A WEEKLY service between Glasgow and the popular resort of Hurghada in Egypt is being launched by FlyGlobespan.

The service, which starts on November 5, is in addition to the airline’s weekly service to Egypt which flies from Edinburgh to Sharm El Sheikh.

Flyglobespan has recently appointed 128 staff, all of whom will be based in Scotland, taking the total employee numbers to over 1300.

The majority of the staff will be employed as cabin crew at the airline’s Glasgow base.

Freedom Flights is adding a new service from Gatwick to Hurghada in Egypt every Thursday this summer. It will be operated by an XL Airways Boeing 737-800 with 189 seats.

Freedom Flights managing director Paul Moss said he thought the new service would encourage dynamic packaging agents to offer Hurghada as an alternative to Sharm El Sheik.