Most popular holiday destinations for Scots revealed – but there's a warning for travellers as ‘busiest day' approaches
HOT TICKET Most popular holiday destinations for Scots revealed – but there's a warning for travellers as 'busiest day' approaches
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THE most popular destinations for Scots holidaymakers this summer have been revealed - and Spanish hotspots took first place.
Taking the prime spot was Malaga and Alicante in Spain for those seeking guaranteed sun, outstanding food, culture and natural beauty - closely followed by Faro in Portugal.
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September 5 is set to be the busiest day for Scotland's airports
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Other popular destinations included Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife, Antalya and Dalaman.
The new report by easyJet Holidays also found Edinburgh and Belfast were said to be the most popular domestic destinations for Scots holidaying closer to home or visiting family.
However, those planning a sunny getaway have been warned as Scotland's busiest day of the summer for travel is on the horizon.
easyJet research found Friday, September 5, is set to be the busiest day for Scotland's airports.
The budget airline will see nearly 2,000 flights take off with over 300,000 customers expected to fly.
This includes 180 flights carrying a whopping 28,000 customers to and from Scotland alone.
This year, the airline launched eight new summer routes Scotland, including Antalya and Reus from Glasgow, and Enfidha, Dusseldorf, Zurich, Olbia, Marrakech, and Milan Linate from Edinburgh.
Sophie Dekkers, easyJet's Chief Commercial Officer, said: "Every year, millions of customers continue to choose easyJet for the unrivalled choice of destinations we offer across our network, our great value fares and our crew's fantastic service.
'And this year with more seats and more new routes, we're offering more choice for customers than ever before, and we look forward to taking them away for a well-deserved holiday, always aiming to make travel easy.'
The new data comes as Glasgow Airport was named as the best in the UK and another Scots hub was named in the top 10.
The airport was hailed as the first choice for fast and affordable travel.
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Travel experts analysed air hubs across the UK, comparing the best and worst for average flights per day, average delays, cancelled flights, and flights delayed by 30 minutes or more.
Staff at the ground transport firm hoppa also took into account the number of airport links, lounges, parking cost per day and scored the airports out of 10.
With a rating of 9.21 out of 10, Glasgow Airport came out on top,
The study found the airport has around 158 arrivals and departures per day, with an average flight delay time of 9.6 minutes.
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