It has been fascinating to cover some major developments affecting Scottish airports over the past month. The new owner of Glasgow Airport on April 23 revealed plans for a “comprehensive transformation” of the main terminal building. This is part of a £350 million investment by AviAlliance, the wholly owned airports platform of one of Canada’s largest pension investors, in the growth and decarbonisation of its three UK airports.

AviAlliance, which completed its acquisition of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports owner AGS in late January for an enterprise value of £1.53 billion, underlined the fact that this £350m plan represented the “single largest capital investment programme in AGS since it was formed in 2014”.

The transformation of the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport would deliver “best-in-class operational and retail facilities for passengers”.

AviAlliance’s plans for Glasgow Airport also include direct investment into airfield infrastructure and energy-efficiency initiatives. And AviAlliance revealed Aberdeen Airport, Europe’s largest heliport, would see “similar investment in its airfield infrastructure”.

I was able to catch a word with Kam Jandu, who was installed by AviAlliance as the new chief executive of AGS Airports immediately after completion of the AGS acquisition, as the huge investment by the new owner was unveiled at Glasgow Airport.

And it was interesting to hear his priorities for new routes and building passenger numbers generally, as well as his views on the rise of Edinburgh Airport.

Mr Jandu revealed the airport is in talks with Emirates about the airline increasing its daily service to Dubai to double-daily. He voiced hopes this could happen in the next two to three years, with Emirates operating........

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