It's slag off Manston time again. As I've argued before on another thread, it's routes and fares that decide where people travel from: I travel to Luton for easyJet to Athens, so you might travel to Manston for Mama to Prague.
Points of fact.
The aprons and taxiways (not runway, which is media-speak for apron or taxiway) are being built as you whinge: projected finish date Jan/Feb 2002.
Cruise business.
Renaissance: 10 flights 2000
15 flights 2001
20 flights 2002
Cunard: trial flight this month
Royal Caribbean: start using Dover in 2002: MSE touting for business.
Start-ups.
Mama now spring 2002.
Community Air Express - feeder to Amsterdam and Manchester spring 2002.
Freight business set to expand dramatically when new apron in use. At present MSE is No 8 in UK freight: should move up in table several places.
Air Livery Ltd.
Have planning application in for 747 size paintshop and apron. Moving from Southend.
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