GATWICK
The BAA needs to be forced to divest both Gatwick and Stansted, as well as either Glasgow or Edinburgh. Only true private competition works in the interests of the customer, and a stitch-up leaving the rest of BAA as a quasi-monopoly by selling Gatwick to MAG is just not acceptable.
MAG is not a private sector company as it is owned by a consortium of councils. As such, it is not fit to purchase other airports outside its area (although it has done so in the case of HUY, EMA and BOH).
The public sector is an inappropriate owner of, well, virtually everything, as it has a tendency verging on certainty to c0ck things up.
Under the leadership of The Blessed Margaret we managed to abolish inefficient public sector entities. Don't lets regress to the chaos of the seventies.
MAG is not a private sector company as it is owned by a consortium of councils. As such, it is not fit to purchase other airports outside its area (although it has done so in the case of HUY, EMA and BOH).
The public sector is an inappropriate owner of, well, virtually everything, as it has a tendency verging on certainty to c0ck things up.
Under the leadership of The Blessed Margaret we managed to abolish inefficient public sector entities. Don't lets regress to the chaos of the seventies.
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I note the article does not mention that MAG are flogging off HUY.
MAG is owned by Local Authorities and has a Local Authority mindset.
God help Gatwick if they get it, that is all I can say!
MAG is owned by Local Authorities and has a Local Authority mindset.
God help Gatwick if they get it, that is all I can say!
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7006 fan: I note the article does not mention that MAG are flogging off HUY.
Council owned/run or not, MAG remains a for-profit venture.
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Gatwick South
Been through Gatwick South three times in the past three weeks. Armed with online check-in printed boarding pass average time from train to Pret a Manger on the upstairs floor airside has been 10 minutes. OK, it's around 2pm, but that is so much better than a few months ago. The worst queues are now for buying water at WH Smiths.
And the opening up of the upstairs floor into what I guess was part of the landside Gatwick Village has had a huge impact on available space airside with more seats both inside and outside the new food outlets.
Well done Gatwick!
And the opening up of the upstairs floor into what I guess was part of the landside Gatwick Village has had a huge impact on available space airside with more seats both inside and outside the new food outlets.
Well done Gatwick!
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Dont forgot, Thomsonfly one of the airports biggest customers moved less than three months ago from south to north terminal.
The only thing that has changed, is the misery is now at North Terminal rather than South.
The only thing that has changed, is the misery is now at North Terminal rather than South.
Join Date: Dec 2001
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GATWICK - first visit by A380
Great excitement on Sunday when an evacuation of the Control Tower at Heathrow caused 15 arrivals, including SIA SQ318, to divert round the M25 to Gatwick. Thanks to some sterling work by BAA's Airfield Ops and Groundstar, the aircraft ( 9VSKC) was parked, refuelled and sent back to Heathrow three hours later.
All the diversions contributed to the setting of a new record for daily movements - 894.
All the diversions contributed to the setting of a new record for daily movements - 894.
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PIA planning to link London with three other Pakistani cities flights will operate as Faislabad-Sialkot-Peshawar-London vice versa, two domestic stops seem odd though, A310 will be used, could end up operating from Gatwick.
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Co has announced that is dropping all flights to Lgw at the end of October. All services to operate from Lhr. Not sure if Cle will operate at all.
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LGW will be sorely missed by us at CO. The dispatchers and ground staff have been nothing but a pleasure to work with. I guess we are adding an additional LHR flight to make up for the loss. which is not near enough. I'll be drinking a pint to all involved on my last trip there later on this month
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I owe a lot to LGW as they brought me up into the wide world of working at airports...now moved on but have fond memories...
DC10 daily delays, 747's barely making it off the runway...ah the good ol days
DC10 daily delays, 747's barely making it off the runway...ah the good ol days