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Rivet Joint
Totally agree. What’s odd is since they dropped the Cardiff flight it has been operating fine and pretty much on time. Suddenly out of nowhere it’s moved to only 4 a week and keeps getting cancelled. Maybe a crewing issue? Either way as I have said before there really should be a regulatory body that stops airlines like this from offering commercial flights. Your average passenger will not know about the long awful track record this airline has and will probably be missing important meetings, family get togethers, cruises etc because of this shoddy outfit. It shouldn’t be allowed to continue. In other industries there are regulatory bodies that shut outfits down if the are operated badly. Same should apply here.
I absolutely one hundred percent agree with everything you have mentioned in your post 👏
Now thats a decent post RJ.
There are so many passengers arriving from Paris to join their cruise from the Port of Southampton. 99% of those passengers are either travelling through LHR or via St Pancras on the Eurostar. They are then generally coached directly to the cruise terminals.
When Flybe was in operation there used to be a half hourly shuttle service on Saturdays between the airport and the City Cruise Terminal on behalf of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Manchester was always the most popular flight followed by Glasgow and Belfast. RCCL had an operating agreement in place with Flybe. None of that exists anymore.
Do not underestimate the demand for international passengers as well as domestic who are joining their cruise from the Port of Southampton. It's not northern Europe's busiest cruise port for nothing with 2.3 million passengers expected in 2024.