Glasgow sale 'could kill off Prestwick'
06.09.08
The sale of Glasgow Airport could ‘kill off Prestwick Airport overnight’, an aviation industry insider told the Evening Times. The expert said: ‘Any new owner could offer the low-cost airlines a lock, stock and barrel move by tweaking the landing charges.'
He said that both Glasgow has had modest low-cost growth because BAA has been shaping and profiling what it wants and part of that is about managing charges. That would not apply to a new investor, however, and the expert added: ‘Prestwick should be really worried about this [the potential sale of Glasgow].’
However, Prestwick Airport's chief executive Mark Rodwell told the newspaper that it was ‘highly unlikely that either of our major customers would move to Glasgow. We operate a highly efficient and service focused airport. We have a very strong relationship with our airline customers such as Ryanair and Wizz Air and we are encouraged by discussions with them regarding growth.’
Michael Cawley, Ryanair 's deputy chief executive officer, said he believed Glasgow Prestwick would be successful ‘regardless of the ownership of other airports in Scotland’.
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