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swings and roundabouts.. 15 years ago picture was very different, 15 years (even 10) in future the landscape will be very different. Just takes one small thing like sale of EDI, change of management, new low cost competitor, collapse of VS, fall out with DL, major recession, the @rse falling out of inbound tourism and things will change.
Enjoy things while they last Id say (esp ATL !)
Enjoy things while they last Id say (esp ATL !)
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Not sure how you think the SG have killed GLA. Piss poor management within GLA has killed GLA, and a strong and ruthless team at EDI has taken advantage. Do they even have a route development team? When the likes of BRS (no offence to them) have overtaken GLA, you know theres a problem somewhere
The political and business environment is appalling, but that's only one part of it. Under Derek Provan's watch the airport has lost millions in traffic, the terminal is a dump that looks the same as it did decades ago, the public transport connectivity to Glasgow might even be weaker than EDI.
Ferrovial/Macquarie don't care. Its make a profit by spending as little as possible, to the detriment of the people who would actually need to use it. They've driven me to the train for UK travel and EDI for everything else. GIP and Dewar must be pissing themselves at the open goal they've been given.
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I can't see it that way. Edinburgh is a stronger incoming market and Glasgow has historically been a stronger outgoing market. With the US dollar exchange rate heavily favouring inbound customers for the present, Edinburgh is bound to do better for US/Canada inbound traffic as barely anyone from the UK will be able to afford to go the other way! For much the same reason, the growth is from DL into the UK and not by VS into the US.
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…meanwhile, Air Transat expanding their GLA YYZ offering for next year up to 6/wk with mix A330 and A321 for S23. Perhaps more consistent than the WJ chopping and changing. Their plan to shift from YYZ is a little risky I might argue. YYC is even more seasonal than YYZ for this sort of market. WJ have a nice product and I did like their niche YHZ service.
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…meanwhile, Air Transat expanding their GLA YYZ offering for next year up to 6/wk with mix A330 and A321 for S23. Perhaps more consistent than the WJ chopping and changing. Their plan to shift from YYZ is a little risky I might argue. YYC is even more seasonal than YYZ for this sort of market. WJ have a nice product and I did like their niche YHZ service.
" means Calgary will be the only place where we will intentionally facilitate connections"
Friend recently flew Dublin to Vancouver with connection in Calgary
WestJet proved that local point to point GLA-YHZ does still have a place in the 2020s, perhaps a peak summer option for Transat to have a look at on the A321NEO?
That leaves GLA with no transatlantic long haul aside from Air Transat now?
Seeing that Ryanair haven't put summer 23 from PIK on sale yet, you'd hope GLA will at least try for a deal as negotiations continue?
That leaves GLA with no transatlantic long haul aside from Air Transat now?
Seeing that Ryanair haven't put summer 23 from PIK on sale yet, you'd hope GLA will at least try for a deal as negotiations continue?
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Time for a new entrant to the Canada - UK market?
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Security alert at Glasgow this morning due to a suspicious package in a passenger's luggage, with the navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal in attendance. Check-in and security areas evacuated.
From the Herald:
ongoing at 12.00
Glasgow Airport passengers evacuated amid police lockdown - BBC News
edit: staff and passengers allowed back into the terminal at 12.30. The item was found to be 'innocent in nature'
From the Herald:
A Police Scotland statement spokesperson said: "Around 5.55 am on Monday, 5 December 2022, police were called to a report of a suspicious item within the security search hall of Glasgow Airport.
"The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) is in attendance and a cordon is now in place. Staff and members of the public have been moved from the check-in area to the multi-storey car park. Police and emergency services remain at the scene."
"The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) is in attendance and a cordon is now in place. Staff and members of the public have been moved from the check-in area to the multi-storey car park. Police and emergency services remain at the scene."
Glasgow Airport passengers evacuated amid police lockdown - BBC News
edit: staff and passengers allowed back into the terminal at 12.30. The item was found to be 'innocent in nature'
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Meanwhile the Scottish EasyJet deckchairs continue to be shuffled. Venice gone, Lisbon in, (though why anyone would want to leave Lisbon at 0600 to return home is recipe for failure, if its going to be more outbound aimed).
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After an absence of 13 years Greggs to return to Glasgow Airport in April.
To open in the former Cafe Mozzo near international arrivals with seating for 50, and an outdoor seating area.
To open in the former Cafe Mozzo near international arrivals with seating for 50, and an outdoor seating area.
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Says it all about GLA now really, sad, pretty much a backwater nowadays, why did it all go so wrong?
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