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Old 16th July 2008, 01:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default BAA: Countdown begins: 100 days to take off for Glasgow skyhub

In article <6e6ojkF5jomdU1@mid.>, tims_new_home.uk
says...
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> <fly.scotland@.uk> wrote in message
> news:1ae518bf-4e57-4b61-95ae-9c03b671435c@d77g2000hsb..com...
> > Just a shame that there will be hardly any flights or passengers to
> > use it. 9 per cent drop in passengers since last year...... Methinks
> > most of this development will be retail led rather than for the
> > comfort of the passenger....

>
> This sort of development is usually part of a long term plan.
>
> I bet it will be well see much increased use as soon as the railway link is
> built.


If the railway link passenger number projections are correct then there
will be no overall increase in passenger numbers through it at GLA - merely
a very slight shift from car to rail use. The only way numbers are going to
increase is if sustainable services are introduced to replace the falling
number of holiday charter services at GLA.
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