LEEDS

[WOWBOY]

Hi,

Just A quck Question:

Q. Which of these routes is preforming the best; BRS, EXT or NQY?

[LBA]

I personally don't know.

I would assume all routes are doing really well.

Air Southwest have upgraded their two times daily LBA-BRS-NQY, to 3 times daily LBA-BRS AND a new one times daily direct service LBA-NQY. So they have doubled the number of flights for this summer.

Flybe have kept Exeter at daily, whilst upgrading Southampton to twice daily.

The self service check in machines would be great, I love using them!

[MerchantVenturer]

Originally Posted by WOWBOY

Hi,
Just A quck Question:
Q. Which of these routes is preforming the best; BRS, EXT or NQY?

CAA stats for domestic routes are only available up to December last. Of course, these are pax carried and don't deal with yield, the real measure of a successful route. Nevertheless, the raw figures suggest that the routes are performing well.

I reproduce below the monthly figures for November and December, never the busiest months of the year, which are as follows.

November - Air Southwest LBA-BRS-NQY route: LBA-BRS 2685, BRS-NQY 1591,LBA-NQY 2597.
Flybe LBA-EXT route 2930

December - Air Southwest LBA-BRS-NQY route: LBA-BRS 2379, BRS-NQY 1835,LBA-NQY 2485.
Flybe LBA-EXT route 2499

[Polehill.flt70]

Originally Posted by ashmac33

Watch out in the near future for CUSS (common use self service) machines being installed within the terminal, i believe Thomsonfly will kick it off with launching E tickets on their flights. Just a little hint i heard at work today, warning us for a summer of chaos!

Congrats aeu!

Ash

Oh it just gets better!!!!!

[LBIA]

Jet2 LBA base definitely needs two Boeing 757 Aircraft now. Heres the full weekly programme as it stands.

Mondays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-ALC-LBA 08:00 LS271 - 14:30 LS272
LBA-PMI-LBA 17:15 LS257 - 23:20 LS258
Aircraft 2,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-MJV-LBA 17:30 LS207 - 23:59 LS208
Tuesdays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-TFS-LBA 16:00 LS223 - 01:55 LS224
Aircraft 2,
LBA-ALC-LBA 10:00 LS271 - 16:30 LS272
Wednesdays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-ALC-LBA 08:00 LS271 - 14:30 LS272
LBA-PMI-LBA 17:15 LS257 - 23:20 LS258
Aircraft 2,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-MJV-LBA 17:30 LS207 - 23:59 LS208
Thursdays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-ALC-LBA 08:00 LS271 - 14:30 LS272
LBA-FAO-LBA 16:00 LS251 - 22:55 LS252
Aircraft 2,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-PMI-LBA 17:15 LS257 - 23:20 LS258
Fridays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-ALC-LBA 08:00 LS271 - 14:30 LS272
LBA-TFS-LBA 16:00 LS223 - 01:55 LS224
Aircraft 2,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-PMI-LBA 17:15 LS257 - 23:20 LS258
Saturdays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-MJV-LBA 17:30 LS207 - 23:59 LS208
Aircraft 2,
LBA-ALC-LBA 10:40 LS271 - 17:10 LS272
LBA-PMI-LBA 18:05 LS257 - 00:15 LS258
Sundays
Aircraft 1,
LBA-ALC-LBA 08:30 LS271 - 15:00 LS272
LBA-PMI-LBA 18:05 LS257 - 00:15 LS258
Aircraft 2,
LBA-AGP-LBA 08:35 LS185 - 15:15 LS186
LBA-PRG-LBA 18:15 LS195 - 23:05 LS196

Also Jet2's New LBA - Dusseldorf has All accounts been upgraded to B757-200 for the first two/three weeks of operation in May due to high bookings.

[682ft AMSL]

2005 diversion stats from the CAA.
First number is number of diversions; second is % of inbound flights diverted.
Used to be the case that LBA was the worst performer in both cases, but not it seems anymore. CAT2 on 14 and work on the 32 displaced threshold would undoubtedly cut the number yet further.
PLYMOUTH 76 2.4%
KENT 37 1.5%
COVENTRY 68 1.0%
NEWQUAY 29 0.7%
LONDON CITY 137 0.4%
DONCASTER 8 0.3%
DERRY 6 0.3%
CARDIFF 27 0.3%
SOUTHAMPTON 57 0.3%
LEEDS BRADFORD 47 0.3%
BRISTOL 67 0.2%

[682ft AMSL]

What is the process for bmi getting CAT3 approval for the 319/320? They must have done 30+ practice CAT3's over the last couple of months which is all part of it, but not sure what happens next.

As for the upgrade of 14 to CAT2, one of the senior LBA guys I talked to at the masterplan roadshow suggested most of the technical obstacles had been over come...it was just a case of finding the money to buy the kit. Maybe one for the new owners?

682

[SASfox]

1st WAW flight

Anyone know how many were on the 1st WAW flight with Centralwings last night?

