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Old 10th Oct 2011, 18:58
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Which begs the question: "In these economic times who the hell would want to buy it?" If there are no buyers, and there won't be many (if any) around, Infratil's other option to cut their losses has to be to close it and save on business rates, airfield upkeep, air traffic, fire service etc, and that would be a BIG problem for Ryanair who need the airfield for their major maintenance facility there.

Implications here with the BAA sale of Glasgow or Edinburgh. If Glasgow is sold to an operator willing to do low cost deals then PIK's future is absolutely zilch and Infratil will be stuck with a white elephant. On the other hand if BAA sell Edinburgh then maybe just a flicker of hope.

Interesting times ahead. Let's hope that an important part of Scotland (and the UK's) aviation past isn't about to be consigned to the history books.
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