Air passenger numbers up

Passenger numbers at airports run by Highlands and Islands Airports (Hial) continued to rise during June but poor weather caused a slowdown, the operator said yesterday.

Hial said its 11 airports were used by 121,171 people last month, an increase of 0.7% on June 2011.

The growth was not as strong as in previous months, which Hial said was because of weather-related disruption. The network was hit by flight cancellations due to heavy fog.

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