Scotland is a popular choice for a city break and direct return flights from Cornwall make it easier than ever.

However, those hoping for a weekend away in Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh should start making plans as flights will end in the new year and not resume until early spring.

Loganair, Scotland’s regional airline, has announced its winter schedule for flights in and out of Cornwall Airport Newquay.

The airline flies to both Edinburgh and also further north to Aberdeen. Currently there are flights from Newquay to Edinburgh four days a week, with the Saturday link-up already finished now until April.

However, the number of available days will decrease over the coming weeks, with no flights running from Cornwall to Edinburgh from January 5 until the start of March.

Edinburgh winter schedule:

Monday - Flights end on October 21, 2024 and resume March 31, 2025

Thursday – Flights end on December 19, 2024 and resume March 6, 2025

Friday – Flights end on January 3, 2025 and resume April 4, 2025

Saturday – Flights resume April 5, 2025

Sunday – Flights end January 5, 2025 and resume March 9, 2025

Abderdeen winter schedule:

The Aberdeen route currently flies Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The only change to Loganair’s Aberdeen winter schedule is the removal of Saturday flights, which end on October 26, 2024 and will not resume until February 15, 2025.

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On Wednesday Loganair was named Sustainable Airline of the Year for 2024 by the European Regional Airline Association (ERA).

Judges highlighted Loganair’s collaboration with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to convert its Britten Norman Islander aircraft, which operates inter-island routes in Orkney, to hydrogen cell power. The partnership hopes to achieve the first zero emissions passenger flights worldwide.

They also praised Loganair’s first all-electric turnaround of an aircraft at Stornoway Airport, where the airline is in the process of replacing more than 100 pieces of ground service equipment to reduce emissions further and acknowledged its groundbreaking work with the UK Met Office.

Loganair’s fleet has been fitted with sensors to gather data that will help to increase understanding of and mitigate against the effects of non-CO2 emissions, such as contrails.

The airline said the project aimed to “tackle misconceptions about regional aviation’s environmental impact and could also improve the accuracy of weather forecasts.”

More recently, Loganair announced a new partnership with Heart Aerospace to develop hybrid-electric aircraft for use across the airline’s Scottish and UK network.