Glasgow Prestwick Airport Consultative Committee

Role

The Airport Consultative Committee is an independent forum in which the management of Glasgow Prestwick Airport interacts and exchanges information and ideas with communities in the vicinity of the airport, local authorities, local business representatives, Airport users and other interested parties.   Established pursuant to section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 the role of the Committee is defined in its Terms of Reference as follows:

• to advise Glasgow Prestwick Airport on any matter which it may refer to the Committee;
• to consider any question in connection with the operation of the Airport as it affects the communities represented or the amenities of the neighbourhood;
• to make suggestions to the Chief Executive Officer of Glasgow Prestwick Airport on any matter connected with the administration of the Airport which could further the interests of the communities represented;
• to stimulate the interests of the local population in the development of the Airport;  
• to protect and enhance the interests of the users of the Airport; and
•  to consider the contribution of Glasgow Prestwick Airport to the local, regional and national economy

As stated in the Government's Guidelines on Consultative Committees it is not intended that consultation through the Committee should detract from the responsibility of management to manage the Airport. Rather the aim is to provide an effective forum for the discussion of all matters concerning the development or operation of the Airport, "which have an impact on the users of the aerodrome and on people living and working in the surrounding area".  GPACC and its officers are entirely independent of Infratil Airports Europe Ltd, the operators of the Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

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The Wider Scene

THE Committee keeps in touch with the equivalent committees for other large airports across the country. Each year the Committee's officers meet with their opposite numbers at 21 other UK airports to discuss common issues and to share experience. This Liaison Group has a websiteLink to UKACCs website which includes the agenda papers and minutes of the annual meetings from 2002 onwards.  The site also includes more information on the statutory backgroundUKACCs webpage on statutory background of Consultative Committees and role of consultative committeesUKACCs webpage on the role of Consultative Committees and on current aviation issues both in the UK UKACCs webpage on UK aviation issues and at European level UKACCs webpage on European aviation issues .

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