Air Passenger and Freight Links to Scotland

As an amendment to motion S1M-00483 in the name of Mr Kenny MacAskill (Air Passenger and Freight Links to Scotland), leave out from “acknowledges” to end and insert “and, acknowledging the potential for economic growth through improved air links, supports the development of a new Air Traffic Control Centre at Prestwick funded by private capital, calls for the acceleration of the Scottish Airports and Air Services Study and effective surface access strategies for Scotland’s major airports, and calls for urgent assurances that other freight operators will be authorised to carry freight traffic currently carried through Prestwick Airport by FedEx.”