In a recent statement, British Airways has totally denied the accusations that the airline is scaling back its operations in Scotland. Earlier, some business groups have claimed that British Airlines is gradually dropping its links between Heathrow and some major Scottish airports for freeing up the slots for accommodating some long-haul services that shall prove to be lucrative then these links.

By way of proving its claim, the British Chamber of Commerce points out to the recent roll back of the "red-eye" 6am flight from Glasgow to the London hub. Most notably, this service had been highly popular among the business travelers as the time schedule proved to be highly convenient for a range of business activities at the capital.

On the other hand, the airline has totally denied the above said accusation and has said that even after the above said service was rolled back for several other important reasons, the airline is still operating not less than 100 flights in the route connecting the Scottish and the London airports every single day. 

Addressing The Herald, a spokesman said, "Our Scottish passengers and the Scottish operation are extremely important to British Airways. This is more than adequately demonstrated by the fact that we operate more flights a day to and from Scotland than we do to any other part of our worldwide network."

As per the new arrangements, the earliest service operated by the BA from Glasgow to Heathrow will henceforth depart at 7.05am. On the other hand, a Gatwick-bound flight will take off from the airport at 6.15am.