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Another press release . . .
An aircraft maintenance and repair business has established a new operation at Kent International Airport (KIA) at Manston, bringing job opportunities to Thanet.
AvMan Engineering maintains short to medium range jets such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and BAE Systems BAeS 146 and expects to have a 40-strong workforce by the end of the year. The business is operating from a hangar at Kent International.
Chris Wilson, Group Managing Director at AvMan, said the company would be taking on young local people as apprentices to support its growth.
He explained: “We intend to build steadily on our already successful business with a keen eye on a secure future based around a local workforce. We are in negotiations with one of the largest aviation training companies in the UK to establish a training school at our facility within six months.
“We are keen to introduce Airbus maintenance in about four to five years, once the workforce is established and at sufficient levels. This means our new employees would be able to start work very soon and by the time they complete their training and obtain the appropriate licenses could be working on one of the most popular types of aircraft in the industry.
“Apprentices will be the backbone of our company for the future. We also have very well qualified local engineers from large well-known carriers wanting to come to Manston because it is well located and gives great potential for progressing within an organisation where individual efforts will genuinely reap benefits.”
Matt Clarke, Chief Executive at Kent International Airport, said: “We’re delighted that AvMan has chosen to establish a base at Manston to join a number of other ancillary businesses operating at the airport. Their plans to recruit and train young local people will be a welcome boost for the area.”
AvMan’s division at Bournemouth Airport – AvMan Technical Services *– recently gained the prestigious European Aviation Safety Agency Part M approval covering continued airworthiness. The company is also partners in a soon-to-be-launched charter airline Island Air, based in Romania, which plans to introduce two MD-82 aircraft in the spring of 2010 to the European charter market. These aircraft will be maintained at KIA alongside its existing customer base.
AvMan Engineering maintains short to medium range jets such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and BAE Systems BAeS 146 and expects to have a 40-strong workforce by the end of the year. The business is operating from a hangar at Kent International.
Chris Wilson, Group Managing Director at AvMan, said the company would be taking on young local people as apprentices to support its growth.
He explained: “We intend to build steadily on our already successful business with a keen eye on a secure future based around a local workforce. We are in negotiations with one of the largest aviation training companies in the UK to establish a training school at our facility within six months.
“We are keen to introduce Airbus maintenance in about four to five years, once the workforce is established and at sufficient levels. This means our new employees would be able to start work very soon and by the time they complete their training and obtain the appropriate licenses could be working on one of the most popular types of aircraft in the industry.
“Apprentices will be the backbone of our company for the future. We also have very well qualified local engineers from large well-known carriers wanting to come to Manston because it is well located and gives great potential for progressing within an organisation where individual efforts will genuinely reap benefits.”
Matt Clarke, Chief Executive at Kent International Airport, said: “We’re delighted that AvMan has chosen to establish a base at Manston to join a number of other ancillary businesses operating at the airport. Their plans to recruit and train young local people will be a welcome boost for the area.”
AvMan’s division at Bournemouth Airport – AvMan Technical Services *– recently gained the prestigious European Aviation Safety Agency Part M approval covering continued airworthiness. The company is also partners in a soon-to-be-launched charter airline Island Air, based in Romania, which plans to introduce two MD-82 aircraft in the spring of 2010 to the European charter market. These aircraft will be maintained at KIA alongside its existing customer base.
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Radar
A £2 million investment has been made in the radar systems at Manston’s Kent Airport. The upgrade is to secondary radar equipment that will allow staff to monitor aircraft speed, location, travel direction and height of aircraft in flight in greater detail.
Matt Clarke, the airport’s chief executive, said: ‘We are focused on delivering a world-class airport for Kent complete with world-class service, equipment and facilities. Installing our own secondary radar system is the latest example of the programme of investment that will deliver that long-term goal.’
Infratil, the owner of Kent International, took over four years ago has spent £10 million on infrastructure and equipment upgrades since acquiring the airport.
Matt Clarke, the airport’s chief executive, said: ‘We are focused on delivering a world-class airport for Kent complete with world-class service, equipment and facilities. Installing our own secondary radar system is the latest example of the programme of investment that will deliver that long-term goal.’
Infratil, the owner of Kent International, took over four years ago has spent £10 million on infrastructure and equipment upgrades since acquiring the airport.
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Boost for Kent International Airport
Just published in thisismoney.co.uk:
Err...within 24 years? A very long perspective!
No doubt the high-speed rail link is one the key issues here and the creation of new station would mean an important step forward. "Being in talks with airlines such as Ryanair" gives however no clue about how realistic these prospects are.
For a glorious moment in 2001 it was a North Korean air base in the Bond movie Die Another Day, starring Pierce Brosnan.
In the Second World War it was home to brave Spitfire pilots and bombed by the Luftwaffe. And during the First World War, Manston near Ramsgate, Kent, was a training centre for Handley Page bombers.
But now the grandly renamed Kent International Airport may be about to take off to new glory.
Its owner, £2bn New Zealand infrastructure company Infratil, which also owns Glasgow's Prestwick Airport, has ambitious plans to turn Manston into a hub and is in talk with airlines such as Ryanair.
Key to the plans is a connection with the new high-speed rail line linking Ramsgate to St Pancras in London in just an hour.
