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Edinburgh Live
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John Paul Clark

Extra Edinburgh to America flights announced as holiday demand increases

Extra Edinburgh flights have been added to an American airliners service this summer.

Delta Airlines and all other carriers are expecting a record summer in 2022, as people put the coronavirus behind them and jet off on holidays.

Delta have now announced an increase to all of their transatlantic services, including Edinburgh Airport.

They run flights between Edinburgh Airport and New York JFK and Boston airports.

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Previously they had only been running five per week but they have now announced that from this year that is going to increase to a new daily service to keep up with demand.

The travel firm Tui this week announced that bookings are already a fifth higher than before the pandemic.

And with some countries, like Spain, having stricter Covid-19 rules than America or the Caribbean, it is expected many more will fly across the pond than normally would.

Tui spokesperson Fritz Joussen is predicting a bumper summer for the travel industry.

Mr Joussen said: "We expect a strong summer 2022. The path out of the pandemic is becoming increasingly clear.

"Demand for travel is high across all markets.

"There is pent-up demand among customers. Every step towards normality gives people confidence and the demand for holidays increases immediately.

"Despite the still ongoing trend towards very short-term bookings, we see the strong demand for the upcoming summer 2022."

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