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Official Edinburgh Airport Twitter feed. This account is monitored Mon - Fri 7am - 6pm, at intervals on Sat-Sun. Passenger enquiries please call: 0131 357 6337

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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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✈️| Prepare for security as normal this summer. While work is underway to install new scanners at security this is an ongoing process and there is no change to the rules for now. More:
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@EDI_Airport
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What would you do with this space?
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⚽️| Our control tower turns green this weekend as we show our support for @HibernianFC in the @ScottishCup Final!
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🗣| Today's protest at the airport was a despicable act. This group knows that their brand of hatred would not be tolerated by right-thinking people and chose to sneak in and perpetrate it far from the terminal. 1/2
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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They do not represent the Scotland we live and work in or the Scotland that is recognised for its friendliness and tolerance across the globe. We condemn them unreservedly and will not accept it. We have contacted Police Scotland and asked them to pursue this matter urgently. 2/2
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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He's on his way! 🎅 🎄 #ChristmasEve
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Edinburgh Airport
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🗣️| Our statement after the Scottish Government decided against following changes to testing for travellers returning to England.
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@AlastairDalton
Alastair Dalton
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Scotland not to follow England in relaxing Covid tests for returning travellers
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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⚽️| Our control tower will be maroon this weekend to cheer on @JamTarts in the @ScottishCup !
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🗺️| We fly to the following countries: 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia Just sayin'...
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
6 years
There’s a special flight on its way to Edinburgh… #festiveEDI #santa
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
6 years
Edinburgh directly to Dubai from October! We're excited to announce that a daily @Emirates service will take off from the 1st of October.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Good Morning Twitter. We’re up bright and early to welcome our new Beijing route in style! Trip to China? ✈️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇳 KB
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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👋🏻 | Welcome back to Edinburgh @qatarairways ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🔵| Our control tower is blue tonight in tribute to the fantastic staff within our NHS. Thank you for all you do! #clapforNHS #clapforourcarers
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Edinburgh Airport
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🎅🏻| Santa spotted on our radar. Not long now!
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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After 35 years @Delta Captain Andy Murphy is retiring. He chose his last flight to depart from his favourite city - Edinburgh! In his honour, we gave him a Scottish send off 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍰
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@EDI_Airport
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Good luck to @HibsOfficial who are flying out to Greece today ahead of their Europa League match against Asteras Tripolis on Thursday. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇷 ⚽️
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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📢| New routes alert! We are excited to announce @VirginAtlantic will fly from Edinburgh to: 🇧🇧 Barbados from Dec 2021 🇺🇸 Orlando from March 2022 Welcome to Edinburgh!
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@EDI_Airport
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✈️| Here's the moment some special guests arrived earlier...   Anyone else see the Red Arrows today?   Share away if you've got photos or videos of your own.   #RedArrows
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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All of our staff members are playing a huge part in helping to keep the airport operating! We couldn't do it without them. #teamEdinburgh
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Some great shots of the @RollingStones plane @EDI_Airport yesterday. We wanted to get on but You Can't Always Get What You Want...any other puns out there? #MoanTheStones '
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🏅| A hero’s welcome for the gold medal winning @TeamGB women’s curling team on their return to Edinburgh 👏 A huge congratulations from all at @EDI_Airport
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🎅🏻 | BREAKING NEWS: Santa's heading for Edinburgh!
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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👋🏻 | Welcome to new @JamTarts manager Daniel Stengel who arrived at Edinburgh Airport in the past hour. ⚽️
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
6 years
The first-ever direct flights from Scotland to China will begin in June. The ground-breaking announcement will see @HainanAirlines flights to Beijing beginning from 12th June, flying 4 weekly on an Airbus A330-300.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🇹🇷 | Welcome back to Edinburgh, @TurkishAirlines !
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Edinburgh Airport
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🎹 | Scotland U20s performing on and off the pitch! Dan King hitting the right note with passengers earlier this week. Good luck tonight! 🏉 #AsOne Credit: @scotlandteam on TikTok
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🎅🏻| We’re all set to welcome a very special VIP…
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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@SecretaryPete Thank you for observing the silence with us, Secretary Buttigieg. As a former RAF base, it's important for us to remember and honour that past. Safe travels.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Anthony Stokes arrives at Edinburgh Airport ahead of a move to @HibsOfficial .
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🔴| Our control tower has been turned red to mark @poppyscotland 's Light Up Red campaign. The tower will remain red this weekend as we pay our respects and reflect on our history as a former RAF airbase. #ScottishPoppyAppeal
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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A fantastic day as we welcome @emirates to Edinburgh, with daily flights to Dubai!
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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For anyone struggling to keep track - it's Wednesday. You're welcome.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
6 years
A pleasure to welcome home to Edinburgh the victorious @Team_Muirhead - European Championship gold medals and all! 🥇🥌 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #champions
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🎅🏻 BREAKING NEWS: Santa's soon to be in #Edinburgh !
