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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Nov 2010, 20:18
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Thats because: 1. The East Coast is indeed...

Thats because:

1. The East Coast is indeed the uncontrolled playground of the military, G/A up to high level and much other commercial activity.

2. The East Coast route between East Anglia and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Feb 2010, 18:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

MDIS Don't know why you should think that,...

MDIS

Don't know why you should think that, any critcism I've made of Manston in the past has been made on purely practical business grounds.
It seems that Infratil are in it for the long term...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jan 2010, 18:44
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

a new housing estate?:E

a new housing estate?:E
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Feb 2009, 16:57
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

STN is H24 but there is a strict limit on the...

STN is H24 but there is a strict limit on the number of flights permitted after 2330 (or it could be midnight).
As far as I recall, base operators are permitted a very limited number of movements...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2008, 16:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

So does the countdown to Christmas, another take...

So does the countdown to Christmas, another take over of Woollies and breeding of Haggis on the eastern side of the Cairngorms.

If you're so sure of the facts, provide the precise details - when...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Oct 2008, 00:25
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

For once I agree with Catfllaps, Masterplans are...

For once I agree with Catfllaps, Masterplans are like 5 year plans from recent communist enclaves - a combination of high hopes and little factual content.

Sadly, I can't see the investors at...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Sep 2008, 16:01
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Expressflight, agreed, but having met the...

Expressflight,

agreed, but having met the people who have a considerable political influence and having worked with the same types before, I'd be very suprised if Infratril stay.
Clearly there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Sep 2008, 20:25
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Many airports operate such a system if the wind...

Many airports operate such a system if the wind is 5kt or less, I suppose I should have included that and most operators find it perfectly acceptable.

I don't work at or have anything to do with...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Sep 2008, 00:45
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Catflaps, the information I got from the...

Catflaps,
the information I got from the visiting party was that a planning restraint prevented Manston from accepting flights after 2300 local due to the approach paths overflying Ramsgate at one...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Sep 2008, 18:25
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Further to "No Slots" post, I was there and...

Further to "No Slots" post, I was there and talked to the local councillers.

They were obviously very pro airport but depressingly keen on holding onto their political seats come the next...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Apr 2008, 17:59
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Don't know about MK, but the DC3 farewell flights...

Don't know about MK, but the DC3 farewell flights take place in May or June I think.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Mar 2008, 21:48
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Hanger 9 Unless Coventry is closing I cannot...

Hanger 9

Unless Coventry is closing I cannot imagine for a moment that any part of AAG will be leaving the Midlands, the sheer logistics of such a proposal will be monumentally expensive and why...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Feb 2008, 00:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

So said Sir Freddie Laker, (one of the few things...

So said Sir Freddie Laker, (one of the few things he and Lord King agreed upon).

All this talk of "investing £100K each" in a new airline to operate from MSE is a tad optomistic and even naieve,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Feb 2008, 17:07
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Balta - quite correct, I was under the impression...

Balta - quite correct, I was under the impression that Eurostar no longer did any services to Brussels - I'll clean me spec's.:)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Feb 2008, 19:16
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Eastern don't do low cost operations, it's...

Eastern don't do low cost operations, it's unlikely that they'd be interested in operating from Manston unless certain guarantees were in place and there was a proven demand for their type of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jan 2008, 20:13
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Jetscream - you're not who I thought you were and...

Jetscream - you're not who I thought you were and I've also been put right by another source, so humble apologies old chap.
Niknak - wearing sackcloth and sitting on barbed wire.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jan 2008, 15:32
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Jetscream I sniff...

Jetscream

I sniff bull****:rolleyes::confused:

Your plans for world domination sound pretty good but in reallity are of questionable substance.
I would love to see your evidence that the then...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jan 2008, 14:06
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Good news that the diversions chose KIA, but this...

Good news that the diversions chose KIA, but this was a one off and totally exceptional event.

I would wager that not one of the the flights which did divert would ever be considered as a regular...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jan 2008, 14:48
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Extraodinary isn't it! Given the choice of a...

Extraodinary isn't it!

Given the choice of a nuclear power station, which, however unlikely, could go bang and radiate the whole of northern Europe for 100s of years, against a runway extension at...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jan 2008, 23:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

Travel agencies expect a commision from each...

Travel agencies expect a commision from each holiday they sell and I suppose Kent Escapes are no different, if they aren't getting a decent cut, they won't headline Manston as the place to fly from....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Jan 2008, 20:02
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,945
Posted By niknak

CatFlaps No they're paid in a combination of...

CatFlaps

No they're paid in a combination of share options, flying lessons and if they exceed their targets each week, they get sweeties...:rolleyes::=:E

Back to the real world, Manston ATCOs...
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