Airport News
Glasgow Airport to Sydney flights now seven hours quicker
Fri, 02 Oct, 2009
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sydney will now be seven hours quicker after airline Emirates introduced a new service from Scotland's busiest airport.
From the start of December 2009 flights to the Australian destination will take around 22-and-a-half hours.
Previous flights between the two airports, which start from £655 per person with Emirates, took more than 30 hours as passengers had a long wait between connecting flights at Dubai Airport.
The journey will be made quicker because of a new daily service introduced by the airline that leaves Dubai for Sydney only 75 minutes after the Glasgow Airport to Dubai plane has touched down.
Laurie Berryman, Emirates's UK North manager, said: "Australia is a key destination for both business and leisure passengers travelling with us from Scotland, and our new Sydney service makes flying Down Under quicker than ever before."
Nearly nine million passengers use Glasgow Airport each year, making it the seventh busiest airport in the UK.