Backing jobs and apprenticeships at Prestwick Airport

Ryanair backs £40m Prestwick expansion to create 450 jobs

Ryanair is investing £40 million to expand its maintenance facility at Prestwick Airport, in a move expected to create around 450 skilled engineering jobs and apprenticeships. The project will increase the existing site from six to ten bays, making Prestwick the airline’s largest heavy maintenance base in Europe. The new roles are set to cover aircraft mechanics, avionics specialists, structures technicians and supervisory positions, alongside 6…

Scottish Labour laughably claim 450 ‘high paid’ airport jobs but at only £11k per year, less than one third of the average wage, in an airport with more than 3 000 jobs in the area already saved by the SNP in 2023

The SNP saved Prestwick airport from closure just over 12 years ago, protecting around 3 200 jobs in the airport and in the surrounding area and boosting the local economy by £61 million annually. https://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/report/the-scottish-government%E2%80%99s-purchase-of-glasgow-prestwick-airport We’re used to having a wee laugh at Scottish Labour sums but that £5 million won’t go far. 450 jobs, never mind the 60 apprentices? 5 milli…

Backing jobs and apprenticeships at Prestwick Airport

Around 450 skilled engineering jobs and apprenticeships are to be created at Prestwick Airport, following a major expansion of Ryanair's maintenance facility.   The Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise are jointly investing more than £15 million to support the extension of Ryanair's maintenance facility which will open significant new training and development routes for engineering staff.