Air Southwest

[dalej123]

What does CATIII mean? I don't see why they want to expand but get smaller aircraft. Would be nice to see a dash 8-300 G-WOWF

I wonder if the dash 8-200 will be G-WOWF?

[RSOL]

What does CATIII mean?

CATIII essentially allows the the pilot to land the A/C in low visibility. I don't know the technical side of it but i'm sure someone will fill that in for us.

If ASW continue their trend then G-WOWF could very well be the registration of the 200.

[Boeing 77W]

An ILS is sub-divided into categories depending on it's accuracy. Factors affecting the category are aircraft equipment, airport equipment and crew training.

The higher the category the less restrictive are the landing minimums so the higher the chance of a successful approach.

• CAT I - DH not lower than 200ft and RVR not less than 550m
• CAT II - DH not lower than 100ft and RVR not less than 300m
• CAT IIIA - DH lower than 100ft/no DH and RVR not less than 200m
• CAT IIIB - DH lower than 50ft/no DH and RVR not less than 75m
• CAT IIIC - No DH/RVR limitations (Not actually in use)

DH: Decision Height (height above aerodrome level at which a go around must be initiated if not visual)
RVR - Runway Visual Range

ASW currently operate to CAT II standards. The Q200 will have various equipment installed to make it CAT III enabled such as twin FMS and a HUD

[dalej123]

So is plymouth getting CAT III A,B OR C?

[BAladdy]

Originally Posted by cornishsimon

I would personally be surprised if this is the last expansion we see from SZ, the tie up with T3 should allow them into markets that they dont currently serve, as others have said i would of thought that there are some routes out there to run into NQY/PLH year round, EDI would be one of them and it wouldnt surprise me to see them operate into BOH as stated in the other thread.

Instead of BOH how about OXF. As you are probably aware Varsity Express suspended operations yesterday. They had taken over 500 forward booking for the next few weeks on the EDI route and filled 135 seats with fare paying pax out of a total capacity of 190. Which is good for the first week of operations
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There has been a gap in the market for a EDI to PLH flight since BACX/Brymon stopped operating. So I reckon if SZ did operate to EDI then they should try PLH/OXF/EDI.

[Boeing 77W]

Plymouth won't be getting CAT III, they'll remain CAT I. It requires substantial investment in the facilities at the airport and it's certainly not justified...despite the poor weather record.

[PlymSpotter]

Instead of BOH how about OXF. As you are probably aware Varsity Express suspended operations yesterday. They had taken over 500 forward booking for the next few weeks on the EDI route and filled 135 seats with fare paying pax out of a total capacity of 190. Which is good for the first week of operations

Their Dash-8s would fit the route well and wouldn't be payload restricted during the summer like a J-31 or Q400 would be. Still, I'm not sure it would warrant a double daily service from PLH - at least to start with, which would mean adding an additional aircraft with relatively little utilisation, unless further routes were commenced which increases the risk.

[dalej123]

The reg of the aircraft is mean't to be
N346PH

Here is a picture
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../6/0587619.jpg

I don't know if it will be this when it arrives but i doubt it, probley be G-WOWF

If air southwest follow their pattern of aircraft reg

Thanks
Dale

[virginblue]

What is the wisdom behind adding a Q200? No Q300 available on the market? Particularly the beefed-up Q200 cannot be much cheaper to operate than a Q300, so why sacrificing 13 seats that could potentially earn revenue?

[Cyrano]

I'd imagine the lease rate for a Q200 is very appreciably below that of a Q300. May be as simple as that.

[virginblue]

Guess you are right, particularl if the aircraft is used as a back-up plane the lease rates indeed should be driving force.

What is the average LF on WOW? Given that they are currently using a 29seater as a back-up plane for their Q300s, it cannot be too spectacular?

[RSOL]

What is the average LF on WOW? Given that they are currently using a 29seater as a back-up plane for their Q300s, it cannot be too spectacular?

The loads for SZ are starting to increase. Most flights are running at about three quarters plus at the moment. I don't think BE is reaching those levels regularly at the moment out of NQY.

[airsouthwestfan]

Air southwest axining london city route?

Just tried booking a flight to london city in June to london city but there seem to be no flights, have checked every month up until october and there are no flights, but they start again from november.

[stolport]

This is now appearing on their website....


Flights to or from London City are not available after 21 May. Please book Gatwick flights if you wish to travel to or from London after this date.

[GROUNDHOG]

Did this run 12 months normally or was it historically a winter only route?

[bravoromeosierra]

Its run continually since April 2009.

[ajamieson]

Confirmed: LCY-NQY/PLH is scrapped

Airline scraps London City flights to Newquay, Plymouth - Telegraph

In some ways understandable, although in a choice between LCY or LGW I'd have gone for LCY where you wouldn't have to compete with Flybe on price. Perhaps getting more LCY slots was an issue?

[Dash-7 lover]

no 6th plane either

It's called progress......!

[L G Double-Yew]

LCY is a notoriously expensive airport to operate into, so whilst it's disappointing I can understand why ASW would want to put their resources into focusing on the LGW route which seems to do well for them. LCY has already lost a number of domestic flights (most noteably MAN which was something like 6 a day as I recall), which tells a tale regarding viability of domestic flights from there.

[iwhak]

The move to LCY was the first change intoduced by the current CEO. Was a very expensive ego driven mistake, that was doomed from the outset.