That the Parliament celebrates Glasgow Prestwick Airport marking its fifth successive year of profit; understands that the Ayrshire airport made £3.2 million in profit in the financial year 2023-24; welcomes the Scottish Government’s decision to purchase the business in 2013 to secure the site’s long-term future; recognises that, as well as providing commercial passenger flights, the airport also provides cargo, fuel, and military services; applauds the news that a strategic partnership is in development with a US airport which, it understands, will establish a new direct cargo route; welcomes reports that Ryanair has recently invested in a new £5 million engineering training academy, creating 500 highly skilled jobs, and believes that the success of the airport is essential for the local and national economies and secures many jobs.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Colin Beattie, Stephanie Callaghan, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed