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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jan 2017, 16:22
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

I saw something recently (can't remember where),...

I saw something recently (can't remember where), saying flights restart on 16th January.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Dec 2016, 16:14
Replies: 165
Views: 86,601
Posted By mikerawsonderby

In the early 70s a Viscount (Bahamas I think, but...

In the early 70s a Viscount (Bahamas I think, but might have been Venezuelan, it was a long time ago) landed at Wymeswold instead of East Midlands. The aircraft was to be serviced by Fields Aviation,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Mar 2015, 14:40
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

I thought it was windy yesterday, weren't the...

I thought it was windy yesterday, weren't the windmills working?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Feb 2015, 17:03
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Police

Press reports suggest that the National Police Air Service is to open a base at EMA. The North Midlands helicopter will move from Ripley (Derbyshire), but there are also plans to replace 4 of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Oct 2013, 17:38
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

August Passengers

Wondering what to do on a miserable wet day, I thought I'd check the CAA stats. Looking at the August figures there were 598k passengers (455k scheduled, 143k chartered). This was actually the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Feb 2013, 19:40
Replies: 28
Views: 5,006
Posted By mikerawsonderby

I believe that one of the Dan Air 727s (those...

I believe that one of the Dan Air 727s (those were the days) had backward facing seats
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Feb 2013, 11:25
Replies: 1,210
Views: 483,104
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Without wishing to sound too troll-y, 400t is...

Without wishing to sound too troll-y, 400t is half of what EMA sees in one night - just putting things into context!

Mike
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Jan 2013, 16:36
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,411,464
Posted By mikerawsonderby

EMA

According to an article in today's Derby Telegraph, the Jet2 CE says that EMA will have 5 based aircraft this summer.

Mike
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2013, 19:32
Replies: 256
Views: 38,899
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Just one thing missing from EGCA's history lesson...

Just one thing missing from EGCA's history lesson - back in the early 70's Sheffield City Council approached the five local authorities that ran EMA to join them. I believe they offered a fair...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jul 2012, 08:37
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

...or they got in early and lied about their...

...or they got in early and lied about their intentions/capability to prevent anyone else jumping in. EMA passengers have been treated incredibly shabbily throughout this whole sorry affair.
Mike
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Mar 2011, 21:12
Replies: 19
Views: 2,341
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Unfortunately, you climate change 'deniers' are...

Unfortunately, you climate change 'deniers' are missing the real issue (as I suspect the climate change believers are too, having to battle to prove their theories instead of getting on). The oil...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Feb 2011, 14:25
Replies: 884
Views: 222,459
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Well there's going to be lots of disappointed...

Well there's going to be lots of disappointed people around the country then. Many of the 'Reader's Holiday Offers' in our local newspaper use RYR flights.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jan 2011, 20:19
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Baby and Walkway

Baby - I can hear all the 'I told you so' already.

Walkway - I've just had a look at the poor quality plans on the council website. From what I can see EMA got approval for a walkway a couple of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Nov 2010, 20:14
Replies: 788
Views: 189,066
Posted By mikerawsonderby

"Surely the fact it serves circa 1 million...

"Surely the fact it serves circa 1 million passengers is enough proof to show it was needed in the first place, and does have a future?"

Er, just like Coventry? (Sorry, if I hadn't said it...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Aug 2010, 20:02
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

I agree that the pax figures are very poor, and I...

I agree that the pax figures are very poor, and I really would have expected some improvement over last July's result. However, if I ran a business that made £10m profit on £50m revenue, I'd be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jul 2010, 19:12
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Whilst we were waiting for our TCX flight back...

Whilst we were waiting for our TCX flight back from Mahon on Sunday, we were given various excuses. Initially we were told there would be a 2.5 hour delay because of the fog, then it changed to 4...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jul 2010, 17:08
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

We arrived last night on the TCX from MAH (7+...

We arrived last night on the TCX from MAH (7+ hour delay because of the broken a/c at Antalya) and although we started queuing at the door it was probably only 15 minutes to get through. Surprised...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Apr 2010, 20:13
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Another disastrous set of results. We'd better...

