Which routes except twice a week to GSE?

Nobody likes the current manning situation, but it has to be said. It is working.!

Marseilles and Rome (according to posts on Taxiway Alpha Forums)

ok, thanks!!

Fire Hazard At Glasgow Prestwick
 

Had a Hell of a time going flying through the flea pit that PIK has become at the weekend. The elderly security man insisted that I walk back like a naughty school boy to put my housekey that he had inspected closely through the xray machine!! They are sooo patronising. However here's the wierd bit. Smoking indoors is illegal in Scotland so they have opened the outdoor seating area from the departure lounge so that people can sit outside and smoke, under a sign that warns them that this is strictly prohibited.
This is because stands 1A, 1 and 2 are right behind you and aircraft are being fuelled, hence the obvious danger of a fuel spill and flying ash I presume?
Going on the hundreds of cigarette butts discarded and not swept up for god knows how long, the airport authority CANNOT be ignorant of the danger.
Perhaps the CAA needs to have a word.

And to the young man who yelled at me for snapping a shot of the Israel AF 707 on the ramp as I boarded on stand 1, I wasn't last in the queue, I didn't hold anyone up and in future, you remove the safety rope AFTER boarding, not in the middle of it!!! Kind of prevents the need to shout at the two elderly ladies, the woman and child etc who ended up walkin UNDER the wing of the B737-800.

So note to Infratil : Patronising and grumpy security men are NOT GOOD.
Allowing smoking that close to a fuel bowser is NOT GOOD.
Lippy school kids shouting at your customers for not being psychic are NOT GOOD.

However, thanks to the friendly and courteous staff at BAA Stansted who spotted before I went thorugh the machine that my belt would set it off and treated me like a human being as I was searched with GOOD HUMOUR and dignity. Contrast that with the PIK staff who treated me like an idiot for sleepily walking through with my keys in my pocket and shouted at me to keep my arms up as slid his thumbs inside the top off my trousers and did a circuit of my waist and wondered why I objected? Are they allowed to feel in your pants like that??? What the Hell?
Infratil if you are reading this, the flight was Sunday's FR422, your staff are rude and your procedures are scary.

Why dont you write in to the airport and express your concerns if you are that unhappy ? If no one from there reads this forum, its not going to get addressed is it ?
I dont work for/at Prestwick Airport, I fly out of there on a regular basis and I have never experienced any rudeness from the security or ramp staff, I tend to agree that the smoking issue is a concern though :uhoh:

I don't work at or for PIK, but have used Ryanair many times. Lets make the point that if PIK wasn't there and Ryanair didn't fly to two dozen destinations it would be a lot more difficult to come and go into and out of Scotland, the old standards being MAN or LHR.

You open your post going on about a 'flea pit' and that sets your tone. If you don't like it then use LHR/GLA on BA or BMI and see how you like that. You'll certainly need more time to spare.

As said, never had any trouble with the staff and don't recognise your problems. It often takes two to cause such problems, especially if one arrives at a 'flea pit' with attitude. I don't think others of us would describe it so.

Re smoking, the airport declared itself 'smoke free' before the recent law change in Scotland. So write in and complain. Re the rope barrier, Ryanair often shut the rear door before boarding is complete and PIK remove the rear steps - removing the barrier may come first. And you can expect to get shouted at anywhere you digress airside to take photos in this day and age. Stick to around the perimeter where PIK is one of the most photo friendly airports to be had.

So write to PIK, or use GLA, and those of us who appreciate having the airport and its services will get on with continuining to do so.

You misunderstand, the rope barrier was removed with the back door open, boarding half way done and steps in place. I felt sorry for the passengers who got the brunt of it for not realising you were not permitted to walk under the wing. (It might fall off and land on their heads after all). They were not to know. Perhaps I wa simply tired. Perhaps there was something in my keys that neede to be x-rayed. I'm willing to entertain serious suggestions on that one.
And my parents live in Ayrshire and so PIK was closer. Of course the flip side is that with the new M77 GLA ain't that far away either and next time I shall use them.

In fairness the inside of the terminal is fine, the departure lounge as has been mentioned by others is far from what you need. The apron layout and equipment is still from another time but good luck to them.
But there is no excuse not to have the savvy to cover your tracks by sweeping up if you are letting people smoke on the fly.

Moscow - Prestwick
 

Does anyone know anything about flight SDM9069 from Moscow to Prestwick due tomorrow morning at 1050? Is this a one off or will it be a regular occurrence?

Wont be regular- if EDI cant make a Moscow route work- cant see PIK having a regular one

It a one off, Rossia TU154, out Sunday.

SDM=Russian State Transport
Some top Russian politicians comming over to see what a great job South Ayrshire Council has done of collecting this years council tax:D or maybe something else :}
Should be a Tu154 staying till Sunday evening.

Latest passenger figures
 

Does anybody know how PIK passenger numbers have been over the summer? They used to be posted in the website every month but haven't seen any there since june. Also any rumours on new routes and also there were plans a while back for new terminal?

You will get monthly details on the Infratil website under announcements http://www.infratil.com/announcements.htm
I havn't heard anything about new routes other than the Ryanair Riga and Grenoble service due to start soon.
I believe there are plans in the pipeline to increase passenger capacity to 5 million by summer 2007.

PRESTWICK
 

Glasgow Prestwick Airport is delighted to announce today (Thursday May 31) that Wizz Air will operate a three times weekly service to the Polish city of Katowice from Monday September 3.

The announcement follows sustained growth in the airport’s Polish market, with recent strong inbound and outbound performance on the existing four routes.

Glasgow Prestwick’s management team were keen to keep up the focus on the Polish sector during its current position of strength.

Following negotiations which led to the announcement of the Katowice service, both parties were keen to emphasise the merits of working together and echoed each other’s hopes of success.

Wizz will now serve three Polish destinations from Glasgow Prestwick after launching flights to the capital city Warsaw and the fashionable coastal spa resort of Gdansk in 2006.

Obviously written by someone who has never been to Gdansk :)

WHBM, the post was copied from the email I received from Gillian McPherson of Prestwick Airport so you can blame her :) . When I think of Gdansk I think of shipyards and an industrial city. However, I believe there is a coastal spa resort relatively near Gdansk. By the way, I have never been to Poland!

Katowice is only 45 minutes from Krakow which puts this service in direct competition with Ryanair. It will be interesting to see who wins! Perhaps the expanding Polish population can fill flights to both.

This is good news for Prestwick its about time we had a new route,theyve had funding for it scince they launched Gdansk and Warsaw, i think the 2 of them can operate together scince the polish market is big now

I agree, this is excellent news for Prestwick Airport. However, when I flew from Prestwick to Charleroi in March I noticed that a new bar had been built in the departure lounge and was taking up space that would have been occupied by seats. The few seats that were there were far too close together and as a result the departure lounge was very overcrowded and at least two hundred people had to stand. Has anyone noticed any changes at Prestwick since March? My next flight from there will be to Stansted in July so I'm hoping that changes will have been made.