Biz jets for grouse shooting I suspect.

Anyone know why no departures from DTV until after 9 today?? Unusual?

Major fog problems at AMS. Lots of delays & cancellations.

Amazing movements at the airport..pity it can't be the grouse shouting time all the time!!! Sorry Grouse!!!

Great update on DTV movements regarding passenger figures.As reported and suspected not good.On course for the lowest figures since 1970?
More worryingly is the Amsterdam Blue Ribband airport route which continues a downward trend.Aberdeen a basket case and that's before 3 extra rotations per day!

Yes not good. But in the same way you were clearly itching for this:
to be the airports fault, there is also an undercurrent of blame towards the airport in your passenger figures posts.

Things will improve, Loganair will at least balance out the figures and like the movements website says, there is still more people using KLM than a 18 months - 2 years ago

NBM. Sorry is this what they call a a bit of a complex?? These are facts..being reported..what is there to hide??

There have been massive strides taken recently..but sometime all is not what it seems??
Fact. Figures are appalling....fact. The airport(maybe not Peel) is doing all it can to improve!
Staff are busting a gut and all credit and respect to them.

Any and I mean ANY airport that has no departures before 9 in morning..is it not a little unusual? Hence the innocent question,ably answered by tiger...
Chill out...

I'm late to the party and I hold my hands up to not having read the previous 100 pages.


That said, DTV needs to make a business case without relying on the Cobham work, which, in a world run by people who can see the bigger picture, would be based at RAF Leeming.

Surely the police should read all of the evidence before convicting the criminal!!


On the other hand what is at Leeming could be based at DTVA!

Hmm, Highwide I still think you're lightning fast at jumping on anything negative, but on this occasion...fair enough

Think that documentary is an attempt by Beafer to raise some beer money!!
Thanks NMB accepted!!

Who gave him the £10? And I wonder if he has permission to film.

It's a joke surely? Any publicity is good publicity,however this looks a bit dodgy??

I'll make the film as soon as you give me the money to buy the equipment? Sounds like a dedicated film maker - God loves an optimist.... :ok:

Too busy gardening.
 

The poster who added the video may start with a "B" but not mine.

Sounds more like the type of thing one of Peels Friends of the airport might do when not doing the parent companies bidding for free.

The video maker has until 2021 as the Peel management have stated, then the options are open.
Wonder where the £200k a month is going? Peel bills?
https://sastimes.com/english/busines...alley-airport/

Why not just link to the Gazette's original story - nothing new here...

Will Loganair stop the decline of Durham Tees Valley Airport? This and 3 other key questions answered - Gazette Live

I'm sure there'll be a great return on that investment!

The Prime Minister refuses to comment on plans for the airport.

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/te...sside-13520530

DTV Airport Peel plans.
 

It appears Mrs May wouldn't say that the government will help to buy back DVT Airport while flying in yesterday. No surprise there. They new Mayor used the DTV buy back spin to get votes, but he hasn't got the money, and Peel know he cant force them to sell the airport. They councils put paid to that signing it over.

Peel are a land company who are sitting on 800 acres of prime land so they won't sell it. They must be laughing all the way to the bank after adding the original contract clause which stated that the councils had to give up most of their DTV shares after 10 years IF the councils didn't put more money into the airport!
Something very strange went on if the council staff didn't see that part of the contract, OR did they? Hmmmmm, wonder if we'll ever find out who was in charge of the sale documents?

With the Peel company spokesman saying in the press recently that they won't guarantee DTVA's future after 5 years, I predict it will go something like this.

2018 First houses will be built and sold. Night flights will stop.
Peel will keep harping on about DTV losses, to help sway the public.

2021 or earlier, there will be another Share Swap with either another VAS type company, or one of the many Peel side companies to complicate any ownership issues with the council minorities, and probably more building plans applied for.

Prior to 2021 Peel will announce they can not support any more losses which they say are running at £200k a MONTH, which will be final nail in the coffin and the rest of the 800 site will be built upon.
Probably be a mix of houses and Industrial units.

Some might not like this, but its a safe bet that Peel will have already the housing estate plans already drawn up. Don't need to be Einstein to work that one out.
Robert the Peel man will call up from Manchester to say its been an expensive venture for them but they did their best.
What he won't say is yes we got a large public airport and 800 acres all for the small sum of £500,000.
Funny old world of funny handshakes and secret meetings to get a deal like that me thinks. :hmm:

Have Peel given up paying the pensions of the DTV Airport staff? I heard they wanted the local councils to pick up the pension bills to save Peel paying them.
I didn't hear what the final decision was on that debacle.
Shocking to think the Public have to pay for DTV staff pensions when a private company (Peel) own the airport.