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espite Glasgow’s Tourism and Visitor Plan to 2023 focusing on a framework for the
continued growth of the city’s tourism economy, business travellers are also important to Glasgow. York Aviation was commissioned
in August to undertake an economic impact assessment of Glasgow Airport. It found that businesses can operate more effectively from within Glasgow Airport‘s catchment area with the airport in place, with productivity impacts from the airport’s business passenger travel accounting for around £20m of gross value added (GVA) and 100 jobs in both Renfrewshire and Ayrshire, around £230m of GVA and 1,000 jobs in the Glasgow City Region, and £320m of GVA and 2,000 jobs across Scotland as a whole. Mark Johnston, Glasgow Airport’s Managing Director, said: “Business travellers continue to play a hugely important role in our continued success and account for 25% of all passengers we welcome through our doors each day.
“London is our most popular destination by some distance with
up to 32 daily departures and more than 26,000 seats available every week to five airports serving the UK’s capital city. We are always keen to build on this connectivity further, including with Loganair’s new daily service to London Southend.” With London the most frequently
visited UK city for business travellers, the number of airport destinations around the city is expanding. In addition to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and City airports, flights are now available between Glasgow and Southend – less than an hour from London by train. According to The Telegraph and
aviation analysts OAG, Southend is scheduled to welcome up to 917,866 passengers during the 2019 summer season (March to October), a 31% increase on last year.
Loganair is launching three major
new routes between Scotland and London Southend Airport, connecting
Glasgow, Stornoway and Aberdeen with the UK’s largest city. Glasgow will have three non-stop flights each way every weekday together with a selection of weekend services, operated by Loganair’s Embraer 145 regional jet aircraft. The schedule is designed to enable
a full working day in the capital before an evening flight home, including a morning red-eye service. Loganair’s Managing Director Jonathan Hinkles says: “We’re incredibly excited to be offering the first new air links between London and Glasgow in many years. These new fast and frequent flights to London’s favourite airport, together with our inclusive checked baggage allowance and on-board service, make this a hugely
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