Another disastrous set of results. We'd better hope things do improve, because the passengers dropped by 19.3% whereas there was 'only' an 8.3% reduction in flights. This means that baby and Ryanair...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Sep 2009, 17:36
Replies: 1,654
Views: 515,972
Posted By mikerawsonderby

BBC East Midlands News

3 more aircraft
8 new routes
expansion of existing routes
bookable tomorrow

Mike
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jan 2009, 18:11
Replies: 1,654
Views: 515,972
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Cardiff to Almeria 'replaces' Glasgow and...

Cardiff to Almeria 'replaces' Glasgow and Amsterdam, Birmingham to Newquay 'replaces' Cork - I hope they don't announce any new flights from EMA!!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Dec 2008, 12:20
Replies: 1,654
Views: 515,972
Posted By mikerawsonderby

XLR Seats

Flew EMA-JER in Sept. At check-in we were allocated the row behind the wing exit, but because that row was empty we were asked to move forward (didn't complain).

Mike
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Sep 2008, 18:47
Replies: 10
Views: 2,702
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Managed to avoid cancellations, but delayed both...

Managed to avoid cancellations, but delayed both ways on a recent trip to Jersey. Outbound by 55 mins (although had been 105 mins late on previous departure to CDG) blamed on cockpit instrumentation...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Apr 2008, 19:56
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Thomas Cook

The 2009 brochure shows a total of 57 weekly flights, 35 by TCX (ie 2 a/c), quite a few BD (school hols only), and several others.
However, I wouldn't believe it too much because 4 or 5 of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Mar 2008, 18:30
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

February Pax

I think I'd treat the CAA figures with a bit of caution until the final results are published. They also show an infeasibly large 48% increase in air transport movements - seems to be a bit of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Feb 2008, 17:32
Replies: 3,561
Views: 1,213,343
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Stu

This is a rumour network, and we've been woefully short of decent EMA rumours for a while, so well done!

Mike
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Feb 2008, 19:11
Replies: 587
Views: 150,880
Posted By mikerawsonderby

From another forum (courtesy DD): ...

From another forum (courtesy DD):

Unidentified investors are carrying out due diligence on long-haul start-up UK International Airlines with a view to taking a stake in the carrier and restoring...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Jan 2008, 18:33
Replies: 5,833
Views: 1,301,254
Posted By mikerawsonderby

viewedfromabove

Brilliant. Thanks for cheering me up after such a s*** day.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Jan 2008, 18:09
Replies: 1,560
Views: 423,109
Posted By mikerawsonderby

befree

It's not my fault you don't read all of the newspapers! I believe it was in the Evening Standard (at work we get a precis of the industry-related press cuttings each day). And I believe the Easyjet...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2008, 19:09
Replies: 1,560
Views: 423,109
Posted By mikerawsonderby

The report states that one of Stelios' directors...

The report states that one of Stelios' directors has been placed on the board at Silverjet.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2008, 18:54
Replies: 1,560
Views: 423,109
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Don't shoot the messenger

Don't shoot the messenger
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2008, 18:46
Replies: 1,560
Views: 423,109
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Press reports today are suggesting that Stelios...

Press reports today are suggesting that Stelios is after Silverjet. "Stelios has always wanted to fly to the States, but has never known quite how to do it" (or something like that).

Mike
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jan 2008, 19:33
Replies: 5,833
Views: 1,301,254
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Interesting that the BHX routes have so little...

Interesting that the BHX routes have so little overlap with EMA. It's almost as if these were originally planned for EMA (they were certainly on the 'shopping list'), but have now been switched,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Nov 2007, 19:39
Replies: 5,833
Views: 1,301,254
Posted By mikerawsonderby

MOL won't wash and iron his own clothes! He's...

MOL won't wash and iron his own clothes! He's already said that he buys a new hairdryer instead of packing one (how very green:rolleyes:), he's rich enough that he can do the same with clothes.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Nov 2007, 20:22
Replies: 5,833
Views: 1,301,254
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Moderator?

I think you'll find that I admitted that £67 was still cheap. I was just trying to point out that Ryanair can't have it both ways, they shouldn't complain about unfair government taxes, and then add...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Nov 2007, 19:09
Replies: 5,833
Views: 1,301,254
Posted By mikerawsonderby

Credit Card Fees

Just looked at booking summer holiday flights from EMA to ORK and found that Ryanair now charge £2 per passenger per flight for credit card 'handling fees'! For us that's a 24 quid charge for a...
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