The number of alcohol related incidents has increased at Glasgow Airport , according to new figures.

Police attended 337 call-outs at Scotland's four major airports , where booze was listed as a 'primary cause' last year, compared with 308 call-outs in 2023, 185 in 2022, and 121 in 2019.

Overall the number of " disruptive airline passenger" incidents recorded by police were 755 last year, compared to 604 in 2023, 471 in 2022 and 438 in 2019. There has also been a fivefold increase in police being called to passengers incidents aboard flights in the last six years with 104 in 2024, 57 in 2023, 80 in 2022 and 20 in 2019.

Edinburgh had the most disruptive passenger incidents with 65 (up from 33 in 2023), followed by Glasgow with 28 ( up from 18). Aberdeen had seven (up from one) and Gl

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