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Old 31st Jan 2014, 21:21
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Estonian Airlines

Looks like the Summer '14 Innsbruck Saturday flights will now be using an Estonian Air EMB-170 with 76 seats. Looks like the aircraft will be BHX based as the aircraft on Saturdays will be doing BHX-INN-BRS-INN-BHX.

Below might explain a little why it will be UK based and is taken from: www.ch-aviation.ch (a great news/fleet/schedule website by the way)....

15JAN14 - Estonian Air and aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service (ACS), have signed an agreement in which ACS will exclusively market and sell one of Estonian Air's four EMB-170s. ACS Commercial Jets Director, Matt Purton, explained: "With a capacity of 76 seats and a range of around 3 hours, we feel that the aircraft is very versatile and will be ideal for sports teams, Oil and Gas clients and the MICE industry. The aircraft is in an all economy plus configuration, with 31 pitch seats in a two by two configuration."
Mikael Wangdahl, the COO of Estonian Air, commented that his airline sees strong market potential for the aircraft in the British market where demand has been driven by Tour Operators looking for niche routes from regional airports to Mediterranean countries in particular.
The schedule is below and was released today:

New route: Innsbruck - Bristol Int'l starting May 24, 2014.
OV 8722 _____6_ 24MAY2014 - 20SEP2014 INN 1020 BRS 1130 - E170 Charter Flight

New route: Bristol Int'l - Innsbruck starting May 24, 2014.
OV 8723 _____6_ 24MAY2014 - 20SEP2014 BRS 1205 INN 1455 - E170 Charter Flight
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