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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Mar 2018, 11:37
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Posted By Harry Wayfarers

And besides an RAF base in Angelsey and an Airbus...

And besides an RAF base in Angelsey and an Airbus facility on the border with England precisely how many commercial airports would that be?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Mar 2018, 13:22
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

https://scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28...

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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Mar 2018, 12:43
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Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

How is the weather, the ground conditions, 55cm...

How is the weather, the ground conditions, 55cm of snow in St. Athan apparantlly?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Feb 2018, 13:40
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Check my location, I'm on a poxy little island in...

Check my location, I'm on a poxy little island in a tin pot country on the other side of the globe ... And here's a pic of a London bus from a couple of years back!
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Feb 2018, 08:03
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

You think that QR need to make a profit to stay...

You think that QR need to make a profit to stay in business?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Feb 2018, 11:35
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Where I live I can, and do, often carry a police...

Where I live I can, and do, often carry a police baton and/or pepper spray with me, when passing thru security at the shopping mall they normally don't search me because I am an honest looking...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jan 2018, 09:27
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

You need to get over this Wales vs England thing,...

You need to get over this Wales vs England thing, similarly there is a poster on the Yorkshire airport threads that clearly has a problem with Lancashire!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jan 2018, 00:07
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

EL, Your profile suggests that you live in...

EL,

Your profile suggests that you live in EDI so besides GLA and perhaps NCL you are stuck with it and need to take whatever flight options are available locally.

The difference with CWL...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jan 2018, 21:06
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Except that it cuts short their holiday by a day...

Except that it cuts short their holiday by a day or whatever, if the price was right I might opt for a something like 15+ hour stopover, time for dinner, a few beers and bed in a hotel before back to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jan 2018, 20:21
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

When I flew LHR/CEB it was a 1 hour connection in...

When I flew LHR/CEB it was a 1 hour connection in HKG,when I flew BHX/HKG it was a 55 minutes connection in ZRH, 5 or 8 hour connections are simply not acceptable except perhaps to a budget traveller.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jan 2018, 07:19
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

A previous poster suggested a catchment area of...

A previous poster suggested a catchment area of south-west England, I previously used Taunton as an example, if I lived in Taunton and wanted to travel to/from BKK do you reckon that I would fly from...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jan 2018, 23:11
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Same old problem with Qatar, a 7.75 hour stopover...

Same old problem with Qatar, a 7.75 hour stopover in DOH on the return journey for anything like a reasonable fare
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jan 2018, 20:50
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I used Ayr to CAL merely as an example of going...

I used Ayr to CAL merely as an example of going up, past other airport option(s), and coming back down again, never mind precise distances it was a case of looking at the map and saying "%&£$ that"!...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jan 2018, 19:41
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

But you can't change geography ... As an example...

But you can't change geography ... As an example expecting somebody who lives in Taunton to take a flight from CWL might be comparable to expecting somebody who lives in Ayr to take a flight from CAL.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jan 2018, 06:33
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Precisely how many busy airports does Wales have?

Precisely how many busy airports does Wales have?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jan 2018, 06:08
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

It doesn't matter which side of the Severn...

It doesn't matter which side of the Severn Crossing it is on, now that they are supposedly doing away with the tolls, but an airport pretty close to either side would do pretty well what with M4, M5...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jan 2018, 08:15
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

The aircraft probably aren't sitting around in...

The aircraft probably aren't sitting around in DOH for hours on end just to operate to CWL & EDI, they're probably inbound from someplace else and on a standard turnround.

But hub & spoke timings...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jan 2018, 11:35
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

And too long a turnround on other days ... I...

And too long a turnround on other days ... I guess something to do with slot times
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2018, 23:04
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

When I travelled to/from Asia each trip I checked...

When I travelled to/from Asia each trip I checked schedules and fares with the various airlines and I always found with Qatar that to get anything like a decent fare I was going to need to take some...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2018, 12:53
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Have they announced it is to be a widebody?

Have they announced it is to be a widebody?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2018, 05:11
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

It's apparent that money is no object, all they...

It's apparent that money is no object, all they would need to have their own airport representation would be a couple of Duty Officers to cover seven days a week overseeing the handling agent and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2018, 04:03
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

That's funny ... So they need a Airport Services...

That's funny ... So they need a Airport Services Manager to oversee an Airport Services Supervisor to oversee an Airport Services Duty Officer to oversee a Senior Airport Services Agent to oversee an...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Dec 2017, 03:16
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I've cracked my bl00dy head on the ceilings in...

I've cracked my bl00dy head on the ceilings in there a few times :)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Dec 2017, 02:44
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

My passion was/is map reading, navigation etc....

My passion was/is map reading, navigation etc. and of a Sunday we would do a crawl around the country lanes of the Vale with an ordnance survey map of PH's in hand :)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Dec 2017, 02:13
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

My house was 4 doors away from Tesco's in Barry,...

My house was 4 doors away from Tesco's in Barry, just a walk across the road and a bus stop to the airport.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2017, 22:08
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Jay Sata, KLM can be hit or miss on service,...

Jay Sata,

KLM can be hit or miss on service, I've had some good flights with them and some not so good, I still recall when they withdrew serving beer in European economy class, that flight I was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2017, 01:58
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

But KEF is merely Icelandair's hub for their...

But KEF is merely Icelandair's hub for their route network to/from N. America and I don't believe CWL is served by Aer Lingus.

Well Flybe codesharing with AF reduces the AF pax that may have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Dec 2017, 11:17
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Jerry ... Subtlety isn't RYR's strongest suit ......

Jerry ... Subtlety isn't RYR's strongest suit ... Just ask their pilots :)



With a somewhat restriction on business type routes from BHX in the some four years that I utilised from BHX the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Dec 2017, 07:44
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Jerry, For years the only international...

Jerry,

For years the only international business type routing CWL has had has been KLM, KLM have had the monopoly, I've used them myself because there was no other choice from CWL ... Well except...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Dec 2017, 12:22
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Because to introduce such routes from CWL they...

Because to introduce such routes from CWL they may be poaching some 40% of their pax from BRS thus both BRS and CWL routes would fail.

Is this Rocket Science or what?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Dec 2017, 07:46
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Make's me smile that yeo valley mocks, what he...

Make's me smile that yeo valley mocks, what he calls, arm chair CEO's and whilst he may have a point "Oh let's go to Naples" or whatever by making the post that he did he has become an arm chair CEO...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Dec 2017, 06:34
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

That's not strictly so ... There is such a...

That's not strictly so ...

There is such a thing as flooding one's own market, RYR have quite a network of flights out of BHX and BRS, start offering the same or similar destinations out of CWL...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Oct 2017, 08:06
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I'm not Welsh but I owned a house with a CF62...

I'm not Welsh but I owned a house with a CF62 postcode for 23 years ... It's not just the Welsh that pay their taxes in Wales!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Oct 2017, 06:18
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Is there anywhere that anyone may make a...

Is there anywhere that anyone may make a comparison with Wales where the response won't be a disagreement, to the effect, "But we're different"?

How are Cardiff Aviation doing, are they paying...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Oct 2017, 20:55
Replies: 1,904
Views: 786,506
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

First of all I think the point is that CWL should...

First of all I think the point is that CWL should be trying to take passengers away from the other 4 and not vice versa whilst suggesting that CWL can be a viable airport for Wales is similar to...
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