Time now for all us Wiggins watchers to move with the times and start using Planestation, the new company identity. The name Wiggins Group plc has now disappeared from the database at Companies House and Planestation is now listed on the LSE website.

So fellow travellers, forget Wiggins, the name of the game is now PLANESTATION. Lets hope it goes like an express train.

Thanks jj50

jj.
May I ask are you a holder of PTG or are you just trying to cheer us up? Good article. Thanks, particularly like the bit about the Airbus 380!!

** Airbus 380 pilots are to be trained at Manston, which has the only runway in the SE wide enough to accept this new aircraft (not even LHR or Gatwick can cope**

Brill

Opto. Been in and out in Wiggins days. Sold again in June. Bought again today!! Very small holding though.

jj. Welcome aboard, keep bringing in the good news, hopefully we won't have to wait too long for some useful growth.

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A Manston watcher has reported that the apron is now marked out with driving areas and walking areas ready in anticipation of the Eujet operation. Also, the car park is well on the way to being completed with roads finished and lines painted, parking ticket booths in place etc.

Where the black hangar used to be there are now Portacabin offices.

I must say that these are the signs I like to see, supporting evidence of things to come.

Socs.
Did you see the bit about the Airbus 380, that could really improve the potential for KIA

Optomistic
I take it you mean about the training of aircrew? I wouldn't get too excited over that. Most training on big airliners is done in simulators these days and only a few flights/take-offs/landings done in the actual hardware. Too darned expensive to do otherwise.

Socs.
It was this I found interesting: about the runway.

** Airbus 380 pilots are to be trained at Manston, which has the only runway in the SE wide enough to accept this new aircraft (not even LHR or Gatwick can cope**

Thanks jj50
I think the whole article sounds promising Artemis has doubled it stake and would not have done so without careful consideration, the size of the runway gives this company excellent potential, second major air operator is set to move its freight options from stansted to manston. I would expect that come September when passenager flights start this company will be making headlines on the T.V. news.

Let's hope so hotrott.


Opto, I agree the bit about the Airbus seems odd. I have double checked and it is copied verbatim. To me,it implies Heathrow and Gatwick do not have a runway wide enough to cope with the Airbus 380 but might it actually mean that there is insufficient capacity for training purposes, which would seem the more likely scenario? Seems hard to believe our major airports can't cope with the new aircraft.

jj. Depends who wrote the article and his information source, it does seem a bit unlikely that the runways would not be accept the 380. In the meantime the post in general looks very positive.

Edmond Jackson wrote the article - sorry thought that was clear, my mistake

You probably did make it clear jj. sometimes I miss bits :-)

Seems a bit odd to train pilots on A380 while no UK airports can handle the craft. Doesn't seem quite right to me.

Didn't exactly say "no UK airports" 55011, it said "the only runway in the South East wide enough"! :-)

Isn't it more likely that HR & Gatwick are too busy for the 380 and or very much more expensive

Have sent an e-mail to PTG today asking for clarification, so see if we get a response.

prepare for lift-off again - that's what happen after a series of large transactions last time - the peeps must have sold off enough in small bits over a long time to start the whole process again - bid up, 3 v 1 - all IMO

Certainly is a lot of shares moving around this AM.