Stephen Flynn: “It was fascinating to visit Ellisland which contributes enormously to the story of Robert Burns.”

If we can secure preclearance in Scotland – because I would imagine there's other airports that would be very interested in that – I think that would be a really good thing, for the economy, for tourism.

I would disagree with that…I think the road to independence is one we are very much still on.

I wanted to go there and hear from them directly because I am not afraid of difficult discussions.

When you're being asked by the First Minister of Scotland to do something, I think you have that intrinsic desire to say yes.