Domestic flights set to take-off

Dozens of domestic routes at Glasgow Airport will restart or increase frequency following the easing of travel restrictions on Monday.

The airport – which has been facilitating only a handful of lifeline routes for months – will see flights to UK destinations significantly ramped up over May and June.

EasyJet plans to increase flights on several routes which have been in operation and will also restart several other UK services.

This includes more access to places such as Belfast, Birmingham, Standstead, Bristol, Luton and Jersey.

Loganair will also be adding more flights to its rota with increased flights to the Scottish islands including Barra, Islay, Stornoway, Tiree and Orkney.

Flights to mainland destinations including Campbeltown, Southampton and Exeter will also resume.

Ronald Leitch, operations director at Glasgow Airport, said: “With restrictions now beginning to ease we are working hard to support our airline partners’ plans to increase frequencies on existing routes and to resume a number of their domestic services.

“The airport has remained open throughout the pandemic to ensure a number of lifeline services including flights from the Scottish islands and vital hub connectivity used by key workers could continue.

“Now that the safe return of domestic travel has resumed, we are looking forward to welcoming our valued customers back to Glasgow Airport once again.”

A series of covid safety measures have been introduced in the airport terminal including enhanced cleaning regimes, perspex screens and the wearing of face masks.