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The Egg Man wrote:Simon Calder of the Indy newspaper and elsewhere was on Newsnicht extolling the potential of Prestwick as a competitor to Reykjavik.
Prestwick, he thought, could act as a hub between Europe and the eastern seaboard of the US in the way Dubai acts as a hub between Western Europe and the Far East and could probably take some pressure off Heathrow.
He also pointed out that it puts Ryanair in a very strong position in that it could tell the SE to **** off at any time.
The thing nobody is mentioning, probably because it would have an effect on jobs, is that there are too many large airports in central Scotland.
RapidAssistant wrote:
Much as I like reading Simon Calder's column, the idea of PIK becoming some sort of hub is total nonsense given Glasgow's main airport is 30 miles closer to the city it is supposed to serve and has plenty of spare capacity.
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The Egg Man wrote:RapidAssistant wrote:
Much as I like reading Simon Calder's column, the idea of PIK becoming some sort of hub is total nonsense given Glasgow's main airport is 30 miles closer to the city it is supposed to serve and has plenty of spare capacity.
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I reckon, if you started from George Sq, in rush hour and had to use public transport, you could probably get to Prestwick in roughly the time it'd take to get to Glasgow Airport.
Isn't it the case that REALLY big jets can't use Glasgow and that the runway can't be extended in either direction?
As I understand it, European rules won't let the Scottish Executive subsidise Prestwick. What happened to the plans for a tax-free zone that was to be set up to support the high-tech aerospace firms that were supposed to be being attracted to around PIK?
Lucky Poet wrote:Is that the referendum you said wouldn't happen? In any case relax, man: I heard we'd have to sell off all the country's tarmac to help sustain the 'something for nothing' culture, and nobody would be speaking to us any more anyway so certainly wouldn't want to fly here, so no problem.
Lucky Poet wrote:That's an interesting point about the passenger terminal - it's usually presented as being one and the same as the airport itself.
One thing that springs to mind - I seem to remember Prestwick's status as the only international airport in Scotland being condemned by everybody apart from the Tories. Could it be that at least a part of the reasoning behind keeping at that was to avoid the too-many-airports situation we have?
banjo wrote:h.g night out.how does that work then?
Dexter St. Clair wrote:The Elvis Touch birthday bash is celebrating his 78th birthday and 40 years of Aloha from Hawaii T the Aviator's Longe on Saturday 12 January 2014. Ideal for an HG night out and it might generate enough income to keep the Airport open.
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