DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT - 5
It's the catch-22 of many small airports - you need the passenger throughput to attract the retail to reduce the costs to lower the charges to attract the passengers etc, etc,
What HUY seem to be doing is trying to kick start this process and show others that the market is there. They now need to stress the convenience of the local airport and get the service side right (which from the comments hasn't been got right in the past!)
What HUY seem to be doing is trying to kick start this process and show others that the market is there. They now need to stress the convenience of the local airport and get the service side right (which from the comments hasn't been got right in the past!)
Regarding the comments on the link. Whilst clearly some may have had bad experiences at HUY in the past, the general consensus is that the website is plagued by wind up merchants.
The proof is really how well the flights are selling now and have done in the past. So there is clearly the demand there in the local area.
The proof is really how well the flights are selling now and have done in the past. So there is clearly the demand there in the local area.
Cobham contract extended until 2019
David Thompson - claiming that the continuation of what currently happens at DTV as good news might be seen as setting the bar rather low. Others might consider continuation just neutral news and expect good news to imply some form of improvement or increase in scope.
In the context of DTVA's recent history, the continuing presence of one of the company's major customers (and 90 good quality jobs) most certainly counts as good news.
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Another new chief
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Head of health and safety. The old saying "too many chiefs and not enough Indians come to mind". Especially ones flying in planes.
Airport appoints safety chief (From The Northern Echo)
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Head of health and safety. The old saying "too many chiefs and not enough Indians come to mind". Especially ones flying in planes.
Airport appoints safety chief (From The Northern Echo)
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.... more like £50k & that's optomistic !
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I highly doubt he's being paid £50k. But the costs to an employer of employing a manager, especially creating a post that did not previously exist, go way beyond the salary received by the individual. You have employer's NI contributions, pension and other benefits, and the costs of running the new office which may well include additional secretarial support etc.
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Looks like a company operating two twin-prop aircraft, "IAS Medical", are setting up shop at DTVA, source is the DTV Movements website.
Every little helps and all that...
Every little helps and all that...
slowly,slowly...
great news about the medical set up..just what we need!!!
Rumour has it Newcastle were favourites but not for the first time priced themselves out of the market!
With new flights for 2014 and Cobhams committing then things are looking up???
any news on more scrap-age flights? it seems to have gone rather quiet there?
keep up the good work!!!!!
Rumour has it Newcastle were favourites but not for the first time priced themselves out of the market!
With new flights for 2014 and Cobhams committing then things are looking up???
any news on more scrap-age flights? it seems to have gone rather quiet there?
keep up the good work!!!!!
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IAS Medical
Every little helps.
Looked up IAS Medical and they used to be at Samsons at Newcastle.
JournalLive - News - Today's News - Transplant aircraft based at Newcastle Airport
IAS Medical site news.
IAS Medical News
Is this a 24hr operation?
How will the winter ops go when the airport closes at 10pm and there is no fire cover, will it go back to Newcastle?
Looked up IAS Medical and they used to be at Samsons at Newcastle.
JournalLive - News - Today's News - Transplant aircraft based at Newcastle Airport
IAS Medical site news.
IAS Medical News
Is this a 24hr operation?
How will the winter ops go when the airport closes at 10pm and there is no fire cover, will it go back to Newcastle?
IAS Medical
Saw that news story at the time and was a bit puzzled, as there hasn't been a 'medical' King Air based at NCL before or since - plenty of visitors (and as NA1 implies, some at very odd hours), so hope the DTVA story is a bit substantial.
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They're the RAF's new privatised tanker-transports. At a guess I'd say this one was probably taking Catterick-based troops back from exercise at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) in Canada.
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DTVAirport, this article explains why the civil registration.
AirTanker?s first flight as an airline « AirTanker
AirTanker?s first flight as an airline « AirTanker
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One does wonder what the top management team are actually doing to ensure the airport survives.
Wonder if they'd be willing to have an open meeting and answer questions from joe public.
Wonder if they'd be willing to have an open meeting and answer questions from joe public.