easyJet A319 UK tour
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easyJet A319 UK tour
Note: All Times Local
Sat 15 11 03
LTN 1100 - 1130 STN Posn.
STN 1215 - 1315 STN Fam Flt.
STN 1515 - 1615 STN Fam Flt.
Sun 16 11 03
STN 0930 - 1015 LGW Posn.
LGW 1130 - 1215 LGW Fam Flt.
LGW 1430 - 1515 LGW Fam Flt.
LGW 1600 - 1645 LTN Posn
Night Stop 15 11 03 STN 16 11 03 LTN
Sat 22 11 03
LTN 1030 - 1145 GLA Posn.
GLA 1215 - 1300 GLA Fam Flt.
GLA 1345 - 1430 EDI Posn.
EDI 1530 - 1615 EDI Fam Flt.
EDI 1700 - 1745 NCL Posn'
Sun 23 11 03
NCL 1130 - 1215 NCL Fam Flt.
NCL 1300 - 1400 LTN Posn.
LTN 1445 - 1600 LTN Fam Flt.
Night Stop 22 11 03 NCL 23 11 03 LTN
Sat 29 11 03
LTN 1045 - 1130 BRS Posn.
BRS 1215 - 1300 BRS Fam Flt.
BRS 1345 - 1430 EMA Posn.
EMA 1530 - 1610 EMA Fam Flt.
EMA 1700 - 1745 LPL Posn.
Sun 30 11 03
LPL 1130 - 1215 LPL Fam Flt.
LPL 1300 - 1400 BFS Posn.
BFS 1445 - 1600 BFS Fam Flt.
BFS 1645 - 1755 LTN Posn.
Night Stop 29 11 03 LPL 30 11 03 LTN
Fam = Familiarisation flight for easy staff and partner company employees
Sat 15 11 03
LTN 1100 - 1130 STN Posn.
STN 1215 - 1315 STN Fam Flt.
STN 1515 - 1615 STN Fam Flt.
Sun 16 11 03
STN 0930 - 1015 LGW Posn.
LGW 1130 - 1215 LGW Fam Flt.
LGW 1430 - 1515 LGW Fam Flt.
LGW 1600 - 1645 LTN Posn
Night Stop 15 11 03 STN 16 11 03 LTN
Sat 22 11 03
LTN 1030 - 1145 GLA Posn.
GLA 1215 - 1300 GLA Fam Flt.
GLA 1345 - 1430 EDI Posn.
EDI 1530 - 1615 EDI Fam Flt.
EDI 1700 - 1745 NCL Posn'
Sun 23 11 03
NCL 1130 - 1215 NCL Fam Flt.
NCL 1300 - 1400 LTN Posn.
LTN 1445 - 1600 LTN Fam Flt.
Night Stop 22 11 03 NCL 23 11 03 LTN
Sat 29 11 03
LTN 1045 - 1130 BRS Posn.
BRS 1215 - 1300 BRS Fam Flt.
BRS 1345 - 1430 EMA Posn.
EMA 1530 - 1610 EMA Fam Flt.
EMA 1700 - 1745 LPL Posn.
Sun 30 11 03
LPL 1130 - 1215 LPL Fam Flt.
LPL 1300 - 1400 BFS Posn.
BFS 1445 - 1600 BFS Fam Flt.
BFS 1645 - 1755 LTN Posn.
Night Stop 29 11 03 LPL 30 11 03 LTN
Fam = Familiarisation flight for easy staff and partner company employees
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I am not an employee of EasyJet, however is it possible to express an interest in going to one of these A319 familiarisation "parties"?
I would love to be able to come down and have a look around at EMA!
Can anyone tell me how it is possible to express an interesT?
I would love to be able to come down and have a look around at EMA!
Can anyone tell me how it is possible to express an interesT?
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Why so negative? The tour and parties have been very well received. They may not change the world overnight, but certainly seem to have helped in getting some of the staff a bit more upbeat about the company after what has inevitably been a tough year with the integration, etc.
All in all a pretty good morale boost, and for those "office staff" who rarely get to actually get to see an aircraft, very positive. This website is mainly populated by people who get to "play with aircraft" every day, but every now and then it doesn't do any harm to demonstrate them to the "wider masses".
