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Old 20th May 2009, 17:13
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TartinTon
 
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trebor and righthandrule, this is the situation at MJV.
There are 3 windows of use to civilian a/c in the morning during the week
0710z to 0730z
0925z to 0945z
1140z to 1200z
The decision to enable use of these windows is at the discretion of the A/P Commander on the day and AENA MAD do not co-ordinate any movements, as far as they are concerned the place is shut.

Now my opinion is that with that level of risk it is completely irresponsible and pretty bloody arrogant of Jet2 to publish a schedule assuming that the airport commander at a military airfield will happily allow them in just because they have decided to take the risk. Looking at what has happened over the pat few weeks they have screwed up pretty badly.
All other carriers operating into MJV schedule a slot 2 operation because they know that the airport is definitely open at that time (apart from weekends when the airport is open in the morning as well).

It just shows contempt for their pax. They could easily swap the AGP flight into the morning and operate the MJV as the afternoon flight.

Perhaps Monarch are kicking their butt and they are desperately trying to gain an advantage?

If so they have misjudged the situation and screwed up big time.
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