Cornwall Airport Newquay - General Thread

[Jerry]

Titterington quits as airport MD | Business Cornwall

Al Titterington has resigned from his position as managing director at Cornwall Airport Newquay.

businesscornwall.co.uk

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Cornwall Airport Newquay is getting a new boss

Cornwall Airport Newquay welcomed 456,678 passengers in 2019 and has five new routes planned for 2020

www.cornwalllive.com

They didn't take long to appoint a new MD for NQY. He will take up his post in May. He is Pete Downes who will join from his current position at London City Airport where he is aviation director.

He was head of aviation at Bristol Airport for a while and I remember having a chat with him at one of the early consultation meetings re BRS expansion plans. Presumably he followed the previous BRS CEO, Robert Sinclair, to LCY where he is now CEO. I hadn't realised Pete Downes had left BRS. He might be a future BRS CEO I suppose but he certainly has plenty of material at NQY to get his teeth into.

It must be one of the most agreeable positions for someone in aviation - head of your airport and living in Cornwall.

 

[Flybeboy]

On local tv, the pso newquay to london route will go out to tender next week, the council have been trying to find a operater. So now its up for any airline to bid of, if they can find one or any body will take a big risk, my guess blue islands or eastern, bring back air southwest i say..

 

[Jerry]

On local tv, the pso newquay to london route will go out to tender next week, the council have been trying to find a operater. So now its up for any airline to bid of, if they can find one or any body will take a big risk, my guess blue islands or eastern, bring back air southwest i say..

Or maybe BA?

 

[superking]

poss BA/Cityflyer

 

[forest1979]

BA Heathrow (Willy Walsh money where your mouth is time) or easyJet LGW. City flyer would be best for equipment but can’t see LCY being the end point.
we need it back either way.
Manchester daily is also a big loss

 

[forest1979]

Just wondering if anyone was cited on Newquay spitting aircraft? Tons of space.. easy use for training.. now they are grounding, that’s a lot of planes to store!

 

[superking]

It looks like they are to store aircraft at airports that are bases. These airports have the staff to do maintainance.

 

[Jerry]

It looks like they are to store aircraft at airports that are bases. These airports have the staff to do maintainance.

And quite possibly in some cases don't charge them!

 

[Jerry]

Quote in the article from Newquay CEO
“We rely on a subsidy from the public purse to stay open. Do you want to keep Cornwall connected to the wider world, or is the price simply too high to pay?

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Newquay airport announces reopening date

Flights to Dublin, London, Faro, Dusseldorf and Alicante are among the earliest you can book

www.cornwalllive.com

Misleading headline as NQY has remained open for maintenance and storage flights, contractor's flights and and emergency use.

This article is about passneger flights restarting.

 

[Nethercote2019]

Another Alitalia 321 in flight on its way to NQY ..... according to fr24

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Council could cut spaceport funding to cover airport's losses

Cornwall Council could use £5.6 million it had pledged for Spaceport Cornwall to cover losses at Cornwall Airport Newquay

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Newquay is now the most widely connected airport on UK routes in the entire South West region.

Newquay

Heathrow, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Teesside, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Isles of Scilly (9 routes)

Exeter

Belfast City, Manchester, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Isles of Scilly (7 routes)

Bristol

Belfast International, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Newcastle (6 routes)

Bournemouth *

No UK routes

Some of the above routes although announced have yet to begin.

* Although situated on the South Coast Bournemouth is part of the South West region for government purposes

 

[Silvercity]

Newquay is now the most widely connected airport on UK routes in the entire South West region.

Newquay

Heathrow, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Teesside, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Isle of Scilly (9 routes)

Exeter

Belfast City, Manchester, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Isles of Scilly (7 routes)

Bristol

Belfast International, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Newcastle (6 routes)

Bournemouth *

No UK routes

Some of the above routes although announced have yet to begin.

* Although situated on the South Coast Bournemouth is part of the South West region for government purposes

Im surprised no one has picked up NQY-LPL

 

[Jerry]

Instead of public cash I wonder if Instead Newquay should be an APD free airport like Inverness?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310876928862281728

 

[KARFA]

NQY is APD free in respect of the PSO services, so previously with BE and now with BA. The one thing I am not clear about is whether it is APD free for all flight connecting onwards or just the initial NQY-XXX flight. The APD exemption relates to the LHR route's status as being operated under a Public Service Obligation.

INV is definitely exempt for onward flights, so no APD for a INV-LHR-JFK routing. The basis of the exemption is very different, some regions in the UK can be designated as non-chargeable for APD and this is based on areas having a population density of not more than 12.5 persons per square kilometre. INV is in one of those regions. A booking from Sumburgh would be the same being in a non-chargeable region, and so a LSI-EDI-JFK booking would not be charged APD.

 

[Jerry]

Struggling Cornwall Airport Newquay is 'not currently viable'

The government is being asked for financial support

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Struggling Cornwall Airport Newquay is 'not currently viable'

The government is being asked for financial support

www.cornwalllive.com

The message coming out from the council seems to be that they want a financial grant from the government which it is not currently prepared to make but will make a loan. However, the council doesn't want to go down that road.

The backstop appears to be a diversion of council money to the airport that was earmarked for the spaceport project.

Perhaps the enquiry being carried out for the government on improving transport links across the UK might come up with something that would help NQY and other airports in a similar predicament.

 

[Jerry]

Perhaps the enquiry being carried out for the government on improving transport links across the UK might come up with something that would help NQY and other airports in a similar predicament.

Well i hope they come up with something as at the moment the UK government does seem quite happy to let the aviation industry and travel industry rot.