More on freight
Let me modify my information on Echo apron. I've now got news from an organ-grinder that surveying is taking place, the aim being to extend the apron so that it can take 2 x 747 and 1 x A300 such that each aircraft can move independently. I'm not sure about dates now.
Perhaps our fire chaps can say more, but another source has told me of some poor service given to DAS (before their troubles started). On one occasion a load of flowers (30 tons) was rejected by the importer, having been unloaded 12 hours after arrival, and on another a departure was put back 24 hours because fuelling was not carried out as booked. Recent staff changes might be partly due to these failures. The lesson here is that business often suffers because it is not looked after, and not because there is no demand.
It looks as though the welcome addition to fire cover is part of an attempt to improve customer service.
DC-10 operation rumours are surfacing again.