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Prestwick Prestwick, town (1991 pop. 13,355), South Ayrshire, SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde. Prestwick is a seaside and golfing resort with an international airport. Light aircraft are manufactured in Prestwick. airport has seen year-on-year figures plunge to 152,000. But bosses yesterday dismissed the drop as "in line with recent trends". They are now pinning their hopes on winter-sun flights and summer bookings for 2010 to help see them through the recession. Chief commercial officer Graeme Sweenie admitted: "This has certainly been a challenging year for us." But he insisted Prestwick's p r o s p e c t s r e m a i n e d "excellent" and pointed to the fact budget operators Ryanair Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish airline headquartered in Dublin, with its biggest operational base situated in London Stansted Airport in the UK. recently laid on more winter flights as a positive sign. He added: "The summer 2010 schedule is now to over 30 destinations." Earlier this month, figures showed Britain's 33 busiest airports had all reported lower figures for the first eight months of the year. |
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