EasyJet announces expansion plans at Glasgow Airport

EasyJet has revealed expansion plans at Glasgow Airport today, welcoming a fifth Airbus A320 to the Scottish base and announcing a new route between Glasgow and Birmingham.

The A320 family aircraft will remain based in Glasgow throughout the year, providing 340,000 more seats for passengers travelling to and from Glasgow. It joins two 156-seat Airbus A319 and two 186-seat A320 aircraft already serving the airline’s customers in Glasgow.

The addition of the new aircraft will create around 50 jobs for Glasgow-based flight, cabin and ground crew.

The airline has also announced a new route between Glasgow and Birmingham today. The domestic city connection will operate 13 times a week throughout the year, with flights launching on 29 March 2020. Seats are due to go on sale in the coming weeks.

On 10 November 1995 easyJet’s first ever flight, EZY121, took off for Glasgow from London Luton. Since then easyJet has remained committed to the airport by maintaining a continuous operation and flying over 34 million passengers to and from Glasgow.

Today, easyJet is the largest airline in Glasgow and operates up to 294 flights a week across 19 routes. easyJet was the first airline to carry one million passengers in a year from Glasgow and the airline continues to see passenger numbers grow.

EasyJet offers up to 10 flights a day from Glasgow to London airports Gatwick, Luton and Stansted, as well as up to three flights a day to Belfast and Bristol. In 2019 easyJet will see its domestic links from Glasgow increase by over 5%.

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