Present Day
Flybe is now the largest carrier at Inverness Airport. It operates a thrice-daily service to London-Gatwick, inherited from BA Connect operated by a based Embraer 175 aircraft. The carrier also has a based Bombardier Q400 which operates routes to Amsterdam (daily), Manchester (twice daily), Jersey and Southampton. There are also Flybe routes using a Q400 to Belfast City and Birmingham.
Easyjet operates A319s to Inverness from London Gatwick,London Luton and Bristol.
The airport is a hub on the Highlands and Islands network where flights between the islands, the Central Belt, and other UK destinations connect. In the 1970s, British Airways operated Viscount services on the network, later down-sized to Hawker Siddley 748s from 1982 with the creation of its 'Highlands Division' connecting Inverness with Glasgow, Stornoway, Orkney and Shetland. These were then replaced by ATPs. British Airways continued to lose money on these routes and gradually transferred its operations to franchise carriers British Regional Airlines and Loganair. Today these services are all operated by Loganair under a franchise agreement with Flybe. Links to the central belt have recently been lost. There are no longer any direct services to either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports after they were withdrawn by Loganair due to lack of demand. Highland Airways' attempts to operate this service were subsequently short-lived. A twice daily service to Edinburgh was withdrawn in 2010.
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