Agreed billy some like Air 2000 still serve their charter routes and I commend them for that. United were at the forefront of the campaign and soon dropped the route like Heathrow Airlines did. Air Canada don't operate during the winter but did when they operated through Prestwick not on 1 route but on 2. Halifax and Toronto.
All I am saying is that it is unfortunate that the airlines who campaigned for the right soon gave it up when they got it. More power to the likes of Continental who have proved that transatlantic services are viable from Scotland.
There is not a hope in hell that Virgin will serve Glasgow. They are only interested in cherry picking the most profitable routes not in starting from a reasonable base and working upwards.