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Balkan Holidays
launch flights to Sofia
Winter sport holidays
in Bulgaria, including the resort of Pamporovo,
Borovets and Bransko are available direct from
Glasgow airport for the winter 2013-'14 season
thanks to a new weekly charter flights to Sofia
with Balkan Holidays.
Departing Glasgow
on Sundays at the convenient time of 13:20, the
service will run from 22 December until 30 March
2014. Flights and inclusive ski holidays are
available now at
www.balkanholidays.co.uk
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Air Malta will operate weekly charter flights
from Glasgow Airport to the Mediterranean island
nation this summer.
The Maltese flag carrier will serve Malta
International Airport every Tuesday between May
and October.
Philip Saunders, Air Malta’s CCO, said: “Our
strategy is to become the market leader for
flights to Malta and our summer charter operation
from Glasgow Airport allows us to cater for
Scottish holidaymakers during the busiest months.”
Francois Bourienne, Glasgow Airport’s commercial
director, added: “The arrival of Malta’s flag
carrier at Glasgow Airport this summer is yet
another welcome boost as we look to add new routes
and capacity to meet demand from Scottish
holidaymakers.” "
The timetable is as
follows:
KM4292 MLA1215 – 1505GLA 320 2
KM4293 GLA1555 – 2030MLA 320 2
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Flybe announces
new year round route between Glasgow and Shannon
Flybe, Europe’s
largest regional airline, has today announced its
latest brand new route from Glasgow Airport that
will offer a thrice weekly service on Wednesday,
Friday and Sundays to Shannon, Ireland from May
1st . Seats are available for booking now at
www.flybe.com
from £36.99 (€46) one way including taxes and
charges.
Simon Lilley, Flybe’s Director of Marketing
comments: “Flybe is committed to developing
further its route network out of Glasgow. We have
every confidence that this additional new service
will prove successful in offering an attractive
and affordable way for travellers to access this
growing business and leisure destination that is
widely regarded as the West of Ireland’s premier
gateway.”
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Wizz Air's first flight to Warsaw ready for
departure from Glasgow. Copyright Stewart Marshall
Wizz Air's low fares arrive in Glasgow
Wizz
Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in
Central and Eastern Europe, today announced the
move of its two Scottish routes to Gdansk and
Warsaw from Prestwick to Glasgow Airport from 1st
March.
The carrier, which began operating its low-fare
services between Scotland and Poland in 2006, will
now offer twice-weekly Airbus 320 flights to the
Polish capital and the Baltic Sea from the more
centrally located airport in a bid to provide more
convenience to existing customers and to attract
new passengers from a larger catchment area.
Stijn Vandermoere, Head of Network Development &
Scheduling, said: "Wizz Air is pleased to announce
these two new routes operating from Glasgow
Airport giving more consumers access to Wizz Air’s
low fares and great customer service. We believe
there is significant growth potential in Scotland
and our move to Glasgow Airport is a step towards
future passenger and route growth.
"We
are confident that Polish visitors to Scotland
will embrace the convenient airport location and
we urge Scottish consumers to try Wizz Air’s award
winning service and low fares. To celebrate our
arrival at Glasgow Airport Wizz Air released seats
to Warsaw and Gdansk from just ₤23.99. This ultra
low fare already includes taxes and the highest
booking fee and can be booked from today at
www.wizzair.com.”
The
schedule is as follows:
W6 1323 WMI1120 -
1305GLA 320 26
W6 1324 GLA1330 - 1705WMI 320 26
W6 1623 GDN1855 - 2020GLA 320 15
W6 1624 GLA2045 - 2355GDN 320 15
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Glasgow-Lahore flights
to resume?
According to media
reports, Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez
Ashraf has directed the management of Pakistan
International Airlines to resume flights from
Glasgow to Lahore by this summer.
However there are
unconfirmed rumours that a UK-based new-start
airline called Pak British Air intend to serve
Lahore via Manchester from Glasgow with a 458-seat
Boeing 747-200 aircraft. More details to
follow.
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Emirates second
flight upgraded
Emirates now fly
twice every day between Glasgow and their world
hub at Dubai. The evening flight
has been upgraded to the same aircraft type as the
lunchtime service - the
three-class Boeing 777-300ER with eight Private
Suites in First Class, 42 lie-flat beds in
Business Class and 310 seats in Economy Class. It
also has 22 tonnes of cargo capacity.
Flights from
Glasgow to Dubai - which are now being
enjoyed by over 320,000 passengers a year, are ideally timed for onward connections
to destinations across Emirates’ global network
including Phuket, Bangkok, Beijing, Johannesburg,
Kuala Lumpur, Mauritius, the Maldives, Perth and
Sydney.
