{"id":660231,"date":"2025-12-29T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/660231\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:24:12","slug":"edinburgh-airport-to-welcome-60000-passengers-ahead-of-hogmanay-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/660231\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Airport to welcome 60,000 passengers ahead of Hogmanay celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Edinburgh Airport is expected to welcome thousands of passengers in the coming days as the city prepares to ring in the New Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 60,000 people are expected to fly into Edinburgh Airport, with thousands expected to enter the capital for its world-famous Hogmanay celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile 64,000 people from Scotland will head off to celebrate the New Year abroad, with some seeing in 2026 in sunnier destinations such as Spain and Dubai, while others will travel to China, the USA, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the airport is expecting almost 124,000 people to pass through the terminal between December 29 and Hogmanay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdinburgh is world-renowned for its Hogmanay celebrations, and some would say we are the capital of New Year,\u201d Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wholeheartedly agree with that and are excited to welcome 60,000 people into the city ahead of the big night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Mr Dewar added: \u201cWe also know there are others who want to head off for their own foreign celebrations \u2013 with some seeking a sunnier start to 2026 as they fly to Tenerife, Dubai and Doha, while others look to enjoy festive breaks and new experiences in Beijing, New York and even further afield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever you choose to welcome in the New Year, we wish you and yours a happy, healthy and successful 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Airport is expected to welcome thousands of passengers in the coming days as the city prepares to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-660231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115802843649465648","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}