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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The team at Edinburgh Airport, from our staff to airline, handling agent, air traffic control & many others have been fantastic during this crisis, with many not returning home & working tirelessly to keep the runway open & the airport functioning in very challenging conditions.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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The first ever direct flight between #Scotland and #China landed this morning at #Edinburgh #Airport in a momentous day for Scotland’s busiest airport.✈️ 🇨🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HainanAirlines @VisitScotland @LaingsJewellers #EDIHainan
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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We're making our control tower even more iconic than it already is by installing a helter skelter around it! Experience the dizzying heights for yourself this summer. #EDIAltichute
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Good luck to @Team_Muirhead who head off to the Far East today to complete their final preparations. We’re proud to sponsor such an inspiring team! 🥌 🇰🇷
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Edinburgh Airport
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Captain @McInallyStuart hands over the @Scotlandteam v @EnglandRugby game ball to Rob Wainwright and @MrMarkBeaumont as they cycle down to Twickenham for @MNDoddie5 . 🏉
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Edinburgh Airport
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The big day is here! Edinburgh to Washington D.C. with @united - the first time our capitals have been connected! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✈️🇺🇸
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@EDI_Airport
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿| That’s next summer sorted. #Germany2024
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Edinburgh Airport welcomes Alfredo Morelos ahead of joining Glasgow Rangers #RangersFC
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Edinburgh Airport
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@RuthDavidsonMSP Congratulations - always nice to hear about a safe arrival! 👶🏻✈️
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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💪| Fresh from making history. @JasminKParis was welcomed back to Scotland by her family after her record breaking run at the Barkley Marathons in the US. Jasmin has just become the first woman to complete the race, recognised as one of the toughest in the world.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🎆| Happy New Year from Edinburgh to all our friends around the world!
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Happy St Andrew’s Day! We’re turning our control tower blue today as we celebrate Scotland’s national day. #StAndrewsDay
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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And we’re off! See you soon China @HainanAirlines ✈️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇳 #EDIHainan
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Welcome home to @ScotlandNT ! Congratulations on qualification for the World Cup, a fantastic achievement! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽️ #OurGirlsOurGame #SWNT
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Our tower has turned red tonight to raise awareness of the @poppyscotland appeal and will remain red until Remembrance Sunday.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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As a mark of solidarity with everyone in Paris - and for peace everywhere - the Edinburgh Airport Tower will tonight glow white.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🎹| Good morning from our musical staff who took to the new piano in departures to entertain our passengers. Have you had a shot yet? AB
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Edinburgh Airport
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🔴| We’ve turned our control tower red tonight as part of @poppyscotland ’s #LightUpRed2020 campaign, remembering our past as an RAF base. It will stay red until Remembrance Day. #ScottishPoppyAppeal
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Okay, here goes - Full Methil Jacket. #PutScotlandInAFilmOrSong
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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And we can confirm there are some signed @neilhimself books still available in @WHSmith - we didn’t take them all!
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🇺🇸| Start spreading the news... Edinburgh Airport will welcome @JetBlue in 2024 as the airline launches its first ever Scottish route to New York.
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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We have been named Airport of the Year at the National Transport Awards in London. 🏆 #Fridayfeeling
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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💍| She said YES! Love is in the air-port as @Cowe_ewan got down on one knee for his new fiancé – we wish you a lifetime of happiness 😊
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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It's official - Burger King has landed! 🍔🍟
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Edinburgh Airport
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An honour to play a small part in The Queen’s final departure from Scotland.
@SkyNews
Sky News
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The Queen has taken her final flight, as her coffin departs Edinburgh Airport and makes its way to Buckingham Palace. God Save the Queen was played as the aircraft taxied at the airport. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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🎥 | We had a ‘wee’ visitor from @RAFBrizeNorton yesterday. The C-17 landed as part of a routine training exercise, so we had to go out and see it for ourselves!
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Firefighters at Edinburgh Airport today joined crews from across Scotland and the rest of the UK to observe a minute's silence in remembrance of their colleague Barry Martin, who recently passed away following a fire in Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh Airport
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Our control tower has turned red in the run up to Remembrance Sunday as we reflect on our history as an RAF airbase. Glad to be part of @poppyscotland ’s #LightUpRed campaign. #ThankYou100 #NeverForgetAlwaysSupport
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The sky's the limit for @LiviFCOfficial ! We'll be turning the control tower yellow this weekend to mark their return to the @spfl Premiership. ✈️⚽️🦁
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Did you spot the @BVB branded @TurkishAirlines plane at Edinburgh Airport today? http://t.co/6Sg735Xkz5
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🇺🇸| A welcome back to @VirginAtlantic as the airline resumes its Edinburgh to Orlando service. It's operates twice a week so plenty opportunity to tick the theme park capital of the world off the bucket list.
