Edinburgh Airport for Business Travellers

Posted on April 9, 2015

Are you a frequent business traveller? Flying into Edinburgh for a meeting? Our business travel guide to Edinburgh will help you take advantage of your time and enjoy the airport’s facilities.

Business Travel Stats

In 2014, Edinburgh Airport was the busiest airport in Scotland as well as the 6th busiest airport in the United Kingdom. In 2014 the airport served 10.2 million passengers. It is estimated that, on average, 26,850 passengers fly in and out of Edinburgh Airport daily using more than 40 airlines who fly to 100 destinations worldwide.





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Business Services and Incentives
Edinburgh Airport offers free Wi-Fi access and free Internet access to facilitate business communication, catching up with your e-mails or plain research on business issues. Business Lounges are available for travellers who have passed security control and need some privacy to unwind and work before their trip. Especially, international business travellers can enjoy contemporary business facilities including business desks. The Helping Hand service provides business travellers with customised assistance to get around the airport. Additionally, FastTRACK Priority Security Lane assists business passengers to save up time to check-in and it can be pre-booked or booked online.

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Manchester Airport for Business Travellers

Posted on February 17, 2015

Read through our business travel guide to one of the busiest airports in Europe to make the most of your next stay at Manchester airport.

Business Travel Stats

Manchester airport is a record breaker in terms of its size, number of passengers, and the list of destinations that it flies to. The Civil Aviation Authority ranked Manchester as the UK’s third busiest airport, coming closely behind Heathrow and Gatwick.

In June 2014, Manchester airport handled more than 16,000 aircraft movements and served over 2 million passengers. Every year, nearly 20 million passengers fly in and out of Manchester to more than 225 destinations worldwide. The airport is an important hub for business travellers, as it serves some of the world’s premier business destinations, including Dubai, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Zurich, Toronto, and Geneva.

In 2010, £100 million were invested into modernising the airport business infrastructure. The project included the construction of a state-of-the-art business lounge, the development of customer service programmes, and the purchase of body scanners to speed up the security screening process. Within the next 15 years, the Airport City project will add 5 million square feet of accommodation space exclusively devoted to business travellers. A Master Plan has been drafted as part of the airport’s continuous expansion plans. It is expected that by 2030, the airport will serve 50 million passengers per year.

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Gatwick Airport for Business Travellers

Posted on November 11, 2014

Business travel is all about comfort, efficiency, and first-class services and facilities. If your job requires you to travel through Gatwick airport frequently, take a look at our travel business guide to the second largest single-runway airport in the United Kingdom.

Business Travel Stats

Gatwick airport business vs leisure travellers infographic

Gatwick Airport Passenger Breakdown 2014

More than 45 airlines use Gatwick’s two terminals to link the UK with more than 200 destinations all over the world. The busiest routes go to well-known business destinations like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Barcelona, Dubai, and Geneva. In fact, the airport has links to 46 of the top 50 European business destinations. The construction of a second runway is being planned, which would increase both the efficiency and the number of destinations on offer at Gatwick.

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Heathrow Airport for Business Travellers

Posted on September 18, 2014

Travel a lot for business? Flying in to London for a quick meeting? Read our business travel guide to Heathrow and make the most of your time in and around the airport.

Business Travel Stats

Heathrow Airport serves 28 of the top 29 world destinations based on their GDP ranking and handles nearly 190,000 passengers daily. It is estimated that the airport handles nearly 40 departures per destination weekly and serves 40 percent of all UK business travellers, of which 63 percent are from London.

Since 2009, nearly 1/3 of all passengers going going through Heathrow annually were business travellers. More specifically, the percentage of business travellers in 2009: 33.7% (22.2 million), percentage of business travellers in 2010: 35.3% (23.2 million), percentage of business travellers in 2011: 31% (21.5 million), percentage of business travellers in 2012: 30% (20.7 million) and percentage of business travellers in 2013 remained steady at 30% out of the 72.3 million people that travelled through Heathrow.

Heathrow passenger breakdown 2013

Business Services and Incentives

Heathrow is becoming increasingly attractive for passengers as a result of a huge transformation that took place from 2008 to 2011 with the operation of Terminal 5. Additionally, Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4 have undergone modernisation improvements and remodelling. Especially for business passengers, the new airport facilities include self-service check-in desks, fast bag drops and extra security lanes. The Fast Track priority service is addressed to business passengers, who can save up to 30 minutes walking from the parking area to the airport, check-in area and gate. Regardless of the airline, the Fast Track priority service typically offers dedicated parking, duty free counters and priority check-in and boarding.

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