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Old 29th Jan 2013, 07:31
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Joe Bloggs

You might actually be surprised by some of the answers you would receive if you did ask Joe Bloggs (are there any Joe Bliggs in Glasgow?). A lot of people in the North East and East of city might just say Edinburgh and a good number who live in the South and South Easr might just say Prestwick. Dundee would never even get a mention as to be honest no one really knows of the airport there and it is not in Scotland's central belt anyhow. It is a critical time for PIK and the present MD Tom Wilson has always maintained that money can be made out of Ryanair so time will tell what a new owner will do and whether they hold on to Tom. If the rumours are true about the imminence of a sale then this sale will have gone ahead in the knowledge that the secondary runway will not be allowed to be closed as Infratil's plans for Developmemt of the runway into industrial units were knocked back by the local council. The buyer must have serious intentions of running the place based on both runways.

For me PIK's future lies as a maintenance, tech stop, training / cargo hub with potentially a low cost/ IT pax operation based out of a small modern purpose built terminal. Let GLA and EDI compete for the scheduled business in whatever way their business models ethically and compliantly allow them to do so. And as for the various accusations about underhand deals etc - as Joe Bloggs in Sauchiehall Street would say - "poppycock!"
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