The same charter operator is offering these at Norwich.

EGPO full air ambulance reasons for moving can be found in the media. They supposedly have offices and training facilities at different bases and want them all in the same place. At DTVA they have part of an old hangar and a large portacabin, we know there is room to build all they want but perhaps there is a cheaper option. Urlay Nook is the remains of a chrome works which is mainly concrete pads where the plant and warehouses were and an office block of futuristic design. The ground is probably seriously contaminated with nasty chemicals, so I wonder if they have considered that. Obviously no good for housing.

From an Ultralight operator up the roads Facebook page:

Other than this I can't find any sign of them having shut down.

EGPO: there would have to be a Letter of Agreement between the air amb and DTVA ATC that specifies what prior communication has to be made before a helicopter can take off. I imagine the air amb ops staff would have a direct line to ATC and as soon as they get a call-out they would hit that button at the same time as the helicopter crew were being given the incident details.
There might be scope - if the helipad location, orientation and surrounding obstacles allow - for some sort of emergency provision that, in the event of inability to contact ATC in time, permits the heli to get airborne on a specified south-easterly heading, perhaps with a height restriction, without clearance. But there won't be any arrangement that contains the remotest possibility that a heli might appear right next to the final approach in front of traffic on a c.1.5nm final (descending through about 500ft).

Or you could always book with a independant travel agents & support a local business. Our local agency are giving a discount to match the Airport Developement Fee

I'm willing to bet the caravan site is no less secure than any other, it's just typical of DTVAs luck that it should happen here

Security
 

Caravan security is rated by the insurance professionals and the more secure the location, the lower your premium. There are a number of gold rated sites around that are manned, have security gates, check in/out procedures, lighting and cameras and as a result have had zero incidents.

I don't know what DTVAs security rating is. On the face of it, it should be excellent given it's an airport however on inspection, you can see that a number of the measures mentioned above aren't overtly there (I stand to be corrected).

I would never store my unit there.

Wake me up when someone sets a plane on fire...

CASSOA GOLD rated storage facility

Caravan & Motorhome Storage

Suspect it may not be gold much longer!

Anyway, back to aviation.....

Someone from Loganair must have read your post? NWI tag on dropped eff 05/01/18.

ABZ continues

That's madness, not even the harshest of airlines would chop a route that fast, shame on them for not allowing time for growth

Many thanks for the reply, that wascvery informative.
And kind of what I was asking .
So you have answered my question :) .
Merry Christmas to you and all.
Regards
Egpo

or well done to LM for giving it a go and then being flexible enough to recognize that something isn't working and getting out quick before any damage is done . :ok:

Always easy to spend somebody else's money...

Is there an official press release or note on a web site anywhere? From Loganair.

Unlikely to advertise bad news, but not bookable through their website after 05/01.

Thanks Beafer, is this your new years resolution, useful information!!
We thought you had been arrested for torching the caravans :rolleyes:

Norwich to Durham was always going to be a strange route. Nowhere to nowhere springs to mind.
Five passengers a day.

History..tells us it wouldn’t work.

The next question is who goes first on the ABZ route?? Because someone will...and we will be back to square one..

I really thought the amount of people working offshore from Norwich would have translated into better figures. You don't know until you try, but I guess forward bookings didn't show an upward trend.

Really Nwi MME worked in the past for years!

The flight will still operate, it just won't pick up passengers. I think they would continue to offer it if there were other flights anywhere near the departure time. I stick by my point of earlier in the week, it can't have been economical to open up departures for those handful of people.

The flight isn't going to be operating. The flights you book on Loganair website for the Aberdeen to Norwich are BMI regional flights.


It is very good news to hear Loganair are very pleased with how things are going on the DTVA - Aberdeen route.

Not anytime soon with both enjoying good loads. Norwich should have been given more time, at the very least they should have seen the summer out, better yet a full year so they could compare like-for-like figures

I thought Loganair could have utilized the spare couple of hours by flying to either Dublin or Belfast. I suspect the downturn in the oil industry would have affected the Norwich route. Any prize for the next route they will operate!

Or

Any prize for the next route they will cease to operate!

Rumour has it Dublin may be on the cards, not sure if they'd be able to swing
Am interline agreement with Aerlingus.
It was a bit in a local Conaught newspaper , though most comments said they felt the story was wrong and that Belfast was most likely.
But they are said to be firmly committed to extra routes , I'm not sure the range on their Aircraft but would Stavanger fare any better than Norwich ?

The down turn in the oil industry has obviously affected such routes as DTV to Norwich with minimal loads so I can't see a link to Stavanger fairing any better during the down turn and I would have thought that if there was sufficient demand an airline would have resumed a link from Newcastle by now.

Companies say that they are 'fully committed' all the time it's just PR most of the time unless any written agreement is signed it means sod all, look at how many airports that have had airlines saying that and before you know it they are history.

I wouldn't hold my breath regarding Loganair having a long term relationship with DTV, I'm not knocking the airport in anyway but that's how I personally see it.

The limited amount of Guernsey flights could always remain at DTV considering that they are aligned with a travel company so seat sales more or less will be taken up especially considering the amount of flights available.

Canberra, bmi fly Newcastle-Stavanger 6 x weekly

Graham it wasn't until I sent it that I immediately realised that BMI do fly from Newcastle to Stavanger but fair play to you for being quick off the mark

I won't change my post though to correct it I'll leave it to you for being so quick to remind me.

EGPO - interesting that flights from DTVA are being discussed in the Connaught press - can you provide a link?

Canberra97 - which company is involved - no reference in the licence application?

Well my mistake then but I thought I had read somewhere regarding a travel company backing the Guernsey flights, it's not Superbreak but again I could have mistaken it but if I do find it I will post a link.

DTV railway station loosing a platform..surely a housing development would be attracted to a railway connection..short sighted?

The masterplan has an aspiration to move the station nearer to the approach road (and the housing)

I think it is time the LAs got on with the plans for the new train station and the park & ride system next to roundabouts on airport approach road.


If that happens it will mean the freight sidings can be added to airport site next current location of the pointless railway halt. All covered in the DTVA masterplan documents. http://www.durhamteesvalleyairport.c...Masterplan.pdf

The airport itself is nowhere near the position where it could justify a train station - if the LA's feel that the housing development (plus those nearby) warranted a train station, it should have been made a condition of the planning permission.

The plan wasn't for station to be at the airport. The plan was for a park & ride system for the Tees Valley area with train station next to it. That site was chosen because it has good road access and is next railway line that gives access to the local town centres and business parks. It is a bonus that it will give better transport links to airport but it would still require a bus between the park & ride / train station and the airport terminal building.

Work on the Premium Lounge should be completed by spring 2018. Premium Lounge

I know we can't expect anymore from them, but you would have thought at least one of the two leading regional newspapers would have challenged this statement. Why so much? How much does keeping the remaining side open cost? What's stopping you closing the whole lot?

Saving £6m by 2022. Exactly HOW does one platform and footbridge cost £1.2m-£1.5m to maintain? I admire the need to cost cut, but that'd be like me saying "i'm gonna save £1m by not drinking and selling a kidney"