Urgent warning to Glasgow Airport passengers heading off on ...

A SCOTTISH airport has issued an urgent warning to holidaymakers travelling during the October break.

Glasgow Airport bosses are gearing up to welcome more than 120,000 passengers between today and Monday, October 16.

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Many sunseekers are jetting off to locations such as the Canary Islands, southern Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, Portugal, Cancun and Dubai.

Staff are urging travellers to arrive in good time for their flight ahead of the busy period.

The airport and its airline partners will have extra staff on hand to help guide passengers, particularly those who require additional support or are travelling with young children, through check-in and security.

Ronald Leitch, Glasgow Airport’s Operations Director, said: “We expect the airport to be extremely busy over the next few days as tens of thousands of holidaymakers head off for some much-needed sun and to escape the downpours we’ve seen here in Scotland.

“The October school break is one of our peak periods and we expect to welcome an average of more than 120,000 people through our doors each day between today and Monday.

“As always during peak periods at the airport, we advise customers to arrive in good time to get through check-in and security.

"We have a number of pre-security preparation areas in place across to help passengers get ready in advance of entering our central security hall.”

For more information and tips, visit the Glasgow Airport website.

It comes a day after flights to and from Scotland were axed after a blaze broke out at London Luton Airport.

The airport was closed after a fire ripped through a multi-storey car park, causing it to collapse.

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