RE: Scottish Airports receive £6 million boost
You may be able to get in touch with them via the website wysiwyg, The story was a little column in the Glasgow Evening Times. From what I gather the airline will provide cheap holiday flights to the continent on behalf of the parent travel agency that set it up. These flights I understand will operate from Prestwick.
As for the Glasgow/Prestwick thing… I guess it’s all down to good old demographics. Glasgow Airport is on the edge of the city, ten mins drive from the city centre (Kingston Bridge permitting) and only five mins drive from the nearest railway station (Paisley Gilmour St).
Admittedly Prestwick is on the same rail line into Glasgow and now has it’s own station, but it’s still some 20 odd miles away from Glasgow and I’d imagine the majority of travellers prefer having an airport on their doorstep. I have to admire however, the steps being taken by the company running Prestwick to breath new life into the place, as Glasgow seems to be under some kind of ‘anti-growth’ starngle hold by BAA. There are some murmurs about Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPT) getting involved with Glasgow Airport as they don’t like BAA’s Glasgow/Edinburgh monopoly and they see Edinburgh as receiving favoured status by BAA and others in the coming years, despite Glasgow’s superior status in terms of passenger usage.
SPT of course also have a vested interest in the setting up of the proposed new Glasgow Airport rail link. Something that may come about sooner if they had overall control of the airport methinks.
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