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Nimrod
These Nimrods were recently phased out of service. Manston, as well as other airports, acquired an airframe and it will be dragged over the fire training school where it will be used for training. Expect some road closures and fence removals when they move it. A much nicer end for the aircraft than than being scrapped 
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not sure if being burnt every week is nicer!!!!
anyway, new look web site is up and running, however, the job vacancy link has vanished.
you can join the facebook page as well.
onwards and upwards my friends
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anyway, new look web site is up and running, however, the job vacancy link has vanished.
you can join the facebook page as well.
onwards and upwards my friends
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If you want to just chat about Manston get each others telephone numbers and hold a conference call.
None of our forums or threads are for this kind of chat.
If you have nothing useful to say about the airport don't say it.
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Talking about Manston
If you want to just chat about Manston
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Name change
Infratil, the company that owns the Kent airport at Manston, have changed its name. Kent International Airport will now be known as Manston, Kent’s International Airport.
Tom Wilson, chief executive of Infratil Airports Europe, said: ‘The airport has a long history, and the local community has always known it as Manston. We therefore felt it was important to include the name, but to help inbound travellers identify where Manston is, we have added ‘Kent’s international airport. Under previous owners, the airport has had several names in recent years, but we feel that the name we have chosen is suitable for both outbound and inbound travellers.’
Tom Wilson, chief executive of Infratil Airports Europe, said: ‘The airport has a long history, and the local community has always known it as Manston. We therefore felt it was important to include the name, but to help inbound travellers identify where Manston is, we have added ‘Kent’s international airport. Under previous owners, the airport has had several names in recent years, but we feel that the name we have chosen is suitable for both outbound and inbound travellers.’
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A NEW chief executive has been appointed to run Kent International Airport Manston.
Before joining airport owners Infratil Charles Buchanan worked for more than 10 years at London City Airport, ultimately as Strategy and Communications Director. During this time he was responsible for the airport’s master plan and gaining planning permission to increase the permitted movement numbers from 73,000 to 120,000 per year.
In addition he managed the development of the airport through investment programmes totalling over £40 million, together with sales, marketing and communications activity.
Mr Buchanan trained as a civil engineer at Oxford University, and joined the Channel Tunnel Group in 1985.
He was part of the team that submitted the successful bid to build and operate Eurotunnel, and latterly was responsible for sales and marketing, both in the UK and on the continent, through the opening in 1994 and the first years of operation.
Mr Buchanan takes up the top job at Manston following the departure of former chief executive Matt Clarke earlier this year. Since Mr Clarke returned to his native New Zealand to work on Infratil's operations there, the Manston job has been filled by interim chief executive Tom Wilson who is head of Infratil's other UK airport at Prestwick in Scotland.
Before joining airport owners Infratil Charles Buchanan worked for more than 10 years at London City Airport, ultimately as Strategy and Communications Director. During this time he was responsible for the airport’s master plan and gaining planning permission to increase the permitted movement numbers from 73,000 to 120,000 per year.
In addition he managed the development of the airport through investment programmes totalling over £40 million, together with sales, marketing and communications activity.
Mr Buchanan trained as a civil engineer at Oxford University, and joined the Channel Tunnel Group in 1985.
He was part of the team that submitted the successful bid to build and operate Eurotunnel, and latterly was responsible for sales and marketing, both in the UK and on the continent, through the opening in 1994 and the first years of operation.
Mr Buchanan takes up the top job at Manston following the departure of former chief executive Matt Clarke earlier this year. Since Mr Clarke returned to his native New Zealand to work on Infratil's operations there, the Manston job has been filled by interim chief executive Tom Wilson who is head of Infratil's other UK airport at Prestwick in Scotland.
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This might count as 'inane drivel', in which case apologies, but I flew on the Edinburgh to Manston service today and was delighted to see about a 90% load factor on the flight. Also encouraging was the fact that we had to circle for about 10 mins before landing - surely not congestion at manston?!
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That's good - however I still can't imagine why people would want to fly from Kent to Edinburgh and vice versa, so good on Flybe for taking the plung 
What were your inbound load factors like?
What were your inbound load factors like?
