Blackpool Airport

it was just on our local tv news show, passengers flying out of Blackpool yesterday and today STILL had to pay £10 (i think) airport development duty or tax…

Nobody from the airport’s authority was available for comment !!!!!

Not to worries lads…there’s always room for another quarter mile venue & a suitable campaign has been launched 😉

https://www.facebook.com/blackpoolairstrip?hc_location=timeline

Word on the street is, the operating company as referred to above is closing down. ATC and the Fire Section staff are being made redundant. The ILS and NDB will be switched off. The aerodrome license is being withdrawn, so, no more commercial flights. The airfield will remain in use as an unlicensed aerodrome, so non-commercial aviation can continue. I.e. Flying training, private flights.

Don’t know what is happening with Bond Offshore who service the platforms in the Morecambe Bay / North Eastern Irish Sea area as it is classed as a commercial op. Same goes for based the Air Ambulance.

Camlobe

It will shut for a short time and then re open for GA with the terminal closed.

Wonder what effect this will have

http://www.nwda.co.uk/SimpleContent.aspx?news=1&area=72&subarea=73&item=200411092506083643

To blackpool i fear little or none, possably only subsidising services that are already operating perhaps? By this i am meaning the IOM and Belfast routes if they were ever in danger of having to close – i personally dont know how well these routes perform.

Wonder what effect this will have

http://www.nwda.co.uk/SimpleContent.aspx?news=1&area=72&subarea=73&item=200411092506083643

To blackpool i fear little or none, possably only subsidising services that are already operating perhaps? By this i am meaning the IOM and Belfast routes if they were ever in danger of having to close – i personally dont know how well these routes perform.

Wonder what effect this will have

http://www.nwda.co.uk/SimpleContent.aspx?news=1&area=72&subarea=73&item=200411092506083643

Wonder what effect this will have

http://www.nwda.co.uk/SimpleContent.aspx?news=1&area=72&subarea=73&item=200411092506083643

I think Blackpool’s future will be linked to any casino development – if the gambling laws get changed and a large casino (as already proposed) gets the go ahead and it built on the sea front, this could be a significant draw for Blackpool in its own right. Until that happens, I can’t really see that much growth as MAN and LPL are a bit too close.

Andy

I think Blackpool’s future will be linked to any casino development – if the gambling laws get changed and a large casino (as already proposed) gets the go ahead and it built on the sea front, this could be a significant draw for Blackpool in its own right. Until that happens, I can’t really see that much growth as MAN and LPL are a bit too close.

Andy

Any expansion at Blackpool would probably be constrained by the length of the runway and proximity of local buildings. In my opinion the Ryanair service is a good addition, but I think it was introduced along with the Newquay service for Londoners taking holidays just as much as for the local population. Liverpool and Manchester have far bigger catchment areas and are more prominent, though Blackpool does well with Irish Sea traffic (Isle of Man, Belfast City, Dublin etc).

Any expansion at Blackpool would probably be constrained by the length of the runway and proximity of local buildings. In my opinion the Ryanair service is a good addition, but I think it was introduced along with the Newquay service for Londoners taking holidays just as much as for the local population. Liverpool and Manchester have far bigger catchment areas and are more prominent, though Blackpool does well with Irish Sea traffic (Isle of Man, Belfast City, Dublin etc).

I didnt say massive influx of operators I said people….

I didnt say massive influx of operators I said people….

Yet still Flight Sim related?

excuse me if I don’t hold my breath about the massive influx of foreign operators…

Yet still Flight Sim related?

excuse me if I don’t hold my breath about the massive influx of foreign operators…

Im not talking about the Flight Sim Show Mark something else 🙂

Im not talking about the Flight Sim Show Mark something else 🙂

I don’t think the FlightSim show is going to bring any Internatioanl routes Andrew, unless you mean a one off Dublin charter flight! J-Max air have a Falcon 900 and a BAe 125 based there, but as EGNM says, why Blackpool!

I don’t think the FlightSim show is going to bring any Internatioanl routes Andrew, unless you mean a one off Dublin charter flight! J-Max air have a Falcon 900 and a BAe 125 based there, but as EGNM says, why Blackpool!