Glasgow Airport has officially launched its 60th anniversary year, celebrating six decades since opening in May 1966 and transforming from RAF Abbotsinch, HMS Sanderling into a major international gateway.<\/p>\n
A range of special events will take place throughout the year to honour this milestone, alongside the unveiling of a commemorative anniversary logo and an invitation for the public to share personal memories.<\/p>\n
The airport\u2019s history dates back even further starting in 1932 as RAF Abbotsinch, later serving as the naval base HMS Sanderling during World War II.<\/p>\n
On 2 May 1966, Glasgow Airport opened its doors with a terminal designed by Sir\u202fBasil Spence. The first commercial flight landed that very morning, and the terminal was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 June.<\/p>\n
To mark the 60th year, Glasgow Airport is looking to feature a gallery of memorabilia and community stories from passengers, staff, and local residents.<\/p>\n
A specially created 60th anniversary logo will be displayed across the airport\u2019s signage and digital platforms throughout the year.<\/p>\n
Travellers and locals are invited to share their #GLA60Stories, capturing first flights, family farewells, and other special moments. Selected stories will be featured online.<\/p>\n
Gavin Birch-Williams, Managing Director, Glasgow Airport, said: \u201cReaching our 60th anniversary is a moment to celebrate both our proud heritage and our ambitions for the future. We\u2019re excited to create new memories through our events and logo, and to hear from the community whose stories have shaped our past six decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are greatly looking forward to 2026 with several new routes announced ready to start service including to New York and Toronto and some amazing European destinations for our passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glasgow Airport has officially launched its 60th anniversary year, celebrating six decades since opening in May 1966 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-697620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}