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.

Socs
Take those blinkers off

In case anyone missed it, MK Airlines the freight operator who recently moved out of Manston, lost a Boeing 747 aircraft when it crashed on take-off. The crash occurred in Nova Scotia and there has been much speculation about the cause. Please don't fall into the trap of making assumptions like the media have, air crash investigations are long, thorough and very detailed, I know I've been there. Read the link for the details:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3742922.stm#

More detail on the air crash at this link:

http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=78c55bc1-e2f8-4ad5-852c-3fdff9d17e8c

First news for a while, the September figures are out on the Planestation website.

Passengers 13605

Freight 690 tonnes

I'm sure there will be some discussions, the freight figure is not a patch on those achieved previously. However, though small it might represent a much more profitable turnover.

Passengers, not bad IMO for the first, albeit incomplete, month of operation.

Thanks for previous posting Socrates,
some more good news,

Planestation Melbourne,
extract from minutes of october meeting,

http://www.mlbair.com/news_pdfs/MN102004.pdf
'General Titus Hall said that when the PlaneStation representative updated the Board, he said the
timeframe would be some time in May or June 2005(mid-year). He thought the Board was operating on
a timeframe by the end of this year and that was reason that FIT was moved.
Chairman Buckley clarified that the last word was a start date of April, 2005.'

April 2005 for Planestation Florida flights looking more promising
Good luck
eddie

\I just wish the price-feed took account of the consolidation, there was no metoric rise in sp a few weeks ago. Earlier figures will need to be adjusted to account for the change.

can any body tell me what is going on with this company has i have held some shares for sometime now since 1999?????????????????????????/

llewellyn
Nobody knows for sure what is going on with PTG due to the dearth of information coming from the company. What we do know is that in September Manston had a throughput of 13,605 passengers.

For a first month of operation of an unknown operator from an airport that had never had scheduled services before I think that is quite respectable.

It is only my opinion, but I believe that if the figures improve and there are already more services running, there will be a sudden turnaround in how PTG is perceived in the market.

CAA provisional statistics for September 04 show KIA
as having moved 13743 passengers and had 494 flights.

This thread has died

Oh ye of little faith.

apro/27passengers per flight BIG DEAL////

bristlelad
Don't make assumptions that you cannot justify, nobody said they were all passenger flights, quite a few were freighters. Just how many we will have to wait to find out.

RNS posted, notice of interim results date.

Better short them quick. 20p here we come

Jeffmack
You can short them if you like Jeff. 8% spread not a good start though.

New news on PTG, head office to relocate to Manston Airport in a shared facility with EUjet, relocating from Shannon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3994171.stm

There is also news that Air Atlantic has applied for planning permission for a 1.8 hectare warehouse facility on the Manston Business Park. Now why would they want that I wonder?

Get that short in quick Jeffmack, but be very, very careful!

Socs
Does that mean they have cashed in the Mayfair office and transferred Mr May to a portacabin at an airfield that carries about 20 passengers a day.

Jeffmack
In September your 20 passengers a day was actually 509 per day average over the 27 days of EUjetservices.

You can't wind me up, I've been wound up by experts, LOL.

thnx for news Socrates