BAA selling Edinburgh.
In an unexpected twist BAA announced that they are going to sell Edinburgh. What does this mean for Glasgow? What about Prestwick?
Possibly in the short term Glasgow management is going to seek a boost in passenger numbers. Does that mean Ryanair? It's a possibility, but would Easy, Jet 2, Thomson and Thomas Cook be too happy about it? I think that GLA management may stay "in-house" and try and convince the current airlines to expand their route network and capacity.
This leaves Prestwick in an interesting position, for all intents and purposes, up for sale and with one major customer calling the shots and cutting back operations. However, Edinburgh being the chosen one could benefit Prestwick (or at least get it some new owners).
If the new owners of Edinburgh wanted to cause BAA some (more) pain at Glasgow a competing operation on the west coast would do just that and as Prestwick competes directly with Glasgow it may become an attractive proposition for Edinburghs owners.
However this is all just speculation, lets see how things play out...