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Why so negative? The tour and parties have been very well received. They may not change the world overnight, but certainly seem to have helped in getting some of the staff a bit more upbeat about the company after what has inevitably been a tough year with the integration, etc.
All in all a pretty good morale boost, and for those "office staff" who rarely get to actually get to see an aircraft, very positive. This website is mainly populated by people who get to "play with aircraft" every day, but every now and then it doesn't do any harm to demonstrate them to the "wider masses".
In trim.
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Whippersnapper, close to £25m? where do you get your info from? 
Anyway whatever money was spent wasn;t wasted as I'm sure the insight DBa gave them into the German market was valuable and is being put to good use with the new base at Schonefeld
Record losses? Define please? Last winter saw the integration of go which cost a sizeable sum. Summer results should be out and are expected to be excellent
Please continue to post drivel as it helps me unwind after my late shift
Anyway whatever money was spent wasn;t wasted as I'm sure the insight DBa gave them into the German market was valuable and is being put to good use with the new base at Schonefeld
Record losses? Define please? Last winter saw the integration of go which cost a sizeable sum. Summer results should be out and are expected to be excellent
Please continue to post drivel as it helps me unwind after my late shift
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Well Eastern I`ve got my name down for a seat I hope you are going to come along and show us some of that good`ol country hospitality !!
P.S. I realise it`s a bit out of town ,is it well sign posted?
P.S. I realise it`s a bit out of town ,is it well sign posted?
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I get out plenty believe me - the only place I never go near is - yes you're right BFS - lets face it, its difficult to find anything positive to say about what is probably the most boring excuse for an airport I have ever had the misfortune to visit - maybe if its illustrious owners were to put their hands in their pockets and build a new terminal building, demolish the current 40 year old antiquity instead of adding bits on here and there and resurface the runways, it might be just about presentable! As it is, it is a total embarassment and a sad first sight for visitors to N Ireland.
Funny how BHD's owners Ferrovial, who you have frequently mocked, are prepared to spend money where it is needed - but then maybe they have more than TBI!
I get out plenty believe me - the only place I never go near is - yes you're right BFS - lets face it, its difficult to find anything positive to say about what is probably the most boring excuse for an airport I have ever had the misfortune to visit - maybe if its illustrious owners were to put their hands in their pockets and build a new terminal building, demolish the current 40 year old antiquity instead of adding bits on here and there and resurface the runways, it might be just about presentable! As it is, it is a total embarassment and a sad first sight for visitors to N Ireland.
Funny how BHD's owners Ferrovial, who you have frequently mocked, are prepared to spend money where it is needed - but then maybe they have more than TBI!
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SO then ALLMCC,how do you know what the terminal at BFS looks like if you never go near it.I think that you have just contradicted yourself.................................................... .......
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Quote from OCT 9 posting by ALLMCC regarding ezy / BFS and the prospects of the company turning a profit in the current financial year.
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"All i am saying (in laymans terms) is that to go from a £48m loss to a £50m profit in less than 12 months will require nothing short of a miracle! If you add reducing load factors ( by EJ's own admission), increasing fuel costs, increasing competition from other locos (particularly a certain Irish based concern) then it seems even more like a pipedream.
"Adding additional rotations to routes out of BFS will simply result in more aircraft with more empty seats and lower load factors. it simply doesn't add up! Air travel in/out of N Ireland doesn't revolve around EJ. There are other operators such as BA, BMI & Flybe who have served the province for years & long before Easyjet was even thought of. I suspect they will still be there after Easyjet is consigned to the annals of history."
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EZY's FULL YEAR FIGURES - RELEASED TODAY - SHOW IT TO TO BE A HIGHLY PROFITABLE COMPANY. £52 million pre-tax profit. Given the exceptional nature of the first-half the airline looks well set to go on to bigger and better things in the years ahead. The annals of history will have to wait a while
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"All i am saying (in laymans terms) is that to go from a £48m loss to a £50m profit in less than 12 months will require nothing short of a miracle! If you add reducing load factors ( by EJ's own admission), increasing fuel costs, increasing competition from other locos (particularly a certain Irish based concern) then it seems even more like a pipedream.
"Adding additional rotations to routes out of BFS will simply result in more aircraft with more empty seats and lower load factors. it simply doesn't add up! Air travel in/out of N Ireland doesn't revolve around EJ. There are other operators such as BA, BMI & Flybe who have served the province for years & long before Easyjet was even thought of. I suspect they will still be there after Easyjet is consigned to the annals of history."
