Glasgow Airport fills gaps left by Zoom and XL
20.11.08
Glasgow Airport says it has almost filled the gap of 180,000 passengers left by the collapse of Zoom and holiday firm XL. Zoom flew to five Canadian destinations from Glasgow while XL had more than a dozen routes to the Mediterranean and Orlando, Florida. However, Zoom's capacity has been taken up by Canadian Affair and flyglobespan, whilst about 88% of unfilled seats from XL's collapse have been filled by Scottravel and Teleticket, the airport said.
The airport has secured thousands of extra seats for 2009 and is in discussions with other airlines to offer more flights. Canadian Affair will operate 11 flights a week to Toronto Pearson airport plus weekly flights to Calgary and Vancouver, while airline Flyglobespan will also offer flights to Canada. Charter airline Teleticket is providing extra capacity to Dalaman, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Paphos and Alicante, while Turkey holiday specialist Scottravel is laying on extra flights to Dalaman.
Amanda McMillan, Glasgow Airport managing director, said: ‘The loss of Zoom and XL Airways, within weeks of each other, was a significant blow, and came at a difficult time for the airline industry. The credit squeeze and falling demand has seen airlines around the world reduce capacity and ground aircraft in order to save money.'
‘Despite these challenges, we have worked hard to recover the capacity lost, with impressive results. The gap left by Zoom has been completely filled, and we are well on our way to filling the gap in the market left by XL, with a number of existing airlines already confirming increased programmes in 2009, and discussions on further capacity increases continuing.’
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