Airport boycott

As a member of the public and therefore a "turkey" in the eyes of Gordon Dewar, managing director of Edinburgh Airport, I shall be making the journey down the A68 to Newcastle Airport tomorrow to drop my family off for their holiday abroad.

Why Newcastle? Well, it's a very easy airport to access from the south of our city while saving approximately 75 per person on flight charges compared with Edinburgh.

The round trip will cost me approximately 20 in fuel but an overall saving of 280 for four people is, to my mind, a very nice early Christmas present I think you will agree.

Bah humbug, Mr Dewar.

ALAN MACDONALD

Newbattle Abbey Crescent, Dalkeith