Archive for the ‘Prestwick airport’ CategoryThe UK Border Agency is warning that travellers passing through UK ports could face possible delays and disruption due to strike action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). The strike action is taking place on Monday 8 March and Tuesday 9 March. Lin Homer, the Border Agency’s Chief Executive, said: ‘We are disappointed that PCS members have voted in favour of industrial action. It means that the travelling public are likely to suffer disruption and delays at border control as a result of this two-day action. ‘We have robust plans in place to ensure that the essential work of the UK Border Agency is maintained and the border remains secure. UK border security will not be compromised by this industrial action. ‘We expect that people travelling into the country may experience some delays at border control, but we will work hard to keep these to a minimum and hope that passengers will welcome the commitment of those staff who will be working despite the strike action to ensure they are seen as quickly as possible. BAA is advising passengers to have their travel documents, including passports, ready and to use automatic e-passport gates where available. Watsons Ayr Park at Glasgow Prestwick Airport is now open and operating as normal after the recent resurfacing of its car park. For up-to-date Prestwick airport information and to book Prestwick airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links. A charity show at Prestwick Airport on Wednesday, 3 March 2010, will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Elvis Presley’s only UK visit. The ‘King’, aka Sergeant Presley, stopped off at Prestwick Airport – then a US Air Force base – on 3 March 1960 for a brief re-fuelling stop on his way home from two years’ military service. Wednesday’s 16-hour charity show will take place in the terminal building at Prestwick Airport and will be sponsored by Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire Council, West FM, Spirit AeroSystems, Zisys Events and Diva Music. All money raised will go to Ayrshire children’s charity Clic Sergeant. Timings for the day: 9.40am, “Elvis” – in Sergeant’s uniform – will land at Prestwick on Ryanair flight FR407 from London Stansted 3.10pm, the “Best Dressed Elvis” Prize Draw will take place along with a special plaque unveiling to commemorate his visit. To book Prestwick airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the link. Aer Arann is to switch its Donegal to Glasgow service from Prestwick Airport to Glasgow Airport. The new Glasgow International flights will operate four days per week and will commence on 28 March 2010. To book Glasgow airport parking using an online parking price checker and to book Glasgow airport hotels click on the links. Ryanair has announced it is to increase services to five destinations from Glasgow Prestwick Airport. From May, the airline will add extra flights to Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Faro and Carcassonne. Flights to Malaga and Palma will increase to seven flights each per week, flights to Alicante and Faro will operate six times per week, and services to Carcassonne will be increased to three per week. Ryanair has six aircraft based at Prestwick offering 29 European destinations. Glasgow Prestwick Chief Executive Iain Cochrane said: “This is more excellent news for the airport. As well as these welcome extra services, we have new Ryanair routes starting to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and Ibiza next month, plus summer flights to Jersey and Turkey with other airlines. To book Prestwick airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the link. Wizz Air has introduced its new web check-in service to more airports. Web check-in is now available on all flights departing from Brussels Charleroi, Budapest, Eindhoven, Gdansk, Frankfurt Hahn, Glasgow Prestwick, Hamburg Lübeck, Katowice, London Luton, Paris Beauvais, Poznan, Prague, Sofia, Turku, Warsaw, Weeze/Dusseldorf and Wroclaw. Web check-in is available on wizzair.com from seven days up to three hours before the scheduled departure time of the flight. The service does not impact on the rest of the boarding procedure: passengers are requested to present themselves at the boarding gate no later than 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the flight. Wizz Air is to introduce an airport check-in fee from 1 April 2010. Airport check-in purchased at the time of booking will cost EUR 5 and EUR 10 if purchased at the airport on the day of departure. The web check-in service is completely free. To book Luton airport parking and Luton airport hotels click on the links. Disruption is expected to flights to and from Ireland today due to industrial action by air traffic controllers in Ireland. Affected airports are Dublin and Shannon, which will see industrial action between the hours of 14:00 and 18:00, and Cork Airport where industrial action is expected to take place between the hours of 16:00 and 18:00. Ryanair has cancelled 52 flights due to the industrial action – check here for details of cancellations To check the status of your Aer Lingus flight click here For Aer Arann disruptions click here Snow is causing disruption to flights and there are several cancellations today. The below list is not comprehensive list but does offer information on some cancelled flights.
 Gatwick bound BA flight de-iced at Stansted What a nightmare for air travellers it has been recently. The snow has caused total chaos and the uncertainty of not knowing whether you could get to the airport, and once there, would you plane be able to take off, has been really stressful. I know from the emails I have received, and the comments made on this blog, that passengers have also been hampered by the lack of information coming from some airports and some airlines. Passengers making their way home to Britain also faced problems not knowing if their flights would land at their intended destination. There were quite a few diversions last week, even Glasgow Prestwick Airport took in 24 diversions from flights destined for Heathrow, Gatwick, Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports. The photo above shows a British Airways 747 being de-iced at Stansted on Friday. Bad weather forced the Gatwick bound jet to divert into Stansted after its long haul flight from Lagos, Nigeria. Flight update Although flights do appear to be getting back to normal, with the threat of more snow looming, we could still see more problems ahead. Anyone concerned about the status of their flight is advised to contact their airline and to monitor the flight departures boards on their airport website. Stories and suggestions If you have any stories about your travel experiences in the recent bad weather, or have any suggestions (polite ones!) that could help improve communications from the airports and airlines I love to hear them. Feel free to add them in the comments below or email me, thanks, Paula. Due to the snow there have been several flight cancellations today. The following airlines have published details of their cancelled flights: Eastern Airways check here for details http://www.easternairways.com/latest-news/weather-disruption-6-january-2010.html easyJet flight cancellations can been seen here http://easyjet.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easyjet.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3708 Ryanair flight cancellations are available here http://www.ryanair.com/en/notices/gops/100105-SNOW_UK_05JAN10-GB British Airways – to check the status of your flight click here http://www.britishairways.com/travel/globalgateway.jsp/global/public/en_ |
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