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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jul 2014, 09:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Not a bad scam from somebody that bought the...

Not a bad scam from somebody that bought the whole package for 350k!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jun 2014, 01:42
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Andy, If we can please put this one to bed...

Andy,

If we can please put this one to bed please.

What you are saying is that she has NOT done anything illegal and you say that with limited if any knowledge of what was may have been said,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2014, 14:29
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

No Southend thread to post in children?

No Southend thread to post in children?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2014, 13:23
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

I don't have an obsession with anything, as I...

I don't have an obsession with anything, as I said it gives me a headache much the same as you are giving me a headache Andy ... I have my own business to focus my attentions upon!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2014, 12:55
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Andy, With all due respect you're boring me...

Andy,

With all due respect you're boring me now, she bought the airport on the clear pretence that she planned to turn things around.

Now, one or more airport businesses are taking her to court...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2014, 12:29
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Well thank you very much Airlift21 ... You are a...

Well thank you very much Airlift21 ... You are a true gentleman and I note that you are obviously not from Southend-on-Sea :)

"Deception" is actually a criminal act in England & Wales, and she...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2014, 07:00
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Andy, I don't believe anyone is suggesting...

Andy,

I don't believe anyone is suggesting that it was close to profitability, it wasn't anywhere close to profitability when she bought it, her people would have gone through the books before she...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jun 2014, 12:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

My name isn't "chap" and I made no such...

My name isn't "chap" and I made no such suggestion that she's potentiality operating on the wrong side of the law.

Post #1306 ... LOL
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jun 2014, 12:15
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Andy S, Please read what I wrote, I didn't...

Andy S,

Please read what I wrote, I didn't suggest that she had done anything illegal, immoral but not illegal.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jun 2014, 10:46
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Well if the reports are true, that she bought...

Well if the reports are true, that she bought Manston for one pound in full knowledge that it was losing money then it would be a reasonable assumption, based on her transport industry background,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jun 2014, 23:55
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Probably either by dispensation from the CAA or...

Probably either by dispensation from the CAA or it was classed as a "private flight" whereas any public transport rules go out of the window.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th May 2014, 03:57
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

I recall an airport in a sparsely populated area...

I recall an airport in a sparsely populated area on the Essex/Hertfordshire border when Dan-Air would have a summer jet, Air UK would have some three Sheds, then a few freighters, some maintenance...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th May 2014, 13:58
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

But who are going to live in two thousand houses...

But who are going to live in two thousand houses ..... Fish?

in such a sparsely populated area, and let's be honest that employment opportunities aren't fantastic in the area, why would anyone...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st May 2014, 03:47
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Naughty, naughty LTNman, It's not allowed to...

Naughty, naughty LTNman,

It's not allowed to post direct links to commercial aviation websites!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Apr 2014, 13:08
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Then why the f*ck did she buy it? "a...

Then why the f*ck did she buy it?



"a fair offer" ... by who's interpretation?

To be fair, if I picked up a bargain for one pound when it might be worth a million or whatever I'm not likely...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Apr 2014, 07:42
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Helicopters dpn't need a 9,000ft tarmac runway,...

Helicopters dpn't need a 9,000ft tarmac runway, as the likes of North Denes, Penzance, Tresco, Cardiff (EGFC) demonstrate a short strip suffices, extend the strip to some 2,000ft and the flying clubs...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Mar 2014, 09:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Sure it can work if there is someone at the helm...

Sure it can work if there is someone at the helm steering it in the right direction.

It's not going to happen overnight but, as I posted previously, Manston is not going to break even nor profit...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Mar 2014, 02:59
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Wycombe, Have you ever heard of a saying...

Wycombe,

Have you ever heard of a saying "Never say never"?



And similar might be said of NQY/St Mawgan and Falmouth docks.

Once in a blue moon a B747 (or similar) might trundle thru NQY...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Mar 2014, 04:59
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

As I recall, from my RAF ATC days, it was RAF...

