Prestwick name change???
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Prestwick has clearly become a great success. It is Glasgow's 'Stansted' and it flourishes with low fares flights. Ryanair have seen this potential and have developed the place into an international gateway to the area, especially for inbound visitors. A name change would be great, revitalise the place a bit. Glasgow Ayrshire International I think is a good one.
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PPRuNe Radar - to which point in London are you measuring distances from?
You could also measure and compare it by train journey time to the 'centre' of the city if you prefer. Just make sure you add in the 'Tube' transfer times from the London terminus to the 'centre' of the town (seems to be Trafalgar Square according to the AA). In the case of Glasgow, it's a 5 minute walk from the railway station to George Square.
The point still remains; our capital city has set a precedent by the out of town airports using the city name. Glasgow Prestwick seem to have an equal case for doing so as well.
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Ambulance 'Charlie Alpha',
I see that you have touched on a the basis for a solution
"Brit Regional hangar and Loganair ops building being demolished for new 'heavy jet' stands" presume that these op's can be relocated "down the road" ie at PWK, then PWK can become "Glasgow Regional" with all the low cost & smaller local operators, Ryanair etc. Then GLA can become "Glasgow International" with the proposed heavy jet stands being utilised to accommodate further intercontinental routes as oposed to expansion at EDI.....................
Now that should just about keep everyone happy (not !).
I see that you have touched on a the basis for a solution
"Brit Regional hangar and Loganair ops building being demolished for new 'heavy jet' stands" presume that these op's can be relocated "down the road" ie at PWK, then PWK can become "Glasgow Regional" with all the low cost & smaller local operators, Ryanair etc. Then GLA can become "Glasgow International" with the proposed heavy jet stands being utilised to accommodate further intercontinental routes as oposed to expansion at EDI.....................
Now that should just about keep everyone happy (not !).
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Call it anythig "bye the way!"
IMHO (worth little I agree) I don't care what they call it as long as they don't shorten the runway so I can still get my Jet in there and visit home....
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PPRuNe Radar - thanks for the answer .... as an aside, distances to London should be measured from Leciester Sq, which is the official measurement point to all other cities (if you visit the centre of the square, you'll see the distances to all the other Commonwealth capitals).
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Seems like they will be sticking with Glasgow Prestwick...
Quite why they feel the need to add 'Pure Dead Brilliant' logos God only knows. I wonder on what criteria they base that statement
Don't get me wrong, as my 'local' airport I'm glad it is doing well but, like most airports, it is little more than a bus stop.
Quite why they feel the need to add 'Pure Dead Brilliant' logos God only knows. I wonder on what criteria they base that statement
Don't get me wrong, as my 'local' airport I'm glad it is doing well but, like most airports, it is little more than a bus stop.
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I do find this all annoying, just because you all work in the aircraft industry you pretty much know where the airports are located. However joe public does not especially when travelling from overseas, this country is not the only place to do it anyhow, for example EWR, SFB even MUC i think it should not be all about distance but transfer times. PIK now have the M77 extension in place and the journey is far better then it was city centre (KB) to terminal in 25 minutes.
Oh and by the way the plan i have seen for the rail station at Glasgow has it elevated with the terminus between arran court offices and the new multi storey ( where the walkway from the staff car park is ) this would explain why they are spending so much on the walkway between term 1 & 2 as this will be the joint mass transit entrance
Oh and by the way the plan i have seen for the rail station at Glasgow has it elevated with the terminus between arran court offices and the new multi storey ( where the walkway from the staff car park is ) this would explain why they are spending so much on the walkway between term 1 & 2 as this will be the joint mass transit entrance
