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Allan Mack
I'm sorry you find my post as drivel. I know Prestwick is a low cost airport and do not expect guilt edged taps in the barhrooms, however I did not realise that growing mushrooms on the walls of the railway station and selling them on to Tesco for resale was part of the low cost model. The windows in the rail station can not have been washed in 10 years if at all ever. It is atrocious.
As for honest man' comments, he obviously does not work for the tourist board, but his advice is sound and I will be heeding it. Another customer lost.
If you Ayrshire types are happy to wallow in grime and tell everyone else to lump it, go ahead, another great ad for your pure dead brilliant airport.
I'm sorry you find my post as drivel. I know Prestwick is a low cost airport and do not expect guilt edged taps in the barhrooms, however I did not realise that growing mushrooms on the walls of the railway station and selling them on to Tesco for resale was part of the low cost model. The windows in the rail station can not have been washed in 10 years if at all ever. It is atrocious.
As for honest man' comments, he obviously does not work for the tourist board, but his advice is sound and I will be heeding it. Another customer lost.
If you Ayrshire types are happy to wallow in grime and tell everyone else to lump it, go ahead, another great ad for your pure dead brilliant airport.
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Sometimes if you want to fly somewhere without having to change or without having to pay inflated fares, then you have no option but to fly from a particular airport. I have to agree though, that there are areas of Prestwick Airport that do need to be upgraded - the train station and bridge, a larger departure lounge (sometimes it gets very overcrowded in there with nowhere near enough seats), new decor (there is too much purple at present, it's hoaching) a new airport slogan, and more cleaners.
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Smith, please don't make assumptions in relation to "you Ayrshire types". I hail from Glasgow and all I want is for posters to highlight constructively areas that need addressing. We do not want this thread degenerating into the pathetic, childish, tit for tat comments that ruined the Manston thread. We all know that Prestwick needs attention in various areas and I know that £650,000 has been earmarked for Rail Station improvements as well as money put aside for airside departure lounge improvements including the toilet areas.
We are fortunate that we have three decent airports in the central belt and what is not needed is destructive criticism. Keep the feedback flowing, both good and constructive but lets keep it decent.
We are fortunate that we have three decent airports in the central belt and what is not needed is destructive criticism. Keep the feedback flowing, both good and constructive but lets keep it decent.
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Back to basics. One of our staff flew Ryanair PIK - Stockholm last Sunday, returned last night. £57 total. Non-stop. BA fare yesterday thru LHR £400 ish. Before the Ryanair service two of us flew GLA - MAN - Stockholm return. Took all day to get there, took all day to get back. £800 for the two of us, 4 working days wasted. That is why PIK is now operating at capacity, and the loss of your business won't change that. You have been told money is earmarked for that railway station, still the only one in Scotland at an airport, and not costing us taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds. The terminal is stretched before 7am and before 1pm, and investment versus return on investment is an obvious problem. Your description of PIK did not stop Flybe, Cityjet, BA Cityflyer, BMI and Northwest all diverting into PIK last week. So overall your comments can be easily dismissed.
Back to basics. One of our staff flew Ryanair PIK - Stockholm last Sunday, returned last night. £57 total. Non-stop. BA fare yesterday thru LHR £400 ish. Before the Ryanair service two of us flew GLA - MAN - Stockholm return. Took all day to get there, took all day to get back. £800 for the two of us, 4 working days wasted. That is why PIK is now operating at capacity, and the loss of your business won't change that. You have been told money is earmarked for that railway station, still the only one in Scotland at an airport, and not costing us taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds. The terminal is stretched before 7am and before 1pm, and investment versus return on investment is an obvious problem. Your description of PIK did not stop Flybe, Cityjet, BA Cityflyer, BMI and Northwest all diverting into PIK last week. So overall your comments can be easily dismissed.
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If I was flying to Stockholm on business I would be mightily hacked off if the company booked me on Ryanair and a distant airport. They are not really a business friendly airline....
Essentially Infratil can't spend money as they haven't really got enough and they would see little return on inverstment if they did because Ryanair pay them Jack S***. What you've got at the minute is pretty much what you will have in 2020 short of a lottery win or a takeover.
Essentially Infratil can't spend money as they haven't really got enough and they would see little return on inverstment if they did because Ryanair pay them Jack S***. What you've got at the minute is pretty much what you will have in 2020 short of a lottery win or a takeover.
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I totally agree, if I want lo-co prices I must accept lo-co services. However the problems I list are either out of sheer laziness or neglect, or through ultra penny pinching. Heathrow airport is pretty shabby but some of the things at Pretwick make me cringe. I am sorry if this offends anyone, maybe I am a bit of a snob but a basic concern for order and appearance really isn't a difficult thing to achieve. As I say I do not think any form of maintenance or cleaning has taken place in the railway station ........... EVER! I don't know who is responsible for the railway station so I won't blame GPIA for that.
