Scottish Regional Airline Loganair Adopts Avios As Rewards Currency

An eighth airline has just adopted Avios as its rewards currency, and this is an especially exciting development for aviation geeks. This was first announced a few months back, but this integration is now live, so it’s possible to earn and redeem Avios.

Clan Loganair transitions to Avios currency

Loganair, which is the UK’s largest regional airline, has adopted Avios as its loyalty currency as of March 31, 2025. This makes Loganair the eighth airline to join the global Avios network, which otherwise includes British Airways, Iberia, Qatar Airways, Finnair, Aer Lingus, LEVEL, and Vueling.

The transition to the Avios currency is automatic for existing members. With this, Loganair’s loyalty program is rebranding, from Clan Loganair to Loganair Loyalty. One of the awesome things about Avios currencies is that you can transfer rewards at a 1:1 ratio between programs.

Loganair adopting Avios as its currency means that it’s possible to earn and redeem Avios for travel on Loganair, which adds a lot of flexibility. Speaking of which, what do those options look like for members?

Travelers earn a fixed number of Avios for each Loganair flight, regardless of distance, depending on the fare type. “Fly” fares earn 410 Avios, “Fly Flex” fares earn 650 Avios, and “Fly Flex +” fares earn 1,300 Avios

When it comes to redeeming Avios for Loganair flights, members can redeem 6,500 Avios for any flight that’s available in the “Fly” fare class.

Here’s how Luke Lovegrove, Loganair’s Chief Commercial Officer, describes this:

“We strive to offer our customers added value at every stage of their journey, and partnering with IAG Loyalty to adopt Avios as the currency of our Clan programme is a significant development that will open up a world of new benefits for our customers.”

Meanwhile here’s how Veronica Vicars, IAG’s Chief Growth Officer, describes this:

“We’re thrilled to welcome Loganair as the newest member of our Avios family, marking a significant milestone as our seventh airline partner. With Loganair’s addition, we’re now able to offer customers even greater opportunities to earn and redeem Avios across their important domestic network in the UK and beyond, providing greater choice and value. This is yet another step towards achieving our ambition to make Avios the most flexible and widely accepted travel loyalty currency globally.”

Why I’m excited about Loganair joining Avios

For those not familiar with Loganair, it’s a large Scottish, regional airline, with a fleet of 32 passenger aircraft. The airline has quite the varied fleet, from the 49-seat Embraer ERJ-145, to the eight-seat Britten-Norman Islander. The airline serves 1.5 million passengers annually across 70 routes.

What’s so cool about the airline is some of the remote service it offers to communities in Scotland. For example, I’ve written about the best flights for aviation geeks, and two of those routes are operated by Loganair:

• Loganair operates the world’s shortest commercial flight, between Westray and Papa Westray; the flight is blocked at two minutes, and typically spends about a minute in the air, as it covers a distance of just 1.7 miles
• Loganair operates to the world’s only commercial beach “runway,” as the airline flies from Glasgow to Barra, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland

I’m hoping to take both of these flights in the coming months, as I’d certainly appreciate the opportunity to earn and redeem Avios! Admittedly the Avios earning rates aren’t that exciting, but then again, I guess this is an airline on which I’m happy that Avios earning isn’t distance based.