Edinburgh-based, budget airline Flyglobespan is to be prosecuted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for breach of safety regulations.

Some of the cheapest flights to Edinburgh are via Glasgow airport. The difference between flying direct to Edinburgh airport and via Glasgow is probably an hour or so.

Edinburgh Airport is the main airport for Scotland's capital, located to the West of the city. Over 40 airlines serve over 100 destinations and around 9 million passengers pass through the airport each year.

The crash landing of a British Airways passenger airliner at Heathrow today has caused disruption to flights to and from the airport, including flights connecting with Edinburgh airport.

Edinburgh and Glasgow are among airports lifting the one-bag restriction for cabin baggage on Monday 7 January. However, a number of airlines will continue to restrict the number of bags which can be carried in to the cabin.

Unite, the Union of BAA employees, has confirmed that it is calling off two further strikes at BAA airports, including Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Union had called a strike over changes to the company's pension scheme.

The planned airport strike action for next week has been averted after the British Aviation Authority, the organisation that runs Edinburgh airport, and union members agreed to further negotiations over the future of employees' pension schemes.

Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are among seven BAA airports that are going to be hit by strike action in early 2008.