Airport News
Glasgow Airport gains new Iceland link
Fri, 01 May, 2009
Glasgow Airport has gained a new route to Iceland, it has been announced.
Icelandair will run the service, which begins on August 27th and ends on November 8th this year.
Flights will go to Reykjavik twice a week from the facility - on Thursdays and Sundays.
Customers will be able to get connecting services from the Icelandic capital to Toronto, New York and Orlando.
The airline's general manager in the UK and Ireland Hjorvar Saeberg Hognason said: "We are pleased to return to Glasgow with these special flights and hope that our customers in Scotland take advantage of visiting Iceland at this exciting time of the year."
He added that it gave tourists the perfect opportunity to visit events in the country such as the Iceland Airwaves music festival.
People who are planning to drive to Glasgow's hub are advised it is located eight miles from the city centre, near to the M8 motorway.
Those with satellite navigation systems in their car can input the postcode PA3 2SW to get the best route.