highroad and is clearly sign-posted from all ways.
Taxis are readily available straight in front end of the depot construction.
Car engage
Both Avis and Hertz are corresponded within the depot construction.
Future developments
British Airways denoted in late 2007 that would not be regenerating its franchise understanding with Loganair. In early 2008, Flybe denoted that it had procured a franchise understanding with Loganair where the low cost air hose's trade name shall be presented on most of the Loganair path web in 2008 (with the exclusion of the inter-island Northern Isles voyages). As a effect, from the finish of October 2008 there will no longer be anybody British Airways presence at Inverness Airport.
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