40 PRIVATE HIRE AND TAXI MONTHLY
MARCH 2009 AIRPORT AILMENTS
BUSES AND TAXIS FINALLY RETURN TO GLASGOW AIRPORT DOOR
Buses and licensed air- port taxis have been allowed to return to Glasgow Airport’s inner forecourt.
All vehicles had been barred from next to the main terminal since the horrific terrorist attack in June 2007.
The relaxation of restrictions follows the installation of 300 secu- rity bollards, as part of a £2 million security boost, in front of the terminal.
Buses and Renfrew- shire Council licensed airport taxis were allowed access again last month. The move is a bid to increase public transport use from 11 per cent to 15 per cent by 2012.
Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said that the re-opening of the area was a “return
port links by 2013 when the new Glasgow Air- port rail link is up and running but know that will mean changing their approach to pub- lic transport.
Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, says that the reopening of the inner forecourt will improve transport choice for passengers
to normal”.
She told the Glasgow Evening Times: “It will provide more transport choice for passengers. “It is vital we continue to reduce congestion and promote public transport as a way of reducing surface trans- port emissions.
“By giving public transport vehicles access to the inner forecourt, we aim to significantly increase the number of passen- gers who travel to and from the airport by public transport.” Airport bosses want to improve public trans-
Arriva’s 24 hour bus service to and from Glasgow city centre will relocate in front of the inner forecourt along with licensed airport taxis and shuttle buses. Only vehicles regis- tered with the airport’s automatic number plate recognition system will be allowed next to the terminal hub. Access for cars and private hire taxis is still under review.
Rodney Mortimer, of
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, said: “We welcome the priority BAA is giving to public transport services through these new arrangements.”
ABERDEEN AIRPORT AT CENTRE OF ROW
Passengers will have to wait longer for taxis at Aberdeen air- port if proposed changes get the go- ahead, it was claimed. Airport operator BAA said it had “serious con- cerns” over how new city council plans could affect its customers. Currently only Comcabs drivers can pick up at the airport. But the local authority wants to remove the current taxi zoning and allow any Aberdeen driver to operate from the airport. Licensing committee convener Callum McCaig ordered a report from council officers after problems last year. He said although city taxis are not allowed into the airport, some have picked up fares there. Mr McCaig told the Aberdeen Evening Express: “At the
moment airport taxis are not licensed to pick up in the city, and city cabs are not licensed to pick up at the airport. No other Scottish airports have this set-up.” A spokesman for BAA said: ‘’We have serious concerns that arriving passengers will have to wait longer for taxis.” Aberdeen Taxi Group spokesman Brian Sin- clair agreed the move could create problems. Comcabs claim it is already difficult to find drivers to work at the airport during unsocia- ble hours because most drivers prefer to work the more lucrative city centre routes.
Comcabs airport man- ager KK Lam said: “We feel the current system is working. If we don’t have a designated fleet we think it would be dif- ficult to find drivers.”
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