DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT - 5
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Just noticed the airport has a new website, and upon looking further so does Liverpool and Doncaster too.
It looks good and everything but surely this is unnecessary expense?
It looks good and everything but surely this is unnecessary expense?
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I wouldn't have had the passenger handling fee branded about so obvious on the front page. I think I would be trying to sell my products first, showing what is on offer - not how much it's going to cost even before you've started.
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Centrefix - I agree. Having spent 24 years as an Electical/Mechanical Sales Engineer it is always "Sell all of the benefits first and the costs last." Especially if, as I did, you work for a company who has the highest costs, but the best service.
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THE new director of Durham Tees Valley Airport has pledged to turn around the fortunes of the site.
Steve Gill, who took on the role of director of Durham Tees Valley Airport and Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster earlier this month, said: “There is a market and there is a demand and I am absolutely determined to fulfil that demand.
“We want more passengers through the door and we are listening to what people want. This is a turnaround opportunity.
“It’s an exciting opportunity to reveal the airport’s true potential.”
He said the airport had suffered from “a couple of difficult years”, adding: “all UK airports have had a difficult couple of years”.
“DTV has lost more passengers than we would have liked - from 220,000 to 190,000.”
Durham Tees Valley Airport has lost of a number of routes in recent years such as Ryanair withdrawing services.
Last month the airport was hit by the collapse of travel operator Holidays 4U which went into administration. The firm flew from Teesside to Turkey.
The airport currently has 90 commercial - scheduled and charter - flights per week, not including business jets and private flights and 153,000 passengers to date this year.
But Mr Gill said he is positive about the airport’s future.
“It’s a bright future for Durham Tees Valley Airport. We have Newmarket Holidays on board starting new routes to Italy and Croatia in May/June next year.
“We are making small steps.
“We are talking to airlines in the UK, Europe and across the world. A large team is going out to Berlin soon.
“And we should not overlook what we have in the strength of KLM going to Amsterdam and from there across the world. KLM is 60% of our business at present.”
Steve Gill, who took on the role of director of Durham Tees Valley Airport and Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster earlier this month, said: “There is a market and there is a demand and I am absolutely determined to fulfil that demand.
“We want more passengers through the door and we are listening to what people want. This is a turnaround opportunity.
“It’s an exciting opportunity to reveal the airport’s true potential.”
He said the airport had suffered from “a couple of difficult years”, adding: “all UK airports have had a difficult couple of years”.
“DTV has lost more passengers than we would have liked - from 220,000 to 190,000.”
Durham Tees Valley Airport has lost of a number of routes in recent years such as Ryanair withdrawing services.
Last month the airport was hit by the collapse of travel operator Holidays 4U which went into administration. The firm flew from Teesside to Turkey.
The airport currently has 90 commercial - scheduled and charter - flights per week, not including business jets and private flights and 153,000 passengers to date this year.
But Mr Gill said he is positive about the airport’s future.
“It’s a bright future for Durham Tees Valley Airport. We have Newmarket Holidays on board starting new routes to Italy and Croatia in May/June next year.
“We are making small steps.
“We are talking to airlines in the UK, Europe and across the world. A large team is going out to Berlin soon.
“And we should not overlook what we have in the strength of KLM going to Amsterdam and from there across the world. KLM is 60% of our business at present.”
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Similar article in today's Northern Echo:
BUSINESSES are being asked to back the latest bid to safeguard Durham Tees Valley Airport.
"Tell us what routes you want and help us to bring them here," was the key message from recently-appointed airport director Steve Gill who called on the region to support his rescue mission.
Introducing an extra KLM flight to Amsterdam is high on Mr Gill's list of priorities as he plots the route to recovery.
"Failure is not in my thinking. This is a turnaround opportunity and I am looking at it very positively," said Mr Gill, who was handed the task of lifting the beleaguered airport out of the doldrums following the shock departure in July of director Mike Morton.
Mr Gill may be a far more softly-spoken character than his Merseyside-born predecessor, but the latest incumbent is determined to bring the good times back to an airport which four years ago boasted annual passenger numbers of about 650,000. Without its three daily flights to the Dutch capital the facility would almost certainly close. Mr Gill, who will split his time between the North-East and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster/Sheffield, intends to harness the power of local business leaders and politicians. Stephen Catchpole, managing director of Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Neil Schneider, chief executive at Stockton Borough Council are among those whom Mr Gill and airport manager Shaun Woods have met this month. "We'll leave no stone unturned to maximise the potential of this business," Mr Gill told The Northern Echo. "The initial challenge is to rekindle relationships with the community and key stakeholders. I can see that they are all very supportive, but the challenge is to turn that support into a clearly orchestrated plan.
