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It’s rumored that Jet2 are looking at making a return to Newquay next summer 2012 operating flights from a few of there UK bases.
They did use to fly 3x weekly from Newquay to both Leeds/Bradford and Belfast Int’l a few years ago with the Boeing 737-300's.
They did use to fly 3x weekly from Newquay to both Leeds/Bradford and Belfast Int’l a few years ago with the Boeing 737-300's.
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NQY in it's current state is nothing much more than bucket and spade trade IMO. It's not a major business route, it's mainly people traveling to NQY on holiday seasons and I personally don't see too much outbound from NQY happening on these big route proposals.
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Its a fair comment Phileas, I stand by it being a plausible route but yeah whether it would last is another matter.
To be fair to the original poster, the suggestion of a few weekly EI Regionals, an off-peak LCY and a route to MAN are hardly excessive compared to some of the garbage you see in other regional airport threads though I can't see EZY at NQY myself. At least NQY has inbound tourism potential, something the likes of Teeside do not.
To be fair to the original poster, the suggestion of a few weekly EI Regionals, an off-peak LCY and a route to MAN are hardly excessive compared to some of the garbage you see in other regional airport threads though I can't see EZY at NQY myself. At least NQY has inbound tourism potential, something the likes of Teeside do not.
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Tommy,
There is a market for a south west regional airline, all it needs to do is appreciate that it's catering for a modest sized market and operate the appropriate sized aircraft and NOT 50 seater, 78 seater or even larger aircraft.
There is a market for a south west regional airline, all it needs to do is appreciate that it's catering for a modest sized market and operate the appropriate sized aircraft and NOT 50 seater, 78 seater or even larger aircraft.
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"Given that MAN-FRA and BHX-FRA are being suspended this month there is obviously some slack in the system."
I did a quick check yesterday, it should be 69 aircraft this winter (assuming no end of leases, all the South African six leave and four 175's arrive) with about 60 operational in the first week in November give or take one or two.
Even with maintenance cover this gives flybe ample scope if they wish to add flights/destinations. However with maintenance and any opportunities that might come knocking I suppose that could quickly reduce.
Pete
"Given that MAN-FRA and BHX-FRA are being suspended this month there is obviously some slack in the system."
I did a quick check yesterday, it should be 69 aircraft this winter (assuming no end of leases, all the South African six leave and four 175's arrive) with about 60 operational in the first week in November give or take one or two.
Even with maintenance cover this gives flybe ample scope if they wish to add flights/destinations. However with maintenance and any opportunities that might come knocking I suppose that could quickly reduce.
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Land at Biggin Hill with a free cab to drop you off and pick you up in London (distance limited)..........much cheaper than landing at LCY.
Hang on you could do that from Perranporth even cheaper still.
Hang on you could do that from Perranporth even cheaper still.
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That sounds fair enough, but don't we then get into the seat-mile-cost-based peril of punters exclaiming "this is no good! the fares are too high! I can get a cheaper fare from [EXT/BRS/LGW/Xanadu]!"? A Dornier would do the job very nicely, for example, but you'll need some pretty solid yields for it to pay its way.
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I've heard a mention of a BA LCY-NQY-JFK route with NQY instead of the SNN stop. I suppose it might depend on the US if they would set up immigration and customs at NQY
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Cyrano,
If the punters want a cheapskate fare then they relocate, or take their holidays, somewhere on a mad Irishman's route network.
If they choose to live and/or fly from/to a quaint Cornish seaside village then they need to appreciate that they need to pay an appropriate airfare .... Operators such as Scot Airways seem to make such a living from lesser sized aircraft operations, Manx2 also!
With current fuel & VAT prices what does it cost to operate a car, probably circa 35p per mile, NQY/EXT/NQY 88 miles in each diection but let's say 66 miles in each direction for the average NQY punter, that'll be £46 in car expenses to/from EXT, not that they can readily fly the world from EXT, so if the airfares from/to NQY were a mere £45 higher than EXT then the punters are getting a bargain!
If the punters want a cheapskate fare then they relocate, or take their holidays, somewhere on a mad Irishman's route network.
If they choose to live and/or fly from/to a quaint Cornish seaside village then they need to appreciate that they need to pay an appropriate airfare .... Operators such as Scot Airways seem to make such a living from lesser sized aircraft operations, Manx2 also!
With current fuel & VAT prices what does it cost to operate a car, probably circa 35p per mile, NQY/EXT/NQY 88 miles in each diection but let's say 66 miles in each direction for the average NQY punter, that'll be £46 in car expenses to/from EXT, not that they can readily fly the world from EXT, so if the airfares from/to NQY were a mere £45 higher than EXT then the punters are getting a bargain!
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The local news on BBC Breakfast this morning carried an item that FlyBe were starting a Newquay - Manchester route in October. Nothing on the FlyBe website yet.....
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It's now showing on the flyBE online timetable and in the booking engine. 4/week (Mon Thurs Fri Sun) from the start of the winter season (but not January).
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