Hope FR do start a Turin service but if its for the skiing over winter05/06 then surely there would have to be an announcement asap plus a bit of FR marketing since the winter season is not that far away even though it is the middle of summer!

Would have thought a GLA or PIK flight to Blackpool would be good as Blackpool is always full of jocks when I go there!

schaltzie

Looks like a re-run of Plainstation/Wiggins, "Wolverhampton Business Airport", still really Halfpenny Green, is the very poor man's Manston, and look what has happened to that.

Very restrictive runways (ie less than half the length of Manston's) and road links as bad (if not worse) than Lydd, sorry "London Ashford", what mug(s) have been persuaded to pour money into it? Or is it another case of us, ie Joe taxpayer, funding it through EU grants!

Hi

Just wondering when tickets for the new A2B BLK - AMS route go on sale. Is this service still due to start 26th September or has this start date slipped?
Also very curious as to what a/c type will be used on this route, last I heard the plan was for 50 seat regional turpoprop, Dash 8, ATR etc.

Any idea anyone?

Regards

talk about coincidence , heard a whiff today from a friend in the Blackpool area ( and it is only a whiff so dont read to much into it !!!) that A2B may not now be operating the BPL -AMS service.

If anybody has any concrete info let us all know ...hope the route comes to fruition as it would probably be a good route.

Anybody know how the new ABZ route is doing , hear the load factors have been low , but it's early days yet I suppose.

Rufus:

I too have heard that early load factors on the ABZ route have been low.

Then again,it's not the first time that businesses up here have screamed for new routes here,there & everywhere from ABZ,but when it comes to the crunch & a route is actually launched,it simply is not supported well enough.

Apparently oil industry interests wanted City Star to start this route,but the route can't service itself without passsengers,nor can it be sustained on the whim of a particular business,to use at its leisure.

Major announcement due at BLK today.

Jet2.com opening new base there

Excellent. A decent carrier to Belfast. Think I'd choose the B737 over the PA31.

Me thinks (nay hopes) Robs Fischer Price airline will soon bite the dust. Please someone move onto the IOM route and end this OVC @50' canx FPL we'll go VFR..........:mad:

Rgds
The Moss:ok:

Edit to add this is a bit of a coup for Space Hopper airports....wonder if it happened without them noticing?:p

Completely agree about the toy airline but onto more important matters.

Just wondering what peoples opinions are on the apron space at BLK. I know at the moment with the movements BLK has that it is not an immediate problem but with all the expansion going on in recent months would the airport have to consider expanding the curent apron with perhaps a more conservative way of parking a/c? Ive seen what it is like with 2 737s in at once and it doesnt leave a great deal of space.

So if they do expand the apron where would they expand it? I had visions of nose in parking along the length of the existing hangars eg Emerald/Westair etc but just a small problem of where do put these guys? Could it be expanded more towards the control tower?

This must surely become more of an issue in the next few years now Jet2 are actually basing a/c here. One would also assume FR and ZB will plan further expansion now.

Sorry if I'm rabbiting on(trying to work aswell) just wondered what peoples opinions are on this.

ps - Could Euromanx do a Jet2(at Belfast) and push A2B(or whatever its called) off the IOM route?

"Nose in parking alongside existing Emerald/Westair hangar etc"

Spacehoppers wouldn't bother about them , probably just do it and not even think about the existing tenants

Great News
 

Well done Blackpool, marvellous news.
You've got 6 months to work on taxiways and plans to avoid ground gridlock....especially as "slots" will become more of a problem.
Suggest ATC meet with management to work through some ground movement scenarios.......what can you do in 6 months to return maximum benefit.
Regards to you all.

Easier said than done but I'd scrap RWY25(think thats happening anyway) and put a parallel taxiway in for 10/28 like LPL. Then shift ATC to somewhere near the terminal building and expand the apron southward. Sure they could do that in 6 months if they put their minds to it.lol.

Thought they were expanding the RWY? Not heard anything on that for a long time now.

simple increase the landing fees and price of avgas---that sorts the GA problem

as for emerald rumour has it there possibly on the move from blackpool anyway -----probably just waiting for a good offer on the hangar from space hoppers

they could have expanded the apron west but they're building houses on that land now. jet 2 where next. place your bets..............
might also spur monarch on to do more before jet2 do