"We need to hear from business what routes they need so we can understand what could be viable. We want local businesses and politicians to help build the case with us so we can lobby the airlines as a region. That will be far more powerful than the airport bidding on its own. This is about the airport acting as a catalyst to help market the Tees Valley."
Mr Catchpole described the LEP's role as "a conduit between businesses and the airport on two levels. Firstly, to help highlight the opportunities the airport already provides such as its route to Schiphol which acts as a hub connecting travellers to the rest of the world. Secondly, to find out the destinations required by local businesses so the airport can approach airlines about securing additional routes that would be well-supported by Tees Valley companies." Attracting passengers away from rival airports in Newcastle, Leeds and Humberside will also be key, but Mr Gill accepted that he must offer new destinations if he hopes to to boost demand.
He concluded: "The KLM Amsterdam route is the absolute jewel in our crown. It gives us connectivity to the world. With the strong and varied business sector that we possess there are undoubtedly growth areas to tap into. In discussion with our partners at KLM we hope to bring an additional turnaround to Schiphol. But it will not happen overnight, and we need the whole region pulling with us."
The controversial £6 fee imposed on passengers flying out of the airport will remain in place but there are no plans to increase the charge which came into effect in November.
No job losses are expected at the airport but consultation is ongoing to cut staff from the site's 31-strong fire service.
"Tell us what routes you want and help us to bring them here," was the key message from recently-appointed airport director Steve Gill who called on the region to support his rescue mission.
Introducing an extra KLM flight to Amsterdam is high on Mr Gill's list of priorities as he plots the route to recovery.
"Failure is not in my thinking. This is a turnaround opportunity and I am looking at it very positively," said Mr Gill, who was handed the task of lifting the beleaguered airport out of the doldrums following the shock departure in July of director Mike Morton.
Mr Gill may be a far more softly-spoken character than his Merseyside-born predecessor, but the latest incumbent is determined to bring the good times back to an airport which four years ago boasted annual passenger numbers of about 650,000. Without its three daily flights to the Dutch capital the facility would almost certainly close. Mr Gill, who will split his time between the North-East and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster/Sheffield, intends to harness the power of local business leaders and politicians. Stephen Catchpole, managing director of Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Neil Schneider, chief executive at Stockton Borough Council are among those whom Mr Gill and airport manager Shaun Woods have met this month. "We'll leave no stone unturned to maximise the potential of this business," Mr Gill told The Northern Echo. "The initial challenge is to rekindle relationships with the community and key stakeholders. I can see that they are all very supportive, but the challenge is to turn that support into a clearly orchestrated plan.
"We need to hear from business what routes they need so we can understand what could be viable. We want local businesses and politicians to help build the case with us so we can lobby the airlines as a region. That will be far more powerful than the airport bidding on its own. This is about the airport acting as a catalyst to help market the Tees Valley."
Mr Catchpole described the LEP's role as "a conduit between businesses and the airport on two levels. Firstly, to help highlight the opportunities the airport already provides such as its route to Schiphol which acts as a hub connecting travellers to the rest of the world. Secondly, to find out the destinations required by local businesses so the airport can approach airlines about securing additional routes that would be well-supported by Tees Valley companies." Attracting passengers away from rival airports in Newcastle, Leeds and Humberside will also be key, but Mr Gill accepted that he must offer new destinations if he hopes to to boost demand.
He concluded: "The KLM Amsterdam route is the absolute jewel in our crown. It gives us connectivity to the world. With the strong and varied business sector that we possess there are undoubtedly growth areas to tap into. In discussion with our partners at KLM we hope to bring an additional turnaround to Schiphol. But it will not happen overnight, and we need the whole region pulling with us."
The controversial £6 fee imposed on passengers flying out of the airport will remain in place but there are no plans to increase the charge which came into effect in November.
No job losses are expected at the airport but consultation is ongoing to cut staff from the site's 31-strong fire service.
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N707ZS - knockers? Are you for real?
