GLA and social media

[egpffqtv]

I’ve criticised this before and will continue to do so.

They have got slightly better in that they’re actually promoting flights, and not the latest retail outlet, but I thought yesterday’s post took the biscuit

https://x.com/gla_airport/status/179137 ... 53967?s=61

Has everyone seen that portal between Dublin and New York? If you could have a portal from Glasgow to anywhere, what would be the destination?

That's our question to you, but we can answer any you have for us, too!

Some of the replies:

I’d settle for a direct, nonstop flight from Glasgow to New York tbh, you know, like we used to have before you lost it all to EDI?!

Like most of the scheduled long haul traffic that seems to have been lost to EDI. It's so depressing - used to have multiple US directions direct from GLA (Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Orlando) - now nothing except connections via DUB, LHR, FRA or AMS.

Edinburgh Airport so we could fly to somewhere other than Tenerife or Antalya

I'd happily trade a portal for some additional routes out of Glasgow Lads...... Getting absolutely shamed by Edinburgh these days - so frustrating.

What about a high speed portal from the city centre to the airport like most other modern cities....

Because that is a portal. They actually let customers fly there.
WE WANT YEAR ROUND TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS

Dubai for me

Are you pushing for a rail link direct to the airport, rather than the closest being paisley with the need for a taxi or bus link?

People are now openly roasting the airport. I wonder if the likes of Ronald Leitch or Andy Cliffe reads these tweets and responses. Let’s hope so.

[Clive]

Obviously the management are well aware of the lack of USA direct flights and are working on it constantly. Indeed Andy Cliffe said it himself. Sadly it’s not as easy as we would all want though.

[atuk]

Obviously the management are well aware of the lack of USA direct flights and are working on it constantly. Indeed Andy Cliffe said it himself. Sadly it’s not as easy as we would all want though.

That’s what happens when you miss the boat. JetBlue would have been a natural for GLA . It’s good to see Sun Express, albeit a very late addition, given they have been operating from another Scottish airport since 2022!

Another addition to that airport’s stable is Pegasus to SAW. For those with longer memories both Pegasus and Sun Express were GLA regulars operating on behalf of First Choice Holidays and Thomas Cook Tour Operations respectively. Where were GLA at routes when these were initially up for grabs?

[Iain]

Obviously the management are well aware of the lack of USA direct flights and are working on it constantly. Indeed Andy Cliffe said it himself. Sadly it’s not as easy as we would all want though.

It's not that easy, but it shouldn't be as difficult as it appears given we had US service for 25yrs and we are currently having an inbound tourism boom with US visitors - it was reported yesterday that US visitor numbers to Scotland were up 20% last year.

Leaving that aside, maybe they could've avoided this difficult task if they hadn't contrived to lose all the routes they had to EDI during covid.

There aren't many airports in Europe that had direct scheduled US service in S19, but don't in S24. As for those that had 3 different airlines operating 3 different routes in S19, but now have none - I suspect GLA is in a class of its own there. A spectacular failure.

It appears we have new people in place, and Andy Cliffe talks positively, but he's been in post nearly 18 months now and most of the stuff he's talked up in interviews have not come to fruition, i.e. US services, a MAD route, more German routes, China flights, TK. All talked up and not delivered.

If he can't deliver then it's all just hot air. It's time for results - or to sell up.

To come back to this post on X, they were asking for it tbh! I think some people who answered are maybe posters on this forum, but it does suggest the general public are aware of GLA's poor offering, want more direct flights, and aren't as mad keen on flying from EDI as is sometimes suggested.

[bill]

Obviously the management are well aware of the lack of USA direct flights and are working on it constantly. Indeed Andy Cliffe said it himself. Sadly it’s not as easy as we would all want though.

It's not that easy, but it shouldn't be as difficult as it appears given we had US service for 25yrs and we are currently having an inbound tourism boom with US visitors - it was reported yesterday that US visitor numbers to Scotland were up 20% last year.

Leaving that aside, maybe they could've avoided this difficult task if they hadn't contrived to lose all the routes they had to EDI during covid.

