Edinburgh Airport have ‘no current plans’ to rename after Sir Sean Connery

Edinburgh Airport have said that there are ‘no current plans’ to change their name following a petition which urged bosses to rename it after Scots Bond actor Sir Sean Connery.

Edinburgh Airport said that while there were no plans to rename after Sir Sean Connery if it was ever to do so, he would be considered

A petition started two weeks ago has amassed more than 2500 signatures in support of the name change.

Organiser Andrew Morton wrote: “Liverpool has John Lennon airport, Belfast has George Best airport and with the death of one of her most famous sons Edinburgh should have a Sir Sean Connery airport.”

A spokesperson for Edinburgh Airport said: “If we ever consider renaming the airport then we would have a wealth of famous and historic Scots to consider, and Sean Connery would absolutely be one of those names. There are no current plans to do so.”

Connery enjoyed a long and varied film career spanning 50 years and will undoubtedly be remembered as the first - and some say definitive - James Bond.

The Edinburgh-born actor died on October 31 in his sleep at his home in the Bahamas after being unwell for some time.

It is not the first petition calling for his legacy to be commemorated in his home city, with one suggesting that the West Approach Road where he was born in 1930 be renamed after him.

A plaque unveiled by the actor in 2010, which reads “Sean Connery, born Fountainbridge (25th August 1930), Oscar winning actor, International film star” is in place on Melvin Walk, just a stone’s throw from his childhood neighbourhood.

There have also been calls from residents of the Capital following his death for a statue of the man himself to be erected.

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