A Scottish airport was one of the fastest growing in Europe in August, new figures have revealed.
Passenger numbers at Glasgow Airport rose 12.2% on the previous year during that month, according to European airport trade body ACI Europe, which released its latest traffic report today.
This placed it fourth in the category of airports which welcome between five and ten million passengers a year.
It came in behind Gothenburg (16%), Budapest (15%), Porto (14.3%) and ahead of Stuttgart, which saw an 11% rise.
Glasgow Airport reported its 30th consecutive month of growth in August when 878,515 passengers travelled through its doors.
It was the airport's busiest summer season in seven years, with more than three million passengers travelling through during June, July and August.
Olivier Jankovec, director general of ACI Europe, said: "Summer is ending and we can look back at some very good months for passenger traffic at Europe's airports.
"Within the context of still sluggish economic recovery in the eurozone and risk of contagion from the slowdown in China and other emerging markets, oil prices are likely to remain the decisive factor for air traffic in the coming months.
"In limiting potential price hikes, the scale of global oil oversupply certainly gives us some comfort when looking at the months ahead."
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