– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 7 January 2003.
Wendy Alexander
Labour
Question S1W-32812
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken, and is taking, to promote the development of new air routes from Glasgow Airport.
Lewis Macdonald
Labour
The First Minister recently announced the creation of an Interim Route Development Fund aimed at investing in new air routes which provide the maximum return for Scotland as a whole in terms of business links, foreign direct investment and in-bound tourism. Around £6 million has been allocated to this initiative.
Scottish Executive and Scottish Enterprise officials are progressing the detail of the scheme with specialist consultants and these consultants are currently having detailed discussions with airport operators and airlines.
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