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Spare staff at SEN? The airport is growing so fast there is difficulty in recruiting enough ATC controllers for itself.
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Forcing one of your ATC,s to upsticks to the other end of the country at short notice, is a surefire way to lose one of your ATC,s. In a market that would appear to be a tad short of them
A SEN controller would not be able to just get into a seat in the CAX tower without a considerable amount of familiarisation and CAA validation. On top of that I very much doubt that SEN could spare any of its own controllers; especially at this time when they can expect more night traffic from LTN's night closure for 3 months.
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It will be interesting to see how much executive jet movement actually happens.
The only link to the city after 10pm and before 06:30am being by road.
Helicopter movement is banned under current planning arrangements, so that kills the transfers to Battersea and further a field.
I wonder if this has been passed on to the operators.
The only link to the city after 10pm and before 06:30am being by road.
Helicopter movement is banned under current planning arrangements, so that kills the transfers to Battersea and further a field.
I wonder if this has been passed on to the operators.
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It will be interesting to see how much executive jet movement actually happens.
The only link to the city after 10pm and before 06:30am being by road.
Helicopter movement is banned under current planning arrangements, so that kills the transfers to Battersea and further a field.
I wonder if this has been passed on to the operators.
The only link to the city after 10pm and before 06:30am being by road.
Helicopter movement is banned under current planning arrangements, so that kills the transfers to Battersea and further a field.
I wonder if this has been passed on to the operators.
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Plenty of them in Southend, mainly stretch limos for girls' nights out though......
Seriously I can't see that there is any problem with the lack of overnight trains as far as biz jet pax are concerned. If SEN can make the biz jet community aware that they are offering 24/7 access then they should attract interest during LTN's night closure. More important will be to see how many continue to use SEN after LTN re-opens.
Seriously I can't see that there is any problem with the lack of overnight trains as far as biz jet pax are concerned. If SEN can make the biz jet community aware that they are offering 24/7 access then they should attract interest during LTN's night closure. More important will be to see how many continue to use SEN after LTN re-opens.
Meanwhile, back in the boardroom, Stobart's co-broker quits, saying their position has become untenable:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...rdroom-battle/
And Stobart themselves issue a statement revealing a series of challenges to the group by Andrew Tinkler:
http://www.share.com/investments/sha...ice#news751318
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...rdroom-battle/
And Stobart themselves issue a statement revealing a series of challenges to the group by Andrew Tinkler:
http://www.share.com/investments/sha...ice#news751318
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Plenty of them in Southend, mainly stretch limos for girls' nights out though......
Seriously I can't see that there is any problem with the lack of overnight trains as far as biz jet pax are concerned. If SEN can make the biz jet community aware that they are offering 24/7 access then they should attract interest during LTN's night closure. More important will be to see how many continue to use SEN after LTN re-opens.
Seriously I can't see that there is any problem with the lack of overnight trains as far as biz jet pax are concerned. If SEN can make the biz jet community aware that they are offering 24/7 access then they should attract interest during LTN's night closure. More important will be to see how many continue to use SEN after LTN re-opens.
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The team at EBACE were excited about the amount of summer night movements they expect to pick up from Stansted and Luton. Keeping that traffic will be the challenge. The boardroom war between Tinkler/Woodford and Stobart/Invesco may derail all the good work at SEN but nothing the troops on the ground can do about that.
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It would be nice to see some support for SEN to keep bringing in biz traffic to the London area whilst there is a famine of space elsewhere. If SEN fails then who knows the near continent may benefit and some of this traffic may never return.
I know this is England where gloom abounds but a little optimism and good will would be welcome.
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Problems over at STN all week as well, Monday I was on one of 50 or so flights arriving after midnight which caused chaos for those battling to get out the airport having missed the last trains and buses. Many cancellations over the last couple of nights too.
Our own weather not helped by restrictions across Europe.
Our own weather not helped by restrictions across Europe.
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Problems over at STN all week as well, Monday I was on one of 50 or so flights arriving after midnight which caused chaos for those battling to get out the airport having missed the last trains and buses. Many cancellations over the last couple of nights too.
Our own weather not helped by restrictions across Europe.
Our own weather not helped by restrictions across Europe.