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Sally Conway, Judo star and Olympic Bronze Medal winner, welcomed home to Edinburgh! #SuperSal #Rio2016
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Update: Edinburgh Airport is open and has received its first arrival this morning from Qatar. Staffing across our partners remains an issue but we are deploying 4x4s to ensure vital staff can get to the airport. 1/4
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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⚽️| When you know you’re flying out ‘two’ Spain tomorrow morning…
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🏒 | Great to see @FifeFlyers fans heading out to Belfast for tonight’s Challenge Cup Final. Good ‘puck’ to the Flyers and everyone heading out to cheer them on!
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🆕| We know the current situation is impacting on many of us so we're doing our bit to help, sharing £50,000 between: 🍴 - @ScranAcademy 🍞 - @EdinFoodProject 🛏️- @shelterscotland 🧠 - @SAMHtweets 🛏️- @SimonCommScot ☎️- @AgeScotland Thank you for your hard work.
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Edinburgh Airport
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🙌🏻| Great video taken by one of our Airside Ops team of @rafredarrows flying over our runway this evening.
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Edinburgh Airport
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Have a look at how Edinburgh trams in the 1930s compare to today. A great image from @lostedinburgh
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Edinburgh Airport
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Experience @QatarAirways ’ A350 from Edinburgh. Enjoy daily flights starting 1 July 2018. #QatarA350 #QatarAirways
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Edinburgh Airport
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📸| Have you spotted the #WomenInScience exhibition at Gate 9? #STEM is such a big part of what we do as an airport and we're proud to be working with @news_RSE  to promote some of Scotland's most prominent female scientists.
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Edinburgh Airport
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Just trying this out...
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Edinburgh Airport
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🇨🇦| Jet west with @WestJet ! A new three times weekly service to Toronto will begin next June. Welcome to Edinburgh, @WestJet !
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Legend.
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Enjoy the lighter days with one of #Edinburgh 's many fantastic #walks . @edinspotlight rounds up some of the best strolls in the city: .
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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Our fantastic teams are continuing to work hard to ensure the airport is operational! #teamEdinburgh
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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👏🏻| Our Blue Watch fire crew made their way up to the coronavirus testing facility at 8pm tonight to give their thanks to staff and key workers. #clapforNHS #clapforheroes #ClapForOurCarers #clapforkeyworkers
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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The @ScottishOpen field is world class! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Just look at our arrivals board for next week… #ASIScottishOpen
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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WE ARE BACK! #Win 2 Business Class tickets from Edinburgh to Istanbul in celebration of @TurkishAirlines flights restarting on 16JUL, the 8th Anniversary of the first ever Edinburgh-Istanbul flight. To enter, simply comment #WelcomeBackTK1345 below. T&Cs:
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⚽️| Good luck to @StJohnstone in their Europa League match tomorrow night! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛫🇹🇷
@thecouriersport
The Courier Sport
3 years
IN PICTURES: St Johnstone jet out to Turkey for huge Europa League clash with Galatasaray
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🎥| We managed to get outside into the sunshine to see this Air China 747-400 landing in the capital. The aircraft is a repatriation flight, helping people get home.
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Edinburgh Airport
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🎶 | Wee couldn’t welcome @WestJet to Edinburgh without some bagpipes! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
6 years
What a view! Captured by Travels with my phone from the Scott Monument.
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Travel conditions in Scotland this morning mean that the airport & airlines do not have the critical mass of staff needed to run operations securely. The airport is therefore closed until this position is reviewed at 1000 today. We ask that passengers do not come to the 1/2
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | C’mon @Scotlandteam , let’s finish this in style! #GuinnessSixNations
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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A direct route between Edinburgh and Washington will launch in May 2018 with @united ✈️🇺🇸
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Edinburgh Airport
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We understand the need for a local angle but: - we didn’t “announce major delays” - the UKBF issue is now resolved - that photo is months out of date People are already nervous about travel, there’s no need to panic them further.
@EdinburghLive_
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People were trying to get through border control
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Edinburgh Airport
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The @qatarairways A350 has finally landed at Edinburgh Airport. Take a look inside Scotland's first A350 Airbus. #aviation #A350
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Edinburgh Airport
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🎉 We were named as Scottish Airport of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards 🎉 #STAS2018
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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The new extension (in red) will provide an array of new facilities. Keep an eye on this thread for the latest developments.
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Edinburgh Airport
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🇨🇦| New flights to Canada. Edinburgh Airport will welcome @WestJet routes to Halifax and Toronto, adding to its existing Calgary route as the airline sets up home at Scotland's busiest airport, eh. More:
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@EDI_Airport
Edinburgh Airport
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🆕| Fly from Edinburgh to Gibraltar year-round with @easyJet ! The inaugural flight on Scotland's first route to The Rock will depart on 31 March 2020 and the service will operate two times a week. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇮
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⚽️| Our tower has turned yellow as we roar on @LiviFCOfficial in this weekend's League Cup Final!
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@EDI_Airport
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👏🏻 | We'd like to pay tribute to all staff at the airport and everyone at: @NHS_Lothian , @Scotambservice , @SAMHtweets , and our supermarket workers keeping us all stocked. We’re going to send this to our flying friends @DublinAirport , @GLA_Airport & @MUC_Airport ❤️
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