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Glasgow Airport
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Last update 27 February 2010 |
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Aer Arann have
announced new flights from Donegal to Glasgow Airport. The new
service, which replaces the existing Donegal-Prestwick schedule, will
operate four times a week from 28 March. Flights are on sale now with
fares starting from £37 one way including taxes 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 packaged 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, possibly with the new Airbus 330 aircraft which are joining
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Aer Lingus Regional:
Aer Lingus has entered an agreement with Irish regional airline Aer
Arann. Under this agreement, Aer Arann will operate aircraft under the
Aer Lingus Regional brand and livery. The new operation will see an
increase in frequency of the Glasgow-Dublin service from one daily to
4
daily and the onset of a brand new, 6-7 weekly service to Cork.
The new flights, which begin on 28 March, are operated by Aer Arann
onboard their ATR-72-500 turboprops. The increased Dublin schedule
will allow connections onto the Aer Lingus Dublin-USA network.
www.aerlingus.com |
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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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 Pakistan 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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Glasgow Airport is to spend £25 million
on upgrades and improving access to the site.
Planned developments include improving the airport road system, a new
food court, a new runway lighting system and upgrades to the airfield
taxiway system.
Following the blow of Globespan's collapse, the airport's managing
director, Amanda McMillan, said that a third of the lost capacity had
quickly been replaced by other carriers such as
Thomson,
Thomas
Cook and
Virgin Holidays
and that work is ongoing to fill the rest of the gap and to secure new
international services for 2010. |
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easyJet: 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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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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Sunways Holidays
have arranged a new twice weekly summer charter flight to Barcelona. The
flights will be operated by Spanair and depart every Saturday and
Sunday between
1 May and 23 October 2010. These flights and holidays in the city of
Barcelona or the Costa Brava are available at
www.flysunways.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
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Emirates: SCOTTISH TRAVEL TIME TO SYDNEY SLASHED BY 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.
Earlier this year, Emirates introduced additional services from Dubai to Melbourne and Brisbane, shortening journey times from
Glasgow to 23 hours and 25 hours 40 minutes, respectively. Emirates’ fourth
Australian destination, Perth, is just 20 hours and 5 minutes
from Glasgow.
The daily timetable from Glasgow
to Sydney from 1st December 2009 is:
EK028 dep Glasgow 1305 arr Dubai 0025 (following day)
EK414 dep Dubai 0140 arr Sydney 2230
Total travel time: 22 hours 25 minutes
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.
www.ba.com |
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Icelandair have introduced
a new and improved schedule from Glasgow to Iceland and on to the USA.
From September 25, morning flights from Reykjavik will 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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US Airways:
The schedule for
summer 2010 is on sale now with daily flights beginning on 16 May to
the airline's hub at Philadelphia. This seasonal service runs until 1October
and offers great onward connections throughout the USA and beyond to the
Caribbean, Canada and South and Central America. |
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Thomas Cook
are Glasgow Airport's biggest tour operator.
Long haul holidays in the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, Egypt as well as many other popular destinations in 3 continents,
all flying direct from Glasgow, can be booked
online at
www.thomascook.com |
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 Flybe 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 |
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Total passengers for the year
to January 2009 |
7,116,100 (-11.3%) |
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Air Transport Movements year to January 2009 |
73,529 (-14.4%) |
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Passengers (ooo's) |
386.8 |
Change on Jan '09 |
-12.2% |
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Air Transport
Movements |
4780 |
Change on Jan '09 |
-13.4% |
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