Several
domestic routes at Glasgow Airport are to restart or increase frequency
following the lifting of remaining travel restrictions within Scotland and the
end of the ban to travel to others parts of the UK on Monday.
EasyJet will increase service on a
number of routes and restart others, as follows:
- Stansted route will increase to a daily operation from Saturday 1
May;
- Birmingham restarts on Sunday 2 May with four flights per week then
increases to six (no Saturday) from Mon 31 May;
- Bristol route increases to six flights per week (excluding
Saturdays) from Monday 3 May and will move to 10 flights per week from
Friday 28 May - one daily flight which will double on Thursdays, Fridays
and Sundays;
- Luton route increases to five flights per week from Monday 3 May and
will move to daily operations from Thursday 20 May;
- Belfast route increases to nine flights per week from Friday 7 May
which includes double daily services on Fridays and Sundays;
- Jersey returns on Thursday 22 May with two flights per week, increasing
to three from Tuesday 15 June and then six (excluding Wednesdays) from
Friday 2 July.
Scotland’s airline Loganair also
plans to restart routes to both the Scottish Islands and England from Glasgow
Airport, including:
- Barra service is now up to twice daily;
- Southampton returns on Monday 3 May with three flights per week,
which is set to increase further in June;
- Campbeltown, Islay, Stornoway and Tiree will increase to twice
daily from Monday;
- Sumburgh in Shetland will return Monday 24 May with five flights
per week via Kirkwall in Orkney and will go direct from Monday 14 June;
- Kirkwall will return on Monday 24 May with five flights per week
then moves to a daily service from Thursday 10 June;
- Exeter service is currently twice weekly and will move to daily
from Friday 18 June.
Ronald Leitch, operations director at
Glasgow Airport, said: “With restrictions now beginning to ease we are working
hard to support our airline partners’ plans to gradually increase frequencies
on existing routes and to resume a number of their domestic services.
“The airport has remained open
throughout the pandemic to ensure a number of lifeline services including some
flights from the Scottish Islands and vital hub connectivity used by key
workers could continue, so we have been preparing in order to scale up operations
when it was possible for some domestic services to restart.”