Two Scottish airports have hit the headlines in perhaps unexpected ways in the last week.

Business Editor Ian McConnell takes a look at these developments - one of them involving Scottish entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter.

Two Scottish airports have been in the headlines in the last week, both perhaps in unexpected ways.

Ayrshire entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter, who as he noted himself is not known for supporting government involvement in running businesses, took to social media platform X to lavish praise on what has been achieved by the Scottish Government at Prestwick Airport.

Specifically, he highlighted the importance of this success in preserving so many highly skilled jobs not only at the airport itself but also at the huge aerospace cluster in and around it, which is home to an impressive array of companies.

Sir Tom posted on X last Tuesday: “I usually say that the government shouldn't be involved in running businesses. But I take my hat off to the Scottish Government when it comes to Prestwick Airport. Last week when I landed there I was thrilled to hear about all of the job opportunities across engineering, security and warehousing.”

He highlighted his view that “those engineering jobs would have been lost” at Prestwick had the Scottish Government not rescued the airport.

The aerospace cluster in and around Prestwick Airport employs thousands of people.

In a video accompanying his post on X, Sir Tom declared: “I always say that the government shouldn’t be involved in running businesses but I take my hat off to the Scottish Government here because if you........

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