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Loganair delivers birthday surprise to milestone passengers at Glasgow Airport

Loganair delivers birthday surprise to milestone passengers at Glasgow Airport Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, celebrated carrying 1.5 million passengers through Glasgow Airport by surprising a young family with free flights. The Lee family – mum Laura, dad Stan, and 3-year-old aeroplane enthusiast Iver – were travelling to their home in Benbecula from Glasgow after celebrating Laura and Iver’s birthdays with family in Lincolnshire. As the airline’s hub, Loganair connects Scotland’s largest city to some of the country’s most remote locations, including Barra, Benbecula, Stornoway, and Tiree. It also offers year-round service to Northern Ireland through Derry and Donegal. Laura said: “It was such a surprise to be the...
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easyJet's sixth based aircraft lands at Glasgow

easyJet's sixth based aircraft lands at Glasgow The new neo aircraft, which is both quieter and more fuel efficient, will join three Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft already serving the airline’s customers in Glasgow, the most since operations began. Today’s arrival demonstrates the airline’s long-term commitment to Scotland by providing more great value choice, offering 86 routes across 19 countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. EasyJet operates 34 routes from Glasgow including popular destinations such as Belfast, Barcelona, Porto, Lisbon and Paris. The airline has also launched brand new flights to Enfidha in Tunisia for the first time, now operating twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays throughout the year. A new...
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Glasgow Airport delivers the Baby Room

Glasgow Airport delivers the Baby Room Glasgow Airport welcomed the arrival of the new dedicated Baby Room to help parents travelling with infants and young children. Situated in the airport’s Central Pier next to Gate 16, the bespoke room will be a haven for parents travelling with little ones. The Baby Room will offer a quiet space for parents and includes bottle warmers, changing stations, comfortable seating and a large TV showing children’s channels. Although Glasgow Airport is a proud signatory to the Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme and welcomes and supports all feeding choices across the terminal, a separate space within the new facility has been created for anyone who wishes to use it. The airport recently became part of...
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Emirates celebrates 20 years at Glasgow Airport

Emirates celebrates 20 years at Glasgow Airport Emirates today celebrated two decades of flying to and from Glasgow Airport. In the 20 years since its inaugural flight on 10 April 2004, Emirates has carried over 5.62 million passengers on 18,990 roundtrip flights to and from Dubai, connecting travellers and businesses in the region with its expansive global network. To mark the significant 20-year milestone, Emirates flight EK027, served by its iconic A380, arrived at Glasgow Airport’s stand 30, home to Scotland’s only triple airbridge, with a celebration including a Bagpiper. Emirates operations from Glasgow have made a significant contribution to the local economy, facilitating inbound tourism, creating thousands of jobs, as well...
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Pioneering simulations pave the way for routine drone flights in the UK

Pioneering simulations pave the way for routine drone flights in the UK The prospect of remotely piloted drones operating in and out of some of the UK’s busiest airports has taken a step closer to reality following a series of pioneering simulations by Project CAELUS and the air traffic management service, NATS. The simulations, run at NATS’ head office in Hampshire, demonstrated how drones could be seamlessly integrated alongside other air traffic at a busy airport. This included drone operators filing flight plans, flying in and out of the airport and being safely deconflicted with other aircraft. The leading work forms part of Project CAELUS, a UKRI industry collaboration of 16 partners including AGS Airports, University of...
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Glasgow Airport's FlightPath Fund to deliver over £120,000 in 2024 to support local communities

Glasgow Airport's FlightPath Fund to deliver over £120,000 in 2024 to support local communities The FlightPath Fund is making more than £120,000 available this year to help support community groups, charities and sustainability-themed projects local to Glasgow Airport. The Fund’s committee is once again urging neighbouring groups and organisations to submit applications and is also keen to support sustainability-themed projects aimed at improving the environment in the communities local to the airport. An awards package of £120,000 is available in 2024 to projects and groups of all sizes based in each of the four local authorities supported by Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund – Renfrewshire, the northwest area of Glasgow, East...
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Glasgow-based Tinderbox to pop up at airport

Glasgow-based Tinderbox to pop up at airport Coffee specialists Tinderbox Espresso Bar is to open at Glasgow Airport next spring. The Glasgow-based company will open what will be its eighth store and will bring with it 10 new jobs. Tinderbox will offer a grab-and-go coffee service and catering service from the former Swarovski store in the main departure lounge from April onwards during the busy spring and summer peak periods. Craig Norton, Glasgow Airport’s Retail Manager, said: “We are forecasting a considerable increase in passenger numbers next year and are keen to ensure we have plenty of catering options available. “The airport is well-served in terms of places where passengers can get their caffeine boost with retailers such...
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easyJet expansion to create 40 new jobs at Glasgow Airport

easyJet expansion to create 40 new jobs at Glasgow Airport easyJet has revealed it will base an additional aircraft at Glasgow from next summer - taking the airline's feet at the airport to six. The move comes after the airline operated its biggest-ever summer flying programme in Scotland and flew a record seven million passengers to and from Scotland in its 2023 financial year. The arrival of a sixth aircraft at its Glasgow base will enable the airline to offer customers even more choice and greater connectivity across the UK, Europe and beyond, as well as creating around 40 local job opportunities at the airport. With the addition of the sixth aircraft, easyJet expects to have nearly 300 employees based in Glasgow including...
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More than 120,000 passengers expected during first week of October break

More than 120,000 passengers expected during first week of October break Glasgow Airport is gearing up for one of its busiest periods of the year today (Thursday 12 October) as tens of thousands of holidaymakers prepare to jet off for the October holiday week. Over 120,000 people are expected to pass through the airport between today and Monday 16 October with many flying out to popular sunspots in the Canary Islands, southern Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, Portugal, Cancun and Dubai. Destinations such as Rome, Reykjavik, Barcelona, Porto, Lisbon, Dubrovnik and Krakow are set to be popular destinations for passengers keen on sightseeing and enjoying a city break. In anticipation of the busy period ahead, the airport and its airline partners...
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