Report calls for better worldwide connectivity from Glasgow Airport
04.07.11
A new report says that Glasgow needs to improve its links to world markets if it is to attract investment and return to rapid job creation. The Glasgow Economic Commission, which is made up of business and academic leaders, has set out priorities for the city, highlighting for future growth including low-carbon technologies, engineering, life sciences, finance, and tourism with major events.
However, the commission's analysis suggests high-speed rail, linking Glasgow with London, with a journey time of two and a half hours, needs an early start to planning and ‘may become a vital necessity’ if air links become more constrained. It also calls for Government action to increase Glasgow's direct air links, after several years of declining passenger numbers, as it loses out to Edinburgh Airport and Ryanair focuses on Prestwick.
The report also warns that years of uncertainty over the future ownership of Glasgow Airport ‘does not encourage medium and long-term planning’. It says the ‘polarised’ political division over the Glasgow Airport Rail Link - backed by Labour; abandoned by the SNP government - means there is a need to reassess the business case for it, as part of a wider review of how best to improve ground links.
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