MK Airlines to move to Ostend

[blackhawk]

BIAC has nothing to do with Ostend.

Indeed, sorry, BIAC controlled the airport for only 5 months.

Nadat de eisen voor het runnen van de luchthaven een aantal keer werden aangepast was er nog slechts één kandidaat over, BIAC, ze kregen in juli 2001 de kans om Oostende te runnen maar moesten wegens problemen in Brussel ( de dreiging om ’s nachts te sluiten ).wachten, terwijl de groene partij vindt dat de luchthaven moet verdwijnen en er plaats moet gemaakt worden voor verkavelingen.

Uiteindelijk werden de groenen zwaar verslagen tijdens de verkiezingen, BIAC kreeg terug greep in Brussel en tekende het contract voor het management van de luchthaven in Oostende vanaf december 2001. De overeenkomst hield in dat BIAC binnen de zes maanden de volledige controle over de luchthaven zou hebben en dat de administratie van de luchthaven hun volledige steun zou geven aan BIAC, wat ook gebeurde.

Na vijf maanden werd bekend dat het contract opgesteld door de Vlaamse Regering illegaal was, BIAC kreeg opdracht om onmiddellijk in te pakken en naar Brussel terug te keren. Het Oostendse team, min een aantal personen die intussen weggegaan waren, kreeg zijn taak terug.

[Established02]

> The Belgian radio annouced today that MK Airlines [MKA] is to move its HQ to Ostend Airport.

Was it clear when exactly this move will take place?
Perhaps the move has immediate effect.
Teletekst mentioned 3 MK arrivals at OST today!
11:13 MKA 118 Benghazi
13:38 MKA 801 Zaragoza
17:23 MKA 2284 Cairo

Could there be an impact on the MK flights (for ALX) out of BRU?
It is remarkable that MK has operations into OST, BRU and LUX, all 3 located on a somewhat horizontal axis of about 350 km.

[lumumba]

Hi everybody.
I realy think they have somthing to do with Oostende.
I think they working together.
I will try to get more info about that.
Regards
Pat

[lumumba]

Hi everybody.
And yes B.I.A.C was managing the airport of Oostende but I don't now if its stll the true.
I think when they in invested in DAT they had tpo make a choice or DAT or Oostende.
Maybe they still have a good relation.
Pat

[lumumba]

Hi Jan olie......
I just wanna make the link they had with Oostende.
And yes there was a cooperation.
And yes my Inglish is not so good.(So what!)
Regards
Pat.
p.S:How come that what I posted before was put after.

[SAH9101]

Lumumba, biac has nothing to do with Ostend, there's no relationship between the two airports and no cooperation. They have a different management as Jan pointed out.

MK bought Race Air Cargo (when Race got in trouble after the Air Memphis incident) so they could do the handling for their own planes in Ostend. Fligths increased from 1-2 a week to 4-5. This week, all flights from Manston are operated from Ostend (= 6 extra DC-8 and 3 B747 flights).

I don't think it will affect the MK flights in BRU as they are operated for Demavia.

[sn26567]

(and some spelling tuition wouldn't hurt, either)

Jan, no need to be aggressive. This is a discussion forum where everybody makes input with his own knowledge. We can all make mistakes.

[SAH9101]

It's quite humoristic to read the comment from Wiloo. They complain about the age of the MK fleet. No big deal, as in Luxembourg, their other hub, it's no issue. It's also quite ironic that the IL76's, the "noisy planes", are banned, while their age was only 10-20 years.

[Bottie]

SV is a very happy customer @ OST and some years ago they considered moving operations to OST, so i wouldn't be surprised. But we'll see...

Let's hope they stay @OST ...

these were made today:

http://coppermine.airliners.be/albums/u ... 260804.jpg

http://coppermine.airliners.be/albums/u ... 0804-2.jpg

[Avro]

Fantastic pictures Bram 8O

[SAH9101]

Nice pictures Bram.
Sorry couldn't stop this afternoon, had to return quick to the office.

[Bottie]

Nice pictures Bram.
Sorry couldn't stop this afternoon, had to return quick to the office.

no problem Sven same here, after the SVA I had to return to work ...