Planespotting in Scotland during Coronavirus Pandemic

The busiest day at Edinburgh Airport that I can ever recall..! Perhaps the busiest day at Edinburgh I can ever remember for the number of plane enthusiasts. On Friday 29th May 2020, Edinburgh Airport saw its biggest visitor it had had within the last few years. Many people left their homes to witness the rare bird at Edinburgh on a hot summers day. This Air China 747-400 B-2445 came into Edinburgh from Beijing on a repatriation flight. A repatriation flight is when the government organises a special charter flight in order to bring its own citizens back to their own country before borders closed. This was popular at the peak of the pandemic during summer. Their where many repatriation flights across the world. Air China arrived into Edinburgh as a cargo flight delivering PPE to the NHS and others who needed it first. It then subsequently depart to Shenzhen with around 200 Chinese students onboard to take them home. 

Introduction Hello, my name is Jamie Nicolson. I am studying HNC Travel and Tourism and my task is to produce a Blog here for Digital Cultures. I am very passionate about my photography and my love for aviation. The aviation industry has taken a heavy blow during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Many flights have been cancelled and some ai rlines have complet ely fallen apart. I am going to take you on a journey of just how Covid-19 has affected these airlines at Central Scotlands main airports during lockdown and what it looks like heading into the future from a planes spotters point of view.  Many aircraft movements have been military or cargo flights. Airports I will cover in this blog are  Edinburgh (EGPH/EDI) Glasgow (EGPF/GLA) Glasgow Prestwick (EGPK/PIK) Edinburgh Airports symbol to the world. The iconic Air Traffic Control Tower lit up at night. The terminal at Edinburgh Airport has been very soulless during the pandemic and passenger numbers have decreased. Much of t...