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They don’t at the moment, but that doesn’t mean BRS hasn't been in those same boardrooms. It’s incredibly challenging for any regional airport to land a prestigious hub link because they are competing on a global stage. If BRS is targeting those same carriers, they have a strong argument for...

Yes I know, but the problems arise when BRS, which has a legitimate claim to South Wales as part of its catchment area, sees the Welsh Government trying to poach passengers by literally paying airlines. This is what could be construed as unfair subsidy and what is market distortion. To put it...

The alternative to free movement of people then perhaps is to build a wall to keep the English out and the Welsh in? I’m afraid the commercial market doesn’t appear to recognise borders in this instance. That is the problem.

That’s a deviation from what the legal challenge BRS actually is though. Cardiff is investing £200million to distort the market, because without this public subsidy to distort the market they cannot apparently achieve their aims of growing the number of routes that apparently will contribute...

I think VH is probably a lot more focussed on working with his new bosses than worrying what might or might not happen at DSA. YP has an article confirming the extraordinary council meetings. Some will be completed away from public view due to the lease agreement still being commercially...

Yes lots of execs being driven around yesterday between LBA and the city centre. I saw one Facebook post by some Doncaster ‘employment hub’ which included a photo of a few people say listening to the Ops Director of ‘FlyDoncaster’ with, as suspected, a table with a couple of A4 print outs and...

Yes but I’m not sure where the LRDS has got the timeline for a decision on airspace from, the CAA most recently stated decide gateway May 2027 as a best case. Not sure whether anything has changed to make the council confident this may happen earlier, but they’ve hardly been a reliable narrator...

It’ll rely on Peel goodwill. Their legal people will make it water tight and tough to challenge, I have to say I have more confidence in their ability compared to their local authority counterparts! It’s been a long time now for negotiations. 6 months at least I would say given the due...

There’s a further attempt to force through the airport project by arranging for FlyDoncaster be part of a careers drop in event next week. It can be nothing more than a CV harvesting exercise at this point, and I will be happy to bet that it’ll be used against anyone with genuine concerns about...

Be quite hard to ask Ros Jones directly now as she appears to have switched off comments for any posts she makes relating to matters airport, least that appears to be the case on her faceache account anyway. I suspect he’s had a bit of an off record talking to about how to handle questions...

He won’t, as we’ve seen with misguided rants in the past they’ll keep him happy to ensure he continues to be that single consolidating mouthpiece for the support to reopen the airport. He’d have to do something pretty stupid for them to turn their back on him. I suspect the Ros Jones of the...

Apparently this energy issue is a problem, reading elsewhere LCY is increasing from someting like 3.6 MVA to 7, if DSA is restricted to 1 this is going to mean that this sustainable aviation hub is going to struggle getting off the ground. This isn’t Peel being difficult, it’s the physical...

Yes, but it’s usually people who are looking for something positive to read anyway. If the truth is negative it’s not their truth. They might even tell anyone deemed to be of a negative persuasion to ‘so some research’, needless to say that when quizzed on it their research is nothing more than...

He’s also suggesting that the leaked document might be an old one 😂 If he really wants this airport to reopen he should be at the front asking these challenging questions! Questions like what are they doing to make the lease acceptable for financial sign off? Cos cutting out all the political...

The mechanic has provided his overview of yesterday’s chamber meeting. They just seem to be making things up now. It’s clear why though, they need to keep people on side because they realise that the recent news is anything but positive! So once again the carrot is dangled and they’re now...

In the interests of balance you don’t necessarily need experience in aviation to make a difference… But! You do need a lot of commercial awareness to navigate the vagaries of airline planning. Sometimes having a local knowledge (knowing your market) will trump hard experience in working for...

Latest from Doncaster Chamber. I would question what three of the ‘expert panel’ are actually experts in? Frivolous spending of public money and riding gravy trains?

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Think they’ve contracted it out to a third party is my understanding. Could be wrong.

I think they’ve filled the usual potholder positions like Ops Director/Head of Ops, similarly for Security and Cargo. They were recently advertising for someone who is tasked with aviation development. They’re recruiting ATC, or at least attempting to. I think some were continuously employed to...