Major new flights wins for key Scottish airport after long spell in the doldrums |
The new flights wins are a major boost for the Scottish airport, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell.
And a situation which would have been inconceivable back in the 1990s will be changing from next year.
It has been an eventful year for Glasgow Airport.
Little more than a year ago, when I interviewed him in December 2024, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stuart Patrick lamented the lack of direct transatlantic flights from the airport.
In recent months, Glasgow Airport has been able to announce that this situation, which would surely have been inconceivable back in the 1990s, will be changing from next year.
United Airlines is returning in 2026 to Glasgow Airport, having been absent since 2019, with a seasonal service to its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport.
And this very significant win, welcomed enthusiastically by Mr Patrick when it was announced, was followed swiftly by news of Canadian airline WestJet’s decision to return to Glasgow Airport from next year.
Glasgow Airport changed hands in a major deal completed in late January.
AviAlliance, the wholly owned airports platform of one of Canada’s largest pension investors, PSP Investments, acquired Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports owner AGS Airports from Macquarie of Australia and Ferrovial of Spain for an enterprise value of £1.53 billion.
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