
As train passengers race to beat the 6.30pm shutdown on the latest rail strike day, thousands of travellers who opted to fly to and from Glasgow airport instead were scuppered by the closure of the runway for almost the whole morning.
Two British Airways flights were diverted to Prestwick airport, 30 miles south, while Ryanair links from Dublin and Krakow landed in Edinburgh. KLM’s morning flight from Amsterdam to Glasgow also touched down in the Scottish capital. An Iberia regional jet from Perpignan landed in Newcastle.