Three airlines offer extra Glasgow flights after Flyglobesp

Thursday, 24th December 2009

Passengers, whose air tickets were booked with Flyglobespan, may still be able to journey for Christmas after additional flights were made available at Glasgow Airport.

Last week, Flyglobespan had decided to ground its air service after failing to get a multi-million rescue package, leaving thousands of passengers stranded both in the UK and overseas. Around 5,000 tourists were scheduled to fly using the budget airline.

Luckily, airlines Thomas Cook, Thomson and Virgin Atlantic have announced that they will increase the frequency of their UK flights to help affected passengers.

Managing Director of Glasgow Airport, Amanda McMillan, had revealed that the three airlines are going to increase the capacity of Glasgow Airport this winter season and next year’s summer. She further advised holidaymakers affected by Flyglobespan's collapse to quickly rebook their flights if they wish to return back to the UK for Christmas.

Glasgow Airport has also told passengers, who are scheduled to fly from the air terminal, to call first their airline to know if their flight has been changed due to bad weather conditions.

Earlier this week, heavy snow had led to flight cancellations in Northern Ireland, hampering the Christmas travels for thousands of air passengers across the country. Belfast Airport had stopped its flight operations as well, since airport runways were completely covered with snow.

Meanwhile, most Belfast travellers despaired as hundreds of flights were late and with the rest being cancelled. One international flight from Belfast to New York was reported to be delayed for nearly nine hours, while domestic flights were grounded for at least four hours.

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