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Not to sound like Gareth Southgate too much, the rights and wrongs behind the current position MME finds itself in is a debate for another day...what is important is making sure the flying public of Teesside to begin flying from MME.
Why haven't the Evening Gazette/local councils/DTV advertising department (or is that more specifically the desk in the corner of the office?) begun a campaign to encourage people to fly local rather than the futile call for the reinstatement of LHR-MME as I think this will be the only thing to actually alert people that there are still destinations you can fly to from DTV as all the negative press of route cuts will only just cause more passengers to go from NCL and LBA, bringing about the sad demise of a once (small) but successful regional airport altogether.
Talking of which, I see FR are starting ALC and GRO tomorrow..atleast that makes the lack of LHR on the departure board!!However, I wonder how sales are doing as I imagine the man down the pub will simply think after the DUB announcement, 'Ryanair have left Teesside' much like when bmibaby left and people presumed BD had too.
Why haven't the Evening Gazette/local councils/DTV advertising department (or is that more specifically the desk in the corner of the office?) begun a campaign to encourage people to fly local rather than the futile call for the reinstatement of LHR-MME as I think this will be the only thing to actually alert people that there are still destinations you can fly to from DTV as all the negative press of route cuts will only just cause more passengers to go from NCL and LBA, bringing about the sad demise of a once (small) but successful regional airport altogether.
Talking of which, I see FR are starting ALC and GRO tomorrow..atleast that makes the lack of LHR on the departure board!!However, I wonder how sales are doing as I imagine the man down the pub will simply think after the DUB announcement, 'Ryanair have left Teesside' much like when bmibaby left and people presumed BD had too.
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MME4eva Why haven't the Evening Gazette/local councils/DTV advertising department (or is that more specifically the desk in the corner of the office?) begun a campaign to encourage people to fly local....
as DTV's marketing department is also run by the
Lunatics !
I'm a bit out of touch here - did the final Heathrow leave on Saturday, and was it marked in any way?
Teesside was one of the best stations in terms of ground staff, well-run and tight-knit. This is all utterly unbelievable.
On reflection, when Midland started the LHR-GLA/EDI/BFS routes circa 1983, suddenly Teesside wasn't the premier route anymore, despite it's high-yield traffic. Our aircraft used to get "nicked" by ops on a regular basis to fly ten passengers to Belfast, rather than fifty interliners on the 333, so that the company did not lose face in front of BA. What's happened, ultimately, is the logical conclusion of this policy.
Teesside was one of the best stations in terms of ground staff, well-run and tight-knit. This is all utterly unbelievable.
On reflection, when Midland started the LHR-GLA/EDI/BFS routes circa 1983, suddenly Teesside wasn't the premier route anymore, despite it's high-yield traffic. Our aircraft used to get "nicked" by ops on a regular basis to fly ten passengers to Belfast, rather than fifty interliners on the 333, so that the company did not lose face in front of BA. What's happened, ultimately, is the logical conclusion of this policy.
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Seems your recent rumour on PPRune about KLM withdrawing from MME has been quoted word for word in today’s Northern Echo, as well as reaching staff at the airport. Never thought I’d ever see the day when a local journo printed anything other than the media spin supplied by MME, so good for him for following it up.
The article goes on to say :-
A spokeswoman for KLM said yesterday: “We are cancelling some destinations, and I understand everybody is talking about these things because of the difficult times. “But there is absolutely no talk of cancelling the AMS-MME route.”
Robin Tudor, from Peel Airports, which owns the airport, has also said KLM would “definitely not” go.
The article goes on to say :-
A spokeswoman for KLM said yesterday: “We are cancelling some destinations, and I understand everybody is talking about these things because of the difficult times. “But there is absolutely no talk of cancelling the AMS-MME route.”
Robin Tudor, from Peel Airports, which owns the airport, has also said KLM would “definitely not” go.
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Well in view of recent postings reflecting doom & gloom & various levels of accrimony I'd like to take this opportunity of placing on pprune today's press release abstracted from DTV's website with a view to addressing all the negativity that I have undoutedly contributed towards :-
Now all one needs are some passengers (for the shopping facilities!), or so it would appear.. 
The findings of a major survey announced today, showing Durham Tees Valley Airport is among the top ten in the country for customer satisfaction, ‘demonstrate that customers do want to fly from their local airport where personal service really counts.’
