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(24/10/23)
 Transport Scotland was part of a small team of
delegates from the country who were exhibiting at the Routes World
airport services and airline route development conference and
exhibition in Istanbul, Türkiye last week.

Gary Cox, Director of Aviation at Transport Scotland

To learn more about Scotland’s post-Covid
recovery, why the event is such an important part of Transport
Scotland’s annual calendar, and what they hoped to achieve by
attending, Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com sat down with Gary Cox, Director of Aviation at Transport Scotland, to ask
him those questions and many more.

In this interview, filmed in Scotland’s booth at
the show on 16 October 2023, Gary tells us how Scotland is trying
to encourage more airlines to fly directly to the country, what
challenges it faces in accomplishing that goal, and which airlines
are expected to launch or resume services in 2024.

We discuss this year’s passenger numbers, targets
for 2024 and Steven asks whether Transport Scotland is happy with
the domestic airline route network in the country, which are the
three major airports in Scotland, and what incentives they
can offer to airlines looking to launch new routes.

We discuss tourism to the country, Transport
Scotland’s plans for markets in South East Asia and elsewhere, what airport expansion and renovation plans there are, and
how ready Scottish airports are to handle sustainable aviation
fuel (SAF) and why electric aircraft may be a perfect solution for
some of the more remote routes in the country. All that and much,
much more in the HD video and podcast below.

Airports in Scotland – Interview with Gary Cox, Director of Aviation at Transport Scotland

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