Fist
Class passengers from as far afield as Inverness
and Aberdeen can now avail themselves of the free
limousine transfer service to meet their flight
from Glasgow Airport. The airline have extended
the radius of the free service from 70 to 150
miles. For information and reservations, visit www.emirates.com/uk.
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New Tunisian
charter airline
Syphax Airlines
will fly a short series of three weekly Airbus 319 charters from Glasgow
to Enfidha Hammamet Airport (NBE) this summer on
behalf of tour operator JustSunshine.com.
The flight details, effective 29 June 2013, are as
follows:
FS6458 NBE1440 – 1830GLA
319 6
FS6459 GLA1920 – 2310NBE 319 6
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Jet2.com has
extended their season services from Glasgow to
Barcelona and Rome into year-round operations.
Flights to both European cities will continue from
the summer on a twice weekly basis over winter
2013/14 and are available to book now at
www.Jet2.com. For
great value package holidays visit Jet2holidays.com.
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Direct Flights
Düsseldorf with Lufthansa from April
Glasgow Airport has
received a major boost for 2013 with the news that
Lufthansa is introducing a Düsseldorf to Glasgow
service from 8 April. The new route will operate
six times a week on board subsidiary carrier
Eurowings' Canadair RJ-900 jets. The schedule is
as follows:
LH3466 DUS0935 – 1020GLA CR9 7
LH3466 DUS1110 – 1155GLA CR9 x47
LH3467 GLA1055 – 1340DUS CR9 7
LH3467 GLA1230 – 1515DUS CR9 x47
The service operates on daily basis for the peak
summer between 27 June and 4 September.
www.lufthansa.co.uk
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Direct Flights from
Guernsey to Glasgow in 2013
Channel Islands Travel Group have launched a new
air route from Glasgow to Guernsey, linking
Scotland with the island for the first time in
several years.
The service, operated by Guernsey-based airline
Blue Islands, will operate every Saturday between
June 29th & September 14th using a 46 seat ATR-42
aircraft with a flying time of two hours.
Southbound flights depart from Glasgow at 17.30
and arrive in Guernsey at 19.30 and northbound
flights depart Guernsey at 15.00 and arrive in
Glasgow at 17.00. For more information on these
flights and holidays to Guernsey visit
www.airwaysholidays.com
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Barrhead Travel
has announced plans to operate a record number of
flights from Glasgow Airport to popular holiday
destinations next summer. Scotland’s largest
independent travel group will charter flights to
Palma, Malaga, Alicante, Barcelona and Venice
between May and October 2013.
A total of 20,000
seats will be available, double the capacity of
2012, to book as flight only, as part of a
traditional package or to travel to cruise
departure points in the Mediterranean and Adriatic
in exceptional premium cabin luxury. Barrhead
Travel is chartering British Airways CityFlyer
Embraer 190 aircraft for the flights which will
give passengers more leg room and a greater
luggage allowance than no frills airlines. The
flights will depart on weekends at convenient
times for even more comfort and convenience.
www.barrheadtravel.com
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Jet2.com has
announced it will add a fourth aircraft to its
successful Glasgow Airport base in 2013.
The aircraft will be permanently based at the
airport and its arrival will create more than 50
new jobs.
Jet2.com has also revealed that three new routes,
two of which are new for Glasgow Airport, will
commence with the summer 2013 schedule, and that
overall capacity will be 20% up on 2012 with more
than 500,000 seats now on sale.
Murcia in Spain’s Costa Calida and the charming
Croatian resort of Pula will be served from
Glasgow Airport for the first time, while the
addition of Menorca will take the total number of
destinations operated by Jet2.com to 19.
The additional capacity means that there will also
be more seats available to Majorca, Alicante,
Ibiza, Dalaman, Heraklion, Lanzarote and Tenerife
while Bodrum and Gran Canaria were recently
announced as new routes for summer 2013.
Flights to Murcia will depart every Monday and
Friday from 24 May 2013, with fares starting from
£41 per person. Weekly flights to Pula are also on
sale now will commence on 18 June 2013, with fares
from £49 per person and weekly flights to Menorca
start on 25 May 2013, with fares from £41 per
person.
For more information or to book a flight only
visit
www.Jet2.com.
For
great value package holidays visit Jet2holidays.com
where some examples of their increased choice from
Glasgow now includes:
• Murcia - 7 nights room only at the 4 star
NH Cartagena start from £479 per person based on 2
adults sharing. Prices include 22kg luggage
allowance, but exclude resort transfers.
