HUY has developed with little consideration for future growth. As you say there is little room to park more planes over night. I dont see where the apron could be extended too. You would probably have to demolish the helicopter hangar and extend the apron towards car park 3 and that would need a new helicopter hangar to be built (a long way from the helicopter terminal), a new car park to be built and a road to be diverted

Easier option, surely, is to put an apron on the other side of the runway and connect that with a short tunnel to the existing buildings. Of course, you'd need a lot more flights first.

What about those waste of space fields to the left side of the runway (when viewed from the A18), loads of space there and far cheaper than digging a tunnel under the runway or diverting the road surely?
Mind you HUY have to get pot loads of flights haven't they and there is the rub!!

On XL.com Corfu, Zante and Fuertaventura are no longer shown on booking selector for 2006, all other destinations are bookable. Fuertaventura, Corfu and Zante have dropped off the HUY Airport website for XL.

So no second aircraft?

Is it due to low bookings?

Apparently some tour operaors have pulled out (reasons unknown) but XLA are trying to get replacement ones

7006 fan, that's exactly what I said - the other side of the runway - but how do the pax get to the terminal from an apron on that side of the runway? You aren't going to let them walk across the runway, are you? Hence why I mentioned a short tunnel. Unless you think there are enough pax to create a second terminal, of course...

Sorry Panda,
I meant that the land could become used as the main terminal, turn the existing into heliport/domestic/GA and so forth and have two aprons. Might also need to make the runway a bit longer to the south as well. Anyone got £50m!!!! sigh
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Gather they can't get another aircraft. The one they planned on getting is now no longer available. All sounds a bit strange to me!
:suspect:

Hopefully they can find an arcraft or at least do some W patterns from other bases to make up for some of the flights lost

Will XLA's remaining aircraft be based the whole week or just part of it?

As far as i am aware the XL a/c will be based all week but it wont be an XL aircraft.

Maybe a Finnair B757 like at NCL this year?

Just hope we get something reliable

Sorry, the XL full based a/c will now not be happening, it will be part based as was origionaly from tuesday to saturday:{

There is still hope for more announcements from other ventures so there is still hope....

xla have started recruitment online applications for humberside at www.xl.com under careers:ok:

Just got word from a friend in XLA Ops.. TF-ARI, B752 will be operating base training at HUY sometime over the next week.

Lew

Oh Dear.
Why do I get this funny feeling in the pit of my stomach that it is "here we go again". How do HUY do it?!? DSAare gaining routes, BLK have launched new Ryanair routes (and that is with MAN and LPL on their doorstep) NWI (not renowned as a mass population area OR easy to get to) gets loads of FlyBe.

Anyone got a picture of Nero handy!

Someone said to me the other day, HUY is the only regional International airport without a lo-co, is that true! Seems bizarre, or are they only interested in supporting package holidays, relying on the thought that the 'business traveller will hike to MAN. Unless of course you are lucky enough to get a seat on the KLM


:sad:

Gather HUY is putting on a large programme of works for this winter!
Car park expansion, apron, new taxiway, warehouse etc, can only be good news. here is hoping it's all true!

I believe this to be true, looking at an increase in pax to over 600,000 from somewhere so may be an announcement??

Perhaps HUY will get a 734 :E

What's happening at HUY, big ad's for big jobs!

General Manager
&
Airfield Manager

New jobs or a 'reshuffle'? Would think these must be new jobs to cope with the new flights next year.

:confused:

GrahamK

Or even a 738!!

TUTH