Nessie fans want local airport to be renamed Loch Ness International

A campaign has been launched to change the name of Inverness Airport to Loch Ness International Airport, the Sunday Mirror reported.

New campaign to rename Inverness airport after Loch Ness. Image by Dave Conner / CC BY 2.0

It follows an announcement that British Airways will resume flights between Inverness and London Heathrow next May.

Steve Feltham, who is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records for the longest continuous monster hunting vigil of the loch, has launched the online petition.

(Press Association)