BAA: Countdown begins: 100 days to take off for Glasgow skyhub

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....

On Jul 15, 9:54 pm, fly.scotl...@.uk wrote:
> 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....

I couldn't agree more, if GLA drops to 8.5 m pax next year that will
only mean 23,287 pax per day passing through a space the size of say
the Gyle, with about a quarter the shops..

P.S. The actual drop was 3.6%

On Jul 15, 9:54 pm, fly.scotl...@.uk wrote:
> 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....

Yeah - the BAA's current TV ad speaks volumes ...

In article <6e4k4cF5cl1pU1@mid.>, iain1978@tiscali.co.uk
says...

> That said, retailers are still unlikely to be happy with declining pax
> numbers, especially if other comparable airports are going up.

I would think first and foremost - BAA will be unhappy at declining
passenger numbers. Making an airport a better place to use will hopefully
play a part in reversing that decline and in turn attract the relevant
commercial interest airside.

On 15 Jul, 21:54, fly.scotl...@.uk wrote:
> 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....

Nearly 9m a year is "hardly any passengers"??

On 15 Jul, 22:45, "Iain" <iain1...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> "Zippy" <kwa0...@m> wrote in message
>
> news:07cbf331-1b90-4e88-a1ab-74577bdfe41c@2g2000hsn..com...
> On Jul 15, 9:54 pm, fly.scotl...@.uk wrote:
>
> > 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....
>
> >Yeah - the BAA's current TV ad speaks volumes ...
>
> That said, retailers are still unlikely to be happy with declining pax
> numbers, especially if other comparable airports are going up.

Retail isn't exactly flavour of the month either, what with the
economy the way it is!

In article <6e6ojkF5jomdU1@mid.>, tims_new_home.uk
says...
>
> <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.

"Jim Mason" <jim.mason@removethisukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.22e841f3e588a46898984c@news.individual.ne t...
> In article <6e6ojkF5jomdU1@mid.>, tims_new_home.uk
> says...
>>
>> <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.

Agreed. A train link to the city centre won't cause more people to fly but
direct air links to many more of the most popular city destinations/sources
of visitors and major European hubs will.

C