Eujet cease operations/Manston(Merged)
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The new owners pulled Prestwick from the abyss, and the Manston scenario is not too disimilar from Prestwick's.
I hope that Manston shares the same success, but there's a lot more competition in the south east than there was at Prestwick, good luck to them anyway.
I hope that Manston shares the same success, but there's a lot more competition in the south east than there was at Prestwick, good luck to them anyway.
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Hey guys.... a lot of sense talked here and a lot of the other stuff too.
Manston, suffers from a problem that can never be fixed...location.
It has a finite SLF resource around Kent, and not from outside the area. Past operators did not seem to realise that, but the present, new, owners seem to have taken a large dose of reality mixture, and are looking at attracting this catchment area, and developing the freight aspect. if the Cargo operators can be enticed away from Heathrow and LGW and see the commercial sense of operating ex MSE, particularly as they are squeezed out of the airspace around there, which is more and more needed for self Loading Freight, there is hope. The roads are better now, and trucking pallets has an appeal. I, personally, wish them the VERY best of luck, but say again, that good wishes and a desire to see the airport do well, are/is just not enough, There IS money to be made in a niche market, but NOT as a competitor to Gatwick or Heathrow, Southend sufferred from Geography, and so, I am sorry to say, does Lydd. Same problem as Manston
Go for it I say, but lets keep it real.
Manston, suffers from a problem that can never be fixed...location.
It has a finite SLF resource around Kent, and not from outside the area. Past operators did not seem to realise that, but the present, new, owners seem to have taken a large dose of reality mixture, and are looking at attracting this catchment area, and developing the freight aspect. if the Cargo operators can be enticed away from Heathrow and LGW and see the commercial sense of operating ex MSE, particularly as they are squeezed out of the airspace around there, which is more and more needed for self Loading Freight, there is hope. The roads are better now, and trucking pallets has an appeal. I, personally, wish them the VERY best of luck, but say again, that good wishes and a desire to see the airport do well, are/is just not enough, There IS money to be made in a niche market, but NOT as a competitor to Gatwick or Heathrow, Southend sufferred from Geography, and so, I am sorry to say, does Lydd. Same problem as Manston
Go for it I say, but lets keep it real.
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That MoFu is back!!
Your post is completely unacceptable and I have deleted it. If you wish to name names and to comment on their integrity do NOT do it on PPRuNe unless you are willing to give us your personal details so that we can protect PPRuNe from libel.
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EUjet were for sale with a 'prospective buyer' and had the period of administration extended several times , but were not granted any more time and went into liquidation this week.
This means that people should be paid.
This means that people should be paid.
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SCHEDULED passenger flights could be back at Manston as early as next summer, the airport’s new owners hope.
And the arrival of a Jumbo cargo jet at the airport on Sunday morning could also herald the return of a crucial customer and the creation of new jobs at the site.
Infratil Airports Europe chief executive Steve Fitzgerald said he was hopeful that scheduled passenger airlines would be back at Kent International Airport by next summer.
He accepted that the collapse of low-cost airline EUjet had been a blow but that experience had not put off other airlines.
He has spoken to more than 30 at a recent conference and several had expressed strong interest. But he admitted he was some way away from an announcement.
He said: "Next summer is a reasonable target. The evidence is that there is demand but the business model by EUjet wasn’t able to make that profitable. We think other airlines can be."
An MK Airlines 747 freighter recently flew in from Nairobi with a cargo of fruit and vegetables.
MK Airlines, which operates a fleet of six Jumbos, quit Manston in August 2004 after refusing to pay landing fees charged by the former airport owner PlaneStation.
But Infratil is trying to woo MK Airlines back to Kent. Mr Fitzgerald hopes the one-off flight will bring MK Airlines back in numbers.
He said: "We are comfortable about the deal we have offered them. It’s a crucial deal that makes sense for us and we hope the whole package makes sense to them.
"If MK becomes a high-volume regular operator, we will probably need a handful of more people on the cargo side."
More jobs would also be needed when passenger services returned, Mr Fitzgerald said.
And the arrival of a Jumbo cargo jet at the airport on Sunday morning could also herald the return of a crucial customer and the creation of new jobs at the site.
Infratil Airports Europe chief executive Steve Fitzgerald said he was hopeful that scheduled passenger airlines would be back at Kent International Airport by next summer.
He accepted that the collapse of low-cost airline EUjet had been a blow but that experience had not put off other airlines.
He has spoken to more than 30 at a recent conference and several had expressed strong interest. But he admitted he was some way away from an announcement.
He said: "Next summer is a reasonable target. The evidence is that there is demand but the business model by EUjet wasn’t able to make that profitable. We think other airlines can be."
An MK Airlines 747 freighter recently flew in from Nairobi with a cargo of fruit and vegetables.
MK Airlines, which operates a fleet of six Jumbos, quit Manston in August 2004 after refusing to pay landing fees charged by the former airport owner PlaneStation.
But Infratil is trying to woo MK Airlines back to Kent. Mr Fitzgerald hopes the one-off flight will bring MK Airlines back in numbers.
He said: "We are comfortable about the deal we have offered them. It’s a crucial deal that makes sense for us and we hope the whole package makes sense to them.
"If MK becomes a high-volume regular operator, we will probably need a handful of more people on the cargo side."
More jobs would also be needed when passenger services returned, Mr Fitzgerald said.
