I can almost understand why PIK may nit be geared up to accept guide dogs. It's very quiet and this sort of situation probably doesn't come up much. I don't think it's right that they don't have the facilities, but almost understandable.

I am however very surprised to see Edinburgh on their list of non-accpeted routes for guide dogs. If EDI is not set up to accept guide dogs then that is quite simply disgusting.

If you can't do the basics......
 

That is absolutely shocking, a total disgrace.

Why bother with the truth as usual!
From Ryanair website:

Guide Dogs are accepted on the following routes:
• All flights to/from Ireland to the United Kingdom
• All flights to/from the following UK airports (Bristol, Birmingham, Doncaster, East Midlands, Leeds, London Gatwick, Luton and Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle) to continental Europe and Islands* (pending approval call Ryanair Special Assistance Line)
• All flights to/from the UK** to Sweden and Norway (pending approval call Ryanair Special Assistance Line)
• All flights to/from Dublin to Sweden and Norway (Prior Approval Licence required and 10 days notice - click here for information)
• All domestic flights
• All intra-continental Europe and islands* flights
• All flights to/from continental Europe and islands* to Norway and Sweden
• Flights from continental Europe and islands* to Dublin Airport-(Prior Approval Licence required and 10 days notice - click here for information) Prior Approval Licence and 10 days notice is required, please contact the Ryanair Special Assistance Line in order to confirm arrangements.

Guide dogs are not accepted on flights on the following routes:
• Flights to/from Morocco.
• Flights to/from Irish airports (except Dublin see above) to continental Europe and islands*
• Flights to/from the following UK airports (Glasgow Prestwick, Edinburgh, Belfast City, Leeds, Teesside, Bournemouth, Newquay, Aberdeen)
Any passenger wishing to travel with their guide/assistance dog on board should pre-advise us preferably on the same day as booking. This can be done online when making the initial flight booking or via the Ryanair Special Assistance Line or later via the Ryanair Special Assistance line.

Please note: failure to pre-advise may result in the service being unavailable on arrival at the airport and you being unable to travel on your booked flight.

*Islands include Cyprus, Malta, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Ibiza, Majorca, Canary Islands

** Bristol, Birmingham, Doncaster, East Midlands, Leeds, London Gatwick, Luton and Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle

He claims Ryanair were happy to take him. It's unacceptable in this day and age not to have the infrastructure to deal with this. That's why so many lifts and ramps are being installed in more trying situations. The point seems to be that it is utterly avoidable and hence inexcusable. Any well managed facility would have seen this one coming and put in a work around or a fix.

Four New Routes
 

BARCELONA, BYDGOSZCZ (POLAND), CHANIA (CRETE) & CORFU

RYANAIR, the world’s favourite airline, today (1 December) announced that it will add four new routes (25 in total) at Glasgow Prestwick from summer 2012 - to Barcelona, Bydgoszcz, Chania (Crete) and Corfu - which will sustain Ryanair’s traffic at Glasgow Prestwick to over 1.3 million p.a. resulting in 1,300 local jobs.

Ryanair celebrated this route announcement at its Glasgow Prestwick base by releasing 1 million £9.99 seats for travel across its European network in December and January. These low fares are now available for booking on Cheap Flights - Book cheap flights to Europe with Ryanair until midnight Monday (5 December).

Ryanair’s four new low fare routes from Glasgow Prestwick to Barcelona, Bydgoszcz, Chania and Corfu go on sale on Cheap Flights - Book cheap flights to Europe with Ryanair tomorrow (Friday 2 December).

Ryanair’s Head of Sales and Marketing Lesley Kane said:

“Glasgow Prestwick today celebrates four new routes from April 2012 which will go on sale tomorrow. With a total of 25 low fare routes from Glasgow Prestwick this summer, passengers can beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges to exciting destinations all over Europe. Ryanair’s 1.3 million passengers will sustain 1,300 jobs locally.

“To celebrate these four new routes from Glasgow Prestwick, Ryanair is releasing 1 million seats on sale for just £9.99 for travel across Europe in December and January. Since these seats will be snapped up fast, we urge intending passengers to book them immediately on www.ryanair.com”.

Glasgow Prestwick’s Chief Commercial Officer Graeme Sweenie said:
“We’re delighted to be part of Ryanair’s growth and success in Scotland. This is great news for the airport and our summer flight season. It’s especially exciting that for the first time we can offer low-cost scheduled services from Prestwick to Corfu and Crete, top sunshine destinations that are extremely popular with Scots. With a total of 25 routes operating to 9 countries, Ryanair provides a fantastic choice of destinations for leisure and business customers next summer and today’s announcement will also help in attracting more inbound visitors to explore Ayrshire and beyond.”

september - you've just provided the same information contained in Aftershock's post, immediately above your posting.

Which route's been dropped then? I make 26 down for next year?

ACE, AGP, ALC, BCN, BGY, BVA, BZG, CCF, CFU, CHQ, CIA, DUB, FAO, FUE, GRO, IBZ, LDY, LPA, MJV, MLA, PMI, PSA, REU, RIX, TFS, WRO

We've seen FORTY FIVE routes from Ryanair over the years!

I think GRO is dropped and replaced with BCN.

BCN had indeed replaced GRO

So has STN been dropped permanently? I thought it was just being dropped for winter! :{

STN is a permanent drop

I've been throuh Prestwick a number of times since November, the whole terminal is freezing, with staff having to wear jackets and scarves!

Initially I was advised that the heating was faulty,however 3 months on and it is still isn't working.

Do you think they have turned it off on purpose due to the low number of passengers?

I think a lack of heating is probably something which a passenger discovers when they enter the terminal, rather than before they book their flight. If they have turned it off on purpose, it is probably to save money... I live without central heating and don't have too many problems so I can see why with their passenger figures.

Enterprise Zone status
 

I heard today that Enterprise status has been granted to four areas in Scotland with Prestwick being designated as the Aerospace Enterprise zone. Not seen any official press releases - anyone got any info?

Has been since 2000 AFAIK!

Was the 2000 status not Freeport status which never worked as it was not really supported and wasn't specifically focused on Aerospace? There's a bit on the airports website.

Glasgow Prestwick Welcomes Enterprise Area Status | Glasgow Prestwick Airport

At the risk of starting the airport name debate again I stumbled upon this BOAC timetable from the 50s on another forum.

http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...58/ba58-03.jpg

Didn't realise the present Glasgow Prestwick name had been around for so long.

All Northwest Orient and Air Canada timetables from the 1980s had Prestwick listed under 'G' as Glasgow (Prestwick), and just as an aside, London (Gatwick) was the only other one like this.

Looks like an old British Railways timetable from the 50's 60's. Interesting reading though.