Netjets at Cranfield
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Cheers Guys. I guess that as Luton gets busier with scheduled passenger traffic, some aspects of the GA community may get pushed out so Cranfield (& Oxford) may be suitable alternatives depending on where the clients need to go.
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Netjets at Cranfield?
Old thread but new news....perhaps. Heard that Netjets have finally done the deal with Cranfield Airport. I guess it's a similar scenario to that they have at Eglesbach - securing a long term base for guaranteed access to London on their terms.
Anyone know what, when, how, who? If the capabilities and infrastructure are beefed up there, I can see a gradual migration from Luton, will give Harrods, Signature and Ocean Sky something to be worried about.
Anyone know what, when, how, who? If the capabilities and infrastructure are beefed up there, I can see a gradual migration from Luton, will give Harrods, Signature and Ocean Sky something to be worried about.
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MJE to Cranfield
This is I think good news for the FBO and operators based in Luton.
NJE are a demanding and budget cutting client, and they take up a lot of ramp space.
To relocate NJE to Cranfield will be viewed mostly as good news.
However what will the clients want, the drive to London, can be an extra hour.
So will the NJE cleints then be dropped in LTN and the aircraft repostioned to Cranfield to await the next client.
A lot of crews rotate out / in from Luton, and the on cost of this move will impinge on the rotation.
In tle short term the handling agent that has the NJE contract will suffer, but very soon regain more profitable clients.
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NJE are a demanding and budget cutting client, and they take up a lot of ramp space.
To relocate NJE to Cranfield will be viewed mostly as good news.
However what will the clients want, the drive to London, can be an extra hour.
So will the NJE cleints then be dropped in LTN and the aircraft repostioned to Cranfield to await the next client.
A lot of crews rotate out / in from Luton, and the on cost of this move will impinge on the rotation.
In tle short term the handling agent that has the NJE contract will suffer, but very soon regain more profitable clients.
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NetJetNut, nothing could be further from the truth - but then you are new here! NJE only use Harrods at LTN and very rarely the other two FBO competitors. The post above in response is 100% correct - it may cause rejoice - they are hard work - good customer but hard work! I have noted a slow down in arrivals at LTN over the past 18 months as a regular there so not sure congestion remains the problem it was in the past.
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I too think in the medium term this will be good for Harrods. More profitable customers can be handled.
How many times on a Sunday when other VVIP airports have major restrictions is Luton once again maxed out. Only last week when I departed there were 5 BJs behind us at the Alpha hold. Sig were very busy and OS had a full south apron.
The M1 is a good road once again up to J10 and is not J10 to J13 a major bottleneck now?
Perhaps Luton will be more of a splash & go and cranfield will service other London airports as well, Cambridge loosing out on storage. Can't see much of the pond Netjet traffic moving though, operational hours are worse than FAB.
How many times on a Sunday when other VVIP airports have major restrictions is Luton once again maxed out. Only last week when I departed there were 5 BJs behind us at the Alpha hold. Sig were very busy and OS had a full south apron.
The M1 is a good road once again up to J10 and is not J10 to J13 a major bottleneck now?
Perhaps Luton will be more of a splash & go and cranfield will service other London airports as well, Cambridge loosing out on storage. Can't see much of the pond Netjet traffic moving though, operational hours are worse than FAB.