There aren't many airports in Europe that had direct scheduled US service in S19, but don't in S24. As for those that had 3 different airlines operating 3 different routes in S19, but now have none - I suspect GLA is in a class of its own there. A spectacular failure.

It appears we have new people in place, and Andy Cliffe talks positively, but he's been in post nearly 18 months now and most of the stuff he's talked up in interviews have not come to fruition, i.e. US services, a MAD route, more German routes, China flights, TK. All talked up and not delivered.

If he can't deliver then it's all just hot air. It's time for results - or to sell up.

To come back to this post on X, they were asking for it tbh! I think some people who answered are maybe posters on this forum, but it does suggest the general public are aware of GLA's poor offering, want more direct flights, and aren't as mad keen on flying from EDI as is sometimes suggested.

If there was a 'like' button on here I'd click it for that post. Very sobering when you read it like that.

[Clive]

Obviously the management are well aware of the lack of USA direct flights and are working on it constantly. Indeed Andy Cliffe said it himself. Sadly it’s not as easy as we would all want though.

It's not that easy, but it shouldn't be as difficult as it appears given we had US service for 25yrs and we are currently having an inbound tourism boom with US visitors - it was reported yesterday that US visitor numbers to Scotland were up 20% last year.

Leaving that aside, maybe they could've avoided this difficult task if they hadn't contrived to lose all the routes they had to EDI during covid.

There aren't many airports in Europe that had direct scheduled US service in S19, but don't in S24. As for those that had 3 different airlines operating 3 different routes in S19, but now have none - I suspect GLA is in a class of its own there. A spectacular failure.

It appears we have new people in place, and Andy Cliffe talks positively, but he's been in post nearly 18 months now and most of the stuff he's talked up in interviews have not come to fruition, i.e. US services, a MAD route, more German routes, China flights, TK. All talked up and not delivered.

If he can't deliver then it's all just hot air. It's time for results - or to sell up.

To come back to this post on X, they were asking for it tbh! I think some people who answered are maybe posters on this forum, but it does suggest the general public are aware of GLA's poor offering, want more direct flights, and aren't as mad keen on flying from EDI as is sometimes suggested.

Agree with most of that. But the airports are 40 miles apart. If it’s “all wan market BTW” then of course the TATL airlines are going to consolidate to EGPH where the tip of the balance lies. Losing Virgin and JetBlue, who had GLA on their radar for years, were massive blows. WestJet too. The airlines are not interested on the things we are - they are wholly consumed by profit.

If GLA offered zero tariffs and tens of thousands in marketing support would it change things? I’m not so sure. Scotland is tiny to the US carriers. It’s easy for us to say they should be here and not at EGPH but reality sucks I’m afraid.

[GKirk]

Hands up, it was too easy an opportunity to miss

[McG]

Maybe the airport should also look at why when you go to Google flights it instantly reverts to EDI based on having Glasgow IP address and postcode.

[Skytrance]

A lot of other airports promote routes on social media, now I follow GLA and ABZ on X and both very rarely promote routes.

Seems an easy win for me to get more traffic through your airport.

[egpffqtv]

I see they are back to promoting their newest retail outlet whereas on the very same day, other airports are busy promoting their new operators

https://x.com/gla_airport/status/179366 ... 14396?s=61

Tortilla is on its way to Glasgow airport

We can't wait to say 'Hola' to a brand new splash of flavour coming soon to our departure lounge!

*Your burritos will not be able to fly*

https://x.com/ken_e_bo/status/1793661329108299883?s=61

Superb … another retail outlet at Braehead West…..

Not much else flies from GLA these days compared to EDI … you’d be as well trying to fly a

https://x.com/westernsky84/status/17936 ... 59755?s=61

Maybe a good revenue stream is to use GLA just as a terminal to provide checkin, security shopping and food and have direct buses from airside to EDI to help terminal capacity! I mean I know it’s absurd but so is the disparity between routes and airlines

https://x.com/theeverydayman_/status/17 ... 34904?s=61

Tortillas are great but new destinations/airlines would be better