GLASGOW airport is on an EU list of airports in high-risk areas requiring extra safety measures for passengers.

Glasgow and several other UK airports are on a list compiled by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, which assesses the risk of contracting and spreading coronavirus to passengers and aircrew. 

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The list, which is effective from today recommends that airports in major cities across the UK implement additional safety measures, including the disinfection of aircraft based on data including the number of cases in an area and the rate of testing. 

Glasgow is one UK airport, along with Luton, Heathrow, Birmingham and Manchester which have been recommended to implement an "extra layer of protection" to ensure the safety of passengers and aircrews. 

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It comes amid reports that EU countries are considering creating "air bridges" to create agreements between countries that their citizens can fly between one another for tourism. 

The list notes that the risk category is not intended to suggest travel restrictions or other public health measures at a country level.

We reported in April how flights from Glasgow airport were down 97% due to the coronavirus lockdown. 

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The following airports in the UK are said to be high risk and require extra cleaning when they get to their EU destination:

  • Birmingham
  • Doncaster Sheffield
  • East Midlands
  • Gatwick
  • Glasgow
  • Heathrow
  • Leeds Bradford
  • Liverpool John Lennon
  • London City
  • Luton
  • Manchester Airport
  • Newcastle International
  • Stansted

AGS, which owns Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southhampton airports, has introduced said it has introduced a number of new hygiene protocols for staff and passengers. 

Passenger touchpoints are being disinfected with an antimicrobial product which kills germs and lasts for up to 30 days on surfaces, trollies are being regularly disinfected, electrostatic fogging machines are being used to clean surfaces and hand sanitiser stations have been set up throughout airports. 

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Derek Provan, chief executive of AGS Airports, said: “Our airports have remained open throughout this pandemic to provide crucial lifeline services. During this time, we’ve worked closely with both the UK and Scottish governments, and their officials, to ensure we follow all health guidance.

"As the lockdown begins to ease and airlines start to confirm plans to restart domestic connectivity, it’s important we do everything we possibly can to keep our airports clean and safe for our staff and for our passengers. These measures, which are in place at all three of our airports, will ensure we help each other to travel safely through our terminals at a time when we are working to get our country and the economy moving again.