BAA Edinburgh Airport Flight Departures Building
Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2007, handling 9,047,558 passengers. It was also the seventh busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by air transport movements. It is located 8 statute miles (13 km) west of the city centre and is situated just off the M8 motorway. Edinburgh Airport is easily reached by the M9 and M90 motorways and is close to the Fife Circle and Edinburgh-Glasgow railway lines. Express bus services link the airport to Edinburgh City Centre by Airlink 100, to Inverkeithing railway station and Ferrytoll Park and Ride in Fife by Stagecoach Service 747, to Edinburgh Park, Sighthill, Fountainbridge, Holyrood and Leith by Service 35 and to Livingston, Broxburn, East Calder, Mid Calder by E&M Horsburgh Service 555/777. The airport is owned and operated by BAA, which also owns and operates six other UK airports, and is itself owned by an international consortium led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group. The airport is a hub for easyJet, flyglobespan and Ryanair. The present terminal building, designed by Robert Matthew, was constructed in 1977 and has been upgraded in recent years, with new car parking facilities and an extended arrivals hall. A new control tower was completed in 2005. There are plans for expansion of the airport, with passenger numbers expected to reach 26 million per annum by 2030.
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Location: Edinburgh Airport Lothian & Borders Region Scotland UK
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