I see that British International helicopters relocated the dauphins to Newquay today after 16 years at being at plymouth.

after all this talking!
 

Without an airport Plymouth will just be a large town in the South West of England with poor road and rail connections.Business,s will go down hill and if the Navy is cut further then there goes the dockyard and lots of unemployment .Just what the government does not need ,more people on benefits!!I dont say that will be because there is no airport but it will be a contributory factor.I was in Plymouth visiting in November,five hours by coach!!Trains?Last year I stood all the way from Reading to Plymouthand I am a pensioner.No not one teen offerd me thier space in the between coachs!!Thats why I would like the Airport to stay open.

Last day of flying
 

I hear that Thursday 22nd looks likely to be the last flying day as Friday 23rd is for emergencies only.
Good luck to those looking for work.

Were did you hear that?

Where did you hear that?
 

At the airport.

I fear that if the government bill for development goes through, many more airfields will go the same way as sale of the land for building is a short term gain for owners. sad to see Plymouth close but what is happening there is a warning about the bigger picture. Sadly, call me Dave and co are not listening as it does not really affect their mates in the city. Truth is, although the DfT would argue to the contrary, there is no strategy for air transport outside of the main international airports. :sad:

Have the last aircraft left PLH yet?
 

As today is the last day of normal flight ops at PLH, have the few remaining based aircraft already positioned out?
Will someone down there let us know what the last movements were?
Good luck to all at PLH.

Plymouth hasn't closed yet - it is still totally open to traffic until 1700 tomorrow morning, only 2 based aircraft remain, 1 out tomorrow and the other on the back of a lorry.

1700 tomorrow morning?????
What time zone is PLH in these days?!?!? :confused:

(What time zone is PLH in these days?!?!?)

The 1980's :)

Evening sorry! :mad:

Farewell ......
 

Smashing little airport it was. Smashing people. Fraid the regional airport and airline business is just not worth anyone's risk now. I'll be paying off my debts until I die!

Bon chance everyone

Vision for a new £30million airport in Plymouth is unveiled | This is Plymouth

A 'world class international gateway airport' on the site if these people get their way.

The incinerator must already be polluting the air! Should be retitled:

'Small business owner with no sense of reality wants council to turn him in to a millionaire airport owner and operator.'

A very sad day indeed ,good luck to everyone.SHH clearly deliberately ran the airport down prior to re-developing it as housing-classic property developer tatics.My old SATCO will be turning in his grave, he always said the council were never supportative of the airport and told noise complainers that when the airport is no longer, the council will put a crematorium on the runway!. I suggest the incinerator and a caravan site for travellers also would fit nicely there,you will then generate huge support for PLH.
Resurgum.

So .....

Viable envisages a facility that could eventually handle up to a million passengers a year.

That, along with using the current car park, would free space to create a commercial hub, which could be turned into a mixed-use scheme containing elements such as a conference centre, shops, offices, a hotel and possibly even a cinema, with short-stay car parking, and bring in about £7million.

Where the bl00dy hell are these million passengers per year going to park their cars?

Just asking. :)

In an underground car park beneath the site, combined with the adjacent park and ride facility.

PlymouthPixie,

With all due respect you're full of sh1t and this proposal is full of flaws from the outset, why sell off the car parking space to then spend mega bucks creating, supposed, underground parking?

Alas, in a previous life, I've worked at PLH, I know the geography, I know the limited space available, and some clown believes he can create a 30 million pound, one million passengers per annum, airport that doesn't actually have a car park of any significance?

Way too funny :)

Phileas, can run a park n ride from a major car park, like the one at Exeter airport. ;)

Phileas

You are really now getting bang out of order and it seems to be personal and stacks of Jealousy. I have heard and read about this proposal and you seemed to be trying to shoot the messanger.As understand it it is underground car parks that is being proposed and the fill being used to extend the runway..Whether this plan is a goer or not (and I think its not due to SHH),with other things that are going on down this end of country as well at least it has made people of Plymouth wake up and smell the coffee and realise they are getting a bum deal from their council.