motownjunk
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How can the airport keep going when there only about 20 flights a week? Newcastle more than that number in a single morning.
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Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants
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Because they are slowly turning around other aviation related activities.
Newcastle kept going when they ran up massive debts until an investment firm bought them out.
Teesside Crab Killer
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Teesside Crab Killer has crunched the numbers on the FedEx deal
Teesside Crab Killer
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And meanwhile, North East Bylines' Chief Crab Killer Correspondent is less than impressed with Ben Houchen's conduct
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Ben Houchen - the hollow man
Attempts to stifle discussion, openness, and democracy on Teesside
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motownjunk
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89 tonnes of frieght a week isn't going to do that though.
Juninhoburger
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Btw this new contract starts in June.
Ben's obviously incredibly confident he'll be re-elected, it would seem.
Ben's obviously incredibly confident he'll be re-elected, it would seem.
grumpyoldgit
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What are the odds I wonder?
grumpyoldgit
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That sounds like the conduct of someone who doesn't give a s**t. He turned up an hour late and started playing with his phone?And meanwhile, North East Bylines' Chief Crab Killer Correspondent is less than impressed with Ben Houchen's conduct
Ben Houchen - the hollow man
Attempts to stifle discussion, openness, and democracy on Teesside
motownjunk
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I checked a couple of weeks ago and Houchen was nearly 3 to 1 on to win. Checked today and both McEwan and Houchen are pretty much evens, with McEwan a very slight favourite.
Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants
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So another revenue stream won’t help increase the turnover at the airport? This is what the airport needs, same as Draken etc.
ThePrisoner
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So your argument is the tax payer should continue ploughing millions in until a private firm buys it for peanuts? FFS.
motownjunk
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The airport lost about 6 million pounds last year. A maximum of 89 tonnes a week of freight is pretty much an irrelevance.
It’s got nothing to do with the 89 tonnes of freight that’s all fedex’s but rent for another hanger plus landings fees are a plus along with been able to attract a major company to the airport. Hopefully other companies with see that and will also invest in the airports future
ThatFragranceGuy
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ThePrisoner
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BenT announced the weight in imperial lb so it was a much bigger figure. Imperial lb (or tons) are *never* used in this country as commercial freight weights and have not been since before BenT was spawned. He would have announced the weight in troy ounces if he thought he could have got away with it. Misleading and misinforming the plebs as usual.
SilentProf
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Landing fees yes but don’t be surprised if the rent is being paid to Ben’s landowner pals.
Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants
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But don’t the airport own the land and units?
The hanger in question as been at the airport for years so doubt it’s anything to do with Bens pals. The Gazette ran a story about it sometime back when the small plane owners were moved out.