And Shannon is about 115 miles from Dublin thus serving a distinct, albeit smaller catchment area whereas Prestwick is about 30 miles from Central Glasgow thus not serving a distinct catchment area.
This subject has been pretty much done to death on Prune, which would be obvious if the mods would be so kind as to merge the threads - please. The fate of Prestwick, for better or for worse, is in the hands of the Scottish Government.
And SOE - I think while it is true that PIK lost the transatlantic market to GLA some 20 something years ago, it is only fair to add that it has now been lost to GLA and EDI making it doubly sure it is not coming back to PIK.
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