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.

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

According to the the PTG website the following funds have bought
(41.6%of) PTG.

Major Shareholders Date Amount
Prudential PLC 5/7/2004 22,131,863
% Holding 14.91
Artemis Fund Managers Ltd 4/10/2004 17,076,639
% Holding 10.96
Harlequin Holdings Limited 5/7/2004 7,648,410
% Holding 5.15
L-R Global Partners 5/7/2004 5,833,333
% Holding 3.93
La Granja S.A 5/7/2004 5,202,296
% Holding 3.51
Legal & General Investment Management Limited 1/10/2004 5,017,396
% Holding 3.22

As we have not seen any announcement from any major shareholder of any reduction in shareholding, then I can only imagine that the majority of dealings are small shareholders.
My conclusion is that ALL the fund managers are content to hold.
Draw your own conclusions.
Good Luck
Eddie

Tomorrows flights are shown below.
BMI to and from Manchester?
I dont know?
anyone?

FLIGHT ARRIVALS FROM AIRPORT TIME STATUS

EUJ202 AMSTERDAM AMS 09:05 SCHEDULED
EUJ276 MANCHESTER MAN 09:15 SCHEDULED
EUJ400 DUBLIN DUB 10:10 SCHEDULED
EUJ226 EDINBURGH EDI 10:45 SCHEDULED
EUJ284 NICE NCE 14:20 SCHEDULED
BMI9455 MANCHESTER MAN 14:55 SCHEDULED
EUJ214 BARCELONA BCN 16:05 SCHEDULED
EUJ218 GLASGOW GLA 16:55 SCHEDULED
EUJ206 AMSTERDAM AMS 18:50 SCHEDULED
EUJ208 MADRID BARAJAS MAD 20:05 SCHEDULED
EUJ282 DUBLIN DUB 20:30 SCHEDULED
EUJ244 EDINBURGH EDI 20:40 SCHEDULED
EUJ274 MANCHESTER MAN 21:50 SCHEDULED



FLIGHT DEPARTURES TO AIRPORT TIME STATUS

BMI9454 MANCHESTER MAN 06:00 SCHEDULED
EUJ275 MANCHESTER MAN 06:30 SCHEDULED
EUJ201 AMSTERDAM AMS 06:30 SCHEDULED
EUJ401 DUBLIN DUB 07:05 SCHEDULED
EUJ225 EDINBURGH EDI 07:30 SCHEDULED
EUJ283 NICE NCE 10:10 SCHEDULED
EUJ213 BARCELONA BCN 11:10 SCHEDULED
EUJ217 GLASGOW GLA 13:35 SCHEDULED
EUJ207 MADRID BARAJAS MAD 15:00 SCHEDULED
EUJ205 AMSTERDAM AMS 16:20 SCHEDULED
EUJ281 DUBLIN DUB 17:25 SCHEDULED
EUJ243 EDINBURGH EDI 17:30 SCHEDULED
EUJ501 SHANNON SNN 19:00 SCHEDULED
EUJ273 MANCHESTER MAN 19:20 SCHEDULED
Good Luck
eddie

At the end of the day there will always be people who dont want this operation (EUJET) to succeed for what ever reason. I do know that a friend of my family was on a return trip from Edinburgh and a well known carrier had less passengers on board going to LHR. Its swings and roundabouts but if managed propely this operation will succeed. Also EUjet came to Manston towards the end of the summer (a bad time really) so if they can whether the winter period ,come next spring the flights will be fully booked again.Its

G12

golf very well summed up you are absolutly right

Odd that no-one has mentioned the near 14% rise today. Must be some news going the rounds that we are not privy to yet!

Rumour elsewhere that the planning decision on fairlop is due

also comments made that BA are talking with manston re cargo flights.