Isle of Man
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Isle of Man
In these days of increasing landing fees and apparent total lack of interest in GA at many UK airports, I have pass on details of a very different experience flying in to Ronaldsway, Isle of Man yesterday.
Despite being fairly busy with scheduled jet traffic, I was slotted in with great courtesy and parked on the main apron (overnight). On departing today, the Flight Briefing staff were superb - all the info I could ever want without having to ask AND, best of all, landing fees and 28hrs parking on the main apron for less than £15!! Can this be beaten at a "proper" airport in the UK?
p.s. I believe fuel isn't cheap there though!
[This message has been edited by Diplomate (edited 13 March 2001).]
Despite being fairly busy with scheduled jet traffic, I was slotted in with great courtesy and parked on the main apron (overnight). On departing today, the Flight Briefing staff were superb - all the info I could ever want without having to ask AND, best of all, landing fees and 28hrs parking on the main apron for less than £15!! Can this be beaten at a "proper" airport in the UK?
p.s. I believe fuel isn't cheap there though!
[This message has been edited by Diplomate (edited 13 March 2001).]
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I,v always found the Isle of man very good when i,v been it gets a bit hectic TT week so they have a slot system but i have never had to change my plans by more than 30 min.
All round i think that the IOM airport authority treats GA very well and do remember that we bring a lot of spending power to the IOM economy ,this is something that other island goverments/councils would do well to remember.
All round i think that the IOM airport authority treats GA very well and do remember that we bring a lot of spending power to the IOM economy ,this is something that other island goverments/councils would do well to remember.
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Could it be due to lack of movements compared to other airfields? As the Island is a Tax Haven, the Manx government has so much money in the kitty they don't know what to do with it. I doubt that aviation contributes a great deal to the total wealth. In contrast, the price of fuel is so high the locals fly to West Freugh to refuel.
