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Scotland, Mar 13: Edinburgh airport has experienced a huge passenger inflow last month. Inclusion of new routes and services are considered as the main reason behind the surge in passenger traffic. A statistics has revealed that about 1.4 million passengers utilized Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports last month with 3.5% increase.

According to BAA Scotland, the airport operator, Edinburgh was Scotland’s busiest airport. The passenger inflow was also influenced by Six Nations Rugby Championship. International passenger traffic has risen by 13.7% at the same time domestic flights fell by 1.1%. International traffic at the Aberdeen airport has increased by 12.5%. Among the international routes Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Stavanger and Paris remain as the top priority.

While the Glasgow saw a decline in the traffic mainly due to cut in the number of charters. In the month of February Glasgow handles 510,602 passengers experiencing a decline of 1.8% as compared to the inflow previous year. While Glasgow airport’s prime destinations like Canada, UAE and the US witnessed a 7% increase.

“There has been no change in the number of direct flight services from Scotland. It is a glad news for Scotland’s business community, tourists and the tourism sector as millions of people are expected to reach Scotland. Normally February is a very quite month but this year saw huge passenger traffic,” said Donald Morrison, spokesman of BAA Scotland.

To encourage more travellers and an attempt to increase airport services, 40 new services are planned and most of them will be international services.