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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Sep 2017, 08:24
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

CGN appears in the booking engine as a 4/7...

CGN appears in the booking engine as a 4/7 (MoWeFrSu) late morning flight fir the winter schedule? Wasn't that route destined to go?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jul 2017, 08:56
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

As they will cut CGN anyway, they probably will...

As they will cut CGN anyway, they probably will not bend over backwards to keep the customers on that route happy.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jul 2017, 14:44
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Sure. I did not dispute that the airport could...

Sure. I did not dispute that the airport could eventually accommodate 10m (with relocation of some of the infrastructure). I was, however, slightly bemused that the CEO of an airport with five based...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jul 2017, 10:54
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Not sure what all the fuzz is about. Booking...

Not sure what all the fuzz is about. Booking engines, those by OTAs and those by airlines, have been offering bizarre 2 or 3 stop connections like forever. Some of them are useful, others are not....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2017, 20:57
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Credit where credit is due - the CEO is a...

Credit where credit is due - the CEO is a marketing motormouth. He was also selling the fact that Boeing 737-800s cannot use the airport as a big bonus, not a disadvantage (as he was insinuating -...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jul 2017, 15:51
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Longish article on SEN in the new issue of...

Longish article on SEN in the new issue of "Airports of the world". CEO going on the record that he would be disappointed if he was unable to announce two new airlines before the end of 2017.

In a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jun 2017, 11:32
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Which would be Flybe opb Stobart opb Nordica opb...

Which would be Flybe opb Stobart opb Nordica opb bmi regional, with all four airlines expecting to earn some money from it....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jun 2017, 12:35
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

The article also mentions that the route funding...

The article also mentions that the route funding has expired and that now the airport will provide "marketing support". So probably some sort of power game involving a threat to axe the flights.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2017, 15:43
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Isn't the ATR42 pretty much the same cost-wise as...

Isn't the ATR42 pretty much the same cost-wise as the ATR72 except for the second flight attendant ? (hence why the ATR42 is only selling small number for niche applications these days). Of course...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jun 2017, 12:09
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Not from LGW but from LTN (Debonair and European...

Not from LGW but from LTN (Debonair and European Air Express).

However, there have not been any scheduled serves at MGL for at least a decade. Not sure if they will ever be interested again, they...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jun 2017, 12:49
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

I know, my remark was meant to be tongue in...

I know, my remark was meant to be tongue in cheek. It appears as if the smaller and less anonymous an airport, the more locals take an interest in its development (or a lack of) and populate forums...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jun 2017, 09:57
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Holy Guacamole - telling by the amount of traffic...

Holy Guacamole - telling by the amount of traffic this thread generates, Southend is slated to overtake Heathrow in the near future as London's most important airport:

Number of pages of Heathrow...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Dec 2016, 13:43
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Sure, although I do not think that there is any...

Sure, although I do not think that there is any automatism "BE flight number = AF code-share". But as LYS-LON is not operated by AF, I don't think they will have problems with a code-share.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Dec 2016, 13:14
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

I think that it is useful to keep in mind that...

I think that it is useful to keep in mind that Flybe has nothing to do with the routes. Stobart Air is simply paying a fee to use the Flybe brand and get access to Flybe's booking engine. It does not...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Dec 2016, 11:30
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

I cannot think of a poorer time of the year to...

I cannot think of a poorer time of the year to launch a big media campaign than Thursday, December 22. So it is probably a good idea to let the airline do a soft launch and make a big media...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Dec 2016, 15:17
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Don't think so. Just in the last hour or so a...

Don't think so. Just in the last hour or so a Cityflyer E90 and a Moldovian A320 tried to get into STN but in the end diverted to BHX.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2016, 10:36
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Well well. If each post in this quite lively...

Well well.

If each post in this quite lively SEN thread, which is quite different from the liveliness of SEN proper, would amount to a flight booking, the new Stobart Air routes would be in line...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Dec 2016, 08:37
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

My point was that it seems somewhat likely that...

My point was that it seems somewhat likely that Plan A was a fully-fledged merger with Cityjet and then operate SSJs of the merged company from SEN. And Plan B the use of the same planes by way of a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Dec 2016, 07:28
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Isn't the most likely scenario that after the...

