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And you think Prestwick 'the most cash generative airfield' (?) doesn't need to bother to advertise, market or promote the few pax routes they still have - even on it's own website?
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Ryanair Summer 23 ? ?
On the Ryanair website there are currently no S23 flights scheduled to any destination from PIK.
On the app flights are still listed but every flight is "Too late, flight sold out"
On the app flights are still listed but every flight is "Too late, flight sold out"
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Does anyone really bother checking airport websites other than to arrange for car parking these days? I don't think so. Most people will be checking online travel sites or the airline websites themselves or possibly travel agents. An airport website is pointless apart from booking essentials once you know you're flying through.
Does Waterloo train station have a website?
Does Waterloo train station have a website?
Does anyone really bother checking airport websites other than to arrange for car parking these days? I don't think so. Most people will be checking online travel sites or the airline websites themselves or possibly travel agents. An airport website is pointless apart from booking essentials once you know you're flying through.
Does Waterloo train station have a website?
Does Waterloo train station have a website?
"Does anyone really bother checking airport websites other than to arrange for car parking these days?"
2 reasons - its the fastest way of finding out who is flying where from any airport, second if you are picking someone up its often the bast way to get real data
2 reasons - its the fastest way of finding out who is flying where from any airport, second if you are picking someone up its often the bast way to get real data
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If you want to pick someone up, Flightradar24 is pretty decent - even my elderly grandparents are capable of using it to find out when we’re landing.
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Dara Brady from Ryanair did say in the Scotsman recently that PIK's maintenance base will become their second biggest and that they are in good talks with Glasgow about increasing operations from next summer. Not sure if that has any wider impact for PIKs passenger ops with nothing on the system and its just the usual Ryanair chess game they have had in the likes of Belfast or it has further implications for their commercial ops in the West.
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It's being reported that PIK made another profit this year. £1.3 million and did not need to increase borrowing.
An increase in passengers, refueling and cargo was also reported.
Full accounts should be available soon on Companies House.
https://www.google.com/amp/dailybusi...t-support/amp/
An increase in passengers, refueling and cargo was also reported.
Full accounts should be available soon on Companies House.
https://www.google.com/amp/dailybusi...t-support/amp/
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Not sure I really get this. So have they returned any of the loan investment to tax payer?
One wonders the success going forward if the cited reasons for profit were Covid PPE transport and Cop26 both of which were one-offs, the rest coming from (what must be very labile) fuelling charges.
One wonders the success going forward if the cited reasons for profit were Covid PPE transport and Cop26 both of which were one-offs, the rest coming from (what must be very labile) fuelling charges.
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Not sure I really get this. So have they returned any of the loan investment to tax payer?
One wonders the success going forward if the cited reasons for profit were Covid PPE transport and Cop26 both of which were one-offs, the rest coming from (what must be very labile) fuelling charges.
One wonders the success going forward if the cited reasons for profit were Covid PPE transport and Cop26 both of which were one-offs, the rest coming from (what must be very labile) fuelling charges.
In simple terms.
-operating profits hitting £1.9m. - fifth consecutive year of improving financial results - and the third year in a row of making a profit. -For the 12 months to this March, revenue came in at £34.2m -Cargo volumes rose by 36% to 18,000 tonnes- passenger numbers more than doubled to 118,000.
- Refuelling was up 89% to 36 million litres, with the value of fuel sold - at £20.8m - making up the bulk of the airport's revenue. - it has not drawn down new loan funds for three years. Prestwick did not receive any new funding from taxpayer for the last 3 years and is not going to need any for the following year
Sounds like an improving picture, and I'm glad it's still operating look at Doncaster which received covid money and local Mayor said Tory minister for Transport, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, had washed her hands of the closure
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"Refuelling was up 89% to 36 million litres, with the value of fuel sold - at £20.8m - making up the bulk of the airport's revenue. "
So really dependent on the price of oil ?
So really dependent on the price of oil ?
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FR changed many of their PIK flight numbers at the start of the current winter schedule. For example, PIK-ACE was FR6153, but became FR7820 at the start of the current winter schedule. The FR app shows PIK-ACE this coming summer as FR6153 but sold out. However, you can book PIK-ACE for November 23 already and it shows the current flight number FR7820.
So I wonder if their timetable system thinks that FR6153 is the operating flight in the coming summer, but can't find it in thier sales system (since it should be FR7820) and so displays it as sold out. Similarly, you can book TFS for next winter with the current flight number (7816) but not for this coming summer, which shows the old flight number (653).
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I wonder if this might be a technical glitch.
FR changed many of their PIK flight numbers at the start of the current winter schedule. For example, PIK-ACE was FR6153, but became FR7820 at the start of the current winter schedule. The FR app shows PIK-ACE this coming summer as FR6153 but sold out. However, you can book PIK-ACE for November 23 already and it shows the current flight number FR7820.
So I wonder if their timetable system thinks that FR6153 is the operating flight in the coming summer, but can't find it in thier sales system (since it should be FR7820) and so displays it as sold out. Similarly, you can book TFS for next winter with the current flight number (7816) but not for this coming summer, which shows the old flight number (653).
FR changed many of their PIK flight numbers at the start of the current winter schedule. For example, PIK-ACE was FR6153, but became FR7820 at the start of the current winter schedule. The FR app shows PIK-ACE this coming summer as FR6153 but sold out. However, you can book PIK-ACE for November 23 already and it shows the current flight number FR7820.
So I wonder if their timetable system thinks that FR6153 is the operating flight in the coming summer, but can't find it in thier sales system (since it should be FR7820) and so displays it as sold out. Similarly, you can book TFS for next winter with the current flight number (7816) but not for this coming summer, which shows the old flight number (653).
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Yes, you're probably quite right (and ALC isn't on sale and its flight number didn't change so that doesn't fit with my theory). You'd think that even if they were going to (say) move all their flights to GLA, they'd still have them on sale from PIK until such time as an announcement was made.
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I previously booked a couple of return flights PIK/ACE May/June & August/September. I'm concerned that if the flights are going to be pulled
then I will end up having to rebook other flights on alternative carriers. Obviously as time goes on these would be increasingly expensive.
Meantime Ryanair has banked my cash. Customer Service phone helpline was less than useless.
Yesterday I snailmail/posted a letter to Customer Services in Dublin. Wish me luck.....!
then I will end up having to rebook other flights on alternative carriers. Obviously as time goes on these would be increasingly expensive.
Meantime Ryanair has banked my cash. Customer Service phone helpline was less than useless.
Yesterday I snailmail/posted a letter to Customer Services in Dublin. Wish me luck.....!
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Prestwick S23
And Lo, it came to pass that Ryanair's Summer Schedule was restoreth -
not much changed from before as far as I can see.
Peace and Joy throughout the land - well of Ayrshire anyway.
No sign of new Glasgow flights/routes yet...
not much changed from before as far as I can see.
Peace and Joy throughout the land - well of Ayrshire anyway.
No sign of new Glasgow flights/routes yet...