If passengers had brains and used them it probably wouldn't!

Don't know if you've read the article but the lady was a special assistance passenger. Might want to reconsider that comment?

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.

No problem, AT. Yes, 'Reach' titles aren't much cop in my part of the world either.

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/

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.

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.

Typo - they have gone from 2 to 3 per week. Apologies

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.

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................

First Play flight to KEF today.

Loganair Donegal increased from 2 to 3 week, now Wed / Sat / Sun. EQV

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

Has Play dropped made reductions already? Appears to go down to 2 per week in July unless I am mistaken?

Looks like it to me. It was supposed to drop to three times weekly in September and twice weekly in October.

Also as I type, the latest bookable date for their GLA service is the 2nd January 2024. Their other flights to destinations in the British Isles are currently bookable until April (LPL) and June (STN and DUB).

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!

Seems to me the only bigger fish frying at Glasgow is in the chippie shops. The airport is nothing like what it used to be 30 years ago sadly.

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