No it was still very cramped when I was there a few weeks ago. I agree that the new Elvis bar takes up so much space with it's seating. They could have moved the bar or the bar seating area further down towards the fruit machines or better still done away with the fruit machines, i'm guessing though that they make a fair penny which is why they are there.

I'm back through there next week again, if there has been any improvement i'll leave a message.

Thanks Chris! Did you notice what has replaced the old bar? It was all boarded up and I could hear a lot of hammering and drilling the last time I was there.

The landside bar is now an overpriced Yates' with no food except microwaveable bacon rolls and egg sandwiches

Airside is now an 'Elvis' bar with odd seating which really is no good.

When i went to Dublin 2 weeks ago the flight was 0925 the only other flight in the lounge was a charter to LPA so that wasnt bad,on the subject of WIZZ if you try to book a flight Katowice shows as twice weekly but still welcome

Wizz to Katowice is Mon + Thur till the end of Sept then Tue,Thu and Sat from 2nd Oct also notice that Warsaw is 4 a week for Sept + most of Oct at least:ok:

Yes indeedy it's getting cramped in there. Anyone know what the tin roof outside gate 3 is all about. Used to be nice having daylight out there as you waited in the corridor....

Surely they are not going to build something???

Nice one voldermort i didnt check Katowice for Oct so thats better then,as far as i know the 4th Warsaw starts in july:ok:

Have any of you at PIK heard of Ryanair doing PIK-EMA? Some was on about it in the crewroom the other day......

Ryanair PIK - CRL
 

I've just noticed on Ryanair's website that the Prestwick - Brussels Charleroi route has been reduced down to three per week. I was under the impression that it had been increased to daily for the summer at least. What the heck is going on with Ryanair at Prestwick? Now because they don't fly on the days that is convenient for me I'm going to have to fly from Glasgow to London City and catch the Eurostar instead. If Ryanair don't want to operate this route then maybe another low cost airline will. Hopefully Easyjet will start a daily service from Glasgow to Brussels.

Where do you get your info from James. On the Prestwick website it is showing daily until the end of October and it is also showing as available from what I can see on the RYR website

From what I can see on Ryanairs 'find lowest fares' section the Prestwick -Brussels route goes daily from monday 13th August. Until then it's 3 X weekly.

Hope this helps;)

Runway 31, like Flyboh I checked the lowest fares section and the timetable on Ryanair's website. I also noticed on teletext the lack of the Charleroi arrival. Easyjet fly into Brussels but not from the UK. I'm hoping that either them or another loco will fly from either Glasgow or Prestwick to Belgium.

The Skywings MD83 has been causing more havok this weekend hopefully next summer seguro have change of plans and look for another source

I'm just back from a day trip to London Stansted. I must say that since I last flew from Prestwick in March the departure lounge has got even worse. It's still every bit as overcrowded as it was in March due to the severe lack of seating. The new cafe where the bar used to be looks very nice but the prices are very expensive to say the least. I don't mind paying a bit more at an airport especially if I'm getting a cheap flight but that cafe really takes the biscuit! The carpet in the departure lounge was full of litter and really needed a good cleaning. The Peckham's cafe in the landside area is a welcome addition though. On the whole, I'm sorry to say that Prestwick Airport has really gone downhill in recent months. I would like to see a larger departure lounge that is cleaned regularly and more seats.

Does anyone know what airline or airlines are taking over from Skyways for Seguro?

Dont know long term but today Titan B737 op PIK-ALC-PIK and Excellent air of sweden MD83 did PIK-FAO-PIK and is doing PMI return tomorrow,also Astreus is doing ALC to PIK bringing stranded pax back and there may be an XL B747 from LPA

Latest is Skywings seem to have got their licence back and will taking over the summer programme from wed 25th:ugh:

Hopefully there won't be anymore delays or cancellations. the longest I've ever been delayed was at Toronto a few years ago when the incoming British Airways 747 lost part of the fuselage encasing one of the engines somewhere between Heathrow and Toronto. The was only for four hours and was bad enough for me but hell knows what it would have been like for families with young children delayed for two days. I read in the Daily Record that Seguro is terminating their contract with Skywings.

That seemed to be the consensus it was terminated but the press release on the airport website seems to say different

Heard some pax are still overseas from the weekend ! nice