Feedback from local communities is being sought on a change to a proposed flight path from Edinburgh Airport.

People in Cramond, North Queensferry, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay are receiving consultation letters following months of redesign and testing in airline simulators.

The new plan takes on board advice from residents and the industry regulator after the airport's initial application was paused.

The initial application included the E7 departure path which involved an early turn for aircraft when they reached an altitude of 500ft.

However, the Cival Aviation Authority advised no aircraft should turn before the designated end of the runway.

Under the new proposal, all crafts would make a 30 degree turn at the end of the runway, which would then guide all aircraft towards the west of Cramond and along the Firth of Forth.

Chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, Gordon Dewar, said: "The ACP programme is incredibly complex, and we have been careful to follow the advice from our regulator to restart our application and find a solution.

"We looked at community concerns as well as the CAA's operational requirements to understand the issue and develop a solution which responds to both - we believe we have that.

"We've made slight changes to address both of these things and these alterations will guide aircraft towards the west of Cramond, turning over the Fife Coast and then heading along the Firth of Forth.

"The feedback from communities, as well as elected members and local groups within those areas, has been crucial to our thinking throughout the whole process and we are asking those communities near this path to consider the latest proposal and help us shape our application."