Glasgow Business . 25
www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
”That success has resulted in an even bigger contribution to the economy of Glasgow and Scotland as a whole”
Birmingham and Belfast City fl ights plus a return of its direct fl ights to Exeter. In September, Romanian airline Blue Air
announced it would begin fl ying from Glasgow Airport for the fi rst time this winter – starting with a new direct fl ight to the Romanian capital of Bucharest. T e airline is off ering the service twice a week – on T ursdays and Sundays – starting on 17 December 2015. Wizz Air is also off ering fl ights to Bucharest starting fl ying from 18 December. Earlier in the month Canadian airline Air
Transat confi rmed it would introduce direct fl ights to Montreal in summer 2016. It is to have its inaugural fl ight to Montreal
in May, a service launched in good time for the city’s famous Jazz Festival in June. Air Canada Rouge announced it would
launch a seasonal direct service to its Toronto hub, Toronto Pearson in June 2016. T e new service between the two cities will operate three times per week from 14 June to 25 September 2016. Also in September, Wizz Air launched its
fi rst direct fl ights to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and the Polish city of Lubin. Vilnius is the second biggest city of the Baltic States and is renowned for being home to one of the largest surviving medieval quarters in Europe. Wizz Air fi rst moved to Glasgow Airport in
March 2013 and the addition of these two new routes brought the total number of destinations it serves from Glasgow to eight. Virgin Atlantic launched its fi rst fl ight to Las
Vegas from Glasgow, which began operating on 10 September with a Boeing 747-400 fl ying between the two cities in September and October. In August, Icelandair announced it was
increasing its Glasgow-Reykjavik service to six times a week. T e announcement of the additional fl ights
beginning in March 2016 marked the airline’s 70th anniversary of fl ights to Scotland. Also in August, British Airways announced
a new route from Glasgow Airport to Salzburg. T e winter season service has its fi rst fl ight on 12 December. In July, easyJet announced that it was
extending its network with a new service from Glasgow Airport to Milan Malpensa Airport. T e new year round service was due to launch on 2 December. In June,
Jet2.com announced that it would
be fl ying a twice-weekly service to Girona in Spain from May 2016 in a development that will give easier access to the Costa Brava for West of Scotland holidaymakers. T at same month, Ryanair fl ew its inaugural
fl ight to Chania in Crete, with the weekly service on Wednesdays extending the holiday choice for Glasgow travellers.
4 In May, Luſt hansa’s inaugural fl ight to
Munich took off , giving Scot ish travellers bet er access to Bavaria. In the same month, T omas Cook Airlines
fl ew its fi rst fl ight to Las Vegas, T omson Holidays launched its fl ight to Dubrovnik and Jet2 fl ew its fi rst fl ight to Malta. Also in May, Jet2 fl ew its fi rst fl ight to
Larnica on the island of Cyprus and a new Ryanair service took off for the fi rst time to the historic town of Carcassonne in the south of France. In April, Icelandair announced an additional
1,400 seats to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik starting in September. Also that month, Wizz Air announced the
launch of two new direct routes: to the Hungarian capital of Budapest and the Polish city of Lubin. Of course domestic routes are also key for
the airport’s success, with Flybe launching a double daily service to Bournemouth in March and extra fl ights to Sumburgh in Orkney on Tuesdays and T ursdays and to Cardiff from the summer. Citywing has operated more fl ights between Glasgow and the Isle of Man from 1 May.
5 In January, Ryanair announced that it would
introduce direct fl ights to Berlin and a fourth daily service to London Stansted from the winter. Glasgow Airport has also invested in
developing its infrastructure, with a £20 million investment programme in 2014 which saw the main terminal building undergo a major overhaul. In the second half of 2015 the airport also
completed a £3.3 million extension to its East Pier, one of its three piers, in order to accommodate the new airlines and services and started work on a multi-million pound upgrade to retail and food and beverage outlets. Glasgow Airport also passed another
milestone recently with its FlightPath Fund having given £1 million to charities. Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow
Chamber of Commerce, said: “When you pause and look at all the new routes and the increase in passengers as a result, it really has been a phenomenal year of achievement at ained by Glasgow Airport. “T at success has resulted in an even bigger
contribution to the economy of Glasgow and Scotland as a whole.”
3
1. In October, Ryanair celebrated its fi rst year at the airport.
2. Icelandair announced more fl ights as part of the airline’s 70th anniversary of services to Scotland.
3. WestJet unveiled more departures to Nova Scotia in October.
4. In September, Romanian airline Blue Air announced it would begin fl ying from Glasgow Airport.
5. Thomas Cook fl ew its fi rst fl ight to Las Vegas in May.
1
2
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60