Ryanair revealed as Scotland's No.1 airline

Ryanair has today been confirmed as Scotland’s number one international airline for 2003.

The official CAA statistics confirmed Ryanair carried 1.12 million international passengers to and from Scotland during the year - 50% more passengers than the No.2 international airline KLM - BA was a poor fourth, with Easyjet in ninth place.

Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Paul Fitzsimmons said: "Ryanair’s confirmation as Scotland’s International airline is cause for celebration - and we can toast a dram or two to over 1 million Scots and visitors to Scotland who chose Ryanair’s unbeatable low fares, punctuality and customer service.

“Ryanair is delivering for Scotland, giving Scottish consumers low fares access to fantastic European destinations and importantly bringing countless thousands of visitors to bonnie Scotland.

"This year is even better - Ryanair will carry 2.5 million passengers to and from Scotland, saving consumers over £250m (€369m) on the prices of high fares airlines.”