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The story originated in a 'Reach' title, notorious for clickbait, poor journalism and are rarely worth the bandwidth to read. It would be interesting to hear the unfortunate passenger's side of the story.
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Remark was really regarding the apparent other example mentioned by #Billy, even so, requiring assistance with boarding doesn't in any way suggest that the passenger in question would be incapable of flagging up the error to the staff assisting them. Mobility issues don't necessarily go hand in hand with mental capacity.
The story originated in a 'Reach' title, notorious for clickbait, poor journalism and are rarely worth the bandwidth to read. It would be interesting to hear the unfortunate passenger's side of the story.
The story originated in a 'Reach' title, notorious for clickbait, poor journalism and are rarely worth the bandwidth to read. It would be interesting to hear the unfortunate passenger's side of the story.
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There's an interview with the new CEO of AGS Airports regarding Glasgow Airport. He's sounding quite bullish about new getting new routes.
Getting links to CDG and IST with Air France and Turkish and their vast network of routes and a scheduled link to USA you would hope be in the plans at the very least.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/busin...nching-weight/
Getting links to CDG and IST with Air France and Turkish and their vast network of routes and a scheduled link to USA you would hope be in the plans at the very least.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/busin...nching-weight/
Mr Cliffe said of Glasgow: “I think it is a fabulous city and I hadn’t visited enough before I arrived. I think there are just huge opportunities to grow that and develop it still further.”
Referring to his ambitions to build routes, he said: “North American connections we will target coming back, European paired destinations we will target coming back.”
He flagged potential for new services to Germany, the north of Italy, and Spanish cities such as Madrid, focused on “real business and trade” rather than the leisure market.
Noting recent successes for the airport with package holiday operator TUI, which is basing an additional two planes at the airport from summer next year, and Jet2, Mr Cliffe added: “We serve the leisure market extremely well. I think what I am describing…is our connectivity to support economic development and growth right across the region.”
He highlighted the importance of “connectivity, so we get the kind of economic growth we are looking for”.
Referring to his ambitions to build routes, he said: “North American connections we will target coming back, European paired destinations we will target coming back.”
He flagged potential for new services to Germany, the north of Italy, and Spanish cities such as Madrid, focused on “real business and trade” rather than the leisure market.
Noting recent successes for the airport with package holiday operator TUI, which is basing an additional two planes at the airport from summer next year, and Jet2, Mr Cliffe added: “We serve the leisure market extremely well. I think what I am describing…is our connectivity to support economic development and growth right across the region.”
He highlighted the importance of “connectivity, so we get the kind of economic growth we are looking for”.
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Transat & US routes
Transat to go from 2 to 3 weekly on GLA-YYZ during winter season. A321 operating.
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As for my thoughts on getting US flights back, I think that will be down to the likes of JetBlue, Aer Lingus or even Norse.
I believe Glasgow is the intended Scottish destination for JetBlue over Edinburgh - they face no competition flying to GLA.
I could see Aer Lingus UK base one or two A321LR at Glasgow to compliment their Manchester offering - New York and potentially Boston.
United and Delta are well settled at Edinburgh now. As far as they see it, slapping more capacity on Edinburgh routes is a more attractive proposition than launching a whole new route to Glasgow. As for American, they'll return to Edinburgh from Philadelphia at some point.
I think that for GLA, sadly, the boat has already sailed on the return of the US legacy carriers. They've allowed Edinburgh to snap up a really good offering. WestJet is the latest in a string of losses to EDI
The "current economic situation" argument does not apply here. It applies at Manchester where there is no current offering nearby, paired with to the heavily outbound nature of the airport. Glasgow, while also being quite an outbound market, has Edinburgh up the road. Once the economic situation improves, the US legacies will remain at Edinburgh. There is no reason from their point of view to go back to Glasgow.
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As for my thoughts on getting US flights back, I think that will be down to the likes of JetBlue, Aer Lingus or even Norse.
I believe Glasgow is the intended Scottish destination for JetBlue over Edinburgh - they face no competition flying to GLA.
