Matt Clarke, the ever-young Chief Exec of Manston Airport, departs our fair isle this weekend.
Alas, his efforts over the past few years have fallen short of him being able to take a plane from our local airport (unless his paints himself yellow, puts a Fyfes sticker on his backside and loads himself onto an ageing freighter).
As a tribute to Matt, we thought we'd list his achievements at Manston.
Bye Matt! You will be missed.
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15 comments:
Achievements:
Daily passenger flights not worth a mention?
January freight volume at KIA was 2,637 tonnes, 16% up on January 2009. For the ten months of the financial year to date cargo traffic is 70% ahead of the comparative period in 2008/9.
Cargo growth not worth a mention?
The airport may not be in profit, but is considerably better off than when he came surely you must admit.
70% of nothing is nothing.
Manston = Total lost cause !!!!
Daily passenger flights, that have not yet started, and may not be here next year - remember the flybe jersey flights, the original "return of scheduled flights to Manston"?
Freight up 16% on Jan 2009, which was down 35% on 2008.
70% ahead on 2008/9, moderately ahead on the year before. But the figures are nowhere near profit making.
His shareholders would have been better off if Infratil had purchased one padlock and closed the airport.
I wish them luck, if only for the employees. However, Infratil should be realistic in its outlook. A small regional airport is acceptable, Stansted in Thanet is not.
Matt done an execellent job, I wish him well!
.......unlike your English teacher John, who obviously 'done' a bad job.
I think Manston will become a feeder for other UK airports, flying passengers to places like Birmingham & Manchester so they can connect to international services over the next 10-20 years.
IF this happens it will bring jobs and opportunities to the area, and lets face it Thanet needs it! You won't get big jumbo passenger flights coming in. Think of the logistics.
@ 13:56 I completely agree with you, some of the haters in Ramsgate wouldn't tho.
Manston will not start feeding passengers into other airports for international flights. That is the most absurd suggestion!
747 passenger flights will not arrive as 78 seat aircraft once a week did not get filled last year.
747 freight flights are a reality and any request fir night flights is to accomodate freight, not passengers.
Anyone thinking manston will feed into other uk hubs are most likely smoking something
This is what Flybe do, look at the airport destinations in the UK. You can't fly trans-atlantic from Norwich or Southampton airport, but that doesn't stop the Norwich & Southampton passengers connecting to flights from Manchester or Birmingham does it? Yes I'm smoking something, and it's called a cigar of hope! More planes, more jobs, more commerce.
There you go Manston to Manchester - you heard it here first
Can I ask Mr Higgins how long he's lived on this lovely island as it's interesting to note that when it was a military airport we had aircraft in and out 24 hours a day (i.e F-111, Tornado's etc) and nobody complained about that....
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I for one would love to see Manston really take off big time.
Richard Branson has already been turned down flat in his attempt to relocate Virgin Cargo.
Manston is the ONLY real and viable assett this island has, forget about the idiots who think an art gallery is the answer, they need immediate help in a mental institution.
Manston is where any regeneration will start from, its exactly why the China Gateway project is keen to set up there.
It's time you people grow up, stop moaning and start supporting the very people who will bring jobs and prosperity to the entire island.
I'm not bothered about cargo flights!
They're mostly flying in potatoes from Egypt or green beans from Kenya ! How much choice do you need ? It's totally unnecessary !! PASSENGER FLIGHTS is what it's all about. Who wants to fly BMI to Manchester or Edinburgh ? If it's really so complicated and too much effort to lay on flights to sunny Spain etc . why can't BMI just fly at least one flight a day to a hub on the Continent , say Amsterdam or Brussels ? We've all been led up the garden path by Infratil and TDC , or so it seems !
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