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First Minister air miles: FOI release

Published: 23 January 2023
Directorate: Corporate Operations Directorate
Topic: Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202200335019
Date received: 20 December 2022
Date responded: 16 January 2023

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

How many air miles does Nicola Sturgeon have from overseas trips in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (iii) 2018, (iv) 2019, (v) 2020, (vi) 2021, and (vii) 2022.
Breakdown of these air miles by each flight.

Response

The answer to your question is:-

Travel Date	From	To	Mileage
31/05/2016	Aberdeen	Kirkwall	248
09/06/2016	Edinburgh	London City	330
10/06/2016	London Heathrow	Edinburgh	330
25/06/2016	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
29/06/2016	Brussels	Edinburgh	475
29/06/2016	Edinburgh	Brussels	475
30/06/2016	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	330
09/07/2016	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
12/07/2016	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
22/07/2016	Bristol	Glasgow	318
22/07/2016	Edinburgh	Cardiff	315
09/08/2016	Berlin Tegel	Glasgow	345
09/08/2016	Glasgow	Berlin Tegel	364
19/08/2016	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	330
20/08/2016	Vienna	Sarajevo	310
20/08/2016	London Heathrow	Vienna	780
22/08/2016	Sarajevo	Glasgow	174
22/08/2016	Zagreb	Glasgow	448
27/09/2016	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	330
06/10/2016	Edinburgh	Reykjavik Kefla	856
08/10/2016	Reykjavik Kefla	Glasgow	833
24/10/2016	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
24/10/2016	London Heathrow	Edinburgh	330
22/11/2016	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	660
25/11/2016	Cardiff	Edinburgh	315
25/11/2016	Edinburgh	Cardiff	315
28/11/2016	Glasgow	Dublin	393
23/01/2017	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
23/01/2017	London City	Edinburgh	330
30/01/2017	Edinburgh	Cardiff	630
06/03/2017	Glasgow	Stornoway	356
08/03/2017	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	660
02/04/2017	Glasgow	New York Jfk	5703
04/04/2017	San Francisco	New York Jfk	2572
07/04/2017	Newark New York	New York Jfk	9636
09/04/2017	Edinburgh	Paris C.d Gaull	1112
18/04/2017	Edinburgh	London City	660
18/04/2017	Edinburgh	London City	330
13/05/2017	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	675
25/05/2017	Edinburgh	London Stansted	330
12/06/2017	Edinburgh	London City	660
11/07/2017	Glasgow	London City	690
13/07/2017	Brussels	Glasgow	551
13/07/2017	Edinburgh	Brussels	475
19/07/2017	Glasgow	Amsterdam	896
05/10/2017	Edinburgh	Dublin	393
12/10/2017	Glasgow	Reykjavik Kefla	1666
04/11/2017	Glasgow	London Heathrow	690
09/11/2017	Edinburgh	Jersey	670
10/11/2017	Bristol	Glasgow	318
14/11/2017	London Heathrow	Cologne	319
16/11/2017	Frankfurt	Glasgow	741
16/11/2017	Frankfurt	Edinburgh	1286
13/01/2018	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
14/01/2018	London Heathrow	Glasgow	345
27/02/2018	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	660
12/03/2018	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
12/03/2018	London City	Edinburgh	330
14/03/2018	London Heathrow	Edinburgh	330
07/04/2018	Glasgow	Beijing Capital	11707
18/04/2018	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	330
19/04/2018	London City	Edinburgh	330
14/05/2018	Glasgow	London Heathrow	345
14/05/2018	London City	Edinburgh	330
27/05/2018	Edinburgh	Brussels	950
21/06/2018	Edinburgh	Guernsey	475
22/06/2018	Guernsey	Glasgow	482
25/06/2018	Edinburgh	Berlin Tegel	1448
26/06/2018	Berlin Tegel	Edinburgh	899
06/07/2018	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	675
09/07/2018	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	660
08/08/2018	Edinburgh	Paris C.d Gaull	1094
15/10/2018	Glasgow	London City	690
08/11/2018	Edinburgh	Isle Of Man	585
08/11/2018	Edinburgh	Manchester	294
09/11/2018	Isle Of Man	Edinburgh	139
03/12/2018	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	330
03/12/2018	Luton Int	Katowice	840
05/12/2018	Krakow	Glasgow	1078
19/12/2018	London City	Edinburgh	330
23/01/2019	London Heathrow	Edinburgh	330
28/01/2019	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	660
03/02/2019	Edinburgh	WIngton Dulles	3614
07/02/2019	Newark New York	Ottawa	331
07/02/2019	Ottawa	Toronto	222
08/02/2019	Toronto	Edinburgh	3883
18/02/2019	Edinburgh	Paris C.d Gaull	1094
03/04/2019	Edinburgh	London City	330
03/04/2019	London Heathrow	Edinburgh	330
26/05/2019	Glasgow	Dublin	368
04/06/2019	Edinburgh	Southampton	356
05/06/2019	Southampton	Paris C.d Gaull	770
08/06/2019	Edinburgh	Nice	969
10/06/2019	Nice	Paris C.d Gaull	425
11/06/2019	Brussels	Edinburgh	475
28/06/2019	Manchester	Glasgow	194
17/09/2019	Aberdeen	Berlin Tegel	802
18/09/2019	Berlin Tegel	Edinburgh	899
23/10/2019	Edinburgh	London Heathrow	330
14/11/2019	Edinburgh	Dublin	393
07/01/2020	Edinburgh	Oslo	2080
09/02/2020	Glasgow	Amsterdam	448
14/10/2021	Edinburgh	Reykjavik Kefla	856
16/10/2021	Reykjavik Kefla	Dublin	927
16/10/2021	Dublin	Edinburgh	209
18/11/2021	Edinburgh	Bristol	635
22/03/2022	Edinburgh	London City	664
18/04/2022	Edinburgh	London City	664
14/05/2022	Edinburgh	WIngton Dulles	6928
02/06/2022	Edinburgh	London City	332
05/06/2022	London City	Edinburgh	332
05/06/2022	London City	Glasgow	348
05/06/2022	London Luton	Edinburgh	332
05/06/2022	Cardiff	Edinburgh	315
20/06/2022	Edinburgh	Milan Malpensa	2766
22/06/2022	London City	Edinburgh	332
22/06/2022	Milan Malpensa	Edinburgh	923
07/07/2022	London Gatwick	Guernsey	187
07/07/2022	Edinburgh	London Gatwick	332
08/07/2022	Guernsey	Southampton	482
27/08/2022	Copenhagen	Edinburgh	622
08/09/2022	Edinburgh	London City	332
09/09/2022	Edinburgh	London City	664
10/09/2022	London Gatwick	Edinburgh	332
13/09/2022	Edinburgh	London City	332
14/09/2022	London City	Edinburgh	332
18/09/2022	Glasgow	London City	696
19/09/2022	London City	Edinburgh	332
03/10/2022	Glasgow	Barra	280

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