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Perhaps as Gatwick is in such dire straits, a change of use to a Cargo centre for someone like Amazon could be more feasible? Two empty hangars, one empty terminal and presumably empty coffers mean you need to get whatever business you can! If Stansted can make it work then why cannot Gatwick?
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I think GH6 hangar lease runs out in the early 2030's. BA were holding onto it in the hope of prising some new facilities from BAA / GAL. Not likely at the moment. As to the previous hangars, No1 was the 1-11 hangar which became the MT base, No2 was workshops, No3 was 707 VC10 and latterly DC10, Not sure about the wooden No4 but burned down one night when I was working on the ramp! The other No4 was the Airtours hangar which carried out L1011 and 737 work. No5 was for DC10s. The only one left is No6 the old Laker hangar. OSU had a short stint in No7 after Dan Air and prior to Virgin taking over. there were also various lines of 737 and 757 major maintenance at times. Thats how I recall it since the 70's!
Perhaps as Gatwick is in such dire straits, a change of use to a Cargo centre for someone like Amazon could be more feasible? Two empty hangars, one empty terminal and presumably empty coffers mean you need to get whatever business you can! If Stansted can make it work then why cannot Gatwick?
I think GH6 hangar lease runs out in the early 2030's. BA were holding onto it in the hope of prising some new facilities from BAA / GAL. Not likely at the moment. As to the previous hangars, No1 was the 1-11 hangar which became the MT base, No2 was workshops, No3 was 707 VC10 and latterly DC10, Not sure about the wooden No4 but burned down one night when I was working on the ramp! The other No4 was the Airtours hangar which carried out L1011 and 737 work. No5 was for DC10s. The only one left is No6 the old Laker hangar. OSU had a short stint in No7 after Dan Air and prior to Virgin taking over. there were also various lines of 737 and 757 major maintenance at times. Thats how I recall it since the 70's!
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Gatwick must be different from Luton then as wages there were being driven down long before Covid by ever lower tenders for contracts. The companies winning the contacts would save money by putting many staff on zero hour part time contracts.
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BALPA have put out a press release about a proposed downsizing by Norwegian at Gatwick. I can’t see an official announcement by Norwegian.
https://www.balpa.org/Media-Centre/P...ownsizing-by-N
https://www.balpa.org/Media-Centre/P...ownsizing-by-N
BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton said:
“This news is devastating for those affected and BALPA will do everything within its power to support its members, to avoid compulsory redundancies, reduce the number of employees to be dismissed and mitigate the consequences of any dismissals.
“These latest proposed job losses are yet more evidence of the devastating effect COVID-19 is having on global aviation. If the Government fails to act to support the sector, we will see more job losses as airlines are decimated.
“The Government promised weeks ago that it would look urgently at measures like Airport COVID-19 testing to help retore passenger confidence, but we are still to see any action in this area. The Government has let down the industry, its employees and the travelling public in this regard. UK aviation is in a death spiral and this is a disaster for the whole economy.
“This news is devastating for those affected and BALPA will do everything within its power to support its members, to avoid compulsory redundancies, reduce the number of employees to be dismissed and mitigate the consequences of any dismissals.
“These latest proposed job losses are yet more evidence of the devastating effect COVID-19 is having on global aviation. If the Government fails to act to support the sector, we will see more job losses as airlines are decimated.
“The Government promised weeks ago that it would look urgently at measures like Airport COVID-19 testing to help retore passenger confidence, but we are still to see any action in this area. The Government has let down the industry, its employees and the travelling public in this regard. UK aviation is in a death spiral and this is a disaster for the whole economy.
I imagine there will be more articles, but this from Norway might give a starting point - consultation taking place over substantially reducing the Gatwick base
https://finansavisen.no/nyheter/luft...-base-i-london
https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/LnA...ge-london-base
Update - if you want something in English:
https://www.cityam.com/norwegian-air...ort-haul-base/
https://finansavisen.no/nyheter/luft...-base-i-london
https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/LnA...ge-london-base
Update - if you want something in English:
https://www.cityam.com/norwegian-air...ort-haul-base/
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Now it is BUT it is the same in many areas. Pre Covid the unemployment rate was low and jobs reasonably plentiful such that employers were struglling for people. In a years time it might be back to it.
Crawley has a huge number of delivery type companies (as well as the Tesco dark site) who send the stuff out and Amazon coming in would take people from there but to compete businesses would up wages so it becomes a fight for higher pay. Little loyalty is not what an employer wants and challenges on pay.
Crawley has a huge number of delivery type companies (as well as the Tesco dark site) who send the stuff out and Amazon coming in would take people from there but to compete businesses would up wages so it becomes a fight for higher pay. Little loyalty is not what an employer wants and challenges on pay.
Manor Royal close to Crawley has hundreds of businesses employing thousands, they and airport are major employers PLUS you have Brighton etc all in easy reach.
I imagine there will be more articles, but this from Norway might give a starting point - consultation taking place over substantially reducing the Gatwick base
https://finansavisen.no/nyheter/luft...-base-i-london
https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/LnA...ge-london-base
Update - if you want something in English:
https://www.cityam.com/norwegian-air...ort-haul-base/
https://finansavisen.no/nyheter/luft...-base-i-london
https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/LnA...ge-london-base
Update - if you want something in English:
https://www.cityam.com/norwegian-air...ort-haul-base/
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DHL are operating the same for EasyJet.
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LGW long haul changes for W20
Per the latest Airlineroute updates today, there are a number of changes which will affect LGW long haul operations this winter, mainly:
- Norwegian: Flights to BOS, DEN, LAX, MIA, JFK, MCO and SFO will now not resume in December as originally planned, with resumption now pushed back to 28th March 21. At this time, all other routes to EZE, GIG, AUS, SEA and TPA will continue to be suspended beyond this date.
- Emirates: Resumption of flights to DXB will now not resume in December as originally planned, with resumption now pushed back to 28th March 21. Down to just one daily A380 for S21.
- Cathay Pacific: Daily service to HKG tentatively scheduled to resume from 1st Jan 21. A359 operating.
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Cathay Pacific
Noticed something strange on Cathay's website this morning... Just tried searching for flights from LGW-HKG-DPS in late Jan/early Feb, and flights originating from LGW are coming in noticeably more expensive than the LHR departures, around £200-280 more in economy on the same dates (odd seeing as LHR is the usually the more expensive departure airport). Is this indicating that CX are trying to discourage passengers from flying out of LGW, or even an attempt to price themselves off the route?