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'goes into' - it's an extension of the same closure that has been effective since last year. You'll be aware that Esken are trying to sell the airfield and are concentrating on their prize assett SEN, having also pulled out of Teesside this week?
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What Graham said - airport is officially closed to all traffic except local based operators. The flight school continues to operate, as do the helicopter tour operators. There's currently no refuelling available, so local operators are refuelling at Kirkbride.
There was a flurry of activity last month, so it looked like they were preparing to open, but apparently not.
There was a flurry of activity last month, so it looked like they were preparing to open, but apparently not.
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So why turn business away while keeping the airport licensed? I assume it is licensed if there are flight training schools operating.
It is like owning a pub and allowing only the locals in while most of the pub is empty. Will they be saying next that the airport is unviable so they will be claiming the airport has to close? Nice bit of land then for redevelopment.
It is like owning a pub and allowing only the locals in while most of the pub is empty. Will they be saying next that the airport is unviable so they will be claiming the airport has to close? Nice bit of land then for redevelopment.
Apart from locally based aircraft, who are the potential users of CAX ? All I can think of is the odd privately owned Cessna 172 pootling around the UK on a sunny day, but it's now almost November. I'm not expecting scheduled pax flights to return in the next 12 months...
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Private charter demand has increased since the start of the pandemic, due to executives not wanting to share aircraft with the masses or pass through busy terminals. Carlisle used to receive regular visits from such aircraft pre-covid, so presumably there is an increased demand here. Plus refuel for Air Ambulances, military movements etc.
The danger is that now these aircraft have started going elsewhere, they may not return.
Private charter demand has increased since the start of the pandemic, due to executives not wanting to share aircraft with the masses or pass through busy terminals. Carlisle used to receive regular visits from such aircraft pre-covid, so presumably there is an increased demand here. Plus refuel for Air Ambulances, military movements etc.
The danger is that now these aircraft have started going elsewhere, they may not return.
Is there anything else out of Dublin or just CAX? Being an EU airline, operating the other previous routes like BHD and SEN outr of Carlisle wouldn't be straightforward.
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If I am not mistaken, AIS is a flight school with an attached commuter airline operation. They have been operating (subsidized?) domestic routes across Europe, I remember flights in Sweden and Germany.
