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"Our ambition is for Scotland to be Europe’s leading space nation and to have a £4 billion [US $5.5 billion] share of the global space market by 2030, whilst developing launch capability – both vertical and horizontal – to serve small satellite producers."
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Prestwick airport made a profit after tax of £12.8 million
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...e-25755511.amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...e-25755511.amp
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Well he’s not wrong! Another SNP transport blunder to add to the list!
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Prestwick airport made a profit after tax of £12.8 million
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...e-25755511.amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...e-25755511.amp
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I agree. A private sector owner may have revived Infratil's plans to redevelop part of 03/21 for housing. Those plans were rebuffed by South Ayrshire Council. I couldn't see the Scottish Government trying to revive such a controversial plan against SAC's position, but a new private owner may not have had such qualms.
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Prestwick airport made a profit after tax of £12.8 million
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...e-25755511.amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...e-25755511.amp
In other words, not a real profit.
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I agree. A private sector owner may have revived Infratil's plans to redevelop part of 03/21 for housing. Those plans were rebuffed by South Ayrshire Council. I couldn't see the Scottish Government trying to revive such a controversial plan against SAC's position, but a new private owner may not have had such qualms.
I found this wondrous piece of colour film from another world, another time, on the book-of-face.....
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/4650
From 15:20 it's colour footage of Prestwick in 1964 with the last days of Orangefield and the opening of the new terminal building. Stunning to see the original layout with SAS, Air Canada and Scottish Express all in situ, strange BOAC never got a look in until a B707 at the end. It got me thinking, with the British state having spent a massive amount of money on the new terminal (at the same time Glasgow City Council was building out Abbotsinch) was there ever a published rationale for NOT building a railway halt? The main Glasgow to Ayr line runs outside the then new terminal and no station was ever built until private ownership in 1994, some three decades later. Was the government really so poor at joined up thinking or was it local politics? It was a no brainer my dad used to complain about at every opportunity, but what on earth was the actual reason for dropping the ball?
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/4650
From 15:20 it's colour footage of Prestwick in 1964 with the last days of Orangefield and the opening of the new terminal building. Stunning to see the original layout with SAS, Air Canada and Scottish Express all in situ, strange BOAC never got a look in until a B707 at the end. It got me thinking, with the British state having spent a massive amount of money on the new terminal (at the same time Glasgow City Council was building out Abbotsinch) was there ever a published rationale for NOT building a railway halt? The main Glasgow to Ayr line runs outside the then new terminal and no station was ever built until private ownership in 1994, some three decades later. Was the government really so poor at joined up thinking or was it local politics? It was a no brainer my dad used to complain about at every opportunity, but what on earth was the actual reason for dropping the ball?
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Rail links??
Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Prestwick. Every one of these airports have their origins as WW2 airbases and every one had a pre existing railway very nearby at the time they were built.
Maybe the lack of joined up thinking isn't a new thing or maybe there has been an anti railway conspiracy all along. I think we should be told...
Maybe the lack of joined up thinking isn't a new thing or maybe there has been an anti railway conspiracy all along. I think we should be told...
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Wonderful images of PIK. Pictures of the lounge reminded me of the days when lounges had chairs that passengers could sit on, rather than shopping malls designed to prevent passengers from remaining seated. The days when travel was a more enjoyable experience, if though a great deal more exclusive.
Wonderful images of PIK. Pictures of the lounge reminded me of the days when lounges had chairs that passengers could sit on, rather than shopping malls designed to prevent passengers from remaining seated. The days when travel was a more enjoyable experience, if though a great deal more exclusive.
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