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Old 24th Nov 2019, 19:15
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PIK3141
 
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Well, the SNP saved Prestwick Airport, They have written off £33M of the debt, the place is now in operating profit, why would it not be with the traffic going through it ? There is another election in 2021, maybe a referendum, the local council would never approve housing, the airport employs several hundred, the environs several thousand in aviation related activities, there is an RN base in use for Merlins and TDY, a recent build Coastguard base that cost £8M, MROs handling BA, Ryanair, Easyjet, Norwegian and others, another hangar coming soon, Spirit putting up a science and technology centre, freight with for example Cargolux that won't be going anywhere else in Scotland, training, and whatever I've forgotten. The Scotsman has an agenda - it's an Edinburgh 'newspaper'. And any potential buyer has to be a serious buyer, subject to an NDA so cannot talk about it, and subject to due diligence, Does that answer some of the above rubbish, and even educate some of you just a little ?
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