[Leodis]

Don't know the actual number but it was about 115

[chris1976]

Can anyone in the know confirm if the loads on the new Centralwings service to Warsaw are still looking as good as the 1st flight?? If they are, then hopefully we can get some better flight times in the not too distant future with the hope of attracting even higher loads.

[lorddee]

re co

i flew out last sunday and back wednesday morn.. Both flights over 3/4 full mostly polish not many english .Excellent service apart from timings Plus we had to circle at warsaw due to airport not open until 5 am but we still arrived early

[wawkrk]

Does anyone know how many aircraft LOT has allocated to CW.
On friday, I saw 4 aircraft in full LOT livery with red CW stickers.

[ServisairLBA]

06:05 Amsterdam flight this morning cancelled due to KLM F70 (PH-KZM IIRC) had a crack in the windscreen on stand 14 if i remember correctly...crew last night apparently knew about it yet didnt report it and left it for the new crew this morning, how tight eh? Saw it today while bussing pax to the Jet2 FCO flight and the windscreen appeared to be normal, however apparently, the afternoon KL flight was bringing one in.

[Polehill.flt70]

Originally Posted by chris1976

Can anyone in the know confirm if the loads on the new Centralwings service to Warsaw are still looking as good as the 1st flight?? If they are, then hopefully we can get some better flight times in the not too distant future with the hope of attracting even higher loads.

107 on the flight on Sunday morning. So not that bad.

p.

[ServisairLBA]

For a new route, its not looking bad at all, dispite the late hour of travel! When mr centralwings visited LBA before the route launched to give a presentation to the staff, apparently he was very friendly and loved the servisair team.

i cant begin to tell you how extatic i am about having to stay at LBA dealing with the WAW flight until like 2am ..lets just hope i dont get the short straw for a while

[hottowel]

God shop the serviscare police LOL.. How did you know the KLM crew knew about it? They would have surely reported it to ops I think Mr.... Always a good reason why ops and flightdeck make decisions fella

[ServisairLBA]

Some ramp rat decided to tell me a whole story about it, hence the word, 'apparently'..rather bemusing to say the least but it passed on 15mins, if they knew about it we'd have known the night before the 6am flight that it was cancelled, instead they told us early morning,when the crew went on, it went indef delayed, then canx. So if they did tell ops, surely we should have known about it to start telling pax before the flight rather than last minute? some things do boggle the mind.

Nothing new happened today, unfortunately

[Polehill.flt70]

Originally Posted by ServisairLBA

For a new route, its not looking bad at all, dispite the late hour of travel! When mr centralwings visited LBA before the route launched to give a presentation to the staff, apparently he was very friendly and loved the servisair team.

i cant begin to tell you how extatic i am about having to stay at LBA dealing with the WAW flight until like 2am ..lets just hope i dont get the short straw for a while

Well you could always chill with security !!! Some of them are totally human and you can always order take out!! Tee Hee .

P.

[ServisairLBA]

hahaha yeah, some are decent. although some seem as if their face dropped hell would break loose! sometimes the atmosphere is so tense its untrue

[Polehill.flt70]

re sec take out

Originally Posted by ServisairLBA

hahaha yeah, some are decent. although some seem as if their face dropped hell would break loose! sometimes the atmosphere is so tense its untrue

Well, try staffing problems, rosta chaos and pay changes (not being paid for 6 weeks could break anyone). Never known a company where 99% of staff are looking for another job. Speaking to them i am surprised that some of them are even human with the stuff they have to put up with at the moment. They seem to get the c*** from all sides. They do their job and then get blasted for queues (when its not their fault), when they dont do their job its a disciplinary. They are in a no win situation and come 1st May i can see either the system failing totally or the staff dropping like flies with exhaustion and illness. I hope its some of the latter cos i would dread it to be the former.

From talking to them it seems they are trying to make the best out of a bad job and in some cases its the staff from the other depts (LBA, servisair, aviance etc) that give them most of the s*** they have to put up with. In my view the staff should stick together no matter what area of expertise. Security are doing a job just like the others and dont need the flack from other staff, we all get enough of that from the passengers .

Its a necessity no matter how much of a pain it is and we all have to go through it. Argue about it and quite frankly it makes the procedure a lot more hassle, dont and we all get through quickly and easily. A smile can make someones day and we as staff should try to do it a lot more to other staff, because we are all working under the same c*** condtions.

I always try to smile and sometimes i laugh!!! If i am not then the s*** is hitting the fan! And i assume that servisair staff are much the same. Although all the new staff seem friendly (give or take a couple). What you must remember is that its not personal, when a bag is searched its because it has to be, not because the security plod dislikes you, and if you are searched more than once in a day, then its the luck of the draw. Just keep a look out for the ones you 'like' or get on with and just be polite to those who you think are 'hard faced', because i can tell you even the plods within security will distance themselves from collegues like that!!!

:- P