BA planes into Prestwick

[Junior Bianno]

Was down near Troon yesterday and over the period of an hour I saw maybe 5 BA planes land at Prestwick, along with all the usual Ryanair flights. Just curious what they were up to as BA don't fly from Prestwick. Training? Engineering? Something else?

[smack]

TheBASource:

British Airways A320 G-EUUA Prestwick Training Mission.
October 22, 2016

British Airways A320 G-EUUA positioned London Heathrow – Prestwick as BA9260 this morning in order to operate training circuits.

[Junior Bianno]

Ah - that explains it, thanks. I did wonder if it was the same plane but was too far away to see.

[alangla]

Happens regularly at Prestwick. Not seen BA recently, though Concorde used to go round the circuit there.
Recently, I've seen EasyJet, Ryanair & Jet2 going round the circuit, also a year or so ago Virgin's Dreamliners were doing touch & gos at Prestwick. Always worth keeping an eye on Flightradar to see what's in the area.