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Glasgow International Airport
Glasgow International Airport
(IATA: GLA), . Located 14km west of the centre of Glasgow near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, this is the city's principal airport. There are regular scheduled UK and European destinations, holiday charters, and the airport is the hub for the Scottish island network operated by Loganair. Continental Airlines operate a daily service from New York (Newark), while Emirates operate a daily flight to Dubai. If you are entering the United Kingdom via London, British Airways operates frequent shuttle flights to Glasgow Airport throughout the day from both Heathrow and Gatwick. British Airways also operates a regular business shuttle from London City airport, although it can be considerably more expensive than flying from Heathrow or Gatwick -but cheap fares are sometimes available if you book via a price comparison site, rather than going to BA direct. Alternatively, KLM flies regularly to Glasgow from Amsterdam-Schiphol which connects with a wide range of international destinations. EasyJet flies from Luton, Stansted and Gatwick.
The frequent Glasgow Shuttle departs from outside the terminal building to the city centre, dropping off near both main railway stations (£4.50 single, £6.00 day return, £7.00 open return). Slower, less frequent, but cheaper is the First 747 (£4 single, £5 return).
The slowest, but cheapest, option is to use local bus 66, operated by Arriva as often as every 10 minutes to Paisley Gilmour Street train station, where regular trains run to Glasgow Central in as little as ten minutes. Travelling to the airport you can buy an inclusive train and bus ticket from any train station: just ask for Glasgow Airport and show the bus driver your train ticket. Travelling from the airport buy a coupon for £1.50 from the SPT Travel Information counter beside domestic arrivals, show it to the driver and then and use it for £1.50 of credit towards onward train travel from Paisley Gilmour Street station. If the SPT counter in the airport is closed, a "rail exchange" ticket costs £1.80 on the bus, and is similarly valid towards £1.50 of rail travel. A single from Glasgow Central to/from the airport costs £2.75, or £1.80 with a National Rail railcard.
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