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EZY's FULL YEAR FIGURES - RELEASED TODAY - SHOW IT TO TO BE A HIGHLY PROFITABLE COMPANY. £52 million pre-tax profit. Given the exceptional nature of the first-half the airline looks well set to go on to bigger and better things in the years ahead. The annals of history will have to wait a while
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Saw over the wekend that TBI were contemplating taking the issue of the 'new runway' plus the exclusion of LTN from the future airport / airline plan. What has been said locally about this as clearly extension at LTN in addition to the present will lead to many opportunitys
Saw over the wekend that TBI were contemplating taking the issue of the 'new runway' plus the exclusion of LTN from the future airport / airline plan. What has been said locally about this as clearly extension at LTN in addition to the present will lead to many opportunitys
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Hi Tower....signposted?? just follow the constant stream of ORANGE tails in and you will be fine.(Jet Noise...sound of us making a profit!!)
ALLMCC
I have been involved in this game a lot longer than you.Things change...ask my good buddy Tower what Ferrovial are prepared to do to increase their profits.Be assured though that the future is low cost.....an example(fares correct as of 2200 17th nov expedia.com)
BHD-CLE tomorrow...£804(via LHR with Bmi and AA )
DUB-CLE tomorrow...£392(via ORD with EIN and AA) get a grown up to help you with the decode
Which would YOU choose? NO competition on the BELFAST HEATHROW route has lead to the NI passenger paying dearly and your inane calls for the "city to be allowed to do what it does best" would be the logical extension.
The twin airport policy has stifled growth from this area,and I for one welcome the breath of competition that the AIRLINES lead by Easy have brought to us and I am certain that if they were not there then the "original low cost carrier" in Sydenham would be back to charging an arm and a leg.
As to resufacing the runway...I am confused.You state you are "never there" but yet you are confident enough to opine that the runway state is in some respect "poor" How do you arrive at this?I am genuinely interested to know.Do you fly in there? or do you have "rough runway "(or some other mythical setting) on your Flight Sim 98.
ALLMCC
I have been involved in this game a lot longer than you.Things change...ask my good buddy Tower what Ferrovial are prepared to do to increase their profits.Be assured though that the future is low cost.....an example(fares correct as of 2200 17th nov expedia.com)
BHD-CLE tomorrow...£804(via LHR with Bmi and AA )
DUB-CLE tomorrow...£392(via ORD with EIN and AA) get a grown up to help you with the decode
Which would YOU choose? NO competition on the BELFAST HEATHROW route has lead to the NI passenger paying dearly and your inane calls for the "city to be allowed to do what it does best" would be the logical extension.
The twin airport policy has stifled growth from this area,and I for one welcome the breath of competition that the AIRLINES lead by Easy have brought to us and I am certain that if they were not there then the "original low cost carrier" in Sydenham would be back to charging an arm and a leg.
As to resufacing the runway...I am confused.You state you are "never there" but yet you are confident enough to opine that the runway state is in some respect "poor" How do you arrive at this?I am genuinely interested to know.Do you fly in there? or do you have "rough runway "(or some other mythical setting) on your Flight Sim 98.
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Are you quite finished? - I suspect by the tone of your post you're getting a bit hot under the collar! Why don't you chill out and not take criticism so seriously? If you're convinced that Easyjet are so successful and all powerful then why don't they buy BFS, rename it "Easygrove" and show TBI how to make money?
After all if TBI decided to sell, do you really think there would be queue to bid for BFS? I think not! Have you had a look at TBI's revenues and share price in recent times? Suggest you do and then have a look at Ferrovials - then and only then might you consider revised your so biased opinions!
Are you quite finished? - I suspect by the tone of your post you're getting a bit hot under the collar! Why don't you chill out and not take criticism so seriously? If you're convinced that Easyjet are so successful and all powerful then why don't they buy BFS, rename it "Easygrove" and show TBI how to make money?
After all if TBI decided to sell, do you really think there would be queue to bid for BFS? I think not! Have you had a look at TBI's revenues and share price in recent times? Suggest you do and then have a look at Ferrovials - then and only then might you consider revised your so biased opinions!