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The runway - the crossing - the barriers in operation etc has been a long drawn process and often discussed within the context of this forum over the last couple of years.
Lets just say that almost at any time when the runway is in use - the traffic hold ups even in winter can be quite severe and lengthy. I welcome the tunnel and glad to see my tax payer money being put to good use for the airfield which still remains as RAF Gibraltar. Oh and when exercises are undertaken by the RAF the road can be closed for significant periods of time during the day including peak times when at best - there is delays in reaching the frontier.
Has the BA LHR flight prices reduced any? Last time I looked they wanted over 162 one way and that was in November!
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Lets just say that almost at any time when the runway is in use - the traffic hold ups even in winter can be quite severe and lengthy. I welcome the tunnel and glad to see my tax payer money being put to good use for the airfield which still remains as RAF Gibraltar. Oh and when exercises are undertaken by the RAF the road can be closed for significant periods of time during the day including peak times when at best - there is delays in reaching the frontier.
Has the BA LHR flight prices reduced any? Last time I looked they wanted over 162 one way and that was in November!
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i rekon that you were looking at the same time as the fares were being loaded, they seem to always load them into the system in batches, normally the full fare flex, CE full fare etc first and then the cheaper fares/fare buckets etc
i rekon that you were looking at the same time as the fares were being loaded, they seem to always load them into the system in batches, normally the full fare flex, CE full fare etc first and then the cheaper fares/fare buckets etc
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Originally Posted by HZ123
What a waste of monies, a tunnel, when the airport has what 10 flights on the best day of the week. Even with a new terminal it will never be a busy place. It is so reassuring to see that governments worldwide all share the same levels of carelessness with tax payers resources.
Might the money be better spent on a couple of hotels?
Might the money be better spent on a couple of hotels?
2. The present hotels, are at present, frequently underutilised. [Actually they are currently in an awkward position. They don't have enough capacity when it is needed, but too much when not. In 4/5 years time the hotel portfolio should be more sustainable and also have a better overall 'critical mass']
3. The tunnel is a very good use of Govt. money, it should solve masses of traffic disruption, impove the lives of people day-to-day, be good for business (by improving frontier fluidity) and politically be wise because it will remove the one Gibraltar dimension to frontier fluidity. This will leave only traffic volume and the spanish officials as the factors - which will help keep the spanish honest to their recent comitments in this area!
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...and ease my passage across the border in both ways, to shop at Morrisons. 
You can't spend too long there, or you come down with the dreaded "rock fever!"
You can't spend too long there, or you come down with the dreaded "rock fever!"
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Sky News are running a story about Gib today.
They talked about the MOD looking to cut costs at overseas bases, although there wasn't much reference to this in the online version of the report.
How's the airport vehicle tunnel coming on?
They talked about the MOD looking to cut costs at overseas bases, although there wasn't much reference to this in the online version of the report.
How's the airport vehicle tunnel coming on?
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GIB - Gibraltar
Browsing through this forum I see no mention of Gibraltar, so I thought I'd try to get some comments going!
Anyone have any comments about GIB, flying into it, transiting through, etc.
New terminal currently under construction, 4 airlines currently fly there:
BA from LHR; ZB from MAN & LTN; EZY from LGW and EA from MAD, will any more come when the new terminal is operational in 2011?
Any comments, good, bad, indifferent about the terminal, staff, services, etc would be welcome.
Anyone have any comments about GIB, flying into it, transiting through, etc.
New terminal currently under construction, 4 airlines currently fly there:
BA from LHR; ZB from MAN & LTN; EZY from LGW and EA from MAD, will any more come when the new terminal is operational in 2011?
Any comments, good, bad, indifferent about the terminal, staff, services, etc would be welcome.
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I'd like to see some flights from Scotland (Glasgow or Prestwick) to Gibraltar. It's somewhere that I've never been to but I would definately consider going there if there were direct flights from Glasgow or Prestwick.
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New terminal, reduced flights!
Monarchs listed at 4/1 with paddypower to be the next Airline to go bust, EZY down to 1 flight a day in the summer scheds, and Andalus to go bust as soon as they get there outstanding bills.
Know where there's some new office/retail space going cheap!!!!
on a lighter note, one of the few airports i know where you can check in, drop the bags, and then walk 5 mins to a number of marina front bars.
