A new direct flight route between Scotland and China will “open up a wealth of new business opportunities”, it is claimed.
The introduction of a twice-a-week flight between Edinburgh and Beijing and only Scotland and China air link was revealed by The Herald business team this week.
It will be the first to fly direct from Edinburgh to the Chinese capital. An earlier flight stopping off at Dublin ran between 2018 and 2019. A direct flight between Dublin and Beijing will also be operated.
Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, said: “This service will be the only one operating between Scotland and China when it is introduced and is a real show of faith in the market by Hainan Airlines.
“This important connectivity will provide a boost to Scotland’s universities and tourism industry, open up a wealth of new business opportunities, and enable better access to other parts of the world.”
Kevin Stewart, Scottish Transport Minister, said: “This direct connectivity is great news for people and businesses in both Scotland and China, building strong links for business and exports, as well as making it easier for visitors and students to come and experience Scotland.”
SPECIAL SERIES
In part one of business correspondent Kristy Dorsey's four-day series from this week, the focus is on the human impact of surging food prices and what can be done about it in the long term
Human toll of the soaring cost of food is ‘heart-rending’
“If my son leaves anything on his plate then I will eat that. If not, I just eat toast most days now.”
Like that parent, thousands throughout Scotland are struggling to put meals on the table as the cost of food has soared through a combination of surging energy prices, the war in Ukraine, Brexit, and more recently, the impact of poor weather in North Africa and Southern Europe.
In part two of the series the combination of circumstances contributing to the upward spiral in food prices are under the spotlight
'Terrible' food price increases reveal fundamental flaws
The factors driving the surge in supermarket prices are numerous and interlinked.
They include the Russian war against Ukraine, Brexit, rising labour costs, the strain on supply chains and crop failures in North Africa and Southern Europe.
In part three of the series, food processors and restaurant owners explain how they are dealing with soaring food prices
Food inflation puts processors and restaurants on 'survival' footing
Caught between surging costs and cash-strapped consumers, Scotland’s food processing and service firms have been cutting back in ways that for many would have been unthinkable before double-digit inflation took hold last year.
“Everybody is in survival mode,” says Gordon Allan, who together with his brother James runs family-owned Malcolm Allan, one of Scotland’s leading food brands which has been making sausages, haggis, steak pies, black pudding, and burgers since 1954.
The last of the four-part series examines some of technologies being developed to improve efficiency and bring down food costs
'What version of hell do we want?': Seeking solutions to soaring food prices
After energy bills, food is the next biggest concern for most families’ budgets, and the constant increase in supermarket prices since last year has led some to call for government intervention. Laura Rettie, editor of Finance.co.uk, is among those who argue there is something “fundamentally wrong” with the market.
“It’s worrying that food prices in this country aren’t regulated,” she said recently. “We know it’s not the farmers who are hiking food prices – so who’s looking at the supermarkets and what they’re choosing to charge?"
Housebuilder submits plans for renowned Glasgow industrial site
A housing developer has submitted a formal planning application to build nearly 300 apartments on the former Weir Pumps engineering site on the south side of Glasgow.
US engineering giant Celeros Flow Technology has hived off part of the land it acquired from SPX FLOW in 2020 for housing development to raise cash to reinvest in the Cathcart site.
Scottish air link last offered a generation ago is restored
Loganair has celebrated the launch of the first flights between London Heathrow and Dundee in 40 years.
The airline announced in April that it would be offering connections to London Heathrow from Derry, Dundee, Orkney and Shetland, in addition to its existing Isle of Man services.
The flights were previously between Dundee and London City airports.
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