• Glasgow Prestwick’s (PIK’s) new appointment signals investment in its senior team to boost trade and export capabilities through the South Ayrshire airport.
• PIK has announced the appointment of Paul McGrattan as Trade and Export Development Manager, with a stated role to ‘increase outbound cargo volumes and grow exports.’
• The commodities currently targeted for return legs are: seafood, pharma, whisky and premium export goods.

Glasgow Prestwick’s (PIK’s) new appointment signals investment in its senior team to boost trade and export capabilities through the South Ayrshire airport.

PIK has announced the appointment of Paul McGrattan as Trade and Export Development Manager, with a stated role to ‘increase outbound cargo volumes and grow exports.’

“We have built strong inbound cargo volumes at Prestwick, and the next step is to make better use of the capacity available on outbound flights,” said Jules Matteoni, Chief Executive Officer, Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

“Paul knows the forwarding and shipper market well and will work directly with Scottish businesses to identify where we can support more exports, particularly seafood and other time sensitive products.”

McGrattan’s remit will be working with exporters, freight forwarders and PIK’s airline partners to increase the load factors on flights returning eastwards from the airport.

The commodities currently targeted for return legs are: seafood, pharma, whisky and premium export goods.

“Scotland has high-quality products that are in demand overseas, but exporters need reliable capacity and the right connections to get them there quickly,” Paul McGrattan, Trade and Export Development Manager, Glasgow Prestwick Airport said.

PIK’s current weekly schedule features multiple freighter services to and from China, with direct links to Ürümqi (URC), Guangzhou (CAN), Chengdu (CTU), and Shanghai (PVG).

PIK launched its dedicated Scotland to China seafood export service in September 2025 and more than one million kilograms of Scottish salmon had passed through its facilities by May this year.

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