I'm only seeing the accounts dated to 31st March 2017, where are 2018s please or am I just being thick?

Accounts
 

Correct about March 2017, the next accounts are due in December 2018, which will be for the period up to March 2018.
I noted that there are 71 DTVA employees listed in the last accounts. Does anyone know how many there were in 2004-05 when passenger figures were growing?

Re the last accounts, I am not an accountant but there appears to be large amounts of money being paid out to other companies?

Airport discussed by MP's
 

Airport debated by MP’s. Peel say they have invested £40m.
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...alley-15414343

More on the debate.
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...e-ssi-15413499Ben Houchen on the airport

Mr Houchen has pledged to buy back Durham Tees Valley Airport - or Teesside Airport, as he calls it.
He was criticised in the debate over lack of transparency and progress over his attempts to do a deal. He responded by saying:

Quote:

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Almost 15 years since Labour flogged our airport for just £500,000, I’m pleased that MPs are now finally awake to the fact that Teesside Airport could close – something I’ve been saying for two years.
I’m clear that the only way to save our airport from closure is to bring it back under public ownership. I’ve been clear that I won’t give money to Peel for nothing in return.

I’ll soon be presenting my plan to save our airport very soon for Cabinet approval. My plan will be public, voted on, and won’t require a single penny from local council tax payers. We also have an established UK airport operator willing to step in if we reach a deal.

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Could this be classed as fake news Mr Cunningham should no better or prove it.

I thought it was in the public domaion that Peel had an option to close the airport if it continued to lose money. This is certainly what the Mayor has been saying - the article linkied by Beefer has Mr Houchen saying the following (amongst other things)

Prove it as, show the letter from Mr Hough.

AMS
 

Doubt it's a record, we used to sustain 3xd if not 4xd all F100 service

10,297 used the AMS service in September, this was the best month on the route since September 2008 when 10,589 passengers flew it. Based on 3 rows of business class (so 6 vacant seats), I would put the load factor at 72% last month.

So far this year, the route is 12% up on 2017 - this is despite the summer schedule being cut back due to slot restrictions at AMS when maintenance work was being done on the runway. 2018 should be the best numbers on this route since 2008.

As HWU said, we don't know the yield (and of course KLM are running bigger planes than 12 months ago so might have dropped prices slightly) but KLM do still charge a significant premium to fly from MME over NCL or LBA, especially on connecting flights.

The weekend flights that I have seen have been added to with weekend trippers to Amsterdam so not just business and transit passengers. Highwideandugly banned but Beafer escapes.

DTV news. The Army will be arriving on an exercise.

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...-army-15428212

And the RAF transport A330 Voyager has been in a few times so not dead yet. Jet Provost also likes its new home.

Highwideandugly - Banned?? Whats that all about?? Only one who talks sense on here at times!!

I think you need to reassess your definition of sense!! But yes a strange ban and presumably nothing he's said on this particular thread

KLM - where is DTV Airport?
 

KLM confusion as to where DTV is? First the was a Newcastle photo, now its one of Durham?
Maybe Peels Robert could give them a local photo ;)

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...-land-15432241

Anyone got a suggestion for KLM?

A slow news day clearly and a non story! Does it matter?? No. I'm slightly surprised KLM lowered themselves to responding :bored: