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Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:55 pm
by written_ficton
http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/min ... 5842921796
Interesting...
"The airport handles much of the ``fly-in fly-out'' transport of the mining sector in the boom state."
Perth I would have expect handles 99% of the FIFO traffic, Jandakot verry little...
Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:00 pm
by Nafenn
written_ficton wrote:Interesting...
"The airport handles much of the ``fly-in fly-out'' transport of the mining sector in the boom state."
Perth I would have expect handles 99% of the FIFO traffic, Jandakot verry little...
yeah, its news to all of us - Cobham and Maroomba seem to handle most of it, and they are at Perth
Although, the upgrade has been a long time coming, and it will be good to have 2 parallel runways - so they will actually put it into wind and not have to worry about the dammer circuit traffic going from 2 runways to 1 on the cross runway
Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:12 pm
by written_ficton
Skippers and Cobham handle most of the flights, followed by Skywest, Maroomba and Network with Casair and the pencil pushers.
Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:26 pm
by Nafenn
yeah... them
and considering the largest aircraft you can probably get in AND OUT of jandakot is a Learjet... not exactly viable FIFO wise
Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:49 pm
by gkoutlis
Nafenn wrote:yeah... them
and considering the largest aircraft you can probably get in AND OUT of jandakot is a Learjet... not exactly viable FIFO wise
Doesn't the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan get used to ferry workers sometimes from YPJT and YPPH?
I noted a while ago when I was training at Kalgoorlie Airport in a Mooney, that the 208B makes regular visits from Perth dropping of Jockeys for the Kalgoorlie Horse Race Meets.
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Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:54 pm
by written_ficton
more than likely its just charters. Jockeys are not exactly FIFO workers are they
Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:56 pm
by Nafenn
gkoutlis wrote:Doesn't the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan get used to ferry workers sometimes from YPJT and YPPH?
I noted a while ago when I was training at Kalgoorlie Airport in a Mooney, that the 208B makes regular visits from Perth dropping of Jockeys for the Kalgoorlie Horse Race Meets.
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a mooney... in Kalgoolrie??? Those things struggle enough in the heat in perth, how the hell did they survive in Kal?
Re: Jandakot getting an $60mill upgrade to handle FIFO boom
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:24 am
by gkoutlis
Nafenn wrote:gkoutlis wrote:Doesn't the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan get used to ferry workers sometimes from YPJT and YPPH?
I noted a while ago when I was training at Kalgoorlie Airport in a Mooney, that the 208B makes regular visits from Perth dropping of Jockeys for the Kalgoorlie Horse Race Meets.
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a mooney... in Kalgoolrie??? Those things struggle enough in the heat in perth, how the hell did they survive in Kal?
Lol - it handled well for me
- very bumpy over the Super Pit though...
Mind you, for the month I was there fore work, we only had a severe Thunderstorm come past, but it wasn't as hot as it usually is...
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