though if you think back to when Eirjet operated into Ballykelly on the LPL-LDY route by accident years ago, there were only 30 something pax on board. Now look at the route.
I suppose that's true. I sometimes just check the amount of booked seats (I do know that not all passengers book seats) but there's always a significant amount of seats booked at the weekend with Thursday looking the weakest day for the route. If the route comes back, I think we'll see Thursday dropped. The route does prove that the market is there for passengers who prefer convenience over price. LPL is established but I bet September would be a very good month for the route as new students go to MAN and having not got into the habit of using FR.
Edinburgh and Prestwick are really well connected by road and rail though.
I do believe the station is of great benefit to PRS, but mostly for Glasgow originating passengers. After you include the price of the train tickets from Edinburgh and the time, it would be handier to fly from EDI. Plus its easier to get to Dundee and Aberdeen from EDI.