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whats going on with MK and the weekly MSE-LOS flights? Who are those for? are Panalpina involved with this?



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ALLDAYDELI

These are shifting mainly oil industry stuff from Aberdeen. Don't know about forwarder.

Nice to see though that Astraeus will be running next years Kent escapes programme.

:)

Could you say a bit more, please? MK movements have stepped up sharply over the last three days, and EgyptAir is moving towards its 4 flights/week. DAS are operating two Gemini machines this week.

I'll answer my own post!
I've done some calculations on traffic between November 1st and 11th, as an outsider.
In the 11 days there have been 8 loaded MK flights and one positioning arriving. Of the 9 flights out, one was full to Lagos, and 5 of the others - to Ostend and Luxembourg - carried part-loads. A big increase in traffic.
In the same period there have been 4 EgyptAir turnrounds, some of which uplifted cargo.
There have been 2 ad hoc charters.
My estimate is that freight handled so far this month is 1,100 tons.

You seem extraordinarily well-informed about what is going on at Manston. Do you work there, and are your posts intended to raise the profile of the airfield? If so, I would suggest you pay PPrune for the "free" advertizing they are letting you do.

Personally I have no objection to people reporting traffic at MSE.

However, people will recall that Infratil took pains to point out the importance of seasonal variation to explain reduced MK loads in July.

In order to present MSE traffic accurately in November/December, people should remember there is always a substantial seasonal boost in freight traffic in the run up to Christmas.

Jes you are correct, in that, mse is very busy at the moment with freight traffic and not just an increase seasonal stats.
The biggest increase is in the outbound loads by MK and Egypt, I wouldnt disagree with your figures, but won't be confirmed till the end of the month as usual.
Along with this increase, more staff have and are continuing to be employed to cope with this extra demand.
I have also heard that a 5 year business plan has been produced with great expectations for 2007.
Watch this space....:ok:

The airport owner Infratil has just posted its half-year net profit ($11.8 million).
There you have something about Manston as well.
Infratil said satisfactory results were achieved at each of Infratil's major investments in the six months to the end of September.
Depreciation at Infratil Airports Europe (IAE) had resulted in an accounting loss to Infratil of $6m, in line with budget. A year ago IAE contributed $2m.
IAE continued to pursue a long-term approach to building value, Infratil said.
While the group result was in line with expectations, aspects of performance had been mixed across the three European airports.
New customers for Lubeck had been elusive, while airfreight at Kent had outstripped forecasts and freight has also rebounded at Glasgow.
But Glasgow's passenger numbers had been flat due to Ryanair's fleet management and route planning.
"The reassuring feature of the mixed performance of the European airports is that the issues are well-understood, the management team is well resourced with excellent and experienced people, and the potential rewards remain attractive," Infratil said.

Really :confused: have they been employed full time or just on a come in when its busy, which is how it is at present with a small team on full time.

undiemole

Undiemole, you obviously know the answer to this question as you seem to know the present situation.
More staff have been taken on full time and more are being interviewed over the coming weeks.
Yes as you probably know part time staff are being used to cover this busy period, but more staff are on the cards.
The statement was made as a fact not to champion the airport, or to start a thread on staffing issue's.

Im sure that this has nothing to do with Xmas as that all comes in by containing ships might be wrong.

James

James

The reason for the increase is on Infratil's website.

you say freat expectations for 2007, would this include new passenger services that have yet to be announced?

Freight on the whole is up but is passenger traffic justifying itself. could more staff be in for passenger services?

berrs003
You keep trying to get someone on this forum to tell you about passenger services, as well as in your alter ego of EUJET on another forum.
Your fishing might be better received if you were to tell us what you know.

what is wrong wit hpeople on this forum. i am not saying a iknow something just the fact that rumour fly around.
You are all deafeatists. its like you dont want to talk about the topic :sad:

Will the additional full time staff be kept on after the pre xmas rush :confused:

or is it back to situation normal....on a wing and a prayer.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not buying my Xmas fruit and veg this week. This is real growth.
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2 MK 747s in today.

Ok cool cheers.Where abouts on the website do you look for this info I just looked and could not find it.

James

Jes
Indeed 2 MK 747's bringing cargo and 1 departing with a load to DNMM.
Oasis-Hong Kong Airlines 744 training today too.

James
On infratil's site, go to Announcements and look for Infratil Airports Europe reports.