The facts speak for themselves. It's a shambles and the worst pax figures for longer than a lifetime. In the words of Blackadder, when all else fails, blind optimism.....
The facts speak for themselves. It's a shambles and the worst pax figures for longer than a lifetime. In the words of Blackadder, when all else fails, blind optimism.....
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An interesting comparison between DTV and Southend Airport is the initial thrust to boost the fortunes of the airport at DTV appears to be aimed mainly at the business routes whilst Southend are initially targeting leisure routes.
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An interesting comparison between DTV and Southend Airport
So where does DTV come in ? Oh ! yes there is Sprayavia..............
He concluded: "The KLM Amsterdam route is the absolute jewel in our crown. It gives us connectivity to the world. With the strong and varied business sector that we possess there are undoubtedly growth areas to tap into
this does rather put KLM in a good bargaining position when negotiating landing fees next time around
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Same old
I know ...its always a re run of previous posts and now rather boring...however...the airport is a shambles the infrastructure has gone,the staff have gone,the good will has gone and the name has even gone.
With the newly anounced Housing plans for the region..Peel are now in pole position to offer the local authorities a prime piece of greenfield/brownfield/unused airfield land at a profit and knock down price..watch this space ?
ps what ever happended to all the optimisum on the company dismantling aircraft? I make it they only had the one? What Happened?
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Heard a rumour that the RAF have been at DTVA this last week with regards to moving Leeming there.
There was a BAe 125 paid an unusually lengthy visit yesterday, could be unrelated though?
There was a BAe 125 paid an unusually lengthy visit yesterday, could be unrelated though?
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NCL Expansion will this be the 'Last Nail' for MME passenger services?
I've just dropped in to post a letter, and out of curiosity.
What a sad scene. Advertising space on prime sites on the approach road lying empty with peeling and flapping paper, weeds growing in the short-stay car park greeting me in the sole car, acres of empty space in the long-stay, four passengers in the terminal, eight various staff visible. One departure (Aberdeen) left for today, around five tomorrow. The departure levy was pitched on a poster as "help secure this airport's future" or similar, almost like a charity appeal
All we needed was tumbleweed, dust, cactus, a ratting wind-pump, and a saloon door swinging on one hinge. This is aviation's "Spaghetti Western" film set.
In truth, I had "The Specials" "Ghost Town" playing in my head.
I worked there for Midland April '82 to June '85, and it was the home of a proud, close-knit little community, with deeply-professional and dedicated ground staff.
I can't believe the place has really come to this. It's deeply saddening. Cynicism and wise-cracking aside, this is a real tragedy.
rg
What a sad scene. Advertising space on prime sites on the approach road lying empty with peeling and flapping paper, weeds growing in the short-stay car park greeting me in the sole car, acres of empty space in the long-stay, four passengers in the terminal, eight various staff visible. One departure (Aberdeen) left for today, around five tomorrow. The departure levy was pitched on a poster as "help secure this airport's future" or similar, almost like a charity appeal
All we needed was tumbleweed, dust, cactus, a ratting wind-pump, and a saloon door swinging on one hinge. This is aviation's "Spaghetti Western" film set.
In truth, I had "The Specials" "Ghost Town" playing in my head.
I worked there for Midland April '82 to June '85, and it was the home of a proud, close-knit little community, with deeply-professional and dedicated ground staff.
I can't believe the place has really come to this. It's deeply saddening. Cynicism and wise-cracking aside, this is a real tragedy.
rg
Welcome back BD331
Welcome back midland 331.
you are so right..and so sorry to say you have missed nothing!
as you can see even the more optimistic of us have stopped posting..it really is a downward slope and no way out I'm afraid.
You must however give peel/vas/councils some credit for keeping faith..must be costing a fortune for them and it makes you wonder how long before the money men say enough is enough?
what was the outcome of BMIBABY's appeal against the brake of contract? I seem to have missed it?
and also what has happened to the break up of aircraft promised? anyone have any answers?
you are so right..and so sorry to say you have missed nothing!
as you can see even the more optimistic of us have stopped posting..it really is a downward slope and no way out I'm afraid.
You must however give peel/vas/councils some credit for keeping faith..must be costing a fortune for them and it makes you wonder how long before the money men say enough is enough?
what was the outcome of BMIBABY's appeal against the brake of contract? I seem to have missed it?
and also what has happened to the break up of aircraft promised? anyone have any answers?