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AGS according to the Scotsman: https://www.scotsman.com/news/transp...wick-1-5064911
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AGS according to the Scotsman: https://www.scotsman.com/news/transp...wick-1-5064911
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They are buying the airport for that one sole Ryanair craft based and the circa 500k passengers IMO. Wouldn't even surprise me however if they shut the terminal and Ryanair took the aircraft completely out of the West of Scotland to EDI or elsewhere though!
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Or SOU with the flybe cuts.
They are buying the airport for that one sole Ryanair craft based and the circa 500k passengers IMO. Wouldn't even surprise me however if they shut the terminal and Ryanair took the aircraft completely out of the West of Scotland to EDI or elsewhere though!
They are buying the airport for that one sole Ryanair craft based and the circa 500k passengers IMO. Wouldn't even surprise me however if they shut the terminal and Ryanair took the aircraft completely out of the West of Scotland to EDI or elsewhere though!
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Next summer looks like its losing a ton of flights. Alicante, Tenerife, Malaga, Faro, Palma, basically anything with more than 2x weekly frequency was cut, most of them were 6x weekly and are now 4x or less. Initially they were all operating high frequencies and it just seemed like the lost routes were repositioned as additional flights on existing services, but recent changes have seen some of these services chopped by as much as half of what they were originally operating at. Seems to be UK wide as I see LBA has had significant cuts on the other thread.
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So the government decided having EDI and GLA owned by the same people was a monopoly and bad for Scottish travellers.. but they've picked GLA owners as the preferred bidder for PIK? Surely not...
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i never really understood this 'staging post' suggestion using PIK. What international air freight products for building tarmac are flown in or are local to Ayrshire that cant be found in Hounslow?
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I've never understood it either. Could it be that the work scope temporarily impacts on the cargo hubs at Heathrow and they need to divert some of it elsewhere? The way the papers had it they would be building packages for the Runway 3 extension at PIK and flying them down as required, which sounded a bit of a crazy way of doing things.
Edit:- This release was from last June,
https://www.glasgowprestwick.com/gla...logistics-hub/
Edit:- This release was from last June,
https://www.glasgowprestwick.com/gla...logistics-hub/
Last edited by Rob Royston; 25th Dec 2019 at 09:49.
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If AGS take control of PIK we can be more or less sure of an end to the PAX terminal piece of the operation. We can be reasonably sure that FR currently get a super deal that ensure little return for PIK. This purchase neutralises a competitor for the long run, if FR exits or transfers their flights to GLA, then standard commercial charges will apply, and if FR completely exit the void will be filled in GLA by others. Airline charges and items such as parking will go a long way to paying for the purchase price/finance. The airport most likely will take on a focus on freight and aircraft refuelling.
The Scottish government may need to take a write down in their debt if they want to get this over the line.
Ryanair also have a maintenance base their, likely this will be a thorny issue in the context of any revision of commercials?
The Scottish government may need to take a write down in their debt if they want to get this over the line.
Ryanair also have a maintenance base their, likely this will be a thorny issue in the context of any revision of commercials?
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It will be a lot easier when the UK leaves the EU. It would be ironic if the deal could only go ahead due a Tory government’s promise on Brexit.
The problem with this deal is that keeping Prestwick’s terminal open would make no financial sense when the passengers could be absorbed into Glasgow Airport’s terminal.
The problem with this deal is that keeping Prestwick’s terminal open would make no financial sense when the passengers could be absorbed into Glasgow Airport’s terminal.
