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Old 13th Jan 2012, 09:16
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nigel osborne
 
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Crewmeal re BHX Airpark.

I asked someone in the know about this and his reply was that their simply is little money in diversions any more.

Years ago most planes had passengers offloaded and BHX could make money out of the full service.

The vast amount of diversions now are just for fuel, splash and dash, as most are CAT3 equipped and can land in thick fog.

So BHX is seizing any chance to make money,ie plane storage, freight when it can get it.(3 AN-12s lined up at BHX this morning).

You are right though BHX is now very limited in the amount of diversions it can now take.

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