I note that LCY-DUS operates just twice daily on fridays, with the Eastern E70 used on the route departing DUS at 0900 am instead of 0645 and no afternoon flight. Has it always been like that and is the Eastern E70 deployed on another route on Friday mornings - or does it just sit idle on the ground at LCY for 5 1/2 hours? ?
I am aware of the fact that Friday is the slowest weekday at LCY, but given Flybe's full schedule on the route on Fridays the schedule looks not very competitive. The later morning departure is of little use for day travel inbound from DUS and useless for any DUS bound business travel from LCY (first departure at 1440).
Lithuanian Govt wants a route to London City and seems prepared to pay for it
The article strongly hints at LOT and its new E90 operation built up for LCY ops. Wasn't there some discussion that the E90 cannot operate to destinations further away than WAW and BUD without taking a hit load-wise? VNO would be the same distance as AGP and GRX - are these operated by BACF with the E70 or can the E90 take a full load out of LCY to destinations 1000+ miles away?(although, thinking about it, the Greek destinations served by BACF are much further away - maybe the low capacity of BACF E90s helps here?)