• Pula – 7 nights self catering at the 2
star Splendid Resort start from £449 per person
based on 2 adults sharing. Prices include 22kg
luggage allowance, but exclude resort transfers.
• Menorca –
7 nights self catering at the 2 star Es Desmais
Apartments from Glasgow start from £359 per person
based on 2 sharing and include 22kg luggage
allowance and resort transfers.
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Virgin Holidays:
The 2013 programme to Orlando, Florida operates
all summer season from April to October onboard
their Boeing 747-400 "Jumbo Jets" and new Airbus 330 aircraft. These flights
are available at Virgin
Atlantic and
package holidays and fly-drives are available
direct from Virgin Holidays.
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Thomson Airways:
Glasgow Airport will be the first airport in
Scotland to welcome one of the world’s newest
passenger planes after Thomson Airways confirmed
it will fly the revolutionary Boeing 787
Dreamliner from the airport when it is delivered
later this year.
Holiday makers heading to
Cancun, Mexico and Sanford, Florida from Glasgow
will have the opportunity to travel on the new
aircraft on weekly flights.
Hailed
as the greatest advance in air travel for
passengers since the development of Concorde in
the early 1970s, the Dreamliner will revolutionise
air travel for Thomson Airways customers through
significant advances in in-flight comfort and
wellbeing.
Amanda McMillan,
Managing Director of Glasgow Airport, said: “To be
the first airport in Scotland to welcome Boeing’s
new 787 Dreamliner will be a huge honour and we
are delighted Thomson Airways has decided to base
one of its new aircraft at Glasgow. The Dreamliner
is at the cutting edge of aircraft design and with
regards to comfort, it will provide Scottish
passengers with a unique flying experience. The
Dreamliner will undoubtedly prove a huge draw for
Thomson Airways and we are looking forward to its
arrival.”
Be among the first
Scottish passengers to experience this futuristic
new jet by booking a summer 2013 holiday to Mexico
or Florida at
www.thomson.co.uk
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Canadian Affair have
five flights a week between Glasgow and
Toronto for summer 2013. All flights are operated
by Air Transat and their Airbus 310 aircraft. The convenient mid-morning
departures allow passengers to arrive in Toronto in time for
lunch. The eastbound service is overnight,
arriving in Glasgow early morning. For even more comfort, Air Transat's Club
Class is available on these wide bodied aircraft.
Economy Class return fares start from around £360
including tax and charges.
The western Canada services, which go once weekly
each to Vancouver and Calgary, are operated by
Air Transat and their Airbus 330's, again with
Club Class available. Canadian
Affair also provide Scotland's only winter link
with Canada with a twice weekly service to
Toronto. Fares start from £139 one way at www.canadianaffair.com
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Flybe have
commenced their new service between Glasgow and
East Midlands Airport. Europe's largest regional airline and the UK's
Number One domestic carrier will provide three
flights a day, excluding Saturdays which have two
return flights, between the two airports.
One way fares are
from £24.99 including taxes and charges and all
are available for booking now at
www.flybe.com
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Icelandair have
decoupled their Glasgow and Manchester to
Reykjavik triangular route to serve both UK cities
non stop. Glasgow passengers now enjoy the
convenience of three direct flights a week,
non-stop in both directions to and from Iceland,
increasing to four weekly for summer 2013.
The schedule from 30
March is as follows:
FI430 KEF0735 – 1040GLA 75W x136
FI431 GLA1405 – 1525KEF 75W x136
The Icelandair route is popular for onward
connections and great fares to North America.
Destinations available via the Reykjavik hub
include Toronto, Seattle, Boston, New York,
Orlando, Washington
DC and the new addition of Denver. www.icelandair.co.uk
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easyJet has announced that it will make its
Glasgow – Palma and Jersey flights all year round from the
end of October this year.
The summer services which currently operate twice
a week were scheduled to run until October 29 this
year however easyJet has taken the decision to
introduce a winter service from October 30.
Flights are now on sale for the twice weekly
flights with fares starting from £29.99 (one way
including taxes).
Travellers looking to book their winter flights, accommodation and
transfers in one go, can find a wide range of
flexible and affordable breaks from Glasgow
Airport on the easyJet Holidays website:
www.easyjet.com/holidays
easyJet's other new
service - from Glasgow to Amsterdam - operates daily
all year round. Other great easyJet destinations
with low fares direct from Glasgow include Berlin,
Paris, Geneva and Alicante. Return fares including
tax and charges are available from just £46 at
www.easyjet.com
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BA CityFlyer: BA's
subsidiary CityFlyer
provide the quickest route to London. Situated just
10 miles from the West End and close to Canary
Wharf, LCY is convenient for visiting the capital
on business or for pleasure as an alternative to
Heathrow and Gatwick.
