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Er..... I cannot see how the rejuvenated SEN has any similarity to the airports that you mention. If you were talking about the SEN of a couple of years ago, then yes but certainly not now.
Another piece of firm news is that the airport protest group SAEN have officially accepted that they have lost the battle to prevent SEN's expansion and will now concentrate their efforts on ensuring that the Section 106 Agreement etc. is fully complied with by Stobarts.
Another piece of firm news is that the airport protest group SAEN have officially accepted that they have lost the battle to prevent SEN's expansion and will now concentrate their efforts on ensuring that the Section 106 Agreement etc. is fully complied with by Stobarts.
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More lack of common sense, righthandrule? Or does this rumour have more substance.... ? Certainly the 737-300 will have no trouble operating from SEN's extended runway with a full load.
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Barling Magna, yes still a lack of common sense. Exactly as I pointed out before, Jet2 will never launch flights from Southend. Especially to the oddball routes that were mentioned.
This is a series of ad-hoc charters, nearly every single UK airport has Jet2 charters over the winter. Again nothing to do with Jet2, we use a chartering company to act on our behalf, most of the time the crew just get told where to be a week or two before and an aircraft is waiting when they get there.
This is a series of ad-hoc charters, nearly every single UK airport has Jet2 charters over the winter. Again nothing to do with Jet2, we use a chartering company to act on our behalf, most of the time the crew just get told where to be a week or two before and an aircraft is waiting when they get there.
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Originally Posted by jet2impress
I can confirm the above too... first flight 9th January as LS2105, using LGW based crew and aircraft..... everyone forgot about the Jet2 LGW winter base!
Thanks in advance!
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Aer Arann Maintenance Base Move to SEN?
From a post by Islandpilot on the Aer Arann pages:
UNCONFIRMED rumour on local radio today that the RE maintenance base at GWY will be re-located to SEN within 6 months. If true the return of RE to GWY next summer looks very unlikely. Official line is that no decision has been made yet.
A move to SEN for maintenance would make sense, and maybe keep alive the idea that RE will run more services from SEN.
Or not........
UNCONFIRMED rumour on local radio today that the RE maintenance base at GWY will be re-located to SEN within 6 months. If true the return of RE to GWY next summer looks very unlikely. Official line is that no decision has been made yet.
A move to SEN for maintenance would make sense, and maybe keep alive the idea that RE will run more services from SEN.
Or not........
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Sadly, we all predicted this. Why, oh why, won't flyBE fly from SEN - they would get the market they were seeking....
BBC News - Flybe to stop using Manston airport
Flybe has said it will not be flying from Manston International Airport in Kent after March.
The airline said it would cease operations there at the end of the winter season.
Flybe spokesman Niall Duffy said: "We tried different routes and the numbers simply weren't there. It's impossible to sustain routes without the passengers."
Flybe launched its Manston to Edinburgh service in May 2010.
Mr Duffy said: "Unfortunately for the Manston services it was just impossible to look at those passenger numbers and think that we could sustain the kind of difficulties we were facing.
"It is fair to say that Manston is one of the airports with the smaller catchment areas in the United Kingdom, and you have Gatwick not too far away."
The airline said passengers booked on flights after March would be contacted by Flybe and offered a full refund or tickets on alternative flights.
BBC News - Flybe to stop using Manston airport
Flybe has said it will not be flying from Manston International Airport in Kent after March.
The airline said it would cease operations there at the end of the winter season.
Flybe spokesman Niall Duffy said: "We tried different routes and the numbers simply weren't there. It's impossible to sustain routes without the passengers."
Flybe launched its Manston to Edinburgh service in May 2010.
Mr Duffy said: "Unfortunately for the Manston services it was just impossible to look at those passenger numbers and think that we could sustain the kind of difficulties we were facing.
"It is fair to say that Manston is one of the airports with the smaller catchment areas in the United Kingdom, and you have Gatwick not too far away."
The airline said passengers booked on flights after March would be contacted by Flybe and offered a full refund or tickets on alternative flights.