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National
Ryan Carroll

Loganair launch new 15 minute flights between Glasgow and Edinburgh

Commuters between Glasgow and Edinburgh can now ditch the car and jump on a flight between the two cities.

The new service has been launched by Loganair, despite the journey only taking about 50 minutes to drive and 42 minutes by train.

Flights take 15 minutes once you're in the air, but once you're through check-in and security it really wouldn't save you much time at all.

And at up to £94 a ticket, it's left many Scots scratching their heads about what the motive is here.

Loganair bosses explained: "If you've been in Edinburgh Airport lately you might have spotted what you thought was a mistake on the departure screens... flights to Glasgow Airport.

"Well, it's no mistake, no publicity stunt, nor is it just a novel way of cutting down on rush hour traffic on the M8.

"The actual reason, however, is another side-effect of the pandemic.

"With insufficient demand for some routes from Edinburgh directly, we've temporarily amended our schedules to provide new mini-hubs across our network, allowing you to fly routes such as Edinburgh-Stornoway, via Glasgow, and Inverness to Kirkwall, via Aberdeen, to keep you connected as best as we possibly can right now."

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