New Zealand Infratil owned Prestwick airport takes Glasgow diversions
A report in The Dominion Post says that Wellington, New Zealand based investment company Infratil’s Glasgow Prestwick Airport is handling many more flights since the terrorist attack that has closed Glasgow’s main airport, with Infratil’s Glasgow Prestwick handling some of the flights diverted from Glasgow airport after Saturday’s attack.
Glasgow Prestwick is about 50 kilometres from Glasgow city. The main airport, due to reopen today, is closer.
There had been a “massive” increase in flights and passengers at Prestwick in the past few days, Infratil chief executive Lloyd Morrison said, though he could not give numbers.
“A number of charter flights have been leaving from Glasgow Prestwick,” Mr Morrison said.
Glasgow Prestwick had handled the influx well, bringing in extra staff from other Infratil-owned airports, he said.
He expected a short-term reaction from travellers generally to the bombing at Scotland’s main airport.
There had been a slowdown in travel after the 2005 bombings in London but security had increased and people had adjusted in the following weeks and months.
“There is usually a realisation that it (terror attacks) are not peculiar to any particular airport or form of travel.”
Glasgow Prestwick handles about 2.4 million passengers a year.
Report by The Mole
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