Matt Clarke, chief executive of Kent International Airport, said: 'Thanet District Council has agreed to support a new parkway station next to the highspeed track. This is very good news.'
At present KIA is used by fewer than 10,000 passengers a year, mostly on European charter flights, but within 24 years Clarke wants to see this soar to six million a year as London's big three airports run out of room for expansion.
In the Second World War it was home to brave Spitfire pilots and bombed by the Luftwaffe. And during the First World War, Manston near Ramsgate, Kent, was a training centre for Handley Page bombers.
But now the grandly renamed Kent International Airport may be about to take off to new glory.
Its owner, £2bn New Zealand infrastructure company Infratil, which also owns Glasgow's Prestwick Airport, has ambitious plans to turn Manston into a hub and is in talk with airlines such as Ryanair.
Key to the plans is a connection with the new high-speed rail line linking Ramsgate to St Pancras in London in just an hour.
Matt Clarke, chief executive of Kent International Airport, said: 'Thanet District Council has agreed to support a new parkway station next to the highspeed track. This is very good news.'
At present KIA is used by fewer than 10,000 passengers a year, mostly on European charter flights, but within 24 years Clarke wants to see this soar to six million a year as London's big three airports run out of room for expansion.
No doubt the high-speed rail link is one the key issues here and the creation of new station would mean an important step forward. "Being in talks with airlines such as Ryanair" gives however no clue about how realistic these prospects are.
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Strange date, so I checked the draft masterplan, and lo, the 2033 projection is there.
Table 2: Annual Passengers
Year Annual Passengers
2010 502,800
2011 1,268,000
2012 1,801,000
2013 2,090,000
2018 2,778,000
2033 5,776,000
Table 2: Annual Passengers
Year Annual Passengers
2010 502,800
2011 1,268,000
2012 1,801,000
2013 2,090,000
2018 2,778,000
2033 5,776,000
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and is in talk with airlines such as Ryanair
I would have thought that given Manston's location in relation to London and Ryanair's preference for cheap, underutilised airports within 100 miles of major cities that the relevant commercial dept would have held talks with Ryanair years ago
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unfortunately, for those of us who want an airport on our doorstep, for obvious reasons, 24 years would seem to be right. a swift return to operations was always a dream. I thought that Infratil found that with the almost nil return from Ryanair flights out of Prestwick it wouldnt be offering Manston as another loss leader otherwise Ryanair could have moved in some years ago.
onwards and upwards
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keep looking for the support manston airport group, can anyone supply a link ?
onwards and upwards
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keep looking for the support manston airport group, can anyone supply a link ?
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has anyone got any info on what Infratil's potential purchase of Shells forecourt and distribution business in NZ will have on their remaining European airports?
So far Lubeck sold, stake in Auckland airport sold for a huge loss, and it seems they have about NZ$ 500,000,000 to raise by the end of the month to secure the deal.
So far Lubeck sold, stake in Auckland airport sold for a huge loss, and it seems they have about NZ$ 500,000,000 to raise by the end of the month to secure the deal.
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Marko Bogoievski
New Zealand airports operator Infratil gained 3.3% in trading on Tuesday, as analysts speculated that the company could sell its shares in its Glasgow Prestwick and Kent airports. At the company’s recent interim results presentation, presented on 17-Nov-2009, CEO, Marko Bogoievski, commented that the current financial markets demand “a more active approach to managing the portfolio and recent transactions are more reflective of corporate finance considerations than a shift in the underlying approach to investment."
Infratil recently sold its 3.9% share in Auckland International Airport for USD63.4 million, taking a significant loss, and also sold its 90% stake in Lubeck airport back to the local government for approximately USD46 million. The company is reportedly looking at reinvesting in the energy market.
Infratil recently sold its 3.9% share in Auckland International Airport for USD63.4 million, taking a significant loss, and also sold its 90% stake in Lubeck airport back to the local government for approximately USD46 million. The company is reportedly looking at reinvesting in the energy market.
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The BBC News website has picked up on the revised passenger numbers
in the revised masterplan.
BBC News - Airport cuts back expansion plans
in the revised masterplan.
BBC News - Airport cuts back expansion plans
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posts 832 and 834 advise the flybe timetable comes out at the end of November. Any sign of Manston flights yet?
Your operators advertise holidays where flights are expected but will switch to other airports for their packages, such as gatwick, should the desired flights not materialise.
Shame really - the airport needs these. They'll be lucky to hit 5,000 pax this year.
Your operators advertise holidays where flights are expected but will switch to other airports for their packages, such as gatwick, should the desired flights not materialise.
Shame really - the airport needs these. They'll be lucky to hit 5,000 pax this year.
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all these BIG plans, but no consideration for the thousands of airport users,past and those who wait for something to happen,come wake up MANSTON,and tell us if we are having a flybe program for 210,get EU JET back ,at least we had a choice.
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Infratil's, October report:
October freight volumes at Kent were 3,174 tonnes, more than double the figure of a year ago. Kent International is continuing to build on its excellent first six months, which is traditionally the slower half of the year for UK importers using the airport.
October freight volumes at Kent were 3,174 tonnes, more than double the figure of a year ago. Kent International is continuing to build on its excellent first six months, which is traditionally the slower half of the year for UK importers using the airport.