GLASGOW 2

[LTNman]

This thread replaces GLASGOW which has disappeared but a cached version can be found here http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk for anyone who wants to look up an old post.

[DaveReidUK]

Picky, I know, but the convention is to separate the subject and ordinal with a hyphen, e.g. "GLASGOW - 2". Might be worth doing that before the thread gets populated.

[j636]

Easyjet to fly to MRS (June-Sep)

[VickersVicount]

presume MRS (odd choice given the glaring network gaps) us to replace RAK?

[nighthawk117]

According to Cheap Flight News, FlyBE will be dropping Bournemouth from 6th January, due to an aircraft being withdrawn from Bournemouth

[VickersVicount]

no great loss there. Always seemed doomed. One wonders who dreams up these pairings in the first place. A bit like EDI-LPL.

[SealinkBF]

Originally Posted by VickersVicount

no great loss there. Always seemed doomed. One wonders who dreams up these pairings in the first place. A bit like EDI-LPL.

Have you used CrossCountry trains?

[Le Tirer]

no great loss there. Always seemed doomed. One wonders who dreams up these pairings in the first place. A bit like EDI-LPL.

I expect the 4000 or so passengers who were using the route every month may disagree! Seems a shame to me as passenger numbers appeared to be growing nicely but obviously don't know the yield. Any chance of it returning for Summer 2016?

April 3164
May 3799
June 3927
July 4716
August 4474

LT

[Joe Curry]

FlyBE will be dropping Bournemouth from 6th January

I remember the 1st ever GLA-BOU flights over a decade ago operated by the then Scotjet? Did it really use a BAC 1-11?

[ezyBoh]

It was called Euroscot Express if I remember. Flew to EDI too and sometimes BOH-EDI-GLA-BOH

[goldeneye]

GLASGOW

Councils to seek City Deal funding for a tram-train rail link at Glasgow Airport

A RAIL link between between Glasgow Airport and the city centre "could be operation by 2025" with funding from the City Deal.

Link

[james170969]

Great news for Glasgow Airport but for the rail link to be used to its full potential it would be better if Glasgow Crossrail was built. Also for me to use it there would have to be a direct link to Ayrshire.

[Fairdealfrank]

Great news for Glasgow Airport but for the rail link to be used to its full potential it would be better if Glasgow Crossrail was built. Also for me to use it there would have to be a direct link to Ayrshire.

Glasgow Crossrail already exists (although not called "crossrail"):
Helensburgh-Partick-Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level)-Livingston-Edinburgh.

[LFT]

It's the Crossrail linking the south west of Scotland to the east and north east that should be a priority, that involves the laying of IIRC something like 500yds of track near High Street.

[james170969]

Thanks LFT, that was the Crossrail I meant. If the rail link was just a service from Central Station to Glasgow Airport via Paisley that would limit the number pf passengers who would be prepared to use it. Opening up the line at High Street would mean the possibility of trains from Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth and Aberdeen. For me to be tempted to leave my car at home there would have to be a direct link from Ayrshire.

[farci]

Thanks LFT, that was the Crossrail I meant. If the rail link was just a service from Central Station to Glasgow Airport via Paisley that would limit the number pf passengers who would be prepared to use it. Opening up the line at High Street would mean the possibility of trains from Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth and Aberdeen. For me to be tempted to leave my car at home there would have to be a direct link from Ayrshire.

The Transport Scotland report endorsing the new link assumes that most passengers' final destination is Glasgow city centre and so dismisses Scotland's Crossrail as irrelevant. Does anybody know statistics for GLA passenger origin/destination?

[james170969]

I think Transport Scotland are being a wee bit short sighted. Surely if Crossrail got the go ahead then this would encourage more passengers to use Glasgow Airport who might otherwise have flown from elsewhere.

[scodaman]

Anyone know the purpose of this flight?

I have seen it several times before and always late at night, a training flight?

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[N707ZS]

On the flip side, the more people who travel by train means less revenue from car parks.

[LandingConfig]

Originally Posted by scodaman

Anyone know the purpose of this flight?

I have seen it several times before and always late at night, a training flight?

Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!

It's Gama Aviation's Hawker 1000 which is based at GLA.