Perth to Le Touquet Half Way Stop

by **Frank Leopald** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:56 pm

It won't be long till Emirates start a Perth (Scone) Dubai double daily. :lol:

FL

by **r_w_walker** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:20 pm

Eddsfield.

PPR for fuel, need someone with key, £1.88/ltr Dec 2012

by **Colin G** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:52 pm

Stop off at Breighton then Lydd. Fill up with duty free fuel at Lydd and complete the paperwork. Tootle off to Le Touquet at your leisure.

by **pilotbarry** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:57 pm

I believed that lydd still did duty free fuel but I was told they had stopped due to lack of demand. Can anyone confirm that?

by **GrahamB** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:13 am

pilotbarry wrote:I believed that lydd still did duty free fuel but I was told they had stopped due to lack of demand. Can anyone confirm that?

I uplifted fuel duty free at Lydd in June, but things may have changed since then.

by **pilotbarry** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:15 am

Oops, I think it was Headcorn not Lydd.

by **Rob P** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:01 am

As you can claim drawback on completely full tanks, what would be the advantage of duty free fuel other than saving some paperwork?

Certainly doesn't seem worth visiting the windswept desolate mudflats of Lydd for.

Rob P

by **The Kid from Red Bank** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:08 am

Headcorn does not offer duty free fuel. In fact, it's some of the most expensive fuel in the SE

by **pilotbarry** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:44 pm

Some Norwegians were visiting the UK and it would have been easier for them to buy duty free fuel. At the time I thought Headcorn could supply tax free fuel but they phoned Headcorn to check and they said it had been discontinued. For overseas pilots without a UK account it has to be the easier way but for the rest of us filling in a form is the best way.
Which poses another question..is Lydd the only place where duty free fuel is available?

by **A le Ron** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:33 pm

Used to be available at Sarfend. Not sure if it still is.

by **Rod1** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:36 pm

My recommendation would be to fly as long a first leg as possible before you have to put on your life jackets etc. Could you not manage Earls Colne, which must be close to your direct track? 1000m of hard runway, fuel and a much quicker, cheaper turnaround than some.

Rod1

by **Colin G** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:17 pm

Rob P wrote:As you can claim drawback on completely full tanks, what would be the advantage of duty free fuel other than saving some paperwork?

Certainly doesn't seem worth visiting the windswept desolate mudflats of Lydd for.

Rob P

Why bother with the paperwork when you don't have to. Also saves paying out and reclaiming. You get the saving there and then.

by **Rob P** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:51 pm

At the cost of an unnecessary landing and refuel?

Personally I'd rather just send off a drawback form. The few quid I have to lay out and reclaim are hardly a life-changing sum.

Rob P

by **Iceman** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:22 am

Ironically, I'm with a load of people from Perth in what is their Le Touquet 'equivalent', Bali. Not many Scottish accents around though but a few good-looking sheilas :lol:

Iceman

by **Rob P** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:07 am

You can go off people you know?

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