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Runway and Apron Works
The 27 September press release is interesting, as PeteAndre says. With no prior experience of UK use of EMAS, no technical guidance to date from the CAA, and their apparent preference for safety zones where land is available, the omens do not look promising for "a change of horses" at this stage.
With regard to the cost breakdown illustrated by the pie chart, I estimate that very roughly one third of the total is for the actual runway work, with another third for the extensive work on the aprons, taxiways and renewal of the drainage system. Over half of the remaining third comprises allowances for design and construction contingencies and inflation, which seems reasonable provision for the unforeseen factors which can crop up during refurbishment/renewal work as opposed to "new build" work.
I don't know what is proposed for the Navaids, if this includes the ILS localisers, glideslope system and the DVOR beacon. Are these to be completely renewed with uprated equipment?
With regard to the cost breakdown illustrated by the pie chart, I estimate that very roughly one third of the total is for the actual runway work, with another third for the extensive work on the aprons, taxiways and renewal of the drainage system. Over half of the remaining third comprises allowances for design and construction contingencies and inflation, which seems reasonable provision for the unforeseen factors which can crop up during refurbishment/renewal work as opposed to "new build" work.
I don't know what is proposed for the Navaids, if this includes the ILS localisers, glideslope system and the DVOR beacon. Are these to be completely renewed with uprated equipment?
GCI runway closed after a snow/hail shower. Tractors, yes tractors called in to clear it & have apparently made things worse by compacting the stuff. No night stops tonight I am thinking>
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Any news on next summers timetables by the airlines? we now know about Air Berlins Dusseldorf and Hannover, will VLM/Cityjet be returning on the Rotterdam and Frankfurt and what summer routes do Flybe have lined up?
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Cityjet/VLM is returning on the Frankfurt route for summer 2011.
It looks like the aircraft operating this flight will arrive from Rotterdam, operate the Frankfurt service and return to Rotterdam (this needs confirmation).
It looks like the aircraft operating this flight will arrive from Rotterdam, operate the Frankfurt service and return to Rotterdam (this needs confirmation).
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New GCI Webcam
Aurigny have installed a great new webcam covering the "aim point" of runway 09. It can be found at:
Aurigny Cam.com/gcihtm
This follows the closure of the Mondomundi shop in the terminal and hence thrir cam going off air.
Aurigny Cam.com/gcihtm
This follows the closure of the Mondomundi shop in the terminal and hence thrir cam going off air.
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Guernsey webcams
Great news- 2 more cams at GCI - one overlooking the apron and eastern threshold from the terminal first flooor - the other covers the western end from a nearby rooftop. Clicking on the images causes a pop-up with a live feed.
The cams can be found on the Digimap site -
www.digimap.gg/webcams
The cams can be found on the Digimap site -
www.digimap.gg/webcams
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GEP states today that for summer 2018 Blue will be flying Rotterdam and Dusseldorf and Fly BE Zurich. All flights on Saturdays May to September. Discussions are ongoing with Aurigny on potential other routes. Any guesses?
Pete
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