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Around seven million passengers travel through Glasgow Airport every year.
Buses and coaches
The Arriva Glasgow Flyer provides a high-frequency bus service to and from Glasgow City Centre and Buchanan bus station (stand 46).
Services run up to every ten minutes and journey time is 15 minutes to Glasgow Central rail station or 25 minutes to the bus station.
Buses are fully accessible and free wi-fi internet access is provided.
The Glasgow Flyer calls en route at:
- All major city hotels
- Glasgow Central rail station (for connections to the rest of Scotland and the UK)
- Strathclyde University
- Queen Street rail station (for connections to other stations in Scotland).
Whether you are travelling on business or for pleasure, the Glasgow Flyer has a ticket to suit your requirements:
Single fare: £4.50
Adult Day Return: £6.50
Adult Open Return: £7.00
10 Journey Ticket: £30.00
Visit the Glasgow Flyer website
Service 747 (AirLink cityService)First's 747 AirLink service operates between Glasgow Airport and the city centre via Renfrew, Braehead, Partick, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Charing Cross, making it ideal for visiting the west end of the city as well as visiting some of Glasgow's best retail and tourist attractions on the way into the city centre.
First 747 AirLink buses run up to every 20 minutes and journey time to Buchanan bus station is around 48 minutes. Service 747 provides direct access to many visitor attractions and hotels, and connects with the First network at Partick or Glasgow city centre. All of First’s AirLink buses are low floor and fully accessible.
Single fare: £3.90
Return: £5. Plus, use your £5 return ticket (FirstDay Plus) for unlimited travel, network-wide until 1am* on the day after purchase as well as your return leg to or from the airport within two weeks.
2 Journey adult ticket: £3.95. Valid on the day of purchase on First services including 747 AirLink.
FirstDay Network: Adult ticket costs only £4.50 and is valid for unlimited travel* on service 747 and on First services across Greater Glasgow until 01:00 on the day after purchase.
FirstWeek (unlimited travel network-wide* for seven consecutive days): £16
Visit the First Greater Glasgow website
* Conditions apply – see website for details.
Service 66 (local and Paisley Gilmour Street)Service 60, operated by Arriva, no longer serves Glasgow Airport. Customers should instead board service 66, which has extended its route to the airport. This high-frequency bus service in the Glasgow Airport and Love Street area is now served by low-floor vehicles.
Service 800 (Largs)The 800 service, operated by Arriva, provides a link to the airport from Largs on the Ayrshire coast. The service calls at Kilbirnie, Beith, Johnstone and Paisley. It arrives at Glasgow Airport at 54 minutes past the hour and depart for the return journey at 05 past. It operates from Monday to Saturday.
Coaches to national destinationsCoaches to destinations around Scotland and the UK, run by operators including National Express and Scottish CityLink, call at Buchanan Bus Station in central Glasgow. To get there from the airport, use bus services 500 or 747 (see above).
Bus stop guideAll bus stops at Glasgow Airport are on the terminal forecourt.
- Bus Stop 1: 500 Glasgow Flyer express service to Glasgow City Centre.
- Bus Stop 6: 300 (Clydebank and Paisley Gilmour Street rail station).
- Bus Stop 7: 66 local service for Paisley Gilmour Street rail station.
- Bus Stop 8: 747 Partick.
- Bus Stop 9: 915 Skye. 800 Largs.
Useful links for bus and coach travellers.
Traveline Scotland (call 0871 200 2233)
Arriva Bus (call 0844 800 4411)
First Bus (or call +44 (0)141 423 6600)
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (call +44 (0)141 332 6811)