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Rumour on the Newcastle page is that the long running Exeter Newcastle Toronto route is stopping next summer , they were to use the larger Air Transat A330 next year as oppose to the A310 which has been in use in previous years
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I was of the understanding the EXT leg was still operating on the A330. Maybe it is the NCL bit that has been cut and the EXT will go back to either operating via BHX or EDI (both of which has been done in the past) - I hope that they have not lost it completely
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link says NCL/EXT
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A friend of mine contacted EXT and as far as they are concerned the route to YYZ is going ahead. They said the only change was they were trying to get it extended in to winter as loads from EXT were high last season. Not sure who or what to believe now....
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The Toronto service is still on sale with Canadian Affair via Newcastle so i would imagine its not going to pulled this late in the day unless anyone knows anything different ?
Freebird are operating this years Thomas Cook holidays to Dalaman on a Wednesday probably using an A320 , a shorts season this year of May / June / Sept / Oct
Thomas Cook continue to operate the Sat Palma flights using an A320
Freebird are operating this years Thomas Cook holidays to Dalaman on a Wednesday probably using an A320 , a shorts season this year of May / June / Sept / Oct
Thomas Cook continue to operate the Sat Palma flights using an A320
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Menzies are taking over Flybe's handling at Birmingham and Gatwick but I didnt realise that Menzies were even at Exeter. I thought EDAL (Exeter & Devon Airport Limited) were the only ones there and had some what of a monopoly
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Thanks for your responses Cloud1 and Whispering Giant!
I just read that they were starting handling at Flybe and wasn't really too sure if would include EGTE or not. Cheers!
I just read that they were starting handling at Flybe and wasn't really too sure if would include EGTE or not. Cheers!
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BGI?
According to TOMs website, there is just one flight to BGI this year, on 1st April. Not sure how people would get home, but it isn't bookable either - glitch in the system?
According to TOMs website, there is just one flight to BGI this year, on 1st April. Not sure how people would get home, but it isn't bookable either - glitch in the system?
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LJ - far to early for that! Also, they seem to do a similar thing from other airports - just 2-3 flights per year, I don't see the point, as that must mean a lot of empty sectors.
Usually cruise related - Fred Olsen from memory - and I think normally whole plane charters (so not bookable) with passengers returning from another port (so appears one way but pax actually return from another airport).
Again, from memory so not 100%, I think one lot of pax board at port A and disembark from port B, while another lot go from B to A. Might be some empty sectors positioning into regional airports in the UK, but the empty long haul sectors will be at the start and end of the season.
Again, from memory so not 100%, I think one lot of pax board at port A and disembark from port B, while another lot go from B to A. Might be some empty sectors positioning into regional airports in the UK, but the empty long haul sectors will be at the start and end of the season.
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These regional charter flights to the Caribbean are most often for Carnival Cruise Corp. For the UK market they tend to charter flights for their P&O and Princess Cruise ships that station into the Caribbean for the Winter seasons and P&O often bring the ships back to Southampton for the summer season.
Smaller airports do well with these flights as pax often are high commercial spenders with dwell times in the terminals in excess of 2 hours.
Well done for EXT for ensuring they have this. It is good traffic to get in the current economic times
Smaller airports do well with these flights as pax often are high commercial spenders with dwell times in the terminals in excess of 2 hours.
Well done for EXT for ensuring they have this. It is good traffic to get in the current economic times
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Balfour Beatty own Exeter don't they? Just curious as to what they're like because they just became red-hot favourites to take-over my local airport, Durham Tees Valley, and I want to know if things just got better or worse for us...
