Glasgow Airport okay after FlyGlobeSpan collapse

The falling of the Scottish budget carrier, FlyGlobeSpan, last week has rocked the Scottish airline industry who thought that they would find the financial backing to be able to carry on. It left thousands of people out of pocket as Atol protection does not extend to airlines that the public have booked directly with. The airline had daily flights from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and flew to places in North America, North Africa and across Europe. They also helped to promote Scotland as a tourist destination to the countries that they travelled to and employed 800 people.

Glasgow Airport though has promised to stay resilient in the wake of the carriers collapse. FlyGlobeSpan accounted for up to 500,000 passengers a year at the Scottish airport, but this was only seven per cent of the total number of travellers through Glasgow. Bosses at the airport have said that they are saddened by the demise of the airline, but it will not affect them greatly. Out of the 12 destinations they flew to from Glasgow, 11 are covered by other operators. After the announcement about the airline, the airport had apparently acquired more than 30 per cent of the lost capacity through some of the other operators offering more seats.

Glasgow Airport has also announced that they will continue with securing 12 new routes for 2010 despite the collapse of the carrier. The following years will also see a multi-million pound investment in the future of the airport that will not be coming form the tax payer’s money.