Normanton Airlines

[tugman]

Any one heard of these ? Advertising for crew to fly from huy to ley. Another paper airline like europort express or something more ? Jobs on indeed job site.

[pug]

I would say definitely a Europort again..

[EGMCfollower]

Well Europort Express was just a project, this airline are actually advertising for pilots so this seems more legitimate. We don't yet know what their intentions are in terms of operations, but perhaps it's some charter contract since they are advertising 12-month contract pilots. Time will tell.

[flyer]

Lelystad (LEY) is the leading European centre for wind turbine testing so this route does fit in with what's happening in the Humberside region! Nothing on the internet about Normanton Airlines other that it's a new venture.

[kirmingtonuser]

They are advertising for pilots and also for cabin crew. This suggests that a passenger service is proposed, but it may be dual-purpose, involving the carriage of spare parts etc. There is a good rail service from Schiphol to Lelystad (5 trains per hour taking 45 to 61 minutes), so the operators must feel that they can provide a service that is quicker or cheaper than any deal that could be negotiated with KLM. Going to the trouble of setting up a new airline suggests that they would operate at least two rotations per day, 5 days per week. If the aircraft was something like a J31 or J32 and carried 10 passengers per flight at this frequency, it would carry 10,000 passengers per annum. If nothing else, this at least demonstrates the potential for new traffic resulting from the development of the wind turbine industry.

[flyer]

Sadly, I have a very strong feeling that Pug is right about this. I'll say no more because I'd like to be very wrong. Good luck to them if they are genuine.

[kirmingtonuser]

Does anyone know if there are any industrial charters from Bremen to Lelystad? Nothing shows up on the Bremen board for tomorrow morning.