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Does anybody know if there is a Amazon site close to Southend as this is usually a good indication.
Great news about Wizz flights, SEN certainly on a roll right now.
I do wonder what Stobarts plan is though, simply build up the Airport and sell on or are they really in it for the long term?
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Of course you are right to express your opinion, but don't come over all offended when people call you out when you gloat at every bit of perceived bad news about SEN. Which you have done for months and years.
What you don't seem to understand is that when you do post something of interest or fact it is disregarded because of your anti SEN track record.
Now instead of being a keyboard warrior telling airport and airline CEOs where they have gone wrong (and by the way why haven't you been co-opted into aviation boardrooms around London) give the rest of us a balanced opinion which we can respect.
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I would suggest without offending anyone that when space is tight you don't want a cargo operation like Amazon if they block stands all day with parked cargo aircraft when those stands could be used for passengers flights. Looking forward at a much bigger Southend where passengers are bused to remote stands where would an Amazon operation go that would never impact on passenger capacity? Also what about the night limits or are all cargo flights exempt?.
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I would suggest without offending anyone that when space is tight you don't want a cargo operation like Amazon if they block stands all day with parked cargo aircraft when those stands could be used for passengers flights. Looking forward at a much bigger Southend where passengers are bused to remote stands where would an Amazon operation go that would never impact on passenger capacity? Also what about the night limits or are all cargo flights exempt?.
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Is there any freight being turfed out of other airports because they’d rather have the slots for bigger pax aircraft? What about those Swift Brasilia’s at STN, who do they operate for?
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FedEx so they re not going anywhere. all the cargo at Stansted is either widebody or linked to FedEx, UPS, TNT or Royal Mail so not moving to SEN
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I would suggest without offending anyone that when space is tight you don't want a cargo operation like Amazon if they block stands all day with parked cargo aircraft when those stands could be used for passengers flights. Looking forward at a much bigger Southend where passengers are bused to remote stands where would an Amazon operation go that would never impact on passenger capacity? Also what about the night limits or are all cargo flights exempt?.
Last edited by DC3 Dave; 23rd Aug 2019 at 21:29.
I would suggest without offending anyone that when space is tight you don't want a cargo operation like Amazon if they block stands all day with parked cargo aircraft when those stands could be used for passengers flights. Looking forward at a much bigger Southend where passengers are bused to remote stands where would an Amazon operation go that would never impact on passenger capacity? Also what about the night limits or are all cargo flights exempt?.
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Any of our plane loving SEN readers qualified as a priest? Church Times
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Well, there are those at the airport who could do with pastoral care. Actually, it would be nice if anyone cared.
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/178...-cancellation/
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/178...-cancellation/
Last edited by DC3 Dave; 24th Aug 2019 at 09:00.
I don't think you need to worry on that score. The hangar that is being converted for the freight handling operation is on the North side of the airfield at the end of taxiway Delta. I assume that any day-stopping aircraft will park on that side of the airfield. Cargo flights are not exempt from the night limits and the flight schedule that I've been told for this operation would use around 90 of the 120 monthly night slots. I should think that if the revenue from this operation exceeds that generated by an equivalent number of bizjet movements then Stobart are happy with that.
Is this the Inflite hangar or Hangar 2 ? The former has been empty I believe for three years or so since Inflite ceased MRO work at SEN though they have continued to use the adjacent workshops for their component overhaul business. Hangar 2 I think houses only a small number of aircraft which could be relocated if necessary.
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Well, there are those at the airport who could do with pastoral care. Actually, it would be nice if anyone cared.
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/178...-cancellation/
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/178...-cancellation/
Well done Southend. The passengers were being unreasonable.
