Glasgow Airport

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The Glasgow International Airport ( IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF; engl Glasgow International Airport. ) Is the international airport of the Scottish city of Glasgow., Operated by BAA Limited Airport is 8.13 million passengers in 2008, the second largest airport in the country after about 65 kilometers east airport Edinburgh.

The second airport for the Greater Glasgow, the Glasgow-Prestwick airport is mainly used by low cost airlines and is about 40 km southwest of the city.

Location and Transport

The airport is located about 8 km west of the center of Glasgow, near Paisley in Renfrewshire, 500 or 747Airlink the companies GlasgowFlyer and First Glasgow connected with bus directly to the city center. In addition, bus services to other places in the area.

Terminal building

The airport has one terminal with 64 check- in desks (where the little cultivation is locally referred to the switches 40-64 as T2) and 36 boarding gates, some of which are equipped with passenger boarding bridges. Besides the usual service facilities and retail spaces there are also several airport lounges, including Flybe.

Airlines and destinations

Glasgow International has numerous links to national, European and North African destinations, as well as some long-haul destinations in North America and the Caribbean. Be Flew as London, Belfast, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Barcelona, ​​Monastir and Faro. Intercontinental flights are with Air Transat to Toronto, United Airlines to Newark with New York City and Emirates to Dubai and to some holiday destinations such as Punta Cana. German -speaking destinations are Berlin, Dusseldorf and (seasonal) Salzburg.

Incidents

  • On 30 June 2007, a terrorist attack was perpetrated on the airport when a SUV rammed the terminal building and immediately burst into flames. According to initial information, the car was prepared with combustible material. Since the vehicle could not penetrate the passenger hall, only five people were slightly injured. The day before, two car bombs were discovered and defused in London.
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