Yes, I noticed that it was announced when everything was focused on the Royal wedding!
Although I have been following a Plymouth airport topic on another forum and noticed that someone posted this..
As it has now appeared in the press, I can add this:
When SHH took over the 150 year lease of the airport they insisted on having an ‘Armageddon’ clause in the contract. This dictated that if the airport became ‘unviable’ they had the right (even through just owning the lease) to close it and redevelop the land. Over the past few years they have made being unprofitable their intention to achieve this and activate the clause, which has been frustrating to say the least for people who do use the airport frequently, especially businesses. I am aware of at least one situation where a scheduled operator was reportedly denied landing rights, and I have no reason to doubt this.
Such ashame to think that the writing was on the wall from the moment SHH took over.
I must addmit, when flying from Perranporth I flew into Plymouth on a few occasions in a C172, one of the times was on my qualifying cross country and the airport charged something around the figure of £18 or so for a landing fee in a C172. Their landing fees would of detered alot of GA away. If they had been abit cheaper they may of been able to attract more GA, and a runway extension surely would of attracted some biz jets. I believe it was only 2 or 3yrs ago that they added additional parking spaces too.
I can’t fault the airport staff at all though – everyone was really nice and friendly, especially those in the tower! A nice group of people. 🙂
Sad to see that the airport seems to of gone the same way as Sheffield City Airport in respect of deliberate poor management in order to get their way.
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