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Airport bosses said they are 'hugely concerned' amid reports of passengers cancelling flights or not showing up because of the Omicron covid variant.
AGS Airports, owners Aberdeen and Glasgow as well as Southampton, said it remained at a 'standstill', with Glasgow Airport's traffic falling to its lowest for nearly 50 years.
Brian McClean, AGS Airports' communications and sustainability director, told the House of Commons' transport committee yesterday the new travel restrictions introduced because of Omicron were a 'hammer blow' to the industry.
He told MPs the company had taken on a 'huge amount of debt' and sacked hundreds of workers as a result of its financial woes.
Mr McClean said a huge redundancy programme last year was linked to the loss of around 3,000 jobs - both directly and indirectly.
AGS said later these included 200 direct job losses at the airports.
Brian McClean, AGS Airports' communications director, described hammer blow restrictions
Mr McClean said Glasgow Airport - Scotland's second busiest after Edinburgh - expected to handle only 1.9 million passengers this year - the lowest since 1973.
Mr McClean said: 'We have been at a standstill for 20 months - it's hugely
