Manston Airport, Kent UK, (MSE) has been closed by its owner in spite of an offer of the full asking price from an airfield operating company. 140 direct redundancies, up to 700 jobs affected including TG Aviation, with 50 years remaining on its lease.
RAF Manston served in both the first world war and the second world war.
Its motto was “Arise to Protect”.
Manston Airport has seen Concord, the Space Shuttle could have but never actually needed to land, and recently BA’s new Airbus A380 spent a while at Manston, both for crew training and filming an advert. Recently, until requested to leave so that that Manson Airport could be closed, KLM were flying increasingly popular Cityhopper flights to Schiphol Hub, Amsterdam (AMS).
Manston from the air.jpgP1180601_Ciythopper - Manston.jpg
Over 15,000 people have signed a petition in support of Manston Airport which has been a remarkably fast, efficient, friendly and convenient airport to use, and to work at :
Arise to Protect - Save Manston Airport
www.facebook.com/download/preview/656369787776842
Manton Airport Kent has major travel advantages - v2b
www.facebook.com/groups/616428761764523/645012062239526/
Also see :
www.facebook.com/events/580892218698984/
Manston Airport now has excellent HS1 high-speed rail links 8 minutes away by taxi from Ramsgate station to Ashford International and Central London (to be further upgraded this Autumn), plus recently completed dual-carriageway roads from Manston Airport boundary fence across Kent and into Central London.
We have extensive evidence that the highly efficient nature of Manston Airport means that you can be as far away from Manston as any of the 13 Category-A mainline stations in London, or on the junction 9 roundabout on the M23, at the Gatwick Airport boundary, and you will still be quicker to fly from Manston Airport than either Heathrow or Gatwick Airports.
Plane at end of dual-cariageway + sign.jpg
"The (Davies) Commission noted … a number of significant challenges, such as relatively poor surface transport links …”*
“The Commission … does not intend to revisit previous decisions."
Is there anything this group can do to help change the Davies Commission's interim conclusion ?
airports.enquiries@airports.gsi.gov.uk
We particularly also ask you to please sign this petition :
http://democracy.thanet.gov.uk/mgEPe...lay.aspx?id=67
Cheers,
Dr. Beau Webber
Lab-Tools Ltd., Canterbury & Ramsgate
www.Lab-Tools.com
Save Manston Airport group :
www.facebook.com/groups/616428761764523/652155541525178/
www.savemanstonairport.com
A link to a flight comparison :
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threa...)-retn-via-LHR
RAF Manston served in both the first world war and the second world war.
Its motto was “Arise to Protect”.
Manston Airport has seen Concord, the Space Shuttle could have but never actually needed to land, and recently BA’s new Airbus A380 spent a while at Manston, both for crew training and filming an advert. Recently, until requested to leave so that that Manson Airport could be closed, KLM were flying increasingly popular Cityhopper flights to Schiphol Hub, Amsterdam (AMS).
Manston from the air.jpgP1180601_Ciythopper - Manston.jpg
Over 15,000 people have signed a petition in support of Manston Airport which has been a remarkably fast, efficient, friendly and convenient airport to use, and to work at :
Arise to Protect - Save Manston Airport
www.facebook.com/download/preview/656369787776842
Manton Airport Kent has major travel advantages - v2b
www.facebook.com/groups/616428761764523/645012062239526/
Also see :
www.facebook.com/events/580892218698984/
Manston Airport now has excellent HS1 high-speed rail links 8 minutes away by taxi from Ramsgate station to Ashford International and Central London (to be further upgraded this Autumn), plus recently completed dual-carriageway roads from Manston Airport boundary fence across Kent and into Central London.
We have extensive evidence that the highly efficient nature of Manston Airport means that you can be as far away from Manston as any of the 13 Category-A mainline stations in London, or on the junction 9 roundabout on the M23, at the Gatwick Airport boundary, and you will still be quicker to fly from Manston Airport than either Heathrow or Gatwick Airports.
Plane at end of dual-cariageway + sign.jpg
"The (Davies) Commission noted … a number of significant challenges, such as relatively poor surface transport links …”*
“The Commission … does not intend to revisit previous decisions."
Is there anything this group can do to help change the Davies Commission's interim conclusion ?
airports.enquiries@airports.gsi.gov.uk
We particularly also ask you to please sign this petition :
http://democracy.thanet.gov.uk/mgEPe...lay.aspx?id=67
Cheers,
Dr. Beau Webber
Lab-Tools Ltd., Canterbury & Ramsgate
www.Lab-Tools.com
Save Manston Airport group :
www.facebook.com/groups/616428761764523/652155541525178/
www.savemanstonairport.com
A link to a flight comparison :
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threa...)-retn-via-LHR
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