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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Oct 2020, 12:02
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Some of these children would have their wee heads...

Some of these children would have their wee heads explode with outrage if anyone explained why PIK used to see independent US 3rd level airlines flying passengers with shiney shoes on a regular basis...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th May 2020, 01:40
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

They’re owned by politicians who want to keep...

They’re owned by politicians who want to keep jobs, facilities and return PIK to the “glory days”. Now, imagine the headlines of closing the terminal building. No UK passenger operator is going to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th May 2020, 22:37
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

All the great things listed above are dragged...

All the great things listed above are dragged down by white elephant terminal and passenger operation that just doesn’t pay it’s way. Close the terminal. It adds nothing to the balance sheet. Keep...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th May 2020, 20:29
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

HMS Gannet operational daily? Genuinely though...

HMS Gannet operational daily? Genuinely though the Royal Navy had reduced the facility to care and maintenance?
Given how much they need the income from crew training, what’s the actual issue with...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2019, 09:05
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Ideally it would sit at the centre of a good...

Ideally it would sit at the centre of a good catchment area, it sits at a western extremity wheres EDI in the east pulls in Dundee, Aberdeen and Newcastle.
Looks like the route to profitability is...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Nov 2019, 16:16
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

It was closed before the Flying College opened in...

It was closed before the Flying College opened in late '87, as it was all part of the Freeport Scotland farce. The land went to Lynton, a BAA property company
Later the first third was re-activated...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Nov 2019, 11:05
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I'm thinking you don't actually work in business?...

I'm thinking you don't actually work in business?
Any business can make an operating profit in a good year if someone else writes off their debts in total. Thomas Cook made an operating profit even...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Nov 2019, 10:31
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

It staggers me that "significant scaling back of...

It staggers me that "significant scaling back of aviation activities" is seen as a bad thing. It's not super complicated if you strip out the politics of the electoral damage inflicted if the long...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Jul 2019, 10:51
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

What's the Ryanair plan for Prestwick this winter...

What's the Ryanair plan for Prestwick this winter given MOL's profit warning this week?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jul 2019, 15:19
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I can see no way towards profitability on...

I can see no way towards profitability on passenger ops, none whatsoever.
If GLA is struggling somewhat, and it is, there is no route towards PIK making money in that space.
Cut costs, demolish...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jun 2019, 12:17
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

IAG like Lufthansa Technic has offshored mainly...

IAG like Lufthansa Technic has offshored mainly because it makes no financial sense in a globalised economy to keep that level of cost at first world levels. I am sure that BAMC in Cardiff would not...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jan 2019, 17:46
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Apron A and B would be an ideal maintenance area...

Apron A and B would be an ideal maintenance area if the old terminal was demolished, no need to buy more land.
If IAG ever decide to consolidate more in house maintenance, they should be in there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jan 2019, 16:30
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Agree 100%, if and only if the Terminal and it's...

Agree 100%, if and only if the Terminal and it's high costs are removed from the equation. Ryanair are bringing nothing profitable to the table? I think that's fair?
The second runway has already...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jan 2019, 22:33
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-bu...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-46730491

They now owe £38.4M to the Scottish Government, or more accurately, the taxpayer. Refuelling doing better but overall performance...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jul 2018, 13:47
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

1) Get in a new airline in and get more...

1) Get in a new airline in and get more passengers with a view to moving into profitability
2) Close passenger terminal and downsize to attempt to become profitable on the remainder of the business...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jun 2018, 12:37
Replies: 463
Views: 269,645
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

They did reasonably well with a host of charter...

They did reasonably well with a host of charter flights to the sun when FR's main Scottish focus was at PIK and inbound city routes were their core focus. When the charter carriers like Futura went...
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