THE number of flights at Glasgow Airport has fallen to around 6% of those that were running last month, it has been revealed.
Data by FlightRader24 shows that in the last week, only 25 flights have departed from Glasgow Airport.
That is around a 94% drop from the 416 flights in the same week the previous month.
That works out at just over three flights running from the airport each day during the current lockdown.
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The Scotsman reports than one of Glasgow's three departure piers have been closed as a result of the massive reduction in demand.
All of the terminal shops and bars have also been closed, according to a spokesman for AGS Airports - with 436 staff being furloughed.
He added: “AGS Airports remain open and operational to support a reduced number of routes and lifeline services.”
The only flights currently from the airport at Loganair's daily operations to the Scottish islands, British Airways five services a week to Heathrow, KLM's route to Amsterdam every other day and Ryanair's services to Dublin three times a week.
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