GLASGOW AIRPORT NEWS - 17/12/2009

Scottish airports hit by airline collapse

Edinburgh, Glasgow Prestwick and Aberdeen airports have been trying to help passengers stranded by the collapse of Scotland's largest Airline.

Flyglobespan has ceased to operate after its parent company Globespan went into administration, meaning thousands of travellers in Scotland and at destinations around the world have been left without a flight.

The Civil Aviation Authority has revealed it will repatriate around 1,100 travellers who are currently stranded in locations around the world, mostly in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Egypt.

However, it is estimated that there are around 4,500 people in those countries who had been booked on Flyglobespan flights back to the Scottish airports.

Meanwhile, passengers at Glasgow airport and others have been trying to find out more information about the future of their holidays and whether they can make arrangements with other carriers so close to the busy holiday period.

British Airways is currently seeking to head off a strike by its staff that could result in many services being cancelled from destinations such as Heathrow airport during the Christmas period.

Posted by James Wilson.

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