i certainly wouldnt use that source as gospel... rolls eyes.

The airport is at the mercy of Ryanair every single year.

I still see a couple of years more at least of FR ops there before the plug is pulled.

The GLA/PIK debate has filled many pages of PPRUNE over the years often mixed in with EDI. One thing is for sure, GLA is far from being at capacity...and while busy sometimes the last time i passed through there, not that long ago, had x3 Easyjet on the ground, x1 BA 319, 1x KLM 737 and a twin otter, Saab 340 and x2 Dash 8's of Flybe..hardly inspiring!

You must not have been there at the morning rush then, last time I went it was mobbed.

An airport handling 9.5m people can hardly be described as quiet, 9 aircraft on the ground is not exactly dead either, probably over 2000 people arriving/ departing from just those aircraft.

GLA must be at gate capacity for the morning rush as they are building more stands to cope.

A quick glance at tomorrow's GLA schedule on their website, after filtering out the codeshares, shows around 270 movements for the day.

GLA was at gate capacity when it was handling half of this traffic in the 90s, difference then was a higher proportion of small jets and props versus A319/B737 and upwards now. Traffic patters have changed but the number of based aircraft is only getting back to where it was in the heyday of BA. To be fair, outwith the first and lunchtime waves, GLA can be a nice quiet airport.

Two years ago in mid week in mid summer, I was astonished to see only one aeroplane across the whole commercial side, a Loganair SF340!

If Ryanair are serious about GLA, PIK must be at risk, perhaps remaining for maintenance only. Buck for buck, even in a price sensitive market, GLA-xyz is likely to be higher yielding than PIK-xyz.