Published in Scotland Magazine Issue 24 on 05/01/2006.

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No longer a a destination nightmare

Scotland is benefiting from greatly improved transport facilities. Sally Toms looks at how to travel to, from and around Scotland

With four international airports and three major ferryports to choose from, getting to Scotland couldn’t be easier.

Scotland has excellent air links with a number of European hubs including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Reykjavik and Frankfurt. These hubs link to most of the world’s cities.

There are a number of direct flights from the United States and Canada to Scotland: Continental Airlines fly to Glasgow and Edinburgh daily; American airlines; US Airways; Air Canada; Air Transat; and Zoom making weekly or daily flights during the summer.

Zoom airlines has recently announced an additional service from Glasgow to Toronto for next summer, increasing the number of direct flights to Toronto to three a week.

Icelandair offers a good economy service from North America and most parts of Europe to Glasgow airport. Prices for return flights vary, but Icelandair offer a New York to Glasgow service from as little as $300.

Or if your flight takes you into London, instead of a connecting flight to Scotland you could choose to arrive refreshed in the morning on one of First ScotRail’s fleet of overnight trains. These trains have 900 berths and operate six nights a week between Fort William, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Euston.

The Caledonian Sleepers save time when you need an early start. You can catch a budget flight to Heathrow from anywhere in the worldwide, hop on the night sleeper and arrive refreshed ready for the day ahead.

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By Sally Toms

Section : Scottish Travel

Page number : 69