flyGlobespan:Yes Tom Dalrymple has stated that they are to offer 14 weekly flights from ABZ,starting summer 2006.They will evaluate which destinations the natives wish to fly to & what capacity to offer.Traditionally Palma has been the most popular destination for holidays offered from Aberdeen,so this may be one destination.TFS & MLA may be others.However GSM will have to be careful about how much capacity they do offer & how they market themselves up here.As Air Scotland(& others)have found out before them,if you don't advertise up here,you don't get noticed.Air Scotland,when they first launched,only got about 30 bookings for their BCN & PMI flights a few years ago.They assumed because they flew from GLA & EDI,the people of Aberdeen would know who they were.Not so & bookings only picked up after an intensive local advertising campaign.
airwales:not sure how they are doing(as I've posted elsewhere).Sometimes I hear ABZ loads are good(indeed aircraft full).Next thing,aircraft only has 12 aboard-indeed the local press,in separate news reports about undercarriage problems(thankfully came to nothing)reported only 12 people aboard on both occasions-must be the "stock" number when reporting,but the local press aren't always the most accurate when reporting ABZ!However,the morning flight (6G 610/1)has very often not operated,suggesting that sometimes the loads don't justify flying the rotation.