FFF,
I think the situation at Blackpool will be quite different to Weston.
The main reason for this is that Blackpool gets a lot of Airliners. Ie lots of people in one aircraft. Weston has no, stated, plans to handle commerical traffic. Nothing to say that that wouldn't change in the future though.
But as long as it's just Biz Jets, I don't see much of a problem with the car parking.
Weston has just one runway, and a nice new parallel taxiway. The taxiway should be easily be able to carry the biz jets.
From Westons point of view, they obviously make more out of 1 biz jet arrival than probably 100 light aircraft. By the time they've filled one of those up with fuel, and what ever other services they need I'm sure it's a very large bill.
Weston management I am sure, have no great problem with light aircraft using the airport between the infrequent biz jet movements. The problem essentially lies with noise complaints from neighbours (whos homes were built decades after the airport, but lets not go into that!).
Their solution is to cut down the number of movements, which has already happend to an alarming extent, and gradually force out training, which keeps the neighbours happy. They are quite happy if one biz jet lands instead of 10 light aircraft. Weston are quite happy as they make more out of the biz jet.
Everyone wins.......well......not quite everyone......
Anyway, on a different note.....
Have never been to Dublin at all, let alone flown from Weston
Wasn't it November 200
4 that you desided to change that????!!!! Isn't it time to put that right???? Summer 2006
