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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    Completely agree
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    That's been known ever since the re-opening was first proposed. There's TUI and 2Excel have also said they'd move the 727s back up if it reopened because it's closer to where their work area is most likely to be (North Sea). But that's it currently. The problem is TUI couldn't operate enough...
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    Air Explore

    It's certainly how the AirTanker chartered 330s operate(d).
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    Trivia: Rarest BR locos to survive into preservation

    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...
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    Grange-over-Sands Derailment - Response of local MP including idea to run a shuttle service

    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...
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    Air Explore

    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.
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    Grange-over-Sands Derailment - Response of local MP including idea to run a shuttle service

    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...
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    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.
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

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

    BA “New” Uniform

    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...
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    BA “New” Uniform

    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?
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    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...
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    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...
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    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.
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    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...
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    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...
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    Smith, Morris and Farron are the local MPs to 10A, not sure what links the rest really.
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    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...
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    BA “New” Uniform

    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...
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

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

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