Cross channel flights take off from Brighton tomorrow (From The Argus)
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Cross channel flights take off from Brighton tomorrow
10:09am Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News By Kimberly Middleton, Acting chief reporter
Brighton (Shoreham) Airport
Cross-channel flights from a provincial British airport to France will start from tomorrow (March 6) following the launch of a new airline.
Brighton City Airways will begin daily scheduled services from the renamed Brighton (Shoreham) Airport in West Sussex to Paris Pontoise Airport, 17 miles from the centre of the French capital.
Officials say it will take just an hour to fly to France on a 19-seat Let 410 commuter aircraft for £69 one way, including taxes and charges.
Sussex-based aviation expert Jonathan Candelon, who founded the airline along with former Royal Marine commando Neil Laughton, hopes French visitors to Britain will use the new service.
He said: "We are not only making it easy and affordable for passengers to enjoy Paris for day-trips, weekends and short or long breaks, but we are also bringing French visitors over to discover the South of England and its attractions."
Airport manager Ric Belfield said: "This is absolutely what we want to see at the airport, scheduled international travel bringing people through our historic airport, which was the first licensed airfield in Britain.
"This prompted us to rename the airport Brighton (Shoreham) Airport, to link it properly to our neighbouring city."
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Comments(36)
Crystal Ball
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10:40am Tue 5 Mar 13
mimseycal wrote:It's Shoreham Airport and should remain that way.
It will always remain Shoreham Airport to me!
So the headline is inaccurate again. Well done Schmargus.
Cabin fever
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10:42am Tue 5 Mar 13
I guess they could taxi along the bypass - that's pretty close by.
qm
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11:02am Tue 5 Mar 13
Crystal Ball wrote:Absolutely!!! Always was, always will be, whatever they put on the signs!
mimseycal wrote:It's Shoreham Airport and should remain that way.
It will always remain Shoreham Airport to me!
So the headline is inaccurate again. Well done Schmargus.
billy goat-gruff
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11:13am Tue 5 Mar 13
paul76
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11:20am Tue 5 Mar 13
Another stupid renaming when the two places aren't even in the same county (and yes I know that technically Brighton & Hove is it's own county or whatever crazy change happened there.)
I wonder how many people will actually go to Brighton expecting to find an airport, only to discover it is 8 miles away in a different town in a different county.
jsuk2000
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11:34am Tue 5 Mar 13
mustaphaLeeko
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11:36am Tue 5 Mar 13
The Argus really need to check their facts before printing nonsense, as others say Shoreham Airport is in Shoreham, no inane rebrand will ever bring it 8 miles closer to Brighton, or within it's boundaries!
The Argus really sucks these days, bring back the old Evening Argus and proper reporters.
mimseycal
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11:50am Tue 5 Mar 13
Crystal Ball wrote:Actually the Argus has it right. It was renamed Brighton (Shoreham) Airport on 29th November 2012.
mimseycal wrote:It's Shoreham Airport and should remain that way.
It will always remain Shoreham Airport to me!
So the headline is inaccurate again. Well done Schmargus.
Cave Johnson
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12:38pm Tue 5 Mar 13
fredaj
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12:48pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Surely not!
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12:49pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Jagmanmc
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1:06pm Tue 5 Mar 13
loftylad
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1:29pm Tue 5 Mar 13
yourallnuts
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1:50pm Tue 5 Mar 13
It's about 8 miles along the coast from Brighton and it's definately the closest airport, although it doesn't have the facilities to land a Jumbo or anything.
You guys must be really angry the fact Gatwick, Luton and Stansted all have London before their name, I bet you were spitting feathers the other day when you read the story on renaming Gatwick to Croydon!
paul76
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2:09pm Tue 5 Mar 13
fredaj wrote:I stand corrected. You are right, Shoreham Airport lies in the parish of Lancing.
"Shoreham Airport" is actually in Lancing.
Cabin fever
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2:09pm Tue 5 Mar 13
mimseycal wrote:I'm aware of that fact – which is a nonsense in itself – but what is written is still wrong.
