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May be fantasy lists or very wishful wishlists but something needs to be done to improve the airport, it's up to aal or whoever to go and do the things that are desperately needed. I'm sure with improvements Abz would become more popular with passengers and airlines alike
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Air bridges are hardly a fanciful wish, I commuted threw ABZ in the late 80's early 90's and lost count of the times I got soaked right through boarding a flight! No matter how fast you ran there was always a cue at the aircraft door!!
Air bridges are hardly a fanciful wish, I commuted threw ABZ in the late 80's early 90's and lost count of the times I got soaked right through boarding a flight! No matter how fast you ran there was always a cue at the aircraft door!!
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OK, if air bridge(s) were installed I'm assuming AAL would want them to be fully utilised and with half the traffic that currently uses the airport being incompatible with them (i.e. J41, S20, E45, DH4) then it would seem a bit of a pointless exercise.
An airbridge would only be of use on stand 7 where the BA Airbuses park at