_______________________________________________________________________________ Glasgow Prestwick Airport
How Glasgow Prestwick Airport has become one of the UK ’ s most important logistics hubs
the increased scheduled flights . Today , the airport is the busiest freighter cargo hub in Scotland and is an important UK port of entry and exit for cargo . It is also a busy fuel stop and is home to the UK ’ s busiest Search and Rescue base . Ryanair continues to operate routes to holiday destinations in Italy , Spain , and Portugal and runs its largest heavy maintenance base from Prestwick Airport .”
Nico then shares a detailed account of the services provided : “ Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an established cargo hub . Two of the world ’ s largest freighter operators , Cargolux and Air France , operate scheduled services . The inhouse cargo team provides a fast and efficient service 24 hours a day , seven days a week . Our team can turn around a full freight onload or offload within 90 minutes of landing . The airport is congestion-free and not subject to any curfews . It also has one of the UK ’ s longest runways , capable of handling A380s and Antonov 124s . We provide a full suite of ground servicing equipment and recently invested £ 2.3 million in new extra-wide highloaders , push-back tug dollies , and buggies . Several large self-maneuvering parking areas are available for large aircraft .
“ Prestwick is one of only three UK airports with a Border Inspection Post ( BIP ). Our handling team is dedicated to animal
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