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Aer Lingus Dublin and Cork to GlasgowAer Lingus Regional have announced a brand new link between Shannon in the south west of Ireland and Glasgow. The daily flights begin on 1 July onboard the environmentally friendly ATR-72-500 turboprop aircraft operated by Aer Arann under the franchise agreement with Aer Lingus. The news of the new Shannon service comes just two months after the joint venture set up new daily flights from Glasgow to Cork and increased the Dublin service to four times daily. In addition, Aer Arann launched also their own flights between Donegal and Glasgow. See below for more on that. www.aerlingus.com

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easyJet
have decided to increase capacity on some of their sunshine routes from Glasgow this summer by replacing one of the based 156-seat Airbus A319 aircraft with the A320 which Cheap flights with easyJet froom Glasgowaccommodates 180 passengers. The summer 2010 schedule is for Berlin, Alicante and Malaga daily, Paris 6 weekly, Faro 3 weekly and Palma and Ibiza 2 weekly. On the domestic services, flights Stansted and Belfast depart up to 4 times a day while Bristol, Gatwick and Luton are served 3 times each day. Booking early secures the best fares at
www.easyjet.com
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US Airways 757 arriving from Philadelphia

US Airways: The summer 2010 season is now flying with daily flights to the airline's hub at Philadelphia. This seasonal service runs until 1 October and offers great onward connections throughout the USA and beyond to the Caribbean, Canada and South and Central America.

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Thomson plane at Glasgow Airport

Thomson have revealed that their summer 2011 programme from Glasgow will include the new destinations of Boa Vista, one of the islands of Cape Verde, and Pula in Croatia. In the Dominican Republic Punta Cana joins Puerto Plata for the full summer season giving Scots access to more of the island's resorts. www.thomson.co.uk
 

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Thomas Cook plane at Glasgow Airport

Thomas Cook have confirmed they will base a sixth aircraft at Glasgow this summer. This expansion allows extra capacity on some of their 29 summer routes from Glasgow.

Thomas Cook, 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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Aer Arann have launched new flights from Donegal to Glasgow Airport. The new service, which replaced the Donegal-Prestwick schedule, operates four times a week. Fares starting from £37 one way including taxes are available at www.aerarann.com
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Virgin Holidays are again operating peak school holiday period flights to Orlando, Florida from Glasgow in 2010 onboard their Boeing 747-400 "Jumbo Jets". These flights are available at Virgin Atlantic and package holidays and fly-drives are available direct from Virgin Holidays. The 2011 programme will see a greatly increased schedule with up to 2 weekly flights operating all summer season from May to October.
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Barrhead Travel has launched its own-brand package holiday programme for summer 2010 which will serve popular sunspots in Majorca and mainland Spain.

The new charters, operated by British Airways' new Embraer aircraft, will operate weekly to Barcelona and Palma from late May to mid September, with convenient weekend departure times. The holiday flights will also carry Barrhead Travel's passengers for cruise departures for Mediterranean itineraries along with another Barrhead Travel exclusive charter to Venice which will be flown by bmi. www.barrheadtravel.co.uk
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Glasgow to Lahore twice weekly non-stopPakistan International Airlines:
 The axe-threatened twice-weekly Lahore-Glasgow service has won a year's reprieve following meetings between the airline, Glasgow Airport bosses, council officials, Mohammed Sarwar MP and Pakistani community leaders. It is understood that average load factors of 64% fell below break-even point and that new marketing initiatives should be instigated to raise the profile of the route and encourage its use. The basic message must be "Use it or lose it".  Ask your PIA-appointed travel agent for the direct flight or visit www.piac.com.pk for bookings and more information.

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Flybe are again flying to La Rochelle in western France next summer with a weekly Saturday service. Also now on sale are summer flights to Jersey which are doubled to 4 services a week over summer 2010. www.flybe.com.

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Canadian Affair have upped their 5 weekly Thomas Cook Boeing 757 operated Toronto summer service with the addition of 2 Air Transat Airbus A310's on the route, making 7 flights a week from Glasgow over summer 2010. Flights depart every day except Wednesday and there are two flights on Thursdays. Fares start at £129 one way including taxes at www.canadianaffair.com Cheap flights and low fares direct from Glasgow Airport

Emirates 777 arriving from Dubai

Emirates: Sydney is now less than a day’s travel from Scotland thanks to new flights being introduced by Emirates.
The award-winning airline have introduced a new daily service from Dubai to Sydney which departs just 75 minutes after the arrival of its daily flight from Glasgow. With this new, quick connection, the total travel time from Glasgow to Sydney is now just 22 hours and 25 minutes, having previously been over 30 hours.

Economy Class flights from Glasgow to Sydney start from £655 per person.

From their international hub in Dubai, Emirates offer great connecting opportunities to popular destination in the Middle East, Far East, Australasia, Indian Ocean islands, Africa, India and Pakistan. All flights from Glasgow are on board state of the art 434 seat Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. For information and reservations, visit
www.emirates.com/uk

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BA CityFlyer fly up to four times a day on the Glasgow to London City Airport (LCY) route. 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. Over 11,000 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.

Return fares start at just £78 including tax and charges. Flying time is around 90mins on board the Avro RJ85/100 jets with the new Embraer 170 expected to enter service on the route in February.
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Icelandair: frequent flighst to Iceland and the USA

Icelandair have introduced a new and improved schedule from Glasgow to Iceland and on to the USA. Morning flights from Reykjavik operate 4 times a week via Manchester inbound and depart Glasgow direct to Iceland in time to meet connections to the USA on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through May 31, 2010. A reduced summer schedule will operate between June 3 and 30 August 2010 with flights on Mondays and Fridays. www.icelandair.co.uk

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Click here for flybe.comFlybe are now flying twice a day to Cardiff with timings to suit a business day in either city. They also fly from Glasgow up to 7 times a day to Birmingham and up to 5 times a day to Manchester. They also serve Southampton 5 times daily, Belfast City 4 daily and Exeter 12 weekly from Glasgow. The UK's biggest regional airline have now fully integrated the Loganair flights to the Highlands and Islands as well as the Isle of Man from Glasgow. Through fares on one-stop flights to Paris, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Frankfurt, Milan, Geneva and many other top European destinations are now available at www.flybe.com

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Air Southwest now link Glasgow to Devon and Cornwall. The year round daily flights go direct to Newquay and onward to Plymouth. Fantastic fares from £35 each way are available direct from www.airsouthwest.com


 

 

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 Latest traffic summary figures from BAA
 Total passengers for the year to June 2009  6,787,200 (-11.4%)
 Air Transport Movements year to June 2009  70,104 (-13%)
 Passengers (ooo's)  684.7  Change on Jun '09  -7%
 Air Transport Movements  6665  Change on Jun '09  -4.9%

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