Teesside-2

[Cautious Optimist]

I'm sure the staff who probably were sick to death by the completion of the task love seeing their efforts criticised 🙄

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by P330

To be fair, whilst I get the point, he is telling the truth.

On the one hand, only one flight. On the other is it more impressive that they went to all this trouble for just one flight?

The Mayor has re-posted the original from the airport.

• That has photos' captioned "This was our airfield before the team moved in to clear it in the early hours of the morning." The snow is covered in tyre tracks and it is daylight. A pax has posted a video of snow being cleared around the KLM, in the dark...
• The post also says "Thanks to our amazing operations team we've kept our airport moving and had flights landing and departing this morning" - there was one flight, a single departure.

Nobody is criticising the staff, but why does the airports PR team make themselves, and by extension the mayor, look stupid by this constant nonsense?

[Grumpy1]

There is most definitely no criticism whatsoever of the staff. As has been said, it's the misrepresentation of events, perhaps to give the impression that the airport is busy, that has become embarrassing. It's the same with posts about the Freeport and Teesworks.
Perhaps a better story would have been, we went to all of this trouble for a single flight.
On his FB page sombody pointed out that the story was misleading but he/she was subjected to abuse.

[N707ZS]

At least they have the equipment and the staff are once again being payed to come in to clear the snow. Compared to the beast from the east when it was just closed and anyone working up there had to fend for themselves.

[Gunfighter52]

A snippet from TAM this morning:

Willis MRO in hangar 2 have won a contract to prepare 3 Boeing 737-800's for Jet2, they are the ex-FLYR examples currently stored at Shannon, G-JZDA (ex LN-FGA), G-JZDB (ex LN-FGC) and G-JZDC (ex LN-FGB). The aircraft will start arriving next week, and will ferry for painting during their stay with us, then return for completion.

Good to see Willis making moves👍

[P330]

Excellent news!!

[oldart]

Originally Posted by Gunfighter52

A snippet from TAM this morning:

Willis MRO in hangar 2 have won a contract to prepare 3 Boeing 737-800's for Jet2, they are the ex-FLYR examples currently stored at Shannon, G-JZDA (ex LN-FGA), G-JZDB (ex LN-FGC) and G-JZDC (ex LN-FGB). The aircraft will start arriving next week, and will ferry for painting during their stay with us, then return for completion.

Good to see Willis making moves👍

The sooner they get the new hangers built the better. No more plane tails sticking out due their height!

[highwideandugly]

Usual back of fag packet calculations shows 173 departing passengers per day during January. That’s down from 177 per day during December.

Freight up due Nissan charters ?

[L66MBD]

First MME flight

First time using Teesside last week due to £200pp saving on flights on the same dates vs Newcastle.

Parked right outside the terminal at half the parking cost of NCL, straight through security without having to mess about with liquids and had a drink in minutes.

Cracking operation, what an eye opener. Would be great to have a healthy list of destinations

[SWBKCB]

Would be great to have a healthy list of destinations

This the question MME will have to answer as it scales up - at a guess your flight was the only one at that time? As it gets busier how do you retain these benefits?

You also have to wonder how much the airline is making if flights are £200 cheaper in March

[P330]

Credit to the TVM site…..an A321 is arriving for storage today with Willis. From Moldova.

Activity certainly picking up for Willis.

[N707ZS]

Parking might be interesting by Friday with 2 727s, 3 737s with Ryanair, KLM ERJ 175 and 2 Logan air 145s.

[highwideandugly]

The price of success!

[Flying Hi]

Originally Posted by N707ZS

Parking might be interesting by Friday with 2 727s, 3 737s with Ryanair, KLM ERJ 175 and 2 Logan air 145s.

The right kind of problem for them to have. Long may it continue.
great for all the people at MME.
Now they just need to make some money at it and job done.

[P330]

Originally Posted by Gunfighter52

The original ex Tui 757 that was earmarked for the program has definitely been scrapped, that is not to say that a new airframe has been allocated.

An ex-Titan 757 has just been registered to 2Excel.

To be based at MME???

[globetrotter79]

Originally Posted by P330

An ex-Titan 757 has just been registered to 2Excel.

To be based at MME???

The 2Excel B737s are based at Stansted - so guess the B757 (if to be operated in passenger configuration) would most likely end up there too?

[N707ZS]

VIP is Stansted, these are not, possible the new fighter test bed.

[L66MBD]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

This the question MME will have to answer as it scales up - at a guess your flight was the only one at that time? As it gets busier how do you retain these benefits?

You also have to wonder how much the airline is making if flights are £200 cheaper in March

I think you’re missing my points, an all round positive experience in the here and now 🙂

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by L66MBD

I think you’re missing my points, an all round positive experience in the here and now 🙂

I got your point, the problem is if your flight is the only one, not very sustainable, is it?

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by P330

An ex-Titan 757 has just been registered to 2Excel.

To be based at MME???

Presumably this is a reference to the 757 being used as the Tempest technology trails aircraft and with the two 2Excel 727's being currently based at Teesside? As likely a base as any.