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New Birmingham Route to Deauville
Anyone in the know or understand the recent strategy of Flybe? They drop 11 routes ex-BHX after less than a few months operating them then they add BIQ, BIA and now DOL for a few weeks and weekends in the summer, can they really make more money to a French regional airport like DOL than they can at TLS or CGN or OSL? They have re-opened old bases and started flying from new ones. Flybe seem to have become a little maverick in their planning and routes again 
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It will indeed be a deal at Deauville, for the airport has some history of offering significant "marketing support" - in the region of 20 Euros per passenger - to encourage and sustain routes. It's hard to see why else you'd fly three Embraer 175s a week to Birmingham otherwise.
The whole strategy seems to be challenged, and they are fast taking over where bmi left off for erratic route and scheduling decisions. To launch a load of routes from Birmingham and can them six months later is odd, but having taken the decision to stop them, continuing to fly through the dark days of January and February until the end of March before stopping is even more bizarre. Losses must be racking up, and if they do register a profit then it can only be because a relatively small number of routes are particularly strong and making enough to cover the others.
The whole strategy seems to be challenged, and they are fast taking over where bmi left off for erratic route and scheduling decisions. To launch a load of routes from Birmingham and can them six months later is odd, but having taken the decision to stop them, continuing to fly through the dark days of January and February until the end of March before stopping is even more bizarre. Losses must be racking up, and if they do register a profit then it can only be because a relatively small number of routes are particularly strong and making enough to cover the others.
Here we go again
Two E175s will be leaving the fleet so they are two down for next summer.
Better to operate them at a small profit than to ground them until then
I wouldn't be at all surprised to see more E175s departing as the "new" Q400s start to arrive. This is entirely consistent with the announced strategy of concentating on thin short point to point routes
for which the 400 is ideal and the Embraer is not.,
Okay lets have some more uninformed speculation
Two E175s will be leaving the fleet so they are two down for next summer.
Better to operate them at a small profit than to ground them until then
I wouldn't be at all surprised to see more E175s departing as the "new" Q400s start to arrive. This is entirely consistent with the announced strategy of concentating on thin short point to point routes
for which the 400 is ideal and the Embraer is not.,
Okay lets have some more uninformed speculation
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Bean, give up my friend, let the experts on here "run the show". It's easier to sit back and watch the show rather than get involved.
If it's evidently a Loganair aircraft then why didn't it get posted in the Loganair thread?
If it's evidently a Loganair aircraft then why didn't it get posted in the Loganair thread?
Some of us are fed up with this whole codeshare/franchise approach of "Yes madam, it's a Flybe flight, yes we serve Stornoway, yes here's the Flybe directors seeing off our inaugural flight, yes madam ..... wait ..... what, there's been an accident ? ....... Oh NO madam, NO, it's a Loganair flight, NO it's Loganair that serve Stornoway ........"
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INV is to lose its LCY service
Flybe scraps Inverness to London City flights | Inverness Courier | News
Flybe scraps Inverness to London City flights | Inverness Courier | News
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As predicted, LCY is going to be "difficult". It's far from clever to launch a new route that doesn't even last a single season before getting axed. The whole LCY venture appears to be a licence to bleed money. Can't see EXT lasting long either.
Bhd-Lcy load factor for November 75.1% based on CAA provisional stats
Edi-Lcy figures up 43% for Nobember 2014 as opposed to November 2013
I'm determined to post facts on this thread instead of stupid speculation favoured by the majority
Edi-Lcy figures up 43% for Nobember 2014 as opposed to November 2013
I'm determined to post facts on this thread instead of stupid speculation favoured by the majority
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No but now Flybe are on it November is up 131% on last year Growth was only 57% year on year in October which shows that Flybe are making an impact.
It's not rocket science I promise!!!
It's not rocket science I promise!!!