The facility at Prestwick is fairly adequate, my main gripe is the first appearances to foreigners coming to Scotland, some of the areas are downright dirty, untidy and messy. I am sorry if this offends anyone, but it is just the way I see it, and it has been like this for as long as I can remember. It's about time management got a wake-up call and realise that (some of us) are not prepared to put up with this filth. If any of the detractors to my posts are in the Prestwick area in the near future I urge you to take a little reccy to the train station and then disagree with me.
I totally agree, if I want lo-co prices I must accept lo-co services. However the problems I list are either out of sheer laziness or neglect, or through ultra penny pinching. Heathrow airport is pretty shabby but some of the things at Pretwick make me cringe. I am sorry if this offends anyone, maybe I am a bit of a snob but a basic concern for order and appearance really isn't a difficult thing to achieve. As I say I do not think any form of maintenance or cleaning has taken place in the railway station ........... EVER! I don't know who is responsible for the railway station so I won't blame GPIA for that.
The facility at Prestwick is fairly adequate, my main gripe is the first appearances to foreigners coming to Scotland, some of the areas are downright dirty, untidy and messy. I am sorry if this offends anyone, but it is just the way I see it, and it has been like this for as long as I can remember. It's about time management got a wake-up call and realise that (some of us) are not prepared to put up with this filth. If any of the detractors to my posts are in the Prestwick area in the near future I urge you to take a little reccy to the train station and then disagree with me.
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Skipness One Echo.
You might be mightily hacked off but we choose our flights not the company, and we choose the non-stop flight with 4 hours elapse time office to hotel, not a whole day via MAN or LHR or where-ever.
The 'remote' airport at Scavsta is just fine cos it's quick to get through, with a non stop coach to the city centre, just like other Ryanair destinations such as Milan, Lubeck etc. As part of my back to basics message, Ryanair / PIK gives us a choice, and we choose to use it. You don't need to. You can choose differently.
You might be mightily hacked off but we choose our flights not the company, and we choose the non-stop flight with 4 hours elapse time office to hotel, not a whole day via MAN or LHR or where-ever.
The 'remote' airport at Scavsta is just fine cos it's quick to get through, with a non stop coach to the city centre, just like other Ryanair destinations such as Milan, Lubeck etc. As part of my back to basics message, Ryanair / PIK gives us a choice, and we choose to use it. You don't need to. You can choose differently.
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Hopefully the £650,000 mentioned will get the railway station sorted, and I suggest if anyone from PIK or Infratil is reading, then they see to it that dirty, untidy or messy areas get cleaned up, because that should not be acceptable to any of us.
Hopefully the £650,000 mentioned will get the railway station sorted, and I suggest if anyone from PIK or Infratil is reading, then they see to it that dirty, untidy or messy areas get cleaned up, because that should not be acceptable to any of us.
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Smith,
Why didn't you post like that first time around? Your comments now are much more adult and constructive and I don't think anyone would disagree with your comments now. Hopefully we will all see changes and as I am flying out of PIK next week to STN and then WRO I'll be keeping an eye out! (Actually I might go down tomorrow and get some mushrooms for Sunday Dinner!
Why didn't you post like that first time around? Your comments now are much more adult and constructive and I don't think anyone would disagree with your comments now. Hopefully we will all see changes and as I am flying out of PIK next week to STN and then WRO I'll be keeping an eye out! (Actually I might go down tomorrow and get some mushrooms for Sunday Dinner!
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I apologise for using the phrase "pig stye", it seems to have caused a lot of offence (espescially to pigs........ boom boom
), this was not the intention. The intention was to get people to sit up and take notice, espescially management.
The £650,000 earmarked I guess is for an upgrade and well overdue maintenance of the station, not I presume daily cleaning and sanitation of the place.
), this was not the intention. The intention was to get people to sit up and take notice, espescially management.The £650,000 earmarked I guess is for an upgrade and well overdue maintenance of the station, not I presume daily cleaning and sanitation of the place.
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Prestwick
Anyone know of any new routes being looked at from Prestwick, either charter or scheduled?
On a slight tangent I heard that Prestwick has just appointed their new SATCO, hopefully he'll be able to use his expreience to lick the place into shape as talking to a few guys down there morale ain't great
On a slight tangent I heard that Prestwick has just appointed their new SATCO, hopefully he'll be able to use his expreience to lick the place into shape as talking to a few guys down there morale ain't great
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Atlas - Polar Maintenance Base to Close?
Rumour is that the Polar hangar is in the process of closing. Is this the case? - None of the local rags have picked this up (although given the state of the local papers no surprise here). I also heard rumblings that there were a few buyers (aircraft maintenance firms) interested but nothing substantial. Hopefully the guys working there will get a new employer if closure is the case.
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I get the impression its true as there hasnt been a 747 for ages there must be some engineers kept as Atlas/Polar still have about 8 scheduled flights a week that could be a reason the techstops have dried up,hopefully someone will takeover it Air Atlanta would be good!
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Do you mean Atlas tech stops or the SCHEDULED Polar Air Cargo and Panalpina / Atlas route? They are three different aspects and I'd be shocked if they all went! Mind you it is Friday 13th this week.