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   From: m.dellersmith1@hotpop.com   
      
   I am 13 but not being dumb what does PIK stand for (which airport)   
   "Doug Maclean"  wrote in message   
   news:csocti$lkp$1@sparta.btinternet.com...   
   > Interesting to see RYR are planning 8 737-800 based at PIK by next year.   
   > Some interesting route plans as well.   
   >   
   > They would obviously like to do more from Edinburgh and Aberdeen but BAA   
   are   
   > the stumbling block.   
   >   
   > Doug   
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   >   
   > Budget airline set to spread its wings   
   >   
   > ALASTAIR DALTON   
   > TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT   
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   > RYANAIR is poised to launch another round of routes from Scotland that   
   could   
   > include France, Germany and Eastern Europe, the no-frills airline   
   signalled   
   > yesterday.   
   >   
   > The latest expansion in the autumn is also likely to see the number of   
   > flights doubled to some Italian destinations, such as Rome and Bergamo,   
   near   
   > Milan,   
   > while new ones are added.   
   >   
   > Michael Cawley, Ryanair's deputy chief executive, said that services   
   between   
   > Scotland and Latvia, Hungary, Holland and Portugal were also in the   
   airline's   
   > sights. Flights to Stornoway were still being considered, along with   
   > international routes from Inverness.   
   >   
   > The news came as Mr Cawley announced Ryanair would this month carry its   
   ten   
   > millionth passenger on Scottish services, which he claimed were   
   responsible   
   > for   
   > a boom in the number of visiting tourists.   
   >   
   > He said new routes and expanded services from its main Scottish base at   
   > Prestwick, Ayrshire, would start in September or October. These would   
   follow   
   > the   
   > launch in March of links to Hamburg, in Germany; Pisa, in Italy; and   
   Murcia,   
   > near Alicante, in Spain. These will increase to 19 the number of routes   
   > Ryanair   
   > operates from Prestwick, its fourth largest base.   
   >   
   > Five Boeing 737-800s are kept there, with another due to be stationed   
   there   
   > this year and up to an additional two a year from 2006.   
   >   
   > Mr Cawley said another three routes to Italy were possible, with potential   
   > French destinations including Limoges, Carcassonne and Biarritz. Tampere,   
   in   
   > Finland, could be another target.   
   >   
   > He said: "We have proved we can operate between Liverpool and Limoges, so   
   it'   
   > s a no-brainer from Prestwick. I certainly think a route to Riga [the   
   > Latvian   
   > capital] is possible."   
   >   
   > He said of a Stornoway route: "It's on the cards that we will do it from   
   > Prestwick."   
   >   
   > Philip Riddle, the chief executive of VisitScotland, welcomed Ryanair's   
   > success for Scottish tourism. "It would be difficult to overestimate how   
   > important   
   > this relationship has been," he said.   
   >   
   > However, Mr Cawley claimed Ryanair was losing a lot of passengers by   
   > operating services only to Dublin from Edinburgh and Aberdeen.   
   >   
   > He accused BAA, which runs the two airports, of "stifling the development   
   of   
   > air travel into and out of Scotland" by refusing to agree an acceptable   
   deal   
   > with the airline. "They [BAA] have a stranglehold which needs to be   
   > addressed,"   
   > he said. "If it was not for Prestwick, you would not have had any   
   > significant   
   > growth in tourism over the last few years."   
   >   
   > But Malcolm Robertson, a spokesman for BAA Scotland, described Mr Cawley's   
   > claims as "demonstrable nonsense".   
   >   
   > He went on: "Our airports are growing, and we are putting hundreds of   
   > millions of pounds into new infrastructure and investing in route   
   > develop-ment to   
   > ensure the growth continues."   
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