That is how Kerry Quinn, Airport Director, today welcomed the findings of the survey, the biggest of its kind, conducted by ‘Which? Holiday’ magazine where Durham Tees Valley achieved ratings ahead of its nearest neighbouring airports. In the key category of overall ‘airport experience’—which covered design of the airport, signage, flight information monitors, attitude and efficiency of staff—Durham Tees Valley achieved the top ‘five star’ rating, as it did with the ‘time and distance’ category from security to the boarding gate, getting through security and from check-in to security. Passengers questioned in the survey also gave the airport high ratings for parking facilities, check-in arrangements, airside amenities and return waiting times.
Said Kerry, “At a time when regional airports are going through a challenging period, it is very encouraging to receive such a strong vote of confidence from passengers. The findings of the survey underline the strong support we know exists for the airport amongst people across the region—and the efforts everyone involved with the airport puts in to make travelling as easy and as comfortable as we can.
“We are constantly looking at ways in which we can make the ‘airport experience’ even better and as we continue to expand—as we surely will in the years ahead despite the current economic difficulties—we aim to improve in all areas, including, for example, providing more shopping facilities.
That is how Kerry Quinn, Airport Director, today welcomed the findings of the survey, the biggest of its kind, conducted by ‘Which? Holiday’ magazine where Durham Tees Valley achieved ratings ahead of its nearest neighbouring airports. In the key category of overall ‘airport experience’—which covered design of the airport, signage, flight information monitors, attitude and efficiency of staff—Durham Tees Valley achieved the top ‘five star’ rating, as it did with the ‘time and distance’ category from security to the boarding gate, getting through security and from check-in to security. Passengers questioned in the survey also gave the airport high ratings for parking facilities, check-in arrangements, airside amenities and return waiting times.
Said Kerry, “At a time when regional airports are going through a challenging period, it is very encouraging to receive such a strong vote of confidence from passengers. The findings of the survey underline the strong support we know exists for the airport amongst people across the region—and the efforts everyone involved with the airport puts in to make travelling as easy and as comfortable as we can.
“We are constantly looking at ways in which we can make the ‘airport experience’ even better and as we continue to expand—as we surely will in the years ahead despite the current economic difficulties—we aim to improve in all areas, including, for example, providing more shopping facilities.
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Sadly, I find myself gravitating towards the 'Master Plan' theory that has been aired before on this thread. Whilst the airport management have taken plenty of knocks on here, there is perhaps some skill required in managing an airport DOWN while at the same time making it NOT look like your fault that traffic ceases or operators leave and keeping the costs of said downwards management to a minimum (including the marketing budget) until such time as a line can be drawn regarding acceptable losses, the lights are switched off, the doors locked and the whole site transferred to the development department.
In that respect, the DTV Management Team seem to have done rather well, and not long to go now to root out the remaining traffic through 'unavoidable' redistribution of fixed operating costs.
In that respect, the DTV Management Team seem to have done rather well, and not long to go now to root out the remaining traffic through 'unavoidable' redistribution of fixed operating costs.
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Let this be a lesson to you all. KLM are not leaving the airport. There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that the airport will only operate during daylight hours after the end of October and a satisfaction survey puts Teesside at the top of the satisfaction league.All losses of flights are absolutely nothing to do with the airport and are due entirely to national and international conditions.
Signed Kerry ( L*** L*** B*** O* F***) Quinn.
P.S. I'm still on the payroll here despite all predictions of my demise. ( No I don't know how either )
Signed Kerry ( L*** L*** B*** O* F***) Quinn.
P.S. I'm still on the payroll here despite all predictions of my demise. ( No I don't know how either )
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Can't see that on the site but the KLM statement seems to be unequivocal that they are staying and are continuing at the present 3 flights a day.I think Kerry must have called in some favours from KLM for them to issue such a strong statement so quickly after the rumours started. Kerry is quoted as saying she is happy too.As KLM are first out on a morning and often last in at night it would appear that the airport will continue to offer the same hours for the forseeable future.
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paarmo I think Kerry must have called in some favours from KLM.....
... Don't believe it! Any KLM decision would be taken on a purely commercial basis & like all other stations will be under constant review both from traffic volume, revenue levels earned & also fleet availability. I understand that their fleet is going through a few changes at present & this in itself may be putting pressure on service levels to a number of their UK destinations.
Kerry is quoted as saying she is happy too
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Roger Andy. I have never seen such a quick response to a rumour (Totally unsubstantiated? ) on this site.It does not even couch the response in the terms of "at the present time" or "as long as conditions allow" etc.
I think somebody touched a raw nerve with that post.
I think somebody touched a raw nerve with that post.