Crystal Ball wrote:Actually the Argus has it right. It was renamed Brighton (Shoreham) Airport on 29th November 2012.
mimseycal wrote:It's Shoreham Airport and should remain that way.
It will always remain Shoreham Airport to me!
So the headline is inaccurate again. Well done Schmargus.
If that's what they meant, the headline should "actually" read: "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton AIRPORT tomorrow", shouldn't it?
mimseycal
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2:17pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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4:15pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Jagmanmc wrote:A pedant writes: It was actually Brighton, Hove and Worthing JOINT municipal airport. Even more of a mouthful!
It used to be called Brighton, Hove and Worthing municipal airport.
Anyhoo, good luck to the airline, and yes it will always be Shoreham airport to me - like the Palace Pier!
Surely not!
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7:01pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit wrote:now calling the Palace Pier Shoreham Airport is really going to far surely?
Jagmanmc wrote:A pedant writes: It was actually Brighton, Hove and Worthing JOINT municipal airport. Even more of a mouthful!
It used to be called Brighton, Hove and Worthing municipal airport.
Anyhoo, good luck to the airline, and yes it will always be Shoreham airport to me - like the Palace Pier!
PorkBoat
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7:12pm Tue 5 Mar 13
jsuk2000 wrote:You've been in the pub all afternoon, haven't you?
"I wonder how many people will actually go to London Gatwick expecting to find an airport, only to discover it is 28 miles away in a different town in a different county."
mimseycal
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7:14pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Surely not! wrote:Too far maybe but never to far ;-)
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit wrote:now calling the Palace Pier Shoreham Airport is really going to far surely?
Jagmanmc wrote:A pedant writes: It was actually Brighton, Hove and Worthing JOINT municipal airport. Even more of a mouthful!
It used to be called Brighton, Hove and Worthing municipal airport.
Anyhoo, good luck to the airline, and yes it will always be Shoreham airport to me - like the Palace Pier!
sedwardsESQ
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8:23pm Tue 5 Mar 13
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Although the statement came through an email from an officer of Sussex Police it clearly states “outlined an incident involving a council officer who had been held against his will” then the council would hold the said information against the said till further notice? although you been told that the information you hold on file is untrue and does not exist in any public domain or record apart from the vaults and or imaginations of the City Council and you still continue to use it by using sections of acts that also don’t exist like the silly trumped up charge’s that you dare not answer in order to cover your own scrawny little necks, you have taken total disregard to the person’s this is affecting both Mentally and Physically, simply tell the truth as nothing that is hidden will not be revealed.
You then have the cheek to ask me to pay you £10.00 to do it? to get information that is stated to be in the public domain, you find the said article in the public domain then produce this article along with the stated charge and with the officer (name) who was held against thy will......simple.
I’ll give you two clues, the information you may be or may not be seeing in the public domain does not state any “housing officer” and certainly does not refer to me as being a criminal and in another article mentioning “feeling a prisoner in my home” due to the Council are the only press article's in any public domain however, there was an obstructive housing officer named Rob Clarkmead Manor Office who seemed to have an obsession with my household and might have wished to be held hostage at our home address and or Annharad Hughes the solicitor of same office that conducted a file of hate using residents and information she obtained from a previous private consultation, other than this I can not be of further assistance other than to continue asking you for the said information.
So rather than me rambling away my evidence, how about you get stitching together without dropping knots your next story line on how you can knit your way out of my question’s whilst still acting to destroy.
I eagerly await your response
Cabin fever
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8:32pm Tue 5 Mar 13
mimseycal wrote:Riiiiight.
Not necessarily, we all talk about taking off from Gatwick, landing at Stanton, or meeting a flight at Heathrow ... It's a question of convention.
Keep digging.
Gatwick is called Gatwick, because it was built on the site of a manor called "Gatwik".
Heathrow is called Heathrow because it is located near the hamlet of, yes, you guessed it, Heathrow.
