Edinburgh Airport had its busiest February on record despite being the Beast from the East causing cancellations at the end of the month.
A total of 846,502 passengers used the airport last month, up 4.3% on February 2017.
International passengers rose by 13.4% year on year, which airport chief executive Gordon Dewar credited to new routes including 16 from Ryanair and new easyJet destinations Bilbao and Sofia as well as a boost from French rugby fans visiting for the Six Nations match at Murrayfield on February 11.
More than 846,000 people passed through Edinburgh Airport in February, making it the busiest ever February at Scotland’s busiest airport. https://t.co/5JbCyZjmM6
— Edinburgh Airport (@EDI_Airport) March 12, 2018
Domestic passenger numbers fell 6% compared to the previous February to 366,013 which was blamed on severe winter weather cancellations.
Mr Dewar said: “It’s encouraging to see passenger numbers continuing to grow as we add more and more destinations and routes, and delivering another record month continues our strong start to the year.”
