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Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF), located in Renfrewshire, 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is currently the busiest airport in Scotland, and seventh busiest in the UK in terms of annual passenger throughput [1]. It was the first airport in Scotland to handle over one million passengers in one month. The airport is owned by BAA plc, which also owns London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton airports. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Today * 3 Future Plans * 4 Accidents * 5 Airlines and destinations * 6 Holiday airlines * 7 Footnotes * 8 References * 9 External links [edit] History The history of the present Glasgow Airport goes back to 1932, when the site at Abbotsinch, between the Black Cart Water and the White Cart Water, near Paisley in Renfrewshire, was opened and the Royal Air Force 602 Squadron commenced flying in 1933.[1] The RAF Station HQ, however, was not formed until 1 July 1936 when 6 Auxiliary Group, Bomber Command, arrived.[1] In 1940 a Torpedo training unit was formed, which trained both RAF and Royal Navy crews.[1] On 11 August 1943 Abbotsinch was handed over solely to the Royal Navy and it became a Stone frigate. All Her Majesty's Ships and Stone Frigates are given names and Abbotsinch's was HMS Sanderling; however Abbotsinch had been known as HMS Sanderling since June 1940.[1] The Royal Navy left in October 1963.[1] The name Sanderling was however retained as a link between the two: HMS Sanderling's ship's bell was presented to the new airport and a bar in the airport was named The Sanderling Bar. In the 1960s, Glasgow Corporation decided that a new airport for the city was to be constructed. The original site of Glasgow's "main" airport was 3 km (2 miles) east of Abbotsinch, in what is now the Dean Park area of Renfrew. The original Art Deco terminal building of Renfrew Airport has not survived. The site now being occupied by a Tesco supermarket and the M8 motorway; the motorway occupying the site of the main runway.[2] Abbotsinch took over from Renfrew airport on 2 May 1966.[1][2] It was a controversial plan[citation needed], as central government had already committed millions into rebuilding Prestwick Airport fit for the "jet age". Nevertheless, the plan went forward and the new airport, designed by Basil Spence and built at a cost of Ł4.2 million, was completed in 1966, with British European Airways beginning services using De Havilland Comet aircraft. The first commercial flight to arrive was a British European Airways flight from Edinburgh, landing at 8am on May 2, 1966. The airport was officially opened on June 27, 1966 by Queen Elizabeth II. The political rows over Glasgow and Prestwick airports continued, with Prestwick enjoying a monopoly over transatlantic traffic, while Glasgow Airport was only allowed to handle UK and intra-European traffic. In 1975 the British Airports Authority (BAA) took ownership of Glasgow Airport. When BBA was privatised in the late 1980s, as BAA plc, it consolidated its airport portfolio. Conveniently, the restrictions on Glasgow Airport were lifted, and the transatlantic operators immediately moved from Prestwick; Glasgow Airport being renamed Glasgow International Airport. BAA plc then sold Prestwick off, and embarked on a massive redevelopment plan for Glasgow International Airport in 1989. An extended terminal building was created by building the new structure so that the original Basil Spence building is actually inside it. The original concrete arches which once looked onto Caledonia Road now form the facade of the check-in area. Glasgow International Airport now has 33 gates, bringing its capacity up to nine million passengers per year. In 2003, BAA completed redevelopment work on a satellite building (called "T2", formerly the St. Andrews Building), in order to provide a dedicated check-in facility for low cost airlines, principally easyJet and MyTravel Airways. [edit] Today A pair of Easyjet Boeing 737 700 series at Glasgow International Airport Enlarge A pair of Easyjet Boeing 737 700 series at Glasgow International Airport A Loganair, operating as a franchise of British Airways, SAAB 340B, at the airport Enlarge A Loganair, operating as a franchise of British Airways, SAAB 340B, at the airport The terminal has three piers, West (International), Central (Domestic) and East (Lo-Cost & Ireland/Northern Ireland). The Central Pier, which was part of the original 1966 building, is now used for domestic destinations. British Airways is based in the 1971 extension to the end of the pier, with most flights using Gates 17 to 23. There are two BA Executive Club lounges, one by Gate 18 and the second (taken over from KLM UK when this airline withdrew from the route to London-Stansted) by gate 16. bmi use Gates 16, 24 and 25. Recent developments at Gate 25 have seen the relocation of the bmi Diamond Club