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The APT did run in revenue earning service for a time and quite successfully. They made some appearances on services normally loco hauled for about 18mths to 2 years in the mid 80s. My father was most surprised to discover that his normally 86/2 or 87 headed service from Euston was actually an...

LibDems take it to a different level though, they've got into trouble before for not providing publisher details or making it clear that it isn't a newspaper. The other parties produce newletters but do make it obvious that it's from a poloitical party rather than a free newpaper. It's a...

The airframes have exactly the same layout as the Jet2 737-800s. Air Explore's standard seat isn't one of the ultra-thin ones fitted to the Jet2 aircraft, so they may be the only noticeable difference unless they've put the Jet2 seats in if it's a lengthy lease.

It's one of the many LibDem press publications designed to look like local papers, it's not in the actual local paper. (Westmorland Gazette) They normally have titles like 'South Lakes Focus' or similar. 1713180979 That's down to his reputation as a good constituency MP rather than any...

I'm sure any insurer will have been fully aware of these shenanigans throughout. It's a very niche market after all. 1712929134 They already have compliant Mk 2s.

Forum needs some like/dislike/laughing reaction emojis! I got it...

I suspect I have no more or less direct experience of it than anyone else posting on this thread, including those proponents of a 40 year old design...

Female staff previously never had the option to wear trousers as just one point... They don't like it because it's of poor quality from whats been widely posted, rather than the idea of it. 1712830909 But is that because of the quality of it or the idea?

Indeed and without understanding that the number of passengers/ flights it requires to operate profitably would mean that the quiet/ easy to park/ short security queues would vanish and it would feel much more like LBA does at the moment. 1712830333 Other than Elvington (which is nowhere near...

It's not clear that either 'we' need it in reality. Some of the local travelling public may want it but they don't need it, it's already in the catchment area of three much larger established airports. As for the business sector there could well be a valid argument that site redevelopment for...

Indeed, I've seen loads of posts on Facebook claiming that it would have been a success if it wasn't for Peel, completely missing the point that other airports not run by Peel have similar problems.

Neither of those are quantifiable yet in reality until negotiations with a genuinely interested and able operator are reasonably advanced. Until that point all he's got is 'should', 'could', 'maybe' type statements and generalisations, which I suspect he'll want to avoid if he can. He's unlikely...

I'm not sure what that would be in truth. As this airport was never profitable previously any operator is going to be expecting the council to hold much of the commercial financial risk for it in any agreement. We'll all just have to wait and see what comes of any negotiations and hope that the...

Smith, Morris and Farron are the local MPs to 10A, not sure what links the rest really.

The council's own financial viability report refers to ongoing financial subsidy required in order to sustain the airport for an unspecified period. Clearly the amount wouldn't be known (on the basis that it does reopen) until it becomes clear how commercially successful (or not) it is and...

What do the staff want? A new uniform of decent quality that allows them to work comfortably or an old one that doesn't? Nobody likes it? Have you asked everyone who flies with BA or is that just the echo chamber view of forums (and all forums are that)? I suspect that BA don't care what...

The ongoing subsidy money isn't ring-fenced....

Indeed, and all this at a time when some of the money could be much better used to support, as just one example, the failing Safeguarding operations in both Rotherham and Doncaster, both of which have been in special measures recently.

There'll be clauses about delays etc that mean they can still walk away at minimal cost to themselves if they choose to.

There's a council board paper from September last year that references the Ernst & Young financial viability report. The actual numbers are (unsurprisingly) not disclosed, but it states that the council would have to pick up what are described as 'substantial' reinstatement costs for the airport...