Airport News
More English people using airport parking at Glasgow
Fri, 11 Sep, 2009
Increasing numbers of English holidaymakers are driving to and parking their cars at Glasgow Airport to take advantage of its cheap flights.
This is according to airport bosses, who this summer launched a promotional campaign which has attracted passengers from as far afield as Manchester, Newcastle and Cumbria.
The campaign centres on the fact that Scottish schoolchildren went back to class earlier than their English counterparts, meaning that travellers from south of the border have been able to take advantage of cheaper deals.
Glasgow Airport's airline relations manager Paul White explained that there had been a ten per cent increase in the number of English passengers using the airport this summer.
"Over the past few weeks, we have seen a marked increase in the number of English holidaymakers, with some travelling as far as Nottingham and even Surrey to take advantage of the fantastic deals on offer from Glasgow," he said.
Over the course of last year, more than 8.1 million people travelled from Glasgow, making it the eighth busiest airport in the UK.