I could see Aer Lingus UK base one or two A321LR at Glasgow to compliment their Manchester offering - New York and potentially Boston.
United and Delta are well settled at Edinburgh now. As far as they see it, slapping more capacity on Edinburgh routes is a more attractive proposition than launching a whole new route to Glasgow. As for American, they'll return to Edinburgh from Philadelphia at some point.
I think that for GLA, sadly, the boat has already sailed on the return of the US legacy carriers. They've allowed Edinburgh to snap up a really good offering. WestJet is the latest in a string of losses to EDI
The "current economic situation" argument does not apply here. It applies at Manchester where there is no current offering nearby, paired with to the heavily outbound nature of the airport. Glasgow, while also being quite an outbound market, has Edinburgh up the road. Once the economic situation improves, the US legacies will remain at Edinburgh. There is no reason from their point of view to go back to Glasgow.
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Have you got a source for TS going four weekly? The booking engine is still showing 3 weekly in November / December dropping to once weekly from mid-January to the end of March. I don't recall it being any more frequent than once weekly in winter recent years.
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I have some difficulty seeing most US transatlantic returning to GLA because it currently is so inbound dominated and Edinburgh (city rather than airport) is the draw. A few years ago the EDI MD joked that EDI was also “GLA East”. Maybe GLA needs to add “EDI West” to its marketing. It’s a shame GLA lost VS as MCO certainly should be OK from GLA.
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Yes if you look at numbers carried by VS at GLA vs current EDI there is a huge difference. Will be interesting to see loads on the A350 leisure config which is positioning from MAN high summer this year as don’t think the A330 was anywhere near full.
Its not always passengers to blame - I can remember one day at LHR BAA had decided to board a Kenya Airways flight and SAS to Oslo through the same airbridge at the same time
No-one was checking boarding passes and in the kerfuffle a few passengers for each destination finished up on the wrong aircraft. The CC went round asking people with big anoraks if they really were going on safari and those with colorful, batik style wraps if they were looking forward to paying £10 a pint for beer in Norway. All got sorted eventually................
No-one was checking boarding passes and in the kerfuffle a few passengers for each destination finished up on the wrong aircraft. The CC went round asking people with big anoraks if they really were going on safari and those with colorful, batik style wraps if they were looking forward to paying £10 a pint for beer in Norway. All got sorted eventually................
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Some changes this winter, breakdown by airline below.
easyJet UK
Jersey reinstated 2x week
Alicante reduced from 7 to 3 weekly
Birmingham reduced from 13 to 8 weekly
Agadir reduced from 2 to 1 weekly
Berlin reduced from 3 to 2 weekly
easyJet Switzerland
Additional Geneva rotation added on Friday (route now 4 weekly)
easyJet Europe
Barcelona operates 2x week (was summer only)
Lisbon operates 2x week (was summer only)
CDG is now operating at up to 12 weekly with additional EZY and EJU flights.
Ryanair
Two additional weekly Dublin flights added
TUI
Verona flights transfer from EDI to GLA operating 1x week
easyJet UK
Jersey reinstated 2x week
Alicante reduced from 7 to 3 weekly
Birmingham reduced from 13 to 8 weekly
Agadir reduced from 2 to 1 weekly
Berlin reduced from 3 to 2 weekly
easyJet Switzerland
Additional Geneva rotation added on Friday (route now 4 weekly)
easyJet Europe
Barcelona operates 2x week (was summer only)
Lisbon operates 2x week (was summer only)
CDG is now operating at up to 12 weekly with additional EZY and EJU flights.
Ryanair
Two additional weekly Dublin flights added
TUI
Verona flights transfer from EDI to GLA operating 1x week
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By upgrading to the B763 , Icelandair were obviously keen to see them off the route asap , they've made the route work for close on 70 years , GLA will have bigger fish to fry in the coming months!
The problem is that the Airport is EXACTLY as it was 30 years ago - a total lack of investment , maintenance, upgrades, vision means it's sadly down-at heel