Direct daily flights of 1 hr 45 minutes to Inverness, from London Gatwick , London Luton and now Manchester mean that national and international delegates coming to the Highlands can easily access a schedule of air services from all corners of the globe.

There are also direct daily flights to Inverness from Edinburgh and Glasgow. A summary of flights into and out of Inverness and the Highlands are detailed below.

Aberdeen Orkney British Airways

Aberdeen Shetland British Airways

Aberdeen Wick Eastern Airways

Edinburgh Inverness British Airways

Edinburgh Kirkwall British Airways

Edinburgh Shetland British Airways

Edinburgh Stornoway British Airways

Edinburgh Stornoway British Midland BMI

Edinburgh Wick British Airways

Glasgow Barra British Airways

Glasgow Benbecula British Airways

Glasgow Inverness British Airways

Glasgow Kirkwall British Airways

Glasgow Shetland British Airways

Glasgow Stornoway British Airways

Inverness Orkney British Airways

Inverness Shetland British Airways

Inverness Stornoway British Airways

Inverness Stornoway Highlands Airways

London Gatwick Inverness British Airways

London Gatwick Inverness easyJet

London Luton Inverness easyJet

Manchester Inverness Easter Airways

British Airways 0845 7733377 www.britishairways.com

British Midland BMI 0870 607 0555 www.flybmi.com

Eastern Airways 01652 680600 www.easternairways.com

Highland Airways 01667 462664 www.highlandairways.co.uk

Highland Airways 01667 462664 www.highlandairways.co.uk

3 flights daily with British Airways

Depart Gatwick 09.30 Mon - Sat 13.30 Sun 15.00 Mon – Fri 17.15 Sat 20.00 Not Sat

Arrive Inverness 11.15 15.15 16.45 19.00 21.45

Depart Inverness 07.00 Mon - Sat 10.55 Sun 11.55 Mon - Sat 17.30 Not Sat

Arrive Gatwick 08.45 12.40 13.40 19.15

Fares Start from £79.00 including TAX return,

LONDON GATWICK - easyJet

1 flight per day with easyJet

Depart Gatwick 11.00 Mon, Wed, Thurs 11.50 Tues/Fri 11.00 Sat 12.00 Sun

Arrive Inverness 12.40 13.30 12.40 13.45

Depart Inverness 13.00 Mon, Wed, Thurs 13.50 Tues/Fri 13.15 Sa 14.05 Sun

Arrive Gatwick 14.40 15.30 15.00 15.45

Fares Start from £17.50 single excluding TAX .

LUTON - easyJet

1 flight per day with easyJet – 2 flights on Saturday

Depart Luton 12.25 Mon - Fri 07.20 Sat 13.10 Sat 12.20 Sun

Arrive Inverness 14.05 08.55 14.45 13.55

Depart Inverness 14.25Mon - Fri 09.15 Sat 15.05 Sa 14.15 Sun

Arrive Luton 15.55 10.45 16.40 15.45

Fares Start from £57.50 return, subject to availability.

MANCHESTER - EASTERN AIRWAYS

3 flights per day Monday to Friday.

Depart Manchester 08.40 13.55 18.25

Arrive Inverness 10.15 15.30 20.00

Depart Inverness 06.20 11.45 16.20

Arrive Manchester 07.55 13.20 17.55

Fares Start from £188 return, subject to availability

Daily flights

Depart Glasgow 08.50 Mon – Sat 11.40 Not Sat 19.30 Not Sat

Arrive Inverness 09.40 12.40 20.30

Depart Inverness 07.00 Mon – Sat 15.00 Sat 15.40 Mon – Fri 16.30 Sun 17.30 Mon – Fri

Arrive Glasgow 07.55 16.50 16.35 17.20 1820

EDINBURGH - BRITISH AIRWAYS

Depart Edinburgh 15.00 Mon - Sat 16.45 Mon- Fri 18.45 Sun

Arrive Inverness 15.45 17.30 17.30

Depart Inverness 08.50 Mon – Fri 09.30 Sat 09.55 Mon – Fri 13.40 Sun

Arrive Edinburgh 09.35 10.15 10.40 14.25

Services from London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen with connections to all other United Kingdom cities are fast and frequent. The Northern line from Inverness to Caithness and the Inverness line to Kyle of Lochalsh are some of the most beautiful railway journeys in the world, servicing the Highland West coast.

Regular scheduled services from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Inverness are provided by Scotrail.

Apex return From £22.00 Booked 48 hrs in advance

Normal supersaver From £32.00

Standard Fare £38.00

There is a Sleeper service which runs from London Euston to both Inverness and Fort William.

Both sleeper services run daily, apart from Saturday and leave Euston at 21.05.

The Inverness sleeper arrives at 08.30. Returning to London at 20.40 Mon – Fri and 20.20 Sun. The Fort William sleeper arrives at 21.05. Returning to London at 19.50 (Not Saturdays).

Both trains arrive back at London Euston at 07.52

First Class Return £189.00

Apex Return £99.00 Booked 7 days in advance

Standard Sleeper Return £162.00

To the Western Isles

To Orkney & Shetland

Northlink Ferries 0845 6000 449 www.northlinkferries.co.uk

To Orkney

John O’Groats Ferry 01995 611 353 www.jogferry.co.uk

Updated January 2003