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Summer get-away starts here!

As schools break up for the summer, an influx of passengers is expected through Aberdeen Airport this weekend to get their holidays off to a flying start.

More than 11,000 people are due to be passing through the airport on Friday alone (1st July), with Monday (4th July) also expected to be a particularly busy day. In total 35,400 people are predicted to use the Dyce terminal this weekend.

Among the top destinations for passengers, Palma de Mallorca, as well as the major hubs of Amsterdam, Paris, and the London airports, a reflection of how important connectivity is in helping passengers reach all four corners of the globe.

George Cowie is the Head of Security and Terminal Operations. He said “A great deal of work goes into planning for the summer get-away. As budgets remain tight we appreciate that this may be families only break of the year and we want to make sure that it is a smooth and enjoyable one. My thanks go out to everyone at the airport who has worked so hard to ensure that we can deal with the influx of passengers.

“However it is astonishing to see the quantities of liquids we are forced to take from passengers, even 5 years after the liquids restrictions were brought in. Our security teams continue to find oversized liquids, gels and pastes in hand luggage which we are have to remove from them, and this causes upset for everyone involved. Passengers, if they take some time to prepare for their journey through the terminal, really can make their whole departure much smoother and more relaxed.

“Any liquids must be in containers of 100mls or less and be put into a clear re-sealable plastic bag which is then taken out of hand luggage for screening. And it doesn’t just have to be bottles of water, the same rules apply to everything from shampoos to make up to perfume to deodorant. We have even on occasions had to take things like expensive whisky and even jars of jam from passengers hand luggage because they are over 100mls.

“My best advice – if in doubt put it in your hold baggage. A bit of planning in advance can speed up the journey through security for you, your family and others waiting to depart.”

Meanwhile it has been an exiting few months for routes announcements at Aberdeen Airport with new services introduced by easyJet to Gatwick, Aer Lingus to Dublin and on to JFK, capacity increases announced on many of the leisure routes, and of course an announcement just this week of a new route to Frankfurt with Lufthansa – the first service to Germany from Aberdeen.

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