O’Leary says Ryanair would consider Glasgow Airport base
13.07.11
The sale of Glasgow Airport by owner BAA could trigger the arrival of Ryanair, STV reports. Michael O'Leary, Ryanair's Chief Executive, said yesterday that he wants to operate flights between Scotland's biggest city and holiday destinations, as well as business routes and less typical summer destinations. Any flights from Glasgow would not affect the carrier’s base at Prestwick, which Mr O’Leary said will still be its main airport for the region.
BAA is expected to be forced to sell either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport along with Stansted by the Competition Commission in a ruling to be announced next week. Ryanair has been discussing the possibility of using Glasgow airport since the start of the year but Mr O'Leary said talks may continue for another year as they are still at an earlier stage.
Ryanair's relationship with the BAA-owned airport was ‘not good’ he said, but added he is optimistic that any sell-off of the site would change that.
However, a Glasgow Airport spokesman dismissed the claims. He told STV: ‘Like any airport, we meet with airlines on a regular basis. While we have held exploratory discussions with Ryanair, at no time whatsoever did we receive any serious note of interest from the airline to build a base at Glasgow Airport, as they have told us they are happy at Prestwick.’
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