What is the biggest plane to land at Glasgow Airport?
Emirates' iconic A380 touches down in Glasgow.
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Glasgow Airport handles over 9 million passengers per year, serving over 120 destinations worldwide. The airport is made up of one terminal building, split into three piers, a smaller second terminal building and a single runway, 2,665 metres in length.
Principally used by British Airways and Loganair, the airport is also used by low-cost carriers such as EasyJet, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Jet2 and TUI Airways.
The arrival of the A380 in 2007 was poorly timed. The price of jet fuel had begun to creep up, and by 2007 was floating at around $4 a gallon. This made airlines shy away from the expensive to operate four engine jets of the 80s and 90s, and to look instead to fuel efficiency as a major deciding factor.
To become one of our A380 Captains, you will need a minimum of 7000 hrs total flying time multi-crew, multi-engine (only time in the operating seat of a turboprop and/or turbojet aircraft can be counted; not simulator time).
It will allow families to reunite, friends to reconnect and re-open the strong tourism destinations on both sides of the Atlantic,” said Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Airport's Chief Executive. United Airlines to Resume Nonstop Services Between Scotland and the U.S. for 2022.