Double daily weekend flights between Inverness and Luton took off at the weekend as part of easyJet’s summer timetable for the Highland’s hub airport.

easyJet is operating two return flights on the route on Saturdays and Sundays from now until the end of its summer timetable. The move doubles the capacity on the route and will bring thousands of additional visitors into the Highlands over the coming months.

Alex Johnson, Commercial and Marketing Manager at HIAL, said: “easyJet introduced double daily weekend flights on Saturday and these will run right through until the start of the winter schedules at the end of October. This will boost passenger numbers at Inverness and bring thousands of extra visitors into the region in the months ahead.

“Inverness’ London routes to Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton accounted for 80% of the airport’s total passengers last year and it is still a growing market for us. It is excellent to see easyJet adding capacity for the busy summer season ahead which will really take off in July when the airline introduces its daily services to Belfast and Bristol.”

Inverness Airport Manager, James Walton added: “easyJet’s additional summer flights on the Luton route have proved very popular in previous years and they will help bring the airport to its 700,000 passenger target in the current operating year.”

For flight information and booking visit the http://www.easyjet.com/ website.

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