Airport News
Pro-public transport measures for Glasgow Airport would reduce need for airport parking
Fri, 27 Feb, 2009
Airport parking may not be as much in demand at Glasgow Airport under a new plan to reduce the use of cars there.
Operator BAA has unveiled a five-year scheme aimed at upping public transport to and from the airport.
As well as cycling and walking programmes for staff, the plan intends to raise public transport passenger numbers to 1.2 million by 2012.
New bus routes are under consideration, as well as the possibility of lanes for buses and taxis.
Taxi-sharing schemes are another option.
Amanda McMillab, managing director of the airport, said that "real progress" had been made since 2001 but more was needed to bring the airport's public transport use in line with others of the same size.
Glasgow Airport claims to be the busiest in Scotland and to provide flights to more destinations globally than any other one in the country.
Passenger volume at the airport has risen by 60 per cent in the last decade, meaning nine million travellers pass through it annually.