Will the withdraw of UK Air and the transfer of BA flights from Heathrow to Gatwick affect the development of Inverness airport Inverness Airport is a small organisation situated on the Black isle in the Highlands Scotland.
Introduction
Will the withdraw of UK Air and the transfer of BA flights from Heathrow to Gatwick affect the development of Inverness airport
Inverness Airport is a small organisation situated on the Black isle in the Highlands Scotland.
Inverness Back Round Information
A burgh and administrative centre of the unitary authority of the Highland Council, in northern Scotland on the River Ness and the Caledonian Canal, near its mouth on an arm of the Moray Firth. The “Capital of the Highlands” is the road, rail, and air hub of northern Scotland so this affects air travel and Inverness airport. It is also the principal retail and business centre for this region. Manufactured goods include timber products, processed foods, electrical equipment, and woollens. Its port mainly handles bulk shipments of petroleum products, grain, timber, and coal. Inverness is an important tourist destination both in itself and as a base for visitors touring the north of Scotland. Among local landmarks are a castle built on the site of a 12th-century fortification and the nearby Craig Phadrig, the remains of a fort dating from about the 4th century. This strategically located site was the Pictish capital in the 6th century. It was here in about 565 that St Columba converted the Pictish king Brude to Christianity. By the 12th century Inverness was a thriving trading community and had a royal castle. The castle was blown up by the Jacobites in 1746. Culloden, on the outskirts of Inverness, was the site of the last major battle on British soil (see Battle of Culloden). Before 1975 Inverness was the county town of the former county of Inverness-shire. Population (1993 estimate) 63,850.