[kanga]

.. with proposal to build new Penzance helipad right alongside old one!

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/201 ... lly-isles/

[Iceman]

That's plain 'Scilly' when there's a nice airport just down the road called Lands End.

You just couldn't make this stuff up .

Good if it happens though .

Iceman

[Boxkite]

Better infrastructure at Penzance and more holidaying punters, catchment area is larger. I am sure if Penzance had a runway the fixed-wing commercial flights would go from there too.

[Waveflyer]

Apparently the planning application is just about the last link in the chain.

A badly needed resource for the residents of Scilly as well as visitors.

[kanga]

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/201 ... elicopter/

[Iceman]

Tresco in particular would benefit from the direct flights. Fixed-wing and heli services coexisted before and could do again.

Iceman

[Gertie]

That's plain 'Scilly' when there's a nice airport just down the road called Lands End.

Have you ever tried driving from Penzance to Lands End? During the grockle season? Can take hours - it's worth a chopper service just to do that bit!

[malcolmfrost]

Penzance has a direct rail link to London and the rest of the UK.

[peter272]

Penzance has a direct rail link to London and the rest of the UK.

That is unless the sea is high and Somerset isn't flooded. And the bit from Plymouth to Penzance is painfully slow..... Quicker to drive

[malcolmfrost]

If you've got a car!
The Penzance option also has the Scillonian as an easy back up. It worked well for years, so good luck to the new operators.

[The Kid from Red Bank]

The nice airfield down the road is owned and operated by IOS Steamship Co, the owners of SkyBus, who are direct competitors with the helicopter service. Can't believe they'd let them operate from there. Bit like BA letting EasyJet use T5 at LHR...

[kanga]

The nice airfield down the road is owned and operated by IOS Steamship Co, the owners of SkyBus, who are direct competitors with the helicopter service. Can't believe they'd let them operate from there. Bit like BA letting EasyJet use T5 at LHR...

hmm.. AIUI, any 'public use' aerodrome (including heliport and waterdrome) must be made available to all users on an equitable and published basis (just as all GA can use LHR if we can comply with the technical conditions, fees, and get a landing slot ). Use of a particular terminal, when others are available, however, may be legitimately restricted.

[The Kid from Red Bank]

Kanga,

Like many bits of aviation legislation, that particular licence condition dates from an earlier time and in practice, doesn't quite mean what it says on the tin. I know for a fact that your chances of getting a landing slot at LHR or anywhere else with a Public Use licence that doesn't want you there, even if you did comply with all the restrictions, slots etc, are virtually zero.

As it happens, it doesnt apply to Lands End, which is an Ordinary and not 'Public Use' licence. So they can (or not) accept anyone they want.

Just saying.....

[kanga]

Some recentish local news and views ..

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/201 ... mer-pilot/

Well, he would say that .. but may be right.

[Iceman]

Under judicial review Kanga, as someone (rather predictably) 'objected' to a bit of competition in a rather subtle fashion .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-40276871

The nice airfield down the road is owned and operated by IOS Steamship Co, the owners of SkyBus, who are direct competitors with the helicopter service. Can't believe they'd let them operate from there. Bit like BA letting EasyJet use T5 at LHR...

Iceman