XPost: alt.airports.uk.edinburgh, alt.airports.uk.glasgow   
   From: adrian.tupper@totalise.co.uk   
      
   "Clive Braham"  wrote in   
   news:csp942$l4s$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk:   
      
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   > "Adrian Tupper"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns95E4CF9B75703z@194.247.47.119...   
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   >>> Maybe BAA are not willing to give into the demands of MOL? I am sure   
   >>> that the PIK management would love to back track on the current   
   >>> deals they have with FR. I wonder how much was given away and at   
   >>> what cost? Then again if PIK get there act sorted and have all the   
   >>> new facilities in place soon then they can start to make some money   
   >>> from the shops etc, after all they are not going to make much from   
   >>> FR.   
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   >> ISTR a figure some time ago suggesting £75 per plane, all-in.  PIK   
   >> certainly won't make money form that.   
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   >> Adrian   
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   > No and that is why they couldn't afford a new carpet. More and more   
   > Ryanair pax wearing it out but not contributing anything to replace   
   > it. I'm sure glad Scottish Airports Ltd didn't bow to MOL's demand.   
   > What a mess we would all be in after the proper paying airlines all   
   > left.   
      
   Which leaves us to further speculate what Ryanair's options would   
   have been if PIK had been bulldozed 10 years ago.  Would MOL have   
   paid BAA's going rates?  Or would he not have bothered with a   
   Scottish base?   
      
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   Adrian   
      
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