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Post by andyh on May 1, 2009 18:25:23 GMT 1
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Post by buspilot on May 1, 2009 20:45:29 GMT 1
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Post by sfp on May 1, 2009 20:55:02 GMT 1
I think you will find out that when easyJet were taking over GB Airways there was a threat of legal action in respect of the LPL contract.
In the end there was some negotiation which resulted in easyJet committing to further expansion at LPL as well as expansion of the former GB activity at MAN.
I would not wish to see speculation on what would happen if like the Durham Tees Valley case an airline ceased all operations at Liverpool.
Seeking new partners is not unusual and indeed Peel have already achieved this in their ports operation
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Post by johnf on May 2, 2009 6:39:10 GMT 1
At the bottom of that same article, and within the comments, there is a guy from the U.S.A. talking of being able to fly into Liverpool, via KLM, but his complaint is that there is no Liverpool to London Heathrow flight.
However, worse are the comments from a guy in Liverpool telling this person that he would not want to use Liverpool Airport!
It's sad really that whilst everybody here on this site is excited about the KLM service, and hoping for its success, people in Liverpool are talking people out of using the airport.
There is much scope for P.R., perhaps here in our own City.
John F.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2009 14:07:50 GMT 1
At the bottom of that same article, and within the comments, there is a guy from the U.S.A. talking of being able to fly into Liverpool, via KLM, but his complaint is that there is no Liverpool to London Heathrow flight. However, worse are the comments from a guy in Liverpool telling this person that he would not want to use Liverpool Airport! It's sad really that whilst everybody here on this site is excited about the KLM service, and hoping for its success, people in Liverpool are talking people out of using the airport. There is much scope for P.R., perhaps here in our own City. John F. It's probably a guy who had a bad experience in the old cow shed and hasn't been back since. There's a whole world out there needs updating on this place. As its part of a national newspaper site with global readership, rather than idividuals trying to put him straight. Perhapse FoLA may like to repond and give the world the full marketing hit. Steve |
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Post by buspilot on May 2, 2009 15:56:43 GMT 1
Think you had better put some contracts out, Steve, as there is now a Roy MacNamara of Liverpool castigating the airport and Peel, on the same site.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2009 22:39:43 GMT 1
You might be right there. If what I heard about the hotel is true, their going to need all the help they can get. Not read anything on this site about it though so if anyone in the know can shed a little more light on who's going to be running it, please do. If it's still Hilton, it's not as bad as I'm lead to believe and we can all relax again.
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Post by LPL on May 3, 2009 0:35:15 GMT 1
You might be right there. If what I heard about the hotel is true, their going to need all the help they can get. Not read anything on this site about it though so if anyone in the know can shed a little more light on who's going to be running it, please do. If it's still Hilton, it's not as bad as I'm lead to believe and we can all relax again. Is there a post missing because this post doesn't make sense? 'You might be right there', right about what? 'If what I heard about the hotel is true', what about what hotel? 'If it's still Hilton', why isn't it Hilton? |
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Post by Fox Echo on May 3, 2009 0:49:59 GMT 1
First they have to raise the money to pay the estimated £1 million legal fees regarding bmibaby's victory over them in the Durham Tees Valley contract fiasco Your suggestion that Peel would "need to raise the money" to pay a £1million award is incredulous and scaremongering. Whilst they may be unhappy with this judgement, which could yet go to appeal, they are one of Britain's most successful private companies. With group capital currently understood to be in excess of £1500 million, such a payment would amount to little more than pocket money for them. Seeking investors for their airports division does not imply they are stapped for cash but simply follows their customary expansion policy, as they did with the Ports ops mentioned by sfp yesterday. Some sector pundits are even suggesting that despite their airports division having struggled to achieve profitability they could be looking to take advantage of the current economic downturn to pitch for the likes of Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh or Bristol. |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2009 8:37:14 GMT 1
You might be right there. If what I heard about the hotel is true, their going to need all the help they can get. Not read anything on this site about it though so if anyone in the know can shed a little more light on who's going to be running it, please do. If it's still Hilton, it's not as bad as I'm lead to believe and we can all relax again. Is there a post missing because this post doesn't make sense? 'You might be right there', right about what? 'If what I heard about the hotel is true', what about what hotel? 'If it's still Hilton', why isn't it Hilton? LPL. Although it cold be something more sinister, the way I understood it, the only thing Buspilot could have been referring to from my previous post was marketing. With the others joining in and knocking the airport on the web-site we are referring to, he may have been thinking we could need more than just FoLA to reply. Therefore, his suggestion to put contracts out would have been for more marketing teams. The question regarding the Hilton is, I don't know. Others using this site would know more about this subject. Therefore, rather than listen to speculation I've asked that question here. Lets see what materialises. |
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Post by LPL on May 3, 2009 10:13:59 GMT 1
By not listening to speculation and asking about it here ADDS to the speculation.
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Post by buspilot on May 3, 2009 18:37:26 GMT 1
Where is "here" ?
The last posting does not make any sense.
Manchester is an EZY A320 base, Liverpool is an A319 base.
Worry and become paranoid about comments, if you must.
Perhaps some people need to see a psychiatrist.
To quote meerkat.com "simples"
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Post by LPL on May 4, 2009 9:23:17 GMT 1
Where is "here" ? The last posting does not make any sense. Manchester is an EZY A320 base, Liverpool is an A319 base. Worry and become paranoid about comments, if you must. Perhaps some people need to see a psychiatrist. To quote meerkat.com "simples" Does it make sense now that I have added 'it' and refers to this BB? Anyway it was in response to ste-t not wanting to add to speculation, regarding the hotel, but posts it anyway. So what the hotel has to do with EZY319/320 bases is beyond me. |
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Post by johnf on May 4, 2009 11:34:44 GMT 1
Getting back to the original thread, an article in today's Daily Post discusses this subject, and talks of Peel having appointed the merchant banker Rothchilds to find a buyer for up to 49% of the Peel Airports assets that the company own, which of course includes LJLA.
The article points out that when Peel bought bought the Mersey Docks in 2005, then it did so for £770m. However it then sold 49% for £775m, with the article alleging that there was no sign of that money having gone back into the port business.
However, what a shrewd business enterprise to be able to buy huge investments, and then sell less than half, for more than they paid for the entire original.
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