Southend

Just a Typhoon coming and going to Southend. Two are parked, one is spare.

Plus of course you can all see the newly arrived Nimrod.

forums

Here are some links, I hope they are allowed. If they get wiped, pm and ask, a few of us use these sites:

http://www.ebos-spotting.be/phpBB2/ Ostend spotters but a Manston section
http://www.manstonmovements.co.uk/forum/index.php a new forum but good for news and pictures
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/londonmanston/ a very long running group

yes

Thanet Council have voted to agree an extension to flying hours :p

DAS Air are still flying in and out today. I am sure papers will be shuffled and they will continue to carry on operating as they have done for many years. The UK CAA have no problem with the state of their aircraft or their procedures.

DAS Air Cargo have a fleet of four flying from Gatwick. Manston is just a maintenance base at present.

Sheesh……..you people!
This is NOT a project, though the website does look poor it IS a genuine airline to keep an eye on.
The official news will be released soon. The airline does have offices, and they are manned so if you like you can prove to yourself it is real.
It may launch later than the site says or indeed never happen but don’t keep posting the same old rubbish about the amateurish site, spelling mistakes and unusual routes. Keep quiet and wait and see.

EGMH,

Great to hear that Esperia is a genuine possibility. It does look a bit amateurish in its current form and certainly doesn’t give the project a good start.

When will there be an official announcement by them and is the December start date a reachable target? I wonder if or why the site emerged before it was completed, ‘spruced up a bit’ and officially unveiled.

The official KIA website has yet to be updated about the intention to fly to the USA from next year. they need to pull their fingers out too.

‘Insider’

even more good news!

Website Link

Fly with Esperia Aer, low cost carrier, to London Kent International Airport, starting 1st December 2006, daily from Strasbourg, Dublin, Amsterdam, Berlin, Newcastle, Athens, Naples, Barcelona.Esperia will not honor flight services, meals, transfer baggage from and to an other airlines. Esperia provides on this stage charter flights inside the European Union, Eastern European Countries and you can make online reservations or you can buy a ticket from Departure Airport ticketing desk or contact your travel agency.