Despite it having Brighton in the name of the Airport, it is NOT in Brighton, hence the headline needs clarification...
leahlou
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8:36pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Who gives a monkeys what the airport is called, calling it Brighton and having these flights is the kind of thing that stops it shutting down entirely. In other words... get a life!!
mimseycal
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9:24pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Cabin fever wrote:Ah ... so now it appears we are discussing different issues. I responded to your claim that the Argus was wrong as they should rightfully have stated and I quote "If that's what they meant, the headline should "actually" read: "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton AIRPORT tomorrow", shouldn't it?"
mimseycal wrote:Riiiiight.
Not necessarily, we all talk about taking off from Gatwick, landing at Stanton, or meeting a flight at Heathrow ... It's a question of convention.
Keep digging.
Gatwick is called Gatwick, because it was built on the site of a manor called "Gatwik".
Heathrow is called Heathrow because it is located near the hamlet of, yes, you guessed it, Heathrow.
Despite it having Brighton in the name of the Airport, it is NOT in Brighton, hence the headline needs clarification...
So no dear, I don't have to keep digging. You just need to be somewhat more consistent with where you place the goal posts ;-)
FatherTed11
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9:50pm Tue 5 Mar 13
mimseycal
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9:58pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Cabin fever
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10:17pm Tue 5 Mar 13
mimseycal wrote:Yes, there are two different points here, but I haven't moved any goalposts
Cabin fever wrote:Ah ... so now it appears we are discussing different issues. I responded to your claim that the Argus was wrong as they should rightfully have stated and I quote "If that's what they meant, the headline should "actually" read: "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton AIRPORT tomorrow", shouldn't it?"
mimseycal wrote:Riiiiight.
Not necessarily, we all talk about taking off from Gatwick, landing at Stanton, or meeting a flight at Heathrow ... It's a question of convention.
Keep digging.
Gatwick is called Gatwick, because it was built on the site of a manor called "Gatwik".
Heathrow is called Heathrow because it is located near the hamlet of, yes, you guessed it, Heathrow.
Despite it having Brighton in the name of the Airport, it is NOT in Brighton, hence the headline needs clarification...
So no dear, I don't have to keep digging. You just need to be somewhat more consistent with where you place the goal posts ;-)
It SHOULD be Brighton *Airport* in the headline, because the airport is not in Brighton, so the planes won't be taking off from there, hence "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton tomorrow" isn't correct.
Gatwick and Heathrow were the names of places where the airports were built. So technically that is where you take off from and land. Not Crawley or Slough, for example.
mimseycal
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10:52pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Pragmatically, given that there has been an official name change, there is nothing inherently wrong in the headline "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton tomorrow" and I will refer you to my previously cited examples and also to the reference within the headline to cross channel flights.
Whether it should or could have been a more precise headline is merely a question of linguistic pedantry really. Linguistic pedantry has its place but I don't think that headlines in a relatively minor local newspaper is it.
El Duderino
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12:43am Wed 6 Mar 13
monkeymoo
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4:51am Wed 6 Mar 13
It's far cheaper to fly with ANY other main airline from Gatwick (£60 return).
brightonmike2011
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8:28am Wed 6 Mar 13
Brighton City Airways is also cheaper and quicker than Eurostar.
monkeymoo
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7:13pm Wed 6 Mar 13
brightonmike2011 wrote:I wonder who you work for!!?
@monkeymoo stop spreading lies. You can not fly direct from Gatwick to a Paris Airport on any airline. You have to either take a diversion (either via Copenhagen) or you have to fly from Heathrow.
Brighton City Airways is also cheaper and quicker than Eurostar.
Can i take my car on your plane to (20 miles near) Paris? I doubt it, thats why Eurostar costs more..and is more convenient for some.
Anyhow...Im off on Friday to catch my flight from GATWICK to PARIS for £60 return with Monarch.
Hope your business does well.
losdude
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8:18pm Thu 7 Mar 13
It's a 10 minute train ride from Shoreham to Brighton (if that!) so what does it matter?!
What does matter is that Parisians looking for flights to Brighton will search Brighton, not Shoreham, hence it makes sense to change the name.
It'll hopefully bring in a lot more visitors to the city, which is needed, good luck to them!
Brighton Visitor
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1:06am Fri 8 Mar 13
After all Brighton is still a dump whether Hove is included or not.
mimseycal says...
10:32am Tue 5 Mar 13