Flew to Stansted yesterday(tues) and back from PIK and looked at the departure and arrival screens. Even though it was very early in the morning the departures and the arrivals did not fill the whole screen and Departures and Arrivals for Weds (today) were also showing.

Quite sad really, I counted I think there were about 8 or 9 Deps and Arrs for Tuesday, it used to be up around 30 rotations a day, it looks like the traffic has been cut drastically for the winter season, and I cant ever seeing it going back up to the previous levels since Glasgow Edinburgh International has canibalised a lot of PIK's routes. :{

Does anyone know what happened at PIK tonight around 1830? (28/10/09) The A79 was closed due to an aircraft apparently arriving with a fuel leak?

Agree with Smith, was there that same day heading to BHD. It's bleak airside and landside, although the new winter sun destinations might bring holidaymakers who might be more tempted to spend some £££ in the terminal. Noticed that the small outlet of a certain local sportswear chain hasn't been open lately, seemed a rather optimistic business proposition for the departure lounge.

f n f
A Canadian CC150 Airbus diverted in with suspected fuel leak.....later departed.

Am I right in saying there are five based Ryanair aircraft with three active units at any one time?

There are five based aircraft at PIK. For the winter schedule however, they will not all be used every day.

A Toaster Ban at PIK?
 

Found this little gem on UK Airport News......The bit in bold is my emphasis.

Somebody not done a risk assessment of toasters then? :}

Suzeman

21.11.09
Prestwick Airport has been evacuated three times in a month - because workers keep burning toast! The Daily Record reports that flights were disrupted and thousands of passengers and staff forced to flee the terminal after hungry immigration officers blundered in staff rooms. Now the airport may impose a toaster ban.

An 'insider' told the newspaper: ‘This is the third time in the past month that the fire brigade have been called out to the airport for burnt toast. It has caused massive disruption for everyone. There are a lot of businesses within the airport terminal which have been hit by the chaos.'

‘It seems to be immigration officers who are triggering the smoke alarms with their snacks and the airport have done nothing about it so far. They need to ban toasters because their total disregard for safety is putting lives at risk and must be costing taxpayers a fortune in false alarms.’

A Prestwick airport spokesman said: ‘We are currently reviewing our procedures to prevent a repetition of the problem. We have reminded our staff of the correct use and positioning of toasters and if the problem persists we may consider an outright ban.’

Please remember that this is The Daily Record reporting! People like 'insider' and 'spokesman' always say dubious things and tend to exaggerate somewhat.

747LCF flights
 

Can anyone tell me where or how I can find advance arrival details of the Boeing 747LCF flights into PIK.

Thanks.

Evansthetimp.

New route to Jersey
 

Flybe are to fly between Prestwick and Jersey every Saturday between June 19th and September 11th next year. They will be offering flight only and package holidays through Jersey based C.I. Travel Group, Jersey's largest tour operator. Flybe will be using a 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft.

They must have faith in the Ayrshire market, although one Q400 shouldn't be hard to fill. A return 19/6 - 26/6 is pricing up £50 more expensive than the cheapest of the four available flights from GLA on the same dates...

Why would they charge £50 more than flights from Glasgow on the same dates? Personally I'd prefer to fly from Prestwick (not that I have anything against Glasgow airport) because I live only a few minutes away. However, if I could get a flight on the same day for £50 cheaper then I'm going to fly from Glasgow.
Since I have last flown from Prestwick I believe the departure lounge has been extended. Does anyone have any photos of the extended departure lounge? Is the seating any better? The last time I was there the rows of seats were so close together that it was very difficult to move and the seats were rather tatty. Is there any change in the retail outlets?

The WHSmith, the Costa Coffee stand and the games consoles have been relocated on the left hand side and have been pushed outwards, creating a glass rooflight. Daylighting makes a definite improvement, although being below ground / ramp level there are still no windows you can look out of.

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FR: 6th a/c from March and will open a new route to FUE
Ryanair - News : Ryanair announces 6th Aircraft for Glasgow (Prestwick) After?

I have a copy of Ryanair’s original timetable for summer 2010 from PIK and having just checked flights on their website, I can only see a few small increases on existing routes. I am guessing you do not need one extra aircraft to operate the following flights, so are other new routes planned for PIK or have they not yet finalised what routes will see increased flights?

Alicante was 4 weekly, it now appears 5 weekly.
Faro was 3 weekly, it now appears 4 weekly.
Fuerteventura is a brand-new route, with 2 flights per week.
Palma was 5 weekly, it now appears 6 weekly.
Tenerife was 4 weekly, it now appears 5 weekly.

Apart from this, I cannot see any see any other changes.

LPA, ACE, TFS (which are very long routes), ALC and PMI started last month and will continue during summer - Carcassonne, FUE and IBZ will start next summer
If you add these routes and the add. frequencies to the existing routes there should be a need for 6 a/c althought some routes has been cancelled in the past.

Looks very much like FR are filling some of the previous GSM GLA capacity
at PIK?

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LPA, ACE, TFS (which are very long routes), ALC and PMI started last month and will continue during summer - Carcassonne, FUE and IBZ will start next summer. If you add these routes and the add. frequencies to the existing routes there should be a need for 6 a/c althought some routes has been cancelled in the past.

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LPA, ACE, TFS and PMI are already operating so they must fit in to the current 5 based aircraft schedule. Carcassonne and Ibiza were announced sometime ago, so I would guess they would be part of the 5 based aircraft schedule.

A number of routes which operated last summer such as Frankfurt and Marseille will not be returning in 2010. So I would guess this is where capacity for Carcassonne and Ibiza came from.

PIK-ALC is operated by a ALC based aircraft.

The press release from Ryanair states that they will add extra flights to Alicante, Faro, Fuertventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga, Palma and Tenerife. However so far, no extra flights are bookable for Gran Canaria, Lanzarote or Malaga and the extra flights to ALC are operated by an ALC based aircraft, as is the entire PIK-ALC schedule.

I stand to be corrected but I don’t think the current PIK timetable is fully utilising 6 based aircraft.

FR cancelled/reduced a lot of routes at the end of summer 2009 and added new routes (and will continue them during summer as we mentioned before) > 5 a/c last summer - axed some 'short routes' added new 'longer routes' - PIK remained at 5 a/c during winter.

But some 'summer only' routes are coming back:
BUD 2 weekly, PSA 3 weekly, CIA 3 weekly, REU 3 weekly + GRO, PMI, Murcia etc will be increased (if you compare winter/summer).

On the other hand:
TRF (4 weekly) and TRN (1 weekly) not bookable during summer.
HHN, NYO, MRS have been axed last October/November and don't come back.

Maybe one a/c doing some W-Pattern from/to BVA.

Hi,

Is PIK using 5 a/c during the winter?
Currently (Winter): 22 routes working, 103 freq/week, 206 oper./week. 2W routes (BVA and TRF) 11freq/week.

@Random Flyer:
Respect to PIK-ALC has a new frequency more operated by a PIK based aircraft (for summer). ; )

Regards