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Old 18th Jan 2007, 10:48
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blazing_air
 
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Freight Turn - around

Undiemole
I hear what you are saying, but it is the very fact that this operation provides a fst turn-around for MK & Egypt as to why it's so succesful.
Granted in an ideal world, it would loaded off onto dollies then onto a roller bed system to feed the trucks.
But Manston isnt set up like that yet, so the fork lift truck and slave pallet rule at the moment all the time it gives a fast offload.
I do agree that on the freight side, space is paramount, once a 747 build has been completed, there is hardly room to sneeze in there.
But i did see the surveyors on Echo the other day looking at putting more concrete down i hear, and negotiations still ongoing to get Hangar 3 back for freight builds.
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