PIK

[Clive]

The gloves should have been off 20+ years ago when FR first landed at PIK IMHO.

Agreed. Everything would have been very different.

Sleeping giant, eh?

They certainly missed the boat and have been paying for it for the last 20 years. The only hope for a meaningful redress of market share, etc, is that they secure a Ryanair base sooner rather than later.

[PiperOne]

Remember, Ryanair operated at GLA 1988-92 with a daily Dublin service on their One-Elevens. However, when they were looking to expand with their newly added 737s, GLA was in the middle of digesting a new and growing Trans-Atlantic operation, so not really in a place to take this operation. PIK, on the other hand, was looking to replace its TA operators, so the FR operation fitted into their re-positioning in the market.

[egpffqtv]

Remember, Ryanair operated at GLA 1988-92 with a daily Dublin service on their One-Elevens. However, when they were looking to expand with their newly added 737s, GLA was in the middle of digesting a new and growing Trans-Atlantic operation, so not really in a place to take this operation. PIK, on the other hand, was looking to replace its TA operators, so the FR operation fitted into their re-positioning in the market.

32-36 years ago. An awful lot of time and missed opportunities have passed since then. EDI has swooped in and taken almost everything. Do you think AGS are now trying to re-position themselves in the market?

[PiperOne]

Remember, Ryanair operated at GLA 1988-92 with a daily Dublin service on their One-Elevens. However, when they were looking to expand with their newly added 737s, GLA was in the middle of digesting a new and growing Trans-Atlantic operation, so not really in a place to take this operation. PIK, on the other hand, was looking to replace its TA operators, so the FR operation fitted into their re-positioning in the market.

32-36 years ago. An awful lot of time and missed opportunities have passed since then. EDI has swooped in and taken almost everything. Do you think AGS are now trying to re-position themselves in the market?

Not sure on that, certainly they have managed to get Easyjet to improve their offering, however that seems to be predicated on Easyjet Holidays increasing the range of destinations they serve. Cities don't seem to be featuring in the plan at the moment, although Paris and Amsterdam are at their best ever level.

[G-WATP]

British postal service and courier company Royal Mail has announced that Glasgow Prestwick Airport will be its newest international e-commerce hub in the UK.

https://www.aviationbusinessnews.com/ca ... k-airport/

[FlyGLA]

Interesting snippet: Royal Mail says the airport was chosen due to the numerous benefits it offers over alternative airports throughout the UK, including offering up to half of the cost of landing at some UK hubs.

No mention in the article about any additional cargo or mail flights operating into PIK.

[Bearsden]

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/245 ... r-flights/

The Herald has become a 'cut & paste' newspaper! 'now based at Glasgow Prestwick Airport' more likely 'now stuck at Glasgow Prestwick Airport'

[PiperOne]

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/245 ... r-flights/

The Herald has become a 'cut & paste' newspaper! 'now based at Glasgow Prestwick Airport' more likely 'now stuck at Glasgow Prestwick Airport'

The Pprune thread on this particular subject is very entertaining

https://www.pprune.org/airlines-airport ... lines.html

[Clive]

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/245 ... r-flights/

The Herald has become a 'cut & paste' newspaper! 'now based at Glasgow Prestwick Airport' more likely 'now stuck at Glasgow Prestwick Airport'

The Pprune thread on this particular subject is very entertaining

https://www.pprune.org/airlines-airport ... lines.html

Funnily enough as I was passing PIK today I was thinking I’d virtually guarantee this hare brained scheme will never get off the ground. Just like that old scrapper of an A380…

[TonyM90]

PIK has 5 routes this winter versus 5 at GLA so far. Something tells me that FR are not as high on PIK as a commercial op as all the blustery press releases suggest. Its a pretty skeletal offering.