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An unofficial but concise source of Glasgow Airport airline news and route information, this page is updated regularly with all the latest news and developments at Glasgow Airport. Click here for the latest Traffic Summary Figures.      
Contributions most welcome - please email me with your news and rumours by manually typing this address
 

Last update 19 May 2009   


Glasgow Airport
management are asking passengers where they'd like to fly to. Don't let this valuable opportunity to let GLA bosses and the airlines know which new direct flights are most required. Some popular suggestions include Frankfurt for the Lufthansa hub connections, Düsseldorf, Munich, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Brussels, Krakow, Warsaw, Prague, Cork and many others - particularly key European cities which are vastly underserved from Glasgow International - but the choice is yours. Have your say at www.glasgowairport.com/timetofly and be in with a chance of winning £1000 just for taking part in the survey. The competition closes on 29 May 2009.
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easyJet: The summer schedule for international flights is Paris CDG, Berlin and Alicante daily, Malaga 6 weekly, Faro 3 weekly and Palma and Ibiza 2 weekly. Of the domestic services, flights to Luton depart up to 5 times a day, Stansted up to 4 times a day while services to Bristol, Gatwick and Belfast International go 3 times each day.
Booking early secures the best fares at
www.easyjet.com
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Flyglobespan:
Flights to Orlando (Sanford), Florida are available 5 days a week over the summer season. Malaga, Tenerife and Palma each have daily schedules. Alicante is linked 6 times a week and Faro goes 5 weekly. Flights to Paphos, Las Palmas and Lanzarote depart twice weekly and Ibiza and Barcelona are served weekly. Hurghada is a new summer destination with one departure each week to the Red Sea resort and this is joined by a brand new service to Dalaman in Turkey with once weekly flights over the summer season. Another new destination for summer 2009 is Halifax, Nova Scotia which gains a direct flight each week from the end of May until mid October. Vancouver via Calgary is served weekly and Toronto Hamilton also goes once a week this summer.
A new destination for winter 2009 is Sharm el Sheikh which will be served once a week over the winter. To book great air fares and flexible holiday packages flying direct from Glasgow visit 
www.flyglobespan.com
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Icelandair: Due to the current economic conditions, Icelandair have temporarily suspend service from Glasgow until 27th August 2009.  Following the suspension, service will resume with two flights a week direct to Iceland, connecting onwards to six North American destinations. www.icelandair.co.uk
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Sunways Holidays:
The Manchester based tour operator has announced new flights and holiday packages direct from Glasgow to Gerona, Alicante, Gran Canaria, Palma, Lanzarote and Faro for summer '09. The company identified a gap in the Scottish market following the demise of Prestwick based Seguro Holidays and Glasgow based XL. Flights to Gerona will operate twice a week during the peak season, while Alicante, Gran Canaria, Palma, Lanzarote and Faro will be served weekly, all operated with a chartered bmi Airbus aircraft. www.flysunways.com
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Glasgow Airport: In October 2008 the £31m "skyhub" extension to the terminal building was opened to passengers. With state-of-the-art security screening, more natural light, more space to relax and more choice of shops, bars and restaurants, the airport is being transformed for an altogether better passenger experience. More on Glasgow Airport's skyhub here.

Glasgow Airport's new skyhub extension

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Air Malta have direct flights from Glasgow to Malta. Scheduled services depart twice weekly over the summer from May. In addition there are weekly charter flights available from February which operate via Newcastle. The charter flights are on sale through the Malta specialist tour operator Belleair Holidays here and the scheduled flights can be booked at www.airmalta.com
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BA CityFlyer have added a fifth daily weekdays flight 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. Nearly 10,000 passengers a month are now enjoying the added simplicity and convenience of using this service for accessing London.

Return fares start at just £78 including tax and charges. Flying time is around 90mins on board the Avro RJ100 jets.
www.ba.com
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US Airways 757 arriving from Philadelphia
US Airways: The schedule for summer 2009 is increased to daily flights beginning on 16 May 2009 to the airline's hub at Philadelphia and runs until October. www.usairways.com
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bmibaby the summer schedule from Glasgow is to Birmingham and East Midlands  up to 3 times a day. Flights to Cardiff resume in the autumn.
bmibaby - the airline with tiny fares
click here
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Thomas Cook:
Glasgow Airport's biggest tour operator is offering some peak summer departures to Cayo Coco, Cuba in June and July 2009 - increasing the choice of faraway holidays flying direct from Scotland. Holidays in Cuba and many other popular destinations in 3 continents flying direct from Glasgow can be booked online at www.thomascook.com
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Thomson have added new flights to Punta Cana in addition to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic which will operate once weekly for the duration of the summer '09 season. Thomson have 37 departures a week from Glasgow this summer serving 29 popular holiday destinations including Florida, Mexico, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Canaries and many more. www.thomsonfly.com
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PIA
offer twice weekly year round flights to Lahore, one of which continues on to Faisalabad. The Thursday and Sunday flights which arrive in Glasgow at 4pm and depart at 5:45pm with 184 seat Airbus A310 aircraft have a choice of 3 classes - Economy, Economy Plus and Business Class. The 4000 mile direct flight from Glasgow takes around 9 hours. More information and bookings here here.
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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 8 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. In addition, flights operate direct to Jersey and La Rochelle over the summer.
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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Continental Airlines: The summer 2009 schedule is for seven flights a week between Glasgow International and their Newark hub.

For more information and great fares direct to New York and onward to cities throughout the USA visit the Continental web site
here.

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Virgin Holidays are again operating peak holiday period flights to Orlando, Florida from Glasgow on board their Boeing 747-400 "Jumbo Jets". These flights and packaged holidays are available direct from the airline at Virgin Atlantic.


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Emirates 777 arriving from Dubai
Emirates flight EK28 departs Glasgow every day at the convenient time of 14:15 with great connecting opportunities at Dubai 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 more details on Emirates' year round Glasgow service click here or go straight to the Emirates website here.
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 Latest traffic summary figures from BAA
 Total passengers for the year to Apr. 2008  7,834,200 (-9.5%)
 Air Transport Movements year to Apr. 2008  83,062 (-9.4%)
 Passengers (ooo's)  569.4  Change on Apr. '08  -11.6%
 Air Transport Movements  6248  Change on Apr. '08  -15.1%

  
 

   

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