Isn't the most likely scenario that after the failed merger with WX Stobart will simply lease in some SSJs from them? If Stobart are really going to release the summer schedule next week and the WX...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Dec 2016, 12:14
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Pardon my ignorance, but I fail to understand why...

Pardon my ignorance, but I fail to understand why - apparently - Stobart instead of Cityjet is no big deal with regard to the promised expansion? Stobart's own ATRs can serve only a fraction of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jun 2016, 18:31
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

We are talking about five days next before it...

We are talking about five days next before it returns to normal ops from LCY on July 1. Probably the time is needed to bring DAT up to speed for LCY ops - I don't think they have operated from there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jun 2016, 11:28
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

My feeling is that the effects of the RACF are...

My feeling is that the effects of the RACF are wildly overestimated by some PPRUNERs. We are not talking about PSO-style large-scale taxpayer funding.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Feb 2016, 13:54
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Not sure if the BACF move justifies the drama. We...

Not sure if the BACF move justifies the drama. We are talking aobut four weekly flights, that equals rougly 1/6 of an aircraft based at SEN...

As for the coach link, the question is if its lack...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Dec 2015, 13:46
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

SEN-BRN to end on December 28 - the reason...

SEN-BRN to end on December 28 - the reason officially given is quite interesting:

https://www.flyskywork.com/en/company/news/sx-winter_saab_en
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Nov 2015, 21:31
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

See here: ...

See here:

http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airports-routes/558979-regional-air-connectivity-fund-19-routes-5.html#post9191776
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Nov 2015, 11:17
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

But what is the wisdom behind a LCY-RNS route...

But what is the wisdom behind a LCY-RNS route operated leisure-style for merely six weeks - but during that time business-style at an almost daily frequency??
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2015, 09:26
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Replaced by what aircraft? If I have counted...

Replaced by what aircraft?

If I have counted correctly, Stobart now has approx. 20 weekly departures from SEN to three destinations. Does that signal a slow wind-down of the operation there or are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jun 2015, 16:08
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Wondering if Flybe/Stobart could be enticed to...

Wondering if Flybe/Stobart could be enticed to start SENDUS? After they killed off airberlin/Darwin on the STNDUS route, Germanwings are now axing the route with effect June 14. It is a route that...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jun 2015, 14:36
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

If on average only 5 or 10 London-bound...

If on average only 5 or 10 London-bound passengers switch from the nonstop SEN flight to the one stop LCY flight, this will kill off the SEN flight - unless the flights currently operate with a 90...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jun 2015, 13:57
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

But why would they extend the LCY-BSL route to...

But why would they extend the LCY-BSL route to BRN if not for replacing SEN-BRN with it? If the new rote was only meant to replace the long-existing LX service on LCY-BSL, there is no reason to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jun 2015, 12:51
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

Skywork will relaunch LCY-BRN on August 31 (via...

Skywork will relaunch LCY-BRN on August 31 (via BSL that is). I don't think that SEN-BRN will survive this - press release says that the schedule for SEN-BRN will be "adjusted" later depending on...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2014, 21:20
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

From the article, it looks as if that route will...

From the article, it looks as if that route will be served from the Carlisle end, so the route will not be able to keep the SEN-based aircraft busy.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2014, 21:08
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

I guess because they decided not to do domestics...

I guess because they decided not to do domestics in the first place? Probably too difficult to compete from SEN given the competition from LCY, LGW, LTN and STN. Only airports with no routes to LON...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2014, 20:42
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

PAD used to have links to STN, LCY and MAN in the...

PAD used to have links to STN, LCY and MAN in the past by AB and WX. Because it is the heartland of the British Rhine Army, there are still reasonable links between the region and the UK.

KSF is a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2014, 19:02
Replies: 5,380
Views: 1,860,662
Posted By virginblue

We should not forget that MST was a makeshift...

We should not forget that MST was a makeshift route launch when CGN became unfeasible because of Ryanair launchning STN-CGN. If MST was expected to have great potential, it would have been among the...
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