Glasgow Airport

[Scotrail314209]

No luck finding a way past the paywall (and no way I'm paying for The Times ) but from a browse of Twitter it appears the proposal would be for seasonal flights from JFK to GLA and MAN. Both airports really need the support of 'big routes' and this would be a shot in the arm for them.

I do think Glasgow needs the boost a lot more. We’ve had quite a few huge losses with Ryanair cutting their base, Thomas Cook going bust and Virgin Atlantic pulling out. Bearing in mid we also lost American Airlines to Edinburgh too.

 

[Scotrail314209]

WestJet have confirmed they are reopening their Glasgow to Halifax route, as well as a new Toronto service from May next year.

WestJet offer new direct service to Toronto and reinstate Glasgow Halifax route

The announcement from Canadian carrier WestJet heralds the return of services to North America from Glasgow Airport for the first time since March of last year.

www.glasgowlive.co.uk

Canadian airline WestJet has announced plans to reinstate its Glasgow Airport Halifax route from May next year along with a new direct service to Toronto.

The announcement from the carrier heralds the return of services to North America from Glasgow Airport for the first time since March last year.



WestJet has been operating flights to Halifax since May 2015 and Nova Scotia’s capital has proved incredibly popular with Scottish passengers ever since. The airline plans to operate four flights per week starting May 3.

 

[Bald Rick]

WestJet have confirmed they are reopening their Glasgow to Halifax route

I’ve never understood how this route could have sufficient demand. Are there a lot of expat Scots in Nova Scotia?

 

[Cheshire Scot]

I’ve never understood how this route could have sufficient demand. Are there a lot of expat Scots in Nova Scotia?

Maybe a clue in the name - certainly Scottish culture is widely practiced in NS so not unreasonable to think there may be family links even if the early settlers from Scotland arrived a very long time ago.

 

[Bald Rick]

Maybe a clue in the name - certainly Scottish culture is widely practiced in NS so not unreasonable to think there may be family links even if the early settlers from Scotland arrived a very long time ago.

If it was that simple surely there’d be lots of flights from Leeds Bradford (for York) to JFK!

 

[Scotrail314209]

I’ve never understood how this route could have sufficient demand. Are there a lot of expat Scots in Nova Scotia?

I also think the flights would be popular for people wishing to connect onto the wider Canada network in Halifax, also offers connections to the USA.

I’m quite excited for the Toronto flight to start personally.

 

[Bald Rick]

I also think the flights would be popular for people wishing to connect onto the wider Canada network in Halifax, also offers connections to the USA.

Surely Toronto is better for that.

 

[nlogax]

Surely Toronto is better for that.

Halifax is a very decent airport. Seven direct Canadian connections and US preclearance. It's a really decent alternative option to Toronto.