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BA to debut at Nottingham East MidlandsFor the first time in its history, BA, under the banner of its regional subsidiary, BA Connect, is to begin operating scheduled services from Nottingham East Midlands Airport, with the launch of a 3 times a week service to Tenerife South.
Commencing on October 31, the flights will depart on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays with fares from just £49 if booked before July 31.
BA Connect will also commence flying to Tenerife South from Bristol International Airport on October 3. These flights will also depart on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays also offering fares from £49 if booked before July 31. Both routes are on sale from today (June 6), at ba.com.
Kevin Hatton, managing director of the operating airline, GB Airways, said: “A must see destination for the 21st century, almost three million passengers a year visit Tenerife from the UK to take advantage of its year-round average temperature of 29 degrees, quality accommodations, fabulous spas and terrific golf courses.”
Hatton added: “Tenerife is literally a new direction for BA Connect’s services in the Midlands and South West, which have traditionally been focused on business and short break destinations. We felt it appropriate to begin operating this sunshine route from these airports, both of which have excellent catchment areas and strong markets for leisure traffic. Customers can expect all the benefits associated with BA Connect, including quality in-flight catering and entertainment to buy on board, a complimentary luggage allowance of 23 kg, and the option to make changes to tickets for just £30 per transaction.”
Penny Coates, managing director of Nottingham East Midlands Airport said, “The announcement today marks a really exciting milestone in the Airport’s history – the first time British Airways has ever operated from the Castle Donington site and a great endorsement of our service. We are always looking to increase the choice of destinations for people in the Midlands and develop the range of facilities on offer”.
The only scheduled airline to operate flights to Tenerife from either airport, BA Connect offers a choice of “Value”, or “Connect Plus” tickets. The latter offers customers the facility to choose their seats at the time of booking, access to exclusive lounges, extra legroom on the Tenerife services, and allows changes to tickets without penalty.
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1 BA6816 will depart Nottingham East Midlands Airport at 2.50pm arriving into Tenerife at 7.10pm. The return flight will leave Tenerife at 9.35am, arriving back into East Midlands at 1.50pm. All times are local.
2 BA6834 will depart Bristol at 5.35pm, arriving into Tenerife at 9.35pm. The return flight, will leave Tenerife at 1235pm arriving back into Bristol at 4.35pm.
3 Fares quoted are fully inclusive one-way prices available for booking before July 31. Thereafter the lowest fare available will be £69 one-way from NEMA and £59 from Bristol International Airport.
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Originally Posted by bmibabyfc
does the airport not know that ba have flown out of ema before????
BA have NEVER flown scheduled independently bookable flights from Nottingham-EMA in their own rights before. All they have done in the past is operated "charter/package" services (Manx EMB145, CityFlyer ATR42) on behalf of the likes of CITS to Jersey.
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Interesting that flights by GBCharter under a low-cost model taking what will be mainly people on package holidays from a regional airport to the Canaries is categorised as something different from MyTravel et al doing the same. Let's see how many pax buy on-line and how many get their ticket from a bucket shop or as part of a bucket-and-spade holiday!
Interesting that flights by GBCharter under a low-cost model taking what will be mainly people on package holidays from a regional airport to the Canaries is categorised as something different from MyTravel et al doing the same. Let's see how many pax buy on-line and how many get their ticket from a bucket shop or as part of a bucket-and-spade holiday!
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Originally Posted by Turroncin
Interesting that flights by GBCharter
Originally Posted by Turroncin
taking what will be mainly people on package holidays from a regional airport to the Canaries is categorised as something different from MyTravel et al doing the same. Let's see how many pax buy on-line and how many get their ticket from a bucket shop or as part of a bucket-and-spade holiday!
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As it is being sold through the main BA website I doubt very much that the service has been chartered by anyone. It is a regular scheduled service.
Very premature I know, but GB are very focused in the Spanish/Canaires/North Africa markets, will be interesting to see if they open any other routes such as LPA, FUE, RAK (fast becoming a very fashionable weekend destination), & ACE.
Looking fwd to a Ryanair announcement next......
Ryanair’s inexorable growth in aircraft, routes and passengers continues. Over the coming year we expect traffic to grow by 20% to 42m passengers. Traffic at our new bases in Liverpool, Nottingham East Midlands and Shannon is performing well, with strong advance bookings into the Summer months. We expect to announce expansion of some of our existing bases before the end of the Summer.