and Business lounges to the area between Gates 25 and 26, and a new W.H. Smiths replacing that previously at Gate 20. This pier is also used by Air Berlin (usually gates 23 or 26) and flyBe (gates 14 & 15). Air Bridges are available at Gate 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. Gates 14, 15, 16, 18 and 20 are reached by stairs being primarily used by aircraft that do not use airbridges. Stand 19 can accommodate a Boeing 767 or two regional aircraft. The East Pier, constructed in the mid 1970s, was originally used for international flights but in recent years has been redeveloped for use by easyJet and Loganair as well as some charters. All flights to Ireland and Northern Ireland also use this pier. None of the stands on this pier are provided with airbridges. Stands 6 and 7 at the end of the East Pier are capable of receiving wide-body jets and occasionally passengers on international flights are bussed to/from the West (International) Pier to use aircraft parked there. The major users of this pier are Aer Lingus, Loganair and easyJet. The West Pier, built as part of the 1989 extension project, is the principal international and long haul departure point. Stands 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33 and 34 are provided with airbridges. When Stand 30 has two Boeing 737 size aircraft parked, the aircraft on Stand 30L can use the airbridge. Gates 51 and 52 (otherwise known as gates 25 and 26 on the Central Pier) are also accessible from the International Lounge, making these two stands dual-use. Stands 29 and 30 are capable of handling Boeing 747 aircraft. The largest aircraft currently regularly using the airport are the Emirates Boeing 777-300 which uses Stand 30. In the Spring of 2006 a redevelopment of the International Departure Lounge took place including the provision of a new business/premium lounge. In 2006 the British Regional Hangar was demolished and new international stands 37, 38 and 39 opposite the West Pier were constructed, opening in August 2006. These can be used in various combinations depending on the type of aircraft. Several stands, numbered in the 60s, are provided to the east of the East Pier, mainly used by Cargo aircraft. Additional parking stands 81 and 82 were provided in 2004 adjacent to the Control Tower, with passengers requiring a bus transfer from the terminal. Further growth is hampered by the airport's location, which is constrained by the M8 motorway to the south, the town of Renfrew to the east and the River Clyde to the north. At present the towns of Clydebank, Bearsden and Linwood all sit directly underneath the approach paths into the airport, meaning that further increases in traffic may be politically sensitive. Glasgow International also faces stiff competition from its old adversary at Prestwick, which has reinvented itself as a low-cost hub for budget airlines and which has a direct rail link to Central Glasgow. However, the Scottish Executive announced in 2002 that a rail link from Glasgow Central station would be built to Glasgow International Airport. The rail link known as Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) is expected to open late 2008 and provide the airport with a service of four trains per hour to Glasgow Central. Currently, the airport is easily accessed by road due to the adjoining M8 motorway and is served by a frequent dedicated express bus from the city centre, although this can suffer due to congestion in the centre of Glasgow during peak periods. The airport is home to the Scottish regional airline Loganair, currently a British Airways franchise operator, who have hangar facilities as well as their head office located on site. British Airways itself has a maintenance hangar at the airport, capable of carrying out overhaul work on Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft, as well as a cargo facility. Glasgow is also one of two main bases for Flyglobespan though this carrier does not have major facilities on the airfield. [edit] Future Plans In 2005 BAA published a consultation paper for the future development of the airport. The consultation paper included proposals for a second runway parallel to and to the north-west of the existing runway 05/23; redevelopment and enlargement of the East (Locost) pier to connect directly with Terminal 2; and an additional International Pier to the West of the existing International Pier. Plans are also underway for a new train terminal, joined to the airport's passenger terminal and multi-storey car park. The station will link Glasgow Central Station with the airport on a new link through the city and over the M8 motorway. The station and train link is due to be completed in 2008. [edit] Accidents On 3 September 1999, a Cessna 404 carrying 9 Airtours staff from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a transfer flight, crashed minutes after take off near the town of Linwood. Eight people were killed and three seriously