Aberdeen is served by Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ), the main airport for northeast Scotland and a key hub for the offshore oil and gas industry. While its inbound network is strongly focused on connections from UK energy hubs and European service bases, it also receives a variety of leisure routes from popular sun and city destinations.
The airport's most important inbound routes are domestic flights from London (Heathrow LHR and occasionally Gatwick LGW), Amsterdam (AMS), and other UK energy centers like Norwich (NWI). For leisure travel, there are direct flights arriving from holiday spots across the Mediterranean (e.g., Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus), the Canary Islands, and some European city-break destinations like Paris (CDG) and Copenhagen (CPH).
British Airways (via BA CityFlyer) and Loganair operate many of the core domestic and European business routes into Aberdeen. EasyJet and TUI Airways are prominent for leisure travel arriving from sun destinations. KLM provides the crucial connection from its Amsterdam (AMS) hub. Eastern Airways and other regional carriers serve niche UK and European routes to ABZ.
To find cheap flights to Aberdeen, book domestic flights from London several weeks in advance. For European leisure destinations arriving into ABZ, book 2-3 months ahead, especially for summer holidays. Use flight comparison tools and set price alerts. Flying on weekdays (Tuesday-Thursday) is typically cheaper for business routes into Aberdeen, while weekends can be pricier for leisure arrivals. For destinations not served directly, the most common connecting hubs are London (LHR) and Amsterdam (AMS). Always compare the total cost of a connecting flight via these hubs against a direct service into another Scottish airport like Edinburgh (EDI) or Glasgow (GLA), which may have a wider network of incoming flights, then travel onward to Aberdeen.