Ryanair’s fleet will increase by 30 aircraft between September 2006 and April 2007. We will launch a large number of new routes and bases at the worst time of the year.
Very premature I know, but GB are very focused in the Spanish/Canaires/North Africa markets, will be interesting to see if they open any other routes such as LPA, FUE, RAK (fast becoming a very fashionable weekend destination), & ACE.
Looking fwd to a Ryanair announcement next......
Ryanair’s inexorable growth in aircraft, routes and passengers continues. Over the coming year we expect traffic to grow by 20% to 42m passengers. Traffic at our new bases in Liverpool, Nottingham East Midlands and Shannon is performing well, with strong advance bookings into the Summer months. We expect to announce expansion of some of our existing bases before the end of the Summer.
Ryanair’s fleet will increase by 30 aircraft between September 2006 and April 2007. We will launch a large number of new routes and bases at the worst time of the year.
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About 1/3 of all seats are sold to tour operators and charter companies, that in my eyes as a member of crew makes GB charter-esque.
It would be nice to think that all our customers were rich glamarous villa-owing people, doing weekend breaks to the Algarve, Canaries and whereever their fancy and money takes them. Comments made to me like (on a flight to Faro) "So which bit of Spain is this place in then?" and (on a flight to Paphos) "Can you speak Cyprus then or something?" or the rather too common "f*** me mate, you get alot here for 80 quid return" makes me think that we are dealing here with charter-esque customers on the whole.
Of course occasionally there is the posh woman who wouldn't drink Chardonnay "if it was the last drink in your bar, an orange juice young man!" only to say (once she's gathered its free) "3 bottles of white, a bottle of red and a double g+T and a beer. And another bottle of white. Oooh and a brandy."
Classy stuff, I wonder if BA crews get the same when they do LHR-CDG?
It would be nice to think that all our customers were rich glamarous villa-owing people, doing weekend breaks to the Algarve, Canaries and whereever their fancy and money takes them. Comments made to me like (on a flight to Faro) "So which bit of Spain is this place in then?" and (on a flight to Paphos) "Can you speak Cyprus then or something?" or the rather too common "f*** me mate, you get alot here for 80 quid return" makes me think that we are dealing here with charter-esque customers on the whole.
Of course occasionally there is the posh woman who wouldn't drink Chardonnay "if it was the last drink in your bar, an orange juice young man!" only to say (once she's gathered its free) "3 bottles of white, a bottle of red and a double g+T and a beer. And another bottle of white. Oooh and a brandy."
Classy stuff, I wonder if BA crews get the same when they do LHR-CDG?
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And 2/3 of the seats are scheduled which makes it a scheduled service with the risk being taken by GB Airways and not a tour operator. Space is taken on lots of scheduled carriers by tour operators including easyJet and Ryanair flights.
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OK let's call it scheduled then but i'll be b*ggered if it feels like I'm working for a scheduled airline, with 3.30am check-ins, nightflights to Ibiza, Palma, Paphos et al and schedule changes every other day!
OK let's call it scheduled then but i'll be b*ggered if it feels like I'm working for a scheduled airline, with 3.30am check-ins, nightflights to Ibiza, Palma, Paphos et al and schedule changes every other day!
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Originally Posted by Turroncin
OK let's call it scheduled then but i'll be b*ggered if it feels like I'm working for a scheduled airline, with 3.30am check-ins, nightflights to Ibiza, Palma, Paphos et al and schedule changes every other day!
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Originally Posted by karnak
BA starting 2 flights in Spetember heard on the staff bus in September
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Originally Posted by bmibaby.com
With the exception of the German & Italian markets, all of BA Connect's routes out of BHX are already well-served from EMA, so I would be surprised if it was an announcement by BA Connect to launch short hops. Obviously the rumour that two more airports would get flights to TFS, my bet would be on them being existing BA hub cities (like BHX) rather than flying a couple of times a week into EMA, however stranger things have happened!
Regarding Ryanair, I do think that an announcement regarding their expansion this winter is imminent. We only have to look at how quickly they built up their LPL base to see the potential that FR might have from the airport. There have been plenty of snobs who have said they don't like the idea of Ryanair having a large presence at the airport, however you only have to see how much they attract both foreigners to the area as well as making it cheaper for locals to travel, to see that a major FR presence is certainly the way forward in my books. As long as FR's relationship with the airport stays jovial all is well, we just don't want it to end up like LTN's!