As I recall, from my RAF ATC days, it was RAF Manston (not Manston Airport) and, I think, RAF Leeming (or somewhere up north) that could lay foam carpets.

But then the RAF dispensed with that idea...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Mar 2014, 00:28
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

The majority of "no hope" regional...

The majority of "no hope" regional airfields/airports in UK have under utilised runways and at 9,000fr it isn't "all that".



And neither are/were Dunsfold, Farnborough, Greenham Common, Upper...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Mar 2014, 10:34
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

How strategically placed are Lasham, Kemble and...

How strategically placed are Lasham, Kemble and Dunsfold, to name but three, but they're "making it" as commercial entities.



Not important whatsoever but if it's there and when the sh1t hits...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Mar 2014, 08:52
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Am I missing something here? I was...

Am I missing something here?

I was understanding that the owner was winding Manston Airport up, not going belly up and calling in receivers to put the company in to administration.

Or have I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Mar 2014, 02:42
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

The same might have been said about an airfield...

The same might have been said about an airfield such as Lasham yet it has found it's niche in the market and survives and prospers.

NQY (St Mawgan) is another airfield that were it not for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Oct 2013, 10:32
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

So how significantly nearer to the airport shall...

So how significantly nearer to the airport shall this Thanet Parkway Station be when compared against the existing Minster Railway Station which is all of some 3.2 miles from the airport?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Aug 2013, 05:25
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

I was recently reading that CWL had as many as...

I was recently reading that CWL had as many as 10,000 KLM punters in a month and they have three F70 rotations per day, 21 rotations a week I believe, and the CWL must have been operating for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jul 2013, 13:21
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

David, The NWI/AMS/NWI route has been in...

David,

The NWI/AMS/NWI route has been in place since, I guess, the early 70's when it was operated by Air Anglia, then Air UK, then KLM UK, it's a route of some 40 years standing thus very...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jul 2013, 12:30
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

But KLM is not point to point traffic, those 40%...

But KLM is not point to point traffic, those 40% load factors could be spending hundreds and hundreds of pounds per booking to/from destinations further afield than AMS.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th May 2013, 23:36
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Two totally different products, EZY sell tickets...

Two totally different products, EZY sell tickets to AMS, KLM sell tickets to the world, for my last booking with KLM they revenued £667.50 of my hard earned from me.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th May 2013, 14:51
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Perhaps for a similar reason that Sir Mick Jagger...

Perhaps for a similar reason that Sir Mick Jagger (of Kent) doesn't neccessarily fly from/to Manston either!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Feb 2013, 13:01
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Now I wonder ... NOT, why the time previously I...

Now I wonder ... NOT, why the time previously I chose to travel inter-continental with KLM yet more recently I chose to travel with Cathay Pacific!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2013, 11:57
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Ah, OK then, times have changed since Oostende...

Ah, OK then, times have changed since Oostende Lines and Sally Lines, sounds kinda stupid that passengers must be attached to a motorized vehicle, either stupidity or a licensing issue I guess.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2013, 11:29
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

tewmike, Why not take the train to Oostende...

tewmike,

Why not take the train to Oostende and then the ferry to Ramsgate?

Time to spare? ..... Then go by air!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Nov 2012, 23:33
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

So ... connecting MSE with the world anyone that...

So ... connecting MSE with the world anyone that should be arriving, from the world, back in to AMS after 0915 (ish) of a morning, which will be the vast majority of them, is expected to await until...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Oct 2012, 06:26
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

Pssst: ...

Pssst:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6548351581_c30bcebb03_z.jpg
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Oct 2012, 00:03
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,977
Posted By Phileas Fogg

But KLM/CityHopper no longer operate turbo-props...

But KLM/CityHopper no longer operate turbo-props of any description ... and those Saab's, all those years ago, came from KLM's takeover of Netherlines.
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