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Just bumping this back into our attention.....
Any news on the PSO award?
Seems the deadline described by Cornishsimon below passed a while back and the Flybe online timetable only shows NQY-LGW flights up until early Jan.
What's going on?
Any news on the PSO award?
Seems the deadline described by Cornishsimon below passed a while back and the Flybe online timetable only shows NQY-LGW flights up until early Jan.
What's going on?
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Yeap it does all seem to of gone quite quiet !
My money is on Flybe being awarded the PSO and starting NQY as a base with 2 or 3 aircraft.
I would of thought that the 3 daily departures will be kept and the route will remain at LGW or LCY.
Looking at the numbers from this summer I would of thought that BHX will return and probably SEN, MAN is where I also see growth, so perhaps that will increase to double daily for the summer period ?
Surely BE is the only logical operator to be awarded the PSO ?
cs
My money is on Flybe being awarded the PSO and starting NQY as a base with 2 or 3 aircraft.
I would of thought that the 3 daily departures will be kept and the route will remain at LGW or LCY.
Looking at the numbers from this summer I would of thought that BHX will return and probably SEN, MAN is where I also see growth, so perhaps that will increase to double daily for the summer period ?
Surely BE is the only logical operator to be awarded the PSO ?
cs
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My money is on Flybe being awarded the PSO and starting NQY as a base with 2 or 3 aircraft.
I would of thought that the 3 daily departures will be kept and the route will remain at LGW or LCY.
I would of thought that the 3 daily departures will be kept and the route will remain at LGW or LCY.
Surely BE is the only logical operator to be awarded the PSO ?
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My money is on Flybe being awarded the PSO and starting NQY as a base with 2 or 3 aircraft.
I really do think 2-3 aircraft is extremely wishful thinking. Best of luck to NQY though.
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If that was to be the case, I think what would really be needed is some smaller aircraft down there to test the market and build the base up.
It seems like only London, and perhaps Manchester are likely to sustain a Q400 year round, so maybe get Loganair down there (if they have the aircraft, or can acquire a few) to operate a few 340's and test the market that way, to places like EDI, DUB, AMS, CDG ??
It seems like only London, and perhaps Manchester are likely to sustain a Q400 year round, so maybe get Loganair down there (if they have the aircraft, or can acquire a few) to operate a few 340's and test the market that way, to places like EDI, DUB, AMS, CDG ??
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There is no reason why this base should not be at Newquay.
get Loganair down there (if they have the aircraft, or can acquire a few) to operate a few 340's and test the market that way, to places like EDI, DUB, AMS, CDG ??
I would of thought
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Keep in mind that the current flybe operations tend to operate with w patterns. An example being this summers EDI based aircraft operating EDI-NQY-BHD-NQY-EDI.
There's no reason that this can't work in reverse on a NQY based aircraft.
cs
There's no reason that this can't work in reverse on a NQY based aircraft.
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Key air link between Cornwall and London secured - at a cost of £3.1m in taxpayers? money - Home News - UK - The Independent
Pity they didn't have that policy when NQY and many others had links to LHR and then got turfed out by BA, with the then Tory govts blessing. 
plus ça change ...
Aviation Minister Robert Goodwill said: "Keeping our regions connected with London is a vital part of our long term economic plan. That is why we have worked so hard with Cornwall Council to protect the route to Newquay and make sure we do all we can to support the local area.
plus ça change ...
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Nicely edited skippy 
From my understanding its over the duration of the PSO, not per year.
This award to flybe also raises another question. The NQY-MAN & BHX daily rotations have already been loaded and are on sale with schedules showing operating on a NQY based aircraft, that aircraft can't do those and 3 LGW at the times scheduled ........
cs
From my understanding its over the duration of the PSO, not per year.
This award to flybe also raises another question. The NQY-MAN & BHX daily rotations have already been loaded and are on sale with schedules showing operating on a NQY based aircraft, that aircraft can't do those and 3 LGW at the times scheduled ........
cs