ABERDEEN
... as long as you're not in a hurry... 
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I'm a great Trislander fan. But the Islander? Too far. Especially ABZ - MAN in an Islander.
Not only would it take three hours, you'd be deaf by the end of it too.
Not only would it take three hours, you'd be deaf by the end of it too.
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Another new airline/route?
Nope...another business park on the airport boundary.
D2 Business Park to open next to Aberdeen airport - Top stories - Scotsman.com
D2 Business Park to open next to Aberdeen airport - Top stories - Scotsman.com
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Well GRQ has been around for years basically acting as a scheduled corporate shuttle. (I think it's Shell that have large gas operations in that area)
But yeah demand has flatlined in the recent past i.e less than 3,500 in all of 2012.
But yeah demand has flatlined in the recent past i.e less than 3,500 in all of 2012.
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bmi Regional
But to me it opens the whole question of what exactly bmi R WILL or CAN do at ABZ.
GRQ - about to be dropped
AMS - started, then dropped
MAN - cut to three rotations M-F; at one point I think it was five
NWI - only two rotations M-F; at one time four
BHX - dropped
EMA - dropped
EBJ - still going
BRU - dropped
KRS - dropped not long after starting
Not exactly a stellar record is it? At least direct BRS seems to be working, but I would imagine at the cost of losing the BRS leg of T3' BRS-LBA-ABZ route. Proof again that most ABZ services struggle when there's competition; and many struggle with just one operator!!!
GRQ - about to be dropped
AMS - started, then dropped
MAN - cut to three rotations M-F; at one point I think it was five
NWI - only two rotations M-F; at one time four
BHX - dropped
EMA - dropped
EBJ - still going
BRU - dropped
KRS - dropped not long after starting
Not exactly a stellar record is it? At least direct BRS seems to be working, but I would imagine at the cost of losing the BRS leg of T3' BRS-LBA-ABZ route. Proof again that most ABZ services struggle when there's competition; and many struggle with just one operator!!!
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Brilliant! Put another 2000 jobs or so right onteh new bypass - if that's a roundabout and not a flyover in the plan then it will just move the current rush hour problem up the road a kilometre
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2 Years of Growth
Announced today that the airport has achieved two years of growth with a gain of more than 600,000 pax between Jan '11 and Jan '13.
Growth for Jan '13 was 0.6% up to 229,000. Pretty good considering the 11 days of disruption with hundreds of canx flights and the continued problems with the helis.
Growth for Jan '13 was 0.6% up to 229,000. Pretty good considering the 11 days of disruption with hundreds of canx flights and the continued problems with the helis.
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DIB/EIR
I wonder if we'll ever see a frequency increase on the DUB route. MAN and BHX, among others, have been getting their frequencies upped so I wonder if ABZ is on EIR's radar.
My dad and his business partner have been shuttling to and from DUB at least once a week for the last two months and he tells me the flights are "pretty busy" with plenty of suits.
Surely there is scope for a morning rotation at least in summer with the evening departure currently scheduled.
GLA and EDI have 5 & 4 daily rotations in summer and ABZ - 1.
I would hope management are being persistent with EI for this frequency because to me it seems like a route with potential.
My dad and his business partner have been shuttling to and from DUB at least once a week for the last two months and he tells me the flights are "pretty busy" with plenty of suits.
Surely there is scope for a morning rotation at least in summer with the evening departure currently scheduled.
GLA and EDI have 5 & 4 daily rotations in summer and ABZ - 1.
I would hope management are being persistent with EI for this frequency because to me it seems like a route with potential.
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For those waiting on delayed flights this evening, reading this http://www.aberdeenairport.com/stati...-Plan-2013.pdf may kill a bit of the time.
From page 36 it looks like the need to improve the facilities hadn't gone unnoticed after all.
From page 36 it looks like the need to improve the facilities hadn't gone unnoticed after all.
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Flybe ABZ S13 ops
S13 will see the number of BE aircraft based at ABZ drop from 2 to 1. The DH4 aircraft will be used to operate BE's MAN flights. Flights to BHX will switch from being operated by a ABZ aircraft to being operate by a BHX DH4 from the start of S13
Are BE planning to reduce the number of crew currently based at ABZ from the start of S13?
Are BE planning to reduce the number of crew currently based at ABZ from the start of S13?