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we had to circle for about 10 mins before landing
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That's good - however I still can't imagine why people would want to fly from Kent to Edinburgh and vice versa
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I still can't imagine why people would want to fly from Kent to Edinburgh and vice versa
- Because it's cheap
- you can park for next to nothing
- there's no delays
- you're off the plane and on your way in less than 20 minutes and vice versa
- the M2/Thanet Way is relatively uncongested compared to the M25/M23 or M25/M11
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Sorry but I had the impression that Manston was not a very busy airport in terms of load factors - someone I know did an informal survey asking some residents within 20mins driving distance of the airport whether they knew of any passenger services. 40% said 'no'. Hope he was unlucky 
but as I say Flybe appear to have done well on the route.
but as I say Flybe appear to have done well on the route.
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someone I know did an informal survey asking some residents within 20mins driving distance of the airport whether they knew of any passenger services. 40% said 'no'
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Night Flights
MANSTON airport will reveal how many planes it wants to fly at night before a survey is taken of residents' views.
The airport's new chief executive Charles Buchanan told the Isle of Thanet Gazette this week he will tell Thanet council the number of "night flight quota points" the airport wants within the next three weeks.
The council will then, in September, run a public consultation on the issue and the airport's future.
Mr Buchanan, who took over the running of the airport two weeks ago, said: "The consultation needs the figure and we are going to be providing it.
"There would be no point in carrying out a meaningless consultation without the number and only have to consult again at a later date. It is in everybody's interests that we come forward with the figure, and we will be."
Last February the airport's owner Infratil applied to extend the time it takes the bulk of its flights by an extra hour in the morning, to after 6am, and an extra half hour in the evening, to before 11.30pm.
It has also applied to increase the number of planes it is allowed to land and have take-off between those hours.
More than a year later, Thanet council is still waiting for some details of the application and the delay has caused some anger among councillors.
At a meeting of the council's Airport Working Party on Monday, chairman Mike Harrison said: "They have treated the people of Thanet with contempt over the last 12 months. We have had to wait and see if something is going to start. I hope now finally something is going to happen."
He warned that if the airport was not forthcoming with the figure, the council could reject the application altogether.
A new radar mast is needed at Manston airport because of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm.
The airport has applied to build a new radar tower on its site that is not affected by the background radar noise created by the wind farm's 100 turbines.
Mr Buchanan said: "It's a slightly different radar system that can block out the disruption caused by the turbines and pick out an aircraft."
Experts from the RAF have expressed fears that too many wind farms in the English Channel could create security risks to the UK by allowing foreign aircraft to fly to our shores undetected.
The airport's new chief executive Charles Buchanan told the Isle of Thanet Gazette this week he will tell Thanet council the number of "night flight quota points" the airport wants within the next three weeks.
The council will then, in September, run a public consultation on the issue and the airport's future.
Mr Buchanan, who took over the running of the airport two weeks ago, said: "The consultation needs the figure and we are going to be providing it.
"There would be no point in carrying out a meaningless consultation without the number and only have to consult again at a later date. It is in everybody's interests that we come forward with the figure, and we will be."
Last February the airport's owner Infratil applied to extend the time it takes the bulk of its flights by an extra hour in the morning, to after 6am, and an extra half hour in the evening, to before 11.30pm.
It has also applied to increase the number of planes it is allowed to land and have take-off between those hours.
More than a year later, Thanet council is still waiting for some details of the application and the delay has caused some anger among councillors.
At a meeting of the council's Airport Working Party on Monday, chairman Mike Harrison said: "They have treated the people of Thanet with contempt over the last 12 months. We have had to wait and see if something is going to start. I hope now finally something is going to happen."
He warned that if the airport was not forthcoming with the figure, the council could reject the application altogether.
A new radar mast is needed at Manston airport because of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm.
The airport has applied to build a new radar tower on its site that is not affected by the background radar noise created by the wind farm's 100 turbines.
Mr Buchanan said: "It's a slightly different radar system that can block out the disruption caused by the turbines and pick out an aircraft."
Experts from the RAF have expressed fears that too many wind farms in the English Channel could create security risks to the UK by allowing foreign aircraft to fly to our shores undetected.