injured. No one on the ground was hurt. A fatal accident inquiry into the accident later found that the aircraft developed an engine malfunction during take off. Although the captain decided to return to the airfield, he mistakenly identified the working engine as the faulty one and shut it down, causing the aircraft to crash. On 19 September 2003, a private, chartered plane carrying the Dixie Chicks clipped the side of a terminal building at the airport shortly after landing on the eve of their Australian Tour. [edit] Airlines and destinations * Air Berlin (London-Stansted) * Air Europa (Arrecife) * Air Malta (Malta) * Aer Lingus (Dublin) * Air Scotland (Alicante, Arrecife, Athens, Las Palmas, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca) * Air Transat (Calgary [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver [seasonal]) * AJet (Larnaca [seasonal]) * bmi (Copenhagen, Leeds/Bradford, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Venice [seasonal charter], Dalaman [seasonal charter], Salzburg[seasonal charter], Palma[seasonal charter]) o bmibaby (Birmingham [starts Summer 2007], Cardiff, East Midlands) * British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow) o British Airways operated by Loganair (Aberdeen, Barra, Benbecula, Campbeltown, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Inverness, Islay, Isle of Man, Kirkwall, Londonderry, Stornoway, Sumburgh, Tiree) o BA Connect (Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester) * BritishJET (Malta) * Continental Airlines (Newark) * easyJet (Alicante, Belfast, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Geneva [seasonal], London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca) * Eurocypria Airlines (Larnaca, Paphos) * Emirates (Dubai) * Excel Airways (Alicante, Arrecife, Corfu, Hearlion, Las Palmas, Orlando-Sanford, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife South, Zakynthos) * First Choice Airways (Alicante, Arrecife,Bodrum, Bourgas, Cancun, Dalaman, Corfu, Faro, Funchal, Málaga, Orlando-Sanford, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Puerto Plata, Reus , Sharm el Sheikh, Rhodes, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki [starts May 3, 2007], Zakynthos) * Flybe (Belfast-City, Birmingham, Exeter, Guernsey, Jersey, Manchester [starts March 25, 2007], Norwich, Southampton) * Flyglobespan (Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Boston [starts May 25, 2007][3], Calgary [starts May 4, 2007] Faro, Fuerteventura, Hamilton [starts May 1, 2007], Heraklion, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Mahon, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Prague, Pula, Orlando-Sanford, Tenerife-South, Vancouver [starts May 4, 2007][[2]] ) * Futura Airlines (Alicante, Arrecife, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Reus, Tenerife South) * Iberworld (Ibiza, Las Palmas) * Icelandair (Reykjavík-Keflavík) * LTE International Airways (Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife South) * KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) o KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam) * KTHY (Antalya) * Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Lahore) * Pegasus Airlines (Bodrum, Dalaman) * Monarch Airlines (Malaga, Orlando Sanford, Paphos) * MyTravel Airways (Almeria, Bodrum, Cancun, Dalaman, Faro, Ibiza, Kos, Las Palmas, Las Vegas, Mahon, Malta, Orlando Sanford, Palma de Mallorca, Puerto Plata, Rhodes, Tenerife South) * Nouvelair (Monastir) * Scandinavian Airlines System (Stockholm-Arlanda [starts April 16, 2007]) * Spanair (Mahon) * SunExpress (Antalya) * Thomas Cook Airlines (Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Bodrum, Bourgas, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gerona, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kos, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Malaga, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Toronto, Zakynthos) * Thomsonfly (Alicante, Bourgas, Dalaman, Heraklion, Ibiza, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Malaga, Naples, Palma de Maloorca, Paphos, Pula, Reus, Rhodes, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife South, Verona, Zakynthos) * US Airways (Philadelphia [seasonal]) * Virgin Atlantic (Orlando) [seasonal/starts 23 June 2007][4] * Zoom Airlines (Calgary, Halifax [seasonal], Ottawa [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver) [edit] Holiday airlines Included in the list above is a number of charter flights operating from Glasgow for the Summer 2007 season. This information was taken from the BAA Glasgow website. The airlines include; Air Europa, BH Air, bmi, Onur Air, Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, LTE International Airways, Spanair, Nouverlair Tunisia, Eurocypria Airlines, Monarch Airlines, MyTravel Airways, First Choice Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsonfly, Excel Airways, Futura Airlines, Iberworld and AJet.
