EAST MIDLANDS

[phil_2405]

I thought Ryanair said all Summer 06 flights would be available by yesterday yet the website is only showing 1 daily flight to Dublin?

[Powerjet1]

Now by the 23 Dec.

[faultygoods]

Nema

hey
more on Nema and the bmi hangar 29
at the end of november the airport authority was going to annouce its 5 year plan for develepment of the airport but when bmi announced the redundances it chaged its mind. why? well i'll tell you. they had a plan to build a new terminal after the bmi lease ran out on h29 in 2009 as that is where the new terminal is to be. now their plan has been brought forward to 2007. before that h29 the wooden huts and smaller hangars, T2 etc., will be demolished. That whole maintenance area, will in a couple of years will be unrecogniseable. Some of the work has already started.
you know its true.

[phil_2405]

Sorry faultygoods but the new terminal is not going to be where you say and its not been brought forward to 2007.

Also the airport is due to publish its masterplan for the next 30 years, not just the next 5.

[faultygoods]

phil_2405

hi phil
i have inside info, i'll agree about your comments with regrds the long term plan. do you know that JCB are getting a new hangar for free, built by the airport and do you know where its going, i do.
he he

[phil_2405]

Hi,

Yea I know JCB are getting a new hangar, thats been on the cards for ages it seems! but no I don't know where its going. I am talking about the new terminal though and its not going where you said for sure.

[faultygoods]

phil_2405

Whats wrong with you, dont you like a girl knowing more than you? the JCB hangar is going to the west of DHL.
For the rest we'll see

[phil_2405]

Faultygoods:

I didn't even know you were a girl so I think that comment is irrelevant! If you think you know where new terminal is going then fair play to you but I am 100% sure where its going (unless they change their mind - very unlikely) so we'll leave it at that.

Merry Christmas

[faultygoods]

phil

Merry Christmas Phil

[almost professional]

New JCB hangar was to go west of DHL-this is presently on hold-more to do with JCB than the airport, also it is a case of the airport providing the hangar and JCB leasing it, as they do the present building
terminal extension will for obvious reasons be close to existing buildings, the new stands being constructed on the western side of the main apron are no doubt a clue!
I do not expect the maintenance area to remain in its present form forever-but any plans for developement are much longer term

[Fried_Chicken]

I thought Ryanair said all Summer 06 flights would be available by yesterday yet the website is only showing 1 daily flight to Dublin?

Birmingham has also been reduced to once a day, Manchester down to two a day & various other reductions between the UK-Dublin by Ryanair (unless the FULL S06 schedule hasn't been released by Ryanair yet!)

FC

[MerchantVenturer]

See Powerjet1's post above @ 1142 this morning.

[ShyTorque]

"New JCB hangar was to go west of DHL-this is presently on hold-more to do with JCB than the airport, also it is a case of the airport providing the hangar and JCB leasing it, as they do the present building"

It's not strictly on hold as such, but some last-minute design decisions are still to be finalised.

[EastMids]

Rumour I have been passed is that Sir Anthony might have his eye on some shiny new metal that's built in Renton sooner rather than later!

[paul atkins]

ANOTHER NEW ROUTE

HEY ALL THOMSONS HAVE CONFIRMED A NEW WEEKLY FLIGHT STARTING NEXT WINTER TO HURGHADA IN EGYPT ALSO FIRST CHOICES FLORIDA RUN IN 2007 WILL START IN FEBRUARY CHEERS PAUL

[paul atkins]

freedom flights 2006

HEY ALL FREEDOM FLIGHTS ARE TO OFFER THERE FIRST WINTER PROGRAME NEXT YEAR FLIGHTS TO TENERIFE X2 LAS PALMAS X1 LANZAROTE X2 FUERTEVENTURA X1 & SHARM EL SHEIKH X1 FLIGHTS AT THE MOMENT ARE TO BE OPERATED BY VIKING BUT MORE THEN LIKELY WILL CHANGE ALSO CANCUN WILL ALSO START IN FEBRUARY 2007 WITH FIRST CHOICE AS WELL AS SANFORD CHEERS PAUL

[bmibaby.com]

Viking weren't the most reliable of airlines when it came to punctuality when they were operating two MD80 aircraft for Air Scandic in S05, so it will be interesting to see how they operate for Freedom Flights, especially as I thought that company was somehow aligned with the XL Group. Does anybody have confirmed information as to the Excel/Astraeus S06 arrangement, as bmi will be basing an A320 aircraft next season to operate flights for XL which apparently is at the expense of another operator ... all to be revealed ...

Looking forward to seeing how S06 pans out particularly for the no-frills airlines at the airport, and whether we see any expansion or contraction of operations from baby or EZY.

[Lite]

It seems that the rumour mill for FR next summer is that FR are to continue serving their existing routes;

- DUB (to be reduced to 2x daily, as the 3rd rotation was to support the MJV service which is being transferred to an EMA based aircraft)
- SNN (to remain at daily, potential of ORK route now WW has decided that the EMAORK service will not be returning in S06.)
- MJV (from S06 operated daily with an EMA based aircraft)
- CIA/GRO (remaining daily with CIA/GRO based aircraft)

First locally based 738 arrives on the 7th February, with the next arriving a similar time in March. Hopefully these two based aircraft will be the start of FR's locally based expansion, and look forward to seeing plenty more routes! I find it interesting that the orange lot have not responded to this with any new routes or aircraft, although I've been told EZY are still recruiting for the EMA base, so whether that means another aircraft or just there are lots of people leaving, I don't know.

[gary4444]

RTE Business are reporting that the launch of the second based Ryanair aircraft at NEMA will be delayed from March 7 to April 5 due to late delivery of new aircraft.

http://www.rte.ie/business/2005/1220/ryanair.html

[egnxema]

Any idea which of the new routes this will affect?