PIK

[jetblue497]

As for a heavy 748f where would you park it at Glasgow also is there a apron strong enough to take it.

You mean the 748F that starts off 57,000 KG lighter that the A380 that was a regular at GLA? And the B748/A340-600 not being allowed is airport policy not apron/runway issues. Anyway wheel loading, not aircraft weight per se, is the critical factor.

[McG]

I believe the only issue with the A340-600 at GLA was to do with the length of the aircraft causing it to overhang the roadway at the rear of the stand.

I have seen it suggested elsewhere that the only issue with 748F ops at GLA would be the runway length when wet at max landing weight.

[greymare]

For the record a few years back GLA completed "the link fill in" on Alpha and Golf which made it Code F capable including the B748 (F) and A346 (E). Stand 37 can take the A346 but not the B748 from memory leaving us with a no capable stands with the required length to park it but given so few operators operate the B748 the need to modernise infrastructure for it has never been a priority. Taxiway November which grants access to this stand 37 is not code F but code E capable. Code F aircraft can be towed to this stand but cannot taxi under its own power . As for the rumours GLA cannot handle due to weight that is totally false and runway length only becomes an issue (as at PIK) depending on the final destination. With rwy31 at PIK and rwy23 at GLA being very similar in TODA (most commonly used rwys at each site) this has never been an issue for GLA when attracting business.

[Ekally1]

VS had a A346 once as a sub to MCO

[Ekally1]

VS had a A346 once as a sub to MCO

Yeah that's what I was referring to above. I think it came in both days that particular weekend ?

It did indeed ... parked at EK stand if I am correct on both occasions

[greymare]

stand 29 & stand 30 were used from memory with the road closed off behind it for VS A346 to fit on it.

[Clive]

South Ayrshire Council has started the process of submitting a formal planning application for the Prestwick Spaceport development. The Proposal of Application Notice (POAN) is the first step in the planning process for Prestwick Spaceport and signals the intent to apply for planning permission in early 2022.

The submission of the POAN follows the Council’s submission of an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report last year (2021) which confirms that Prestwick’s space ambitions will not result in any significant adverse effects to the environment.

Launches from Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) will take place using a method known as horizontal or air launch, in which an aircraft will carry a rocket containing small satellites a long distance to high altitude above the ocean. Once safely beyond inhabited areas and above the densest layer of the atmosphere, the rocket leaves the aircraft, ignites its engines, and carries its payload to orbit. Launch operations at Prestwick will therefore consist mainly of processing rockets and their payloads, loading them on to a launch aircraft, and then conventional aircraft take-offs from the existing airport runways.

Full story: https://www.internationalairportreview. ... on-notice/

[Clive]

https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport ... nt-3519784

Can someone post the text to this article please?

I don’t have a subscription but it should reveal what the last proposed buyers were planning to do with their acquisition. Obviously we are particularly interested in whether or not they were planning to close the loss-making terminal pax ops.

[jetblue497]

https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport ... nt-3519784

Can someone post the text to this article please?

I don’t have a subscription but it should reveal what the last proposed buyers were planning to do with their acquisition. Obviously we are particularly interested in whether or not they were planning to close the loss-making terminal pax ops.

Part of it is in airliners.net and if true the initial rejection is staggering. The later offer and rejection shows just how much is NOT being put in to maintaining the facility. All assuming the report is true.............

[PiperOne]

Very similar in concept to the Stobart proposal of around 10 years ago, to create a logistics centre attached to industrial development. Sadly that was rejected by South Ayrshire Council, as it incorporated an element of retail and residential, as well as closure of 03/21. The rail and road connections are straightforward on the southeast side. I can only assume that finance in some way played a part in this, let's hope for some probing questions in Holyrood at FMQ's soon.