GLASGOW 2

[mwm991]

Originally Posted by Callum Paterson

Excellent news regarding Ryanair to both Krakow and Madrid.

GLA now offers direct flights to 9 Polish destinations. Impressive.

And it's long overdue Scotland's largest economy has a direct link to Madrid.

Excellent news indeed.

Callum you sound like a fanboy, ffs!

[Callum Paterson]

Excuse me?

[Morus193]

Does anyone know if the Korean air charters will be on again this year?

[Callum Paterson]

Originally Posted by Morus193

Does anyone know if the Korean air charters will be on again this year?

They are indeed. Returning in August and September.

[smith]

I saw a Qatar 787 on Thursday at GLA. What was that all about?

[LAX_LHR]

Divert from Manchester due to storm Doris.

[smith]

Cheers. You'd have thought it would have diverted to EDI since they have handling agents etc already in place though.

[GLAEDI]

According to Ryanair page they have announced daily GLA to FRA starting in Oct. Though it's not LH but will open GLASGOW to LH route network and another German destination available.

http://www.glasgowairport.com/corporate/media-centre/posts/2017/february/28/ryanair-announce-new-daily-frankfurt-service-from-glasgow-airport/

From GLA's website

[EGPFlyer]

Originally Posted by smith

Cheers. You'd have thought it would have diverted to EDI since they have handling agents etc already in place though.

EDI isn't accepting diversions due to lack of parking

[willy wombat]

You'd have thought they could have parked loads of aircraft on 31/13

[VickersVicount]

wonder if that puts the nail in the coffin for a LH FRA service or whether it could provoke LH to try FRA again as FR certainly promote pax numbers, just look at Berlin.

[CabinCrewe]

Personally I cant see LH trying Frankfurt. Wonder if Copenhagen from FR could be next. GLA had a long tradition with CPH than seemed to dissolve away, now with a disproportionate number from EDI.

[mwm991]

It could work as a 2x, 3x, 4x weekly service I think, anything more and that would struggle IMO.

[Skipness One Echo]

Beggars belief GLA can't support a twice daily LH FRA and AF CDG for business. Never managed to work that one out.

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by Skipness One Echo

Beggars belief GLA can't support a twice daily LH FRA and AF CDG for business. Never managed to work that one out.

Perhaps because since time immemorial Scotland has been served by frequent domestic services connecting GLA and EDI with LHR, and old habits die hard.

It's really only since Scotland got real power, and a real political capital in Edinburgh that direct services to continental Europe have really expanded, and this will surely have worked to the detriment of Glasgow and the west of Scotland - much in the same way that the pull of London, and it's proximity has screwed BHX.

[FQTLSteve]

ATNotts....don't think proximity to LHR has damaged BHX with respect of LH to FRA/MUC or AF to CDG as all three are well served multiple daily frequency by these legacy carries and have been so for many years.

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by FQTLSteve

ATNotts....don't think proximity to LHR has damaged BHX with respect of LH to FRA/MUC or AF to CDG as all three are well served multiple daily frequency by these legacy carries and have been so for many years.

Agree, but it was only when the BHX / LHR link was killed off that European services to major business cities really took off, as passengers began to choose hubs other than LHR to connect to long haul destinations through.

I am guessing that most of the bigger corporates in Glasgow that use air travel will have a "fly British Airways" policy, and many passengers themselves will be on the Avios programme.

[rob39]

Any news on why TC G-TCDD was late leaving this morning for ACE

[sinbad73]

Blue Air have announced a new Iasi - Glasgow route.

[VickersVicount]

Lasi... a bit like marmite, weird but nice. Blue Air are an airline worth watching. Hopefully more routes to come.
'Glasgow- the Scottish Airport with the most links to Romania' should be promoted.
Full circle from the 70's and 80's when Tarom were regulars.