Originally Posted by
WHBM
Possibly gone under the radar is the great increase in holiday flights Cityflyer's Embraer fleet are making this summer. I reckon they did 130 such round trips last week, a combination of schedules and charters, some from unlikely starting points such as Humberside or Isle of Man. Over 30 round trips to Ibiza, the most popular point, in a week, almost as many to Palma. There's even a classic overnighter late Friday departure from LCY to Malaga that rolls back just as they reopen on Saturday morning. It's a lot more extensive than just covering the weekend LCY closure time.
Not particularly what the crews (especially cabin) signed up for, is it ?
There are normally three which overnight in EDI for the 06.30, 7.05 and 7.35(FX) services to LCY. Only one is used for holiday flights - a Fri am rotation, two Saturday ones and a Sunday am. The other Sun rotation uses the plane which arrives from Zurich on Saturday morning, transfers empty to IOM for a rotation from there, and returns to EDI in the evening. So the EDI crews won't be working every w/e.