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I don't think Britannia have any 737-800's at the moment. I guess some are joining next year? Could it be the 3 they used to have?
Also I read in the press about the threat of Britannia pulling out of local airports if they don't cut their charges, and I think it was the managing director of Britannia used the example of basing an aircraft at Teesside at the expense of Newcastle. Are Britannia cutting back at Newcastle next summer?
Oh yes and 21st September it will be goodbye Teesside , and hello Durham Tees Valley!
Also I read in the press about the threat of Britannia pulling out of local airports if they don't cut their charges, and I think it was the managing director of Britannia used the example of basing an aircraft at Teesside at the expense of Newcastle. Are Britannia cutting back at Newcastle next summer?
Oh yes and 21st September it will be goodbye Teesside , and hello Durham Tees Valley!
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No reduction in capacity at NCL, as far as I know. Wonder what the chances of the MME machine being a Swedish one? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/624512/L/
Welcome back Tommy. Thought you'd gone for good.
I doubt we'll see British registered Britannia/Thomson 737-800s again. They operated one or two summer seasons ex-LBA a few years ago and I gather the gaffers weren't too impressed with their performance. I'm pretty certain the engineers didn't like them all that much either (dodgy avionics I believe). Mind, they probably weren't as bad as the TransAer A320s from 1998-99
In winter 2001-2002 a Swedish registered Britannia AB 737-800 operated a TFS flight on a W thru LBA. Assuming Britannia's foreign partners are still operating these aircraft, then this is what we may expect. However, it's probably a bit early to call.
I doubt we'll see British registered Britannia/Thomson 737-800s again. They operated one or two summer seasons ex-LBA a few years ago and I gather the gaffers weren't too impressed with their performance. I'm pretty certain the engineers didn't like them all that much either (dodgy avionics I believe). Mind, they probably weren't as bad as the TransAer A320s from 1998-99
In winter 2001-2002 a Swedish registered Britannia AB 737-800 operated a TFS flight on a W thru LBA. Assuming Britannia's foreign partners are still operating these aircraft, then this is what we may expect. However, it's probably a bit early to call.
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I don't think MYT would contract out a based aircraft to BY. Much cheaper to use a foreign airline like Spanair. It would be more likely that MYT would just buy seats on existing LBA BY flights and complement this with a non-based programme.
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tommy...
The MyTravel group are looking for a 149 seater based out of LBA for S05. If one comes up it is unlikely to be BY or JKK. So with that information the candidates are slim...bearing in mind which airline want's to commit contractually to a tour operator who could be bancrupt in a couple of months.
Don't forget the TUI AG would take great pleasure in MYT going to the wall, so are not going to do them any favours by giving them an aircraft are they?
The MyTravel group are looking for a 149 seater based out of LBA for S05. If one comes up it is unlikely to be BY or JKK. So with that information the candidates are slim...bearing in mind which airline want's to commit contractually to a tour operator who could be bancrupt in a couple of months.
Don't forget the TUI AG would take great pleasure in MYT going to the wall, so are not going to do them any favours by giving them an aircraft are they?
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Will this 737-800 have winglets?
Would LBA ever have a 737-800 based again, or do BY prefer using the 757 from there.
Talking about the 737-800, i have to say its not the best of planes too fly on and a 757 is much much better.
Would LBA ever have a 737-800 based again, or do BY prefer using the 757 from there.
Talking about the 737-800, i have to say its not the best of planes too fly on and a 757 is much much better.
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If flybe start co-operating with bmibaby soon (as they're rumoured to be doing) maybe we'll see flybe on MME-BHD after all? Are they waiting until maybe December to annouce it for the summer?
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Found the answer myself.
The daily Teesside to Rome flight starts in January.
Link here:
http://www.teessideairport.com/devel....shtml#story18
The daily Teesside to Rome flight starts in January.
Link here:
http://www.teessideairport.com/devel....shtml#story18
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Great news for Teesside! Ryanair seem to think better of Teesside rather than Newcastle, is it getting a little too cramped at NCL, or is MME cheaper?
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Price wise NCL and MME are similar (both will do almost anything to get the business). I suspect the reason RYR chose MME is because they will probably get better loads out of MME, tap into the market that live nearer to MME and would prefer not to have to travel as far as NEW (I think i explained that ok?). I've never seen NCL full or close to it, there is always somewhere to park - so thats not a problem.
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The ski flights to Lyon are being shown in the Thomson ski brochure as out at 1430, back at 1330, which is entirely wrong! They don't even show it as a BY flight 
Are the correct times still out in the morning after positioning down from Newcastle, then back about 1400 and position back to Newcastle?
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Are the correct times still out in the morning after positioning down from Newcastle, then back about 1400 and position back to Newcastle?
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