Tags: Glasgow Airport

AGS Airports and NHS Scotland land £10m funding from Innovate UK for medical drone project

A consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has secured £10.1 million in funding from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). It is the second successful round of funding for the CAELUS (Care & Equity […]

InMotion store opens at Glasgow Airport

A brand-new store with exclusive brands and latest technology has opened at Glasgow Airport. InMotion, the market-leading technology retailer in travel locations, owned by WHSmith, has  opened its new store at Scotland’s largest charter hub today (Thursday, November, 25). Further to WHSmith’s recent announcement that it has won all 30 technology stores across UK airports, […]

AGS Airports Ltd part of new Scottish consortium launched to unlock low-level wind power

A new consortium has been formed to support the deployment of renewable technology that can produce carbon-neutral energy from previously unharnessed power. The Scottish wind energy consortium between Katrick Technologies, AGS Airports Limited (AGS) and the University of Strathclyde will enable a faster transition to clean power by exploiting low-level wind energy. The newly-formed wind […]

Lomond Lounge opens at Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport’s exclusive £1.6m Lomond Lounge welcomed its first passengers on Friday, 6th September. The plush facility lounge, which created 25 new jobs, is based airside in the departures area and will operate between 5am and 9pm. This is the fourth lounge facility to be based at Glasgow – the most of any Scottish airport – […]

Glasgow Airport Opens New Cycle Route

Route officially opened on day airport receives Cycle Friendly Employer Award from Cycling Scotland. Member of the Scottish Parliament for Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay officially opened Glasgow Airport’s £280,000 route on the same day the transport hub was presented with Cycling Scotland’s Cycle Friendly Employer Award. The route was developed and delivered in […]

Glasgow Airport invests £1.4m to increase central security area capacity by 20%

Work on a £1.4million project to increase capacity in Glasgow Airport’s Central Search facility in the main terminal by 20% is now underway. The overhaul will see a complete reconfiguration of the entrance to the airport’s Central Search area which will increase the number of security lanes from 10 to 12. Existing self-service boarding pass […]

January passenger numbers off to a flying start at Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport is celebrating a record start to the year after welcoming 597,594 passengers through its doors in January, representing an annual increase of 8.4%. International traffic grew by 16.1% due to strong demand on routes to Toronto, New York and Dubai, while EU-scheduled traffic was up 21.4% thanks to an increase in capacity on […]

Meet GLAdys – Glasgow Airport’s first robot ambassador

Glasgow has proved once again it has an AI for technology with the introduction of GLAdys – the UK’s first humanoid robot airport ambassador. State-of-the-art GLAdys, whose name comes from Glasgow’s International Air Transport Association (IATA) code, will be based in the main departures area and has initially been programmed to entertain passengers of all […]

Plans for Glasgow Airport direct rail link unveiled

Council leaders have set out plans to secure the Glasgow City Region’s long term economic future by building a direct rail link between Glasgow Airport, Paisley and the city centre. Glasgow Airport injects around £170m to the Glasgow City Region economy every year and businesses have backed the project as essential to ensuring it remains […]

Glasgow Airport reports busiest ever September

Glasgow Airport has recorded its busiest September in 50 years after 934,295 passengers travelled through its doors, representing an annual increase of 4.2%. Domestic and international traffic grew by 4.2% and 4.3% respectively with major events, such as the Davis Cup and Celtic’s participation in the Champions League proving big draws for visitors to the […]