Approximately 13,000 passengers a month
are now enjoying the added simplicity and
convenience of using this handy service for
accessing London, The City, Canary Wharf and
Docklands areas. Flights
between Glasgow and London City are onboard the
comfortable 98-seat Embraer 190 aircraft.
This summer's British Airways schedule between
Glasgow and London consists of up to 9 flights a
day to and from Heathrow, 6 to London City and 4
to Gatwick. www.ba.com
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Loganair: It's
all change on the Glasgow-Leeds Bradford route as
bmiRegional withdraw and Loganair step in with an
improved schedule and lower fares. The Flybe
franchise carrier will launch services between
Glasgow and Leeds-Bradford Airports with two
flights each weekday from Tuesday May 8. It will
also introduce a Sunday evening service in each
direction from September 2, marking the return of
weekend schedules after a gap of several years.
The
new service will safeguard business links between
Glasgow and West Yorkshire and will also open up
excellent connections from Leeds Bradford, via
Loganair’s hub at Glasgow, to destinations
throughout the Scottish Islands. The new flight
timings facilitate connections via Glasgow to
points including Stornoway, Kirkwall, Sumburgh,
Tiree, Barra and Benbecula.
Fares on the route start from £59.99 one-way,
including all taxes. Importantly, Loganair has
made a pro-active decision to set the price of its
fully flexible business-type tickets some 10%
below the fares previously charged by bmi British
Midland on the route, which it believes will be
welcome news for cost-conscious business
travellers in the current economic environment.
All fares include a checked bag of up to 20kgs and
free in-flight refreshments.
Loganair will use 34-seat Saab 340B aircraft on
the route. There will be flight departures from
Glasgow at 07:10 and 17:15 hrs and return flights
from Leeds Bradford at 08:45 and 18:50 hrs on
weekdays, facilitating a day's business in either
city. Sunday evening services from September 2
will operate at the same time as weekday flights
and the airline has indicated its willingness to
increase the frequency of service on weekdays if
demand warrants more flights. Book now at
www.flybe.com
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Aer Lingus Regional
have added a fifth daily, early afternoon flight
between Dublin and Glasgow, commencing 29 March.
The additional services arrives in Glasgow at
14:20 and departs back to Dublin at 14:55
increasing choice for passengers and improving
connections from the USA.
The airline also
provide five flights a week between Cork and
Glasgow.
With a flying time
of around one hour between Dublin and Glasgow
International, fares start at just £24.99
including tax at
www.aerlingus.com
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Eastern
Airways now fly between
Glasgow and Stavanger in Norway. Fares on the
service which operates three days a week, start from £99 one way, including taxes and charges.
The new service will
prove popular with oil related business passengers
as well as Scottish and Norwegian tourists.
Monday and Wednesday flights will leave Stavanger
at 9.20am and arrive in Glasgow at 9.50am.
Departure from Glasgow is at 10.20am and arrival
in Stavanger scheduled for 1.20pm.
On Fridays, flights will depart Stavanger at 10am
and arrive in Glasgow at 10.30pm. Friday services
take off from Glasgow at 11am and land in
Stavanger at 1.30pm.
www.easternairways.com
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KLM have four flights a
day wintertime on the Amsterdam -
Glasgow service. KLM often have the best
fares and the most convenient transfers for
passengers flying from Glasgow to Europe and the world via
their hub at Schiphol. www.flyklm.com
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US
Airways:
For summer 2013, US Airways will fly right
through from the start of May until the end of
October between Glasgow and their hub at
Philadelphia. Flights operate up to seven times a week
over the season and provide great onward
connections throughout the USA and beyond to the
Caribbean, Canada and South and Central America.
Great service and great fares await at www.usairways.com
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 Thomas Cook
Airlines whose
brands include Airtours, Club 18-30 and Direct
Holidays are Scotland's biggest tour operator.
They offer the widest choice of holidays to
popular destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico,
Florida, Canada, Egypt, Tunisia, Bulgaria,
Portugal, Madeira, the Canaries and the
Mediterranean including Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and
Malta - all flying direct from Glasgow.
www.thomascook.com
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Latest traffic summary figures from HAH.ltd |
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Total passengers
for the year to Feb 2013 |
7,144,500 (+3.9%) |
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Air Transport Movements year to Feb
2012 |
72,124 (+2.7%) |
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Passengers (ooo's) |
423.4 |
Change on Feb '12 |
-1.5% |
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Air Transport Movements |
4773 |
Change on Feb '12 |
-5.1% |
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