easyJet to Tenerife
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I'm sure a lot of people have heard rumours of EasyJet to operate to Tenerife South. How substantial are these rumours?
Any easyJet employees out there ?
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I'm sure a lot of people have heard rumours of EasyJet to operate to Tenerife South. How substantial are these rumours?
Any easyJet employees out there ?
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Go dropped its STN-TFS service after 6 months, MyTravelLite dropped its LGW-TFS service after 3 days, its MAN-TFS service after 4 months and its BHX-TFS service after 6 months.
Maybe easyJet can make TFS work (it is only 22% further from London than ATH is), but history isn’t on their side as proven low-cost destinations go.
Maybe easyJet can make TFS work (it is only 22% further from London than ATH is), but history isn’t on their side as proven low-cost destinations go.
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Tenerife was served daily by Go, I'm not sure why they dropped the service, but Go didn't think it fitted well with their service model - and so the route was dropped after about five months.
I believe that Athens isnt a very successful route for EZY. I read somewhere that because the flight is about 4 hours and the airline makes more money from using its aircraft & crew on multiple sectors its a bit of a money drain with quite a lot of low yielding passengers.
So, who knows?
Are the Athens rumours true?
Would the bucket & spade brigade put up with next to no service on a 4 and a half hour flight?
I believe that Athens isnt a very successful route for EZY. I read somewhere that because the flight is about 4 hours and the airline makes more money from using its aircraft & crew on multiple sectors its a bit of a money drain with quite a lot of low yielding passengers.
So, who knows?
Are the Athens rumours true?
Would the bucket & spade brigade put up with next to no service on a 4 and a half hour flight?
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bmi operate a schedule service to Tenerife from Heathrow to both North and South.
http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/index.aspx
http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/index.aspx
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Nothing wrong with a -300 heading down to TFS, Monarch, Orion, Dan Air amongst others used to do it all the time. Might struggle if the engines are the old B1's though but don't suppose EZY have any of those.
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bacardi, there is no way a easy -300 with 20K engines will get out of them islands with a full load in the summer, and Tarek Nor globespans idea of another 1 hour on top is pushing it a bit far.
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triplespool, all I was saying is that other airlines used to do LTN-TFS-LTN non stop and that was with slightly higher rated engines as I remember. Monarch used to do GLA-TFS-GLA so what's the problem with FlyGlobespan doing it ?
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A 737-300 flying to to UK from TFS, will use a lot more that 2 tonnes of fuel. EZY may/could use the -700, or A319's. Also may I raise the point that there are many operators of B733's at TFS, all year round that fly to the UK and Europe.
Take Hola for example - Its never been a problem.....TFS has a very long runway. If a 747 can make it off in the heat, I'm sure a 733 can.
About 2 tonnes of fuel to start with.
Take Hola for example - Its never been a problem.....TFS has a very long runway. If a 747 can make it off in the heat, I'm sure a 733 can.
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In the 1980s I flew as a passenger on at least half a dozen return trips from BRS to the Canaries (usually TFS) on Britannia B 737-200s. Not once did we have to land en route to take on fuel in either direction.
I recall the 300s coming into service and I seem to remember part of the blurb at the time was that they were bigger and more efficient than the 200s.
If 200s seemed to manage what would be the problem with 300s if they were meant to be an improvement on the 200s?
I recall the 300s coming into service and I seem to remember part of the blurb at the time was that they were bigger and more efficient than the 200s.
If 200s seemed to manage what would be the problem with 300s if they were meant to be an improvement on the 200s?
Monarch Scheduled already operate Luton-TFS, and have done for some years.
Although EZY have gone head-to-head with MON on Luton-PMI (and won), ALC (draw) FAO (draw) and AGP (ahead), I too don't think they will want to tie up an aircraft for 9-10 hours on a competitive route like that, which is busy mainly on certain change-over days (especially Friday).
This seems like the natural habitat of the greater spotted M.
Although EZY have gone head-to-head with MON on Luton-PMI (and won), ALC (draw) FAO (draw) and AGP (ahead), I too don't think they will want to tie up an aircraft for 9-10 hours on a competitive route like that, which is busy mainly on certain change-over days (especially Friday).
This seems like the natural habitat of the greater spotted M.