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Figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority show that passengers passing through Aberdeen International Airport’s doors soared 10.7% in November 2017 compared to the same month in 2016. AIA’s chief has given a lot of credit to the recent success of the new “sun-kissed” routes such as Alicante and Malaga in Spain, which have boosted flight sales in recent months.

Aberdeen Airport has seen a great surge in passenger numbers for the 4th consecutive month, with 274,263 passengers using the facilities in May. International travel saw a 1.4% increase, while domestic travel was boosted by 4.2%.

Edinburgh Airport claim that over 781,000 travellers passed through the facility’s doors in January 2017. This is an 11.7% increase for passenger numbers on the same month last year, with  thanks to long-haul international flights.

New flights have been announced to European cities, available to north-east holidaymakers at Aberdeen Airport from next year. Cities such as the Latvian capital of Riga will be run on a 3 flight a week basis facilitated by the airline Air Baltic,who have not flown from Aberdeen since September 2014.