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Loganair extends summer services through winter for 2020



Loganair is to extend six of its summer services into winter, including Stornoway to Manchester, Glasgow to Newquay, Dundee to Belfast and Aberdeen to Shetland.

The carrier billed as Scotland’s airline puts tickets for its expanded Winter 2020 schedule up to 31 January 2021 on sale today.

Edinburgh to Hannover and Newcastle to Bergen are also extended into winter.

Chief commercial officer Kay Ryan said: “We’re pleased to announce these winter service enhancements on many of our existing routes, some using our recently acquired ATR aircraft and others using our Embraer regional jet fleet.

“We continually look for ways to improve our schedules, which is an essential part of listening to our customers and developing our services to meet their needs. We are aware our customers often like to make winter and festive season travel arrangements well in advance, hence this early on-sale date.

The Winter 2020 schedule’s additions include:

•Continuation of the one-stop weekend service between Manchester and Stornoway (via Inverness) on Sundays throughout the winter.

•An increase of available seats on routes from Shetland to Edinburgh (Saturdays and Sundays) as a result of the ATR72 introduction.

•Continuation of the ATR72 seat capacity on routes from Shetland to Aberdeen and Glasgow, and from Orkney to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

•A 48-seat ATR42 turboprop on routes from Shetland and Orkney to Inverness (Monday and Friday), and between Stornoway and Inverness, as well as a 49 seat Embraer jet flying from Stornoway and Benbecula to Glasgow.

•Cornwall Airport Newquay served in the winter from Glasgow on Thursday and Sunday and from Newcastle on Monday, Friday and Sunday using Embraer jets – in a continuation of the summer service.

•A Christmas and New Year programme to Guernsey in the Channel Islands Guernsey with flights on 19 December, 28 December and 4 January from both Newcastle and Edinburgh, using a 37-seater Embraer jet.

•Continuation of the new non-stop Edinburgh to Hannover service into winter on Monday, Friday and Sunday using an Embraer jet.

•Continuation of the non-stop Embraer jet service from Newcastle to Bergen.

•Continuation of the new Dundee to Belfast City service, now continuing through winter on Monday, Friday and Sunday.



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