REGIONAL airline BMI is to end all services out of Glasgow Airport.

The move comes after the company decided to axe flights to Copenhagen as part of major cost cuts following a review of its network.

BMI is the only airline with a direct link from Glasgow Airport to Denmark's capital.

Bosses at BMI Regional admitted to the Evening Times the company plans to end all services out of Glasgow when flights to Copenhagen end in two months.

BMI currently operates six flights a week to the city. The service had been running since February 28, 1994.

A spokesman said: "It is one of a small number of routes that has not achieved its targets, so it is being dropped from our network.

"This will enable us to concentrate on growth routes, new opportunities and our growing ad hoc charter and contract flying operations."

An airport official said: "We are disappointed to lose a destination but are always working to expand the network."

The news comes after Glasgow Airport bosses announced the hub had been used by 714,000 passengers last month, which made it the busiest October since 2009. The figure was 18,564 more people than October last year.

Florida, Turkey and the Canary Islands were among the top destinations when schools across the country closed for a week.

International passenger numbers jumped almost 8000 to 380,460 compared with a year ago, while domestic flights attracted nearly 333,900 passengers - up 10,684 compared with October 2012.

Airport boss Amanda McMillan said: "To record nine months of consecutive year-on-year growth is very encouraging.

"Our busiest weekend of the year is in October when thousands fly out for the school holiday week and this year it was a great success.

"Our operational teams, airlines, retailers and other business partners deserve huge credit because their effort and commitment is crucial in handling such a large volume of traffic."

gordon.thomson@eveningtimes.co.uk