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Interesting to see Greenpeace are calling for a boycott of BA's new flight to NQY. I guess it's a fairly obvious target for the green lobby - using a 737 on a short-hop like LGW-NQY just can't make sense. Presumably a 737 is only efficient when it's in the cruise.... and it ain't ever going to get in the cruise on such a short flight. A good opportunity for ASW to work their PR machine on the environmental benefits of operating regional aircraft on regional routes.
Yes, but if this a/c previously operated on an under-performing GLA sector, I don't see what the problem is. Talk about storm in a tea cup, but they love to have a go. It is just a total nonsense.
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When is a short sector not a short sector is when it is to to Newquay?.
Direct line the Gatwick-Newquay will be ops by B.A. is 185 miles give a metre or two.
Direct line on the Gatwick-Jersey by B.A is 140 miles give or take an inch an Jersey has five Boeing 737 flights a day at the moment and six from Sunday.
How about Bournemouth-East Midlands 125 miles direct by Titan Mail flight five times a week or does this not count as it is operated at night.
So when you look around Greenpiece need to do some research and go to these places as well where else might there be more short sectors by the like of a 737, these sectors came to me as Tommy Cooper used to say just like that.
Direct line the Gatwick-Newquay will be ops by B.A. is 185 miles give a metre or two.
Direct line on the Gatwick-Jersey by B.A is 140 miles give or take an inch an Jersey has five Boeing 737 flights a day at the moment and six from Sunday.
How about Bournemouth-East Midlands 125 miles direct by Titan Mail flight five times a week or does this not count as it is operated at night.
So when you look around Greenpiece need to do some research and go to these places as well where else might there be more short sectors by the like of a 737, these sectors came to me as Tommy Cooper used to say just like that.
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Bit of an own goal for Greenpeace today - their plan was to offer BA passengers a free train ticket to London in lieu of them going by air. Trouble is, the branch line connecting Newquay to the main line is closed for repairs and the service has been replaced by a bus! So much for the train being just as convenient. Not many takers from what I hear.
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BA should certainly send Greenpeace a thank you letter since all they succeeded in doing was advertise the new service in a a far more efficient way than BA ever could. Agree with Raven 30 a great own goal.
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I'm disgusted at how the minority that is Greenpeace has jumped onto a sinking bandwagon. FR fly daily to NQY from STN, yet the loony greens said noting about that. BA used to fly multiple daily flights down to NQY!!!
I just wish BE would fly SOU-NQY daily as it would make my holidays so much easier.
I just wish BE would fly SOU-NQY daily as it would make my holidays so much easier.
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Direct line the Gatwick-Newquay will be ops by B.A. is 185 miles give a metre or two.
Direct line on the Gatwick-Jersey by B.A is 140 miles give or take an inch
Direct line on the Gatwick-Jersey by B.A is 140 miles give or take an inch
Giving GP a free seat, then?
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Flew through there last week - it really is to be avoided at all costs. I have never known an airport where the security staff feel the need to make incessant announcements summoning Mr X, Mrs Y or Miss Z back to the security screening point for random bag checks. Check-in area is hellish and the departure lounge is only marginally better, with the whole building punctuated by these decibel-rich announcements. You can put up with a building site in the hope that things will get better, but unless the mentality changes alongside the physical buildings, it won't improve!
Flew through there last week - it really is to be avoided at all costs. I have never known an airport where the security staff feel the need to make incessant announcements summoning Mr X, Mrs Y or Miss Z back to the security screening point for random bag checks. Check-in area is hellish and the departure lounge is only marginally better, with the whole building punctuated by these decibel-rich announcements. You can put up with a building site in the hope that things will get better, but unless the mentality changes alongside the physical buildings, it won't improve!
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Flightrider,
When you next travel through the Airport I think you will notice a big difference. As for PA's, you were unfamilair with how the Airport had to operate with DfT regulations which lended itself to a requirement for such announcements, unfortunately passenger ignorance has to be tolerated for the safety of all Passengers. Changes in infrastruture have now removed such a need.
As for German services, lets hope it happens
When you next travel through the Airport I think you will notice a big difference. As for PA's, you were unfamilair with how the Airport had to operate with DfT regulations which lended itself to a requirement for such announcements, unfortunately passenger ignorance has to be tolerated for the safety of all Passengers. Changes in infrastruture have now removed such a need.
As for German services, lets hope it happens
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My family home (where I was born and grew up for 18 years) is about 1 1/2 hours by car from NQY.
I've flown NQY-STN-NQY a couple of times a few years ago (on ex-Buzz 733s). I must say that I found NQY to be a pleasant, efficient little airport.
I've flown NQY-STN-NQY a couple of times a few years ago (on ex-Buzz 733s). I must say that I found NQY to be a pleasant, efficient little airport.
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Is it me or does that seem a bit of a random route at a random time - I meant you have EXT up the road looking for regular scheduled German routes and along comes LH with a once weekly summer only DUS flight - something just doesn't seem right about that.
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Lufthansa is adding a lot of rather "exotic" seasonmal destinations for summer 2008 from DUS, HAM, TXL and STR. DUS-NQY is just one of them. We are talking about 10 or so flights to NQY in total, so not exactly a fully fledged scheduled service.
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The route is aiming purely at leisure traffic. Cornwall is actually quite popular with some Germans as it constantly features on prime time TV. Believe it or not, but (according to Wikipedia)...
As your wife or mother will probably be able to explain, most of these books are linked to Cornwall.
[Rosamunde Pilcher's] books are especially popular in Germany due to the fact that the national TV station ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) has produced more than 70 of her stories for TV. These TV films are some of the most popular programmes on ZDF. Both Pilcher and ZDF programme director Dr. Claus Beling were awarded the British Tourism Award in 2002 for the positive effect the books and the TV versions had on tourism.