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It mentions that passenger service was added in 1938, but this is placed after it says the airport was established during WWII. I presume it means either 1948 or 1958, so whoever actually knows should check into this. Peregrine981 16:04, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
When Bush flew in, the article says that the "US military" were involved in security at the airport....this seems unlikely, does anyone have any evidence ? It is likely that US secret service people were there as they accompany Bush everywhere ( the US SS is the US equivalent of the Met Police Royalty/Diplomatic protection squad ).
Anyone object to me adding that most Scottish people drop the "Glasgow" in the name and just call it "Prestwick (airport)"?
Yes, because I'm just doing it. I'm surprised it isn't in there already. ----
I always thought the 'Glasgow Prestwick' part seemed a bit stupid Douglasnicol 20:39, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The airport is ready to handle the Airbus A380. Is this true? (I hope so!) -- Kilo-Lima 19:21, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The terminal might need work, but I would imagine that the runway is perfectly capable of taking it. I've got to admit that I'm peeved at the idiots that protest the A-380, saying that airports need to be upgraded. This is mostly from the USA, but airports needed upgraded for the 747. If we all stuck to that attitude we would still be taking 3-4 day flights to Australia in Handley Page Heracles. Douglasnicol 20:27, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The A380 was pitched so that current airports that can handle the 747-400 and An-124 can deal with it. Terminal facilities and layout are a different matter but double decker stair systems have been touted for remote stand embark/disembarkation of pax. If this sort of system was used then in theory, Prestwick, Glasgow Int & Edinburgh could all handle occasional A380 movmements as all have had 747-400, AN-124 & C5 Galaxy visitors.
Is this section really necessary? There is a list of destinations and the carriers serving them, but I wouldn't have thought the actual date that they started up really merits so much attention. Perhaps a "Former destinations" section for those no longer served instead of this, if either? -- Ayrshire--77 13:25, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Ive removed some of the edits from the 28th, prior to my name. It contains a rather unwarranted swipe at Easyjet for some reason and some Ryanair info which seems little more than promotional material. This is meant to be a neutral page, so if anyone disagrees, let me know. Douglasnicol 14:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[2] Apparently, USA used the airport to transit bombs heading to Mind East
I notice that the caption of the photo of Jack McConnell meeting George Bush has been modified to state that McConnell is the former First Minister. Is this something we want to do? Granted, he is now the former First Minister, but he was the First Minister when the photo was taken, and was meeting Bush because of that office; not just as a former First Minister as the current caption might imply. Can anyone perhaps see a middle way, other than something really long-winded like "Jack McConnell, who was First Minister then but isn't now"? -- Scott Wilson 19:49, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
What genius came up with the slogan "Pure DEAD brilliant"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.138.2 ( talk) 01:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Are they a new start up airline from Easyjet? Haven't heard anything about them
82.11.157.102 ( talk) 18:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Polar Air no longer have a hangar at Prestwick airport. It was taken over in some way by Atlas Air who then closed the hangar. I don't know details which is why I'm not editing it myself. -- Rysin3 ( talk) 15:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
The United States Navy's " FBM Refit Site One", the home base of Submarine Squadron 14 in Holy Loch, Scotland received a considerable amount of support from Prestwick Airport. This squadron of Polaris and later Poseidon Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarines each had two crews, a Blue Crew and a Gold Crew. While the submarines were ostensibly home-ported at the Naval Submarine Base New London , the submarines themselves rarely ever got close, but crews served and trained there while their counterparts were at the Holy Loch or out on patrol. A crew would fly from the US into Prestwick Airport, be transported to the Holy Loch where it would relieve the crew just returning from a patrol, who would fly out of Prestwick about three days later. This would happen three or four times a month for as long as the facility was operational (from 1961 to 1992.)
Also, while most supplies that could not be obtained locally were transported from the US to the Holy Loch via periodic visits from T-AK Cargo Ships of the Military Sealift Command, high priority items were flown into Prestwick for transport to the Holy Loch.
If people think this would be a worthwhile contribution to this article, I'd be pleased to contribute. TCav ( talk) 02:33, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
The official airport name is Prestwick, not Glasgow-Prestwick which is more a brand used by the airport operator. Does someone object renaming the article into "Prestwick Airport"? Slasher-fun ( talk) 10:27, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Removed the Gaelic translation of the airport name as this is not authentic. Prestwick is not a Gaelic speaking area, and there is no evidence of The airport ever having been referred to by a Gaelic name. Even on the Wikipedia Scottish Gaelic page there are two maps, both of which show Ayrshire as outside any Gaelic speaking areas. Endeleus ( talk) 03:25, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Also there is no reference to a Gaelic name for the airport on the official website http://www.glasgowprestwick.com/about-the-airport/ Endeleus ( talk) 16:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
New link https://www.glasgowprestwick.com/corporate/about-us/who-we-are/ and the airport still has no Gaelic references or branding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:3031:2E0:315:3872:3E97:7A98:AD80 ( talk) 13:04, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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whilst the flight never actually made it to prestwick it was due for a stopover here but didn’t make it. could it be added?
Pan Am Flight 160 Rocketproppeled ( talk) 20:39, 5 July 2024 (UTC)