Glasgow Prestwick Airport’s performance in March signalled a strong end to the 2007/08 financial year.

The airport handled 192,142 passengers in March against 180,978 during the same month in 2007 - a year on year rise of 6%, and a 16% improvement on February’s performance.

Glasgow Prestwick handled 2,426,630 passengers from April 2007 to March 2008 – a marginal improvement on last year’s total.

New destinations that have started operating from the airport in the last year include:

• Katowice,
• Belfast,
• Budapest,
• Cork
• and Poznan, with several of the new links exclusive to Scotland.

It is only weeks since Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond attended the launch of an economic study which found that inbound visitors using Glasgow Prestwick generate £173 million of expenditure, while the airport’s presence accounts for 3,000 jobs in Scotland.

For further information please contact Neil Richardson, Infratil Airports,  or visit www.glasgowprestwick.com