Teesside-2

[N707ZS]

A bit of old news but major Houchin has no interest in history, wildlife or fauna at the airport. Defiantly no money for a dig.
The historic wreckage that lies beneath Middleton St George | The Northern Echo

[highwideandugly]

Oh no..not another rename!

The Sir Ben Houchin International Airport!….really got a ring to it!

[SWBKCB]

Would it not be Lord Houchen International?

[highwideandugly]

Lord,sir,lackey…..all the same….😀

Guess they will never keep up with changing the road sign posts then! 🤪

[Grumpy1]

Ben is a man with self respect. I am confident that he wil not accept a lordship from a former PM who had to resign in disgrace and is currently under investigation for dishonesty and while he is himself being investigated for corruption.

[highwideandugly]

Time will tell!

[onion]

I have seen remains of an air frame on the Southside years ago that had bee disturbed when they were doing some work. Must be about 25 years ago though. Probably the remains of the Wellington mentioned in the article.

[N707ZS]

The Wellington remains were looked after by a hangar 3 pilot and when the GA aircraft were kicked out the Wellington remains went in the scrap bin.

[highwideandugly]

Ryanair expansion on another thread..another Alicante for winter 23/24.

[s_insania]

Positive news, another 20k seats and another one in the face for the halfwits on this thread. Looking like another 30/40% increase on 2022’s passenger numbers if forecasts turn out as they should

Alicante flight times as follows for the Winter season.

Monday
1620-1820 ALC-MME
1845-2235 MME-ALC

Thursday
1440-1640 ALC-MME
1705-2055 MME-ALC

Sunday
0710-0910 ALC-MME
0935-1325 MME-ALC

[N707ZS]

A good start, we still need a winter sun destination.

[ted320]

Originally Posted by N707ZS

A good start, we still need a winter sun destination.

Agreed, TFS would be appreciated.

[s_insania]

Teesside Airport - April 23 Passenger Figures

Terminal Passengers 17988 (+30% Apr22) (+40% Mar 23)
Aircraft Movements 1672

ABZ 1092 = 23/flt (51% LF) (-23% Apr22)
AMS 8101 = 60/flt (69% LF) (+233% Apr22)
ALC 3066 = 170/flt (88% LF) (+11% Apr22)
PMI 2522 = 140/flt (76% LF) (+24% Apr22)
FAO 2738 = 152/flt (80% LF) (+17.5% Apr22)

[highwideandugly]

Have the cargo figures been published yet?

Wonder if Eastern will return on the Aberdeen route now they are dropping Newcastle..again …!!

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by highwideandugly

Have the cargo figures been published yet?

No cargo in April according to the figures on the Teesside Movements website

[highwideandugly]

But do those figures count smaller amounts of freight in the holds of aircraft .
Sure I read somewhere the CAA only counted large(ish) amounts?

Also a license has been granted to import fresh fruit/flowers etc.

[N707ZS]

There has only been one Hungarian ATR-42 recently, quite sure car parts again so no new freight generated ZERO! A rumour recently was that the airport has given the cargo shed/hangar to Draken.

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by highwideandugly

But do those figures count smaller amounts of freight in the holds of aircraft .
Sure I read somewhere the CAA only counted large(ish) amounts?

Also a license has been granted to import fresh fruit/flowers etc.

The Teesside Movements websites figures are always higher than the CAA stats, so I assume that their figures cover everything.

[P330]

Looks like the Thursday Bulgaria flight now is peak only….starting late July.

[Harold77]

The CAA stats only count freight carried in an aircraft over a certain weight.