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Gatwick flights are being reduced from 4 to 3 flights on weekdays from January with less flights on weekends. This change is taking place in January instead of in April.
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passengers jumped ship because the service was better
I just want everyone to get over the whole Flybe are a bully b*lloc*s.
Anyway, it's the weekend. Shall we call it a score draw and concentrate on the important things in life
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Makes Sense
Dropping w/e schedules on the LGW run only makes sense. It is primarily business traffic which flies Mon-Fri. At least now the a/c can be utilised on leisure routes or parked an not incur extra losses. A good move I suspect
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Air Southwest sale completed
Eastern International completes aquisition of Air Southwest | Business Cornwall
Sutton Harbour has completed the previously announced sale of Air Southwest to Eastern International Airlines.
The deal went through for £1.5 million, less an expected adjustment of £2.8 million for unflown ticket revenues and working capital.
The sale is expected to result in a net cash outflow from Sutton Harbour of approximately £1.3 million to Eastern.
The loss on the sale, together with costs, will be approximately £7.3 million, excluding trading losses incurred by Air Southwest during the six months to the end of September and any tax credit.
Sutton Harbour chairman Michael Knight said: “Air Southwest had made good contributions to the group’s profits prior to the deterioration of trading experienced over the past two years resulting from economic, environmental and competitive factors.
“Joining a larger UK regional airline company gives Air Southwest the best opportunity for a positive future.”
Eastern International completes aquisition of Air Southwest | Business Cornwall
Sutton Harbour has completed the previously announced sale of Air Southwest to Eastern International Airlines.
The deal went through for £1.5 million, less an expected adjustment of £2.8 million for unflown ticket revenues and working capital.
The sale is expected to result in a net cash outflow from Sutton Harbour of approximately £1.3 million to Eastern.
The loss on the sale, together with costs, will be approximately £7.3 million, excluding trading losses incurred by Air Southwest during the six months to the end of September and any tax credit.
Sutton Harbour chairman Michael Knight said: “Air Southwest had made good contributions to the group’s profits prior to the deterioration of trading experienced over the past two years resulting from economic, environmental and competitive factors.
“Joining a larger UK regional airline company gives Air Southwest the best opportunity for a positive future.”
See it as a real opportunity : sir Richard knows what he s doing but no pain no gainJoin Date: Aug 2001
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The flight prices have quickly gone through the roof to match Eastern!
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Hmm interesting. The Saabs wouldnt be able to land in plymouth with large loads. And if anything smaller operates services, the poeple down here will moan as they seem to be against smallER aircraft in the west county ha
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Hmm, that would leave them with just two Q300s? Am I correct that they need three to cover the morning departures to MAN, LBA and NCL?
Not sure if anything in the Eastern fleet could replace the Q300s at PLH - the Saab 2000 for sure cannot, but can the Jetstream 41 operate from PLH without restrictions?
Not sure if anything in the Eastern fleet could replace the Q300s at PLH - the Saab 2000 for sure cannot, but can the Jetstream 41 operate from PLH without restrictions?
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all Dash 8's to be gone by 2012
I heard from a reliable source that Eastern plan to consolidate fleet. That means brining back a couple of stored J-31's for Plymouth services. The remainder will be operated by their mix of J-41's or Saab 2000's.
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From next month looking at the Eastern & ASW sites it appears that a Dash 8 will be based in Aberdeen to operate the morning ABZ-LBA-BRS-PLH with another one operating in the opposite direction from PLH. They go back the other way in the evening.
The NQY-BRS-MAN could operate on a Saab (or a J41 if loads permit.)
So that would suggest that 2 Dash 8s could support the PLH programme. Might get interesting if they have any tech problems though!
The NQY-BRS-MAN could operate on a Saab (or a J41 if loads permit.)
So that would suggest that 2 Dash 8s could support the PLH programme. Might get interesting if they have any tech problems though!
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Was on the last Gatwick services today where Galley FM was hinting heavily on both legs of an impending announcement on STN-West Country! We shall see.