Monarchs listed at 4/1 with paddypower to be the next Airline to go bust, EZY down to 1 flight a day in the summer scheds, and Andalus to go bust as soon as they get there outstanding bills.
Know where there's some new office/retail space going cheap!!!!
on a lighter note, one of the few airports i know where you can check in, drop the bags, and then walk 5 mins to a number of marina front bars.
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Talk like that is unwelcome here. Who cares what a hick website says about who is next to go bust? You should be more sensitive.
Mods- can you please stop talk like that here? Such posts do normally get removed.
Mods- can you please stop talk like that here? Such posts do normally get removed.
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Rainboe,
Gibair asked a valid question with regard to Gib's new terminal and flights that will service it,
Monarch have been cutting their flights on an ad hoc basis for a number of weeks, and whilst i wish the airline and all its hardworking employees a prosperous and sucessfull new year, the fact remains that you can get 4-1 on them being the next airline to fold.
whilst we all keep everything crossed that this is not the case bear in mind i was mearly answering a posed question.
Gibair asked a valid question with regard to Gib's new terminal and flights that will service it,
Monarch have been cutting their flights on an ad hoc basis for a number of weeks, and whilst i wish the airline and all its hardworking employees a prosperous and sucessfull new year, the fact remains that you can get 4-1 on them being the next airline to fold.
whilst we all keep everything crossed that this is not the case bear in mind i was mearly answering a posed question.
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GIB will only have limited appeal as there is a lack of accomodation of which the decent hotels (4) are overpriced. The weather as someone has said is not always reliable either? Finally there is not a greta deal to do, so I would not expect to see an increase in the number of flights? There are a number of military and executive jets.
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certainly not!
although the irony is that most of Gibs economy is now based on the online gaming industry, and in a perverse way its the very employees of the companies willing to make cash on the speculation on the future of others that make up a large number of the airlines pax.
Fingers crossed that the industry as a whole will see an upturn in the next year.
certainly not!
although the irony is that most of Gibs economy is now based on the online gaming industry, and in a perverse way its the very employees of the companies willing to make cash on the speculation on the future of others that make up a large number of the airlines pax.
Fingers crossed that the industry as a whole will see an upturn in the next year.
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I live in GIB, 100m from runway
Yes traffic is reducing, and perhaps Spotty will die.
The entire GIB economy is based on money, gaming on line or on the money market.
The new terminal is coming along, the new road access is not so developed.
If you look at some of the big developments in Marina Bay, at night there are almost no lights glowing. This suggests to me and several friends that these properties ere shell company havens. Not real residents.
I love living in the Marina, (getting very very expensive berthing fees these days), a true multinational mix.
Without the flights from GIB to LTN, I would have to travel to AGP. No thanks lets keep GIB on the map.
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The entire GIB economy is based on money, gaming on line or on the money market.
The new terminal is coming along, the new road access is not so developed.
If you look at some of the big developments in Marina Bay, at night there are almost no lights glowing. This suggests to me and several friends that these properties ere shell company havens. Not real residents.
I love living in the Marina, (getting very very expensive berthing fees these days), a true multinational mix.
Without the flights from GIB to LTN, I would have to travel to AGP. No thanks lets keep GIB on the map.
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man friday...
"Monarch have been cutting their flights on an ad hoc basis for a number of weeks, and whilst i wish the airline and all its hardworking employees a prosperous and sucessfull new year, the fact remains that you can get 4-1 on them being the next airline to fold."
What a load of horsesh*t. Some flights have been cancelled as they (and any sensible airline) does every year in the soft periods outside of Christmas/New Year..not quite the "ad hoc" basis that you would have us believe. They also cancel flights to AGP/FAO/TFS/ACE...basically anywhere they fly at times of year when there aren't enough people to warrant a service. As do Easyjet, Ryanair etc etc
"Monarch have been cutting their flights on an ad hoc basis for a number of weeks, and whilst i wish the airline and all its hardworking employees a prosperous and sucessfull new year, the fact remains that you can get 4-1 on them being the next airline to fold."
What a load of horsesh*t. Some flights have been cancelled as they (and any sensible airline) does every year in the soft periods outside of Christmas/New Year..not quite the "ad hoc" basis that you would have us believe. They also cancel flights to AGP/FAO/TFS/ACE...basically anywhere they fly at times of year when there aren't enough people to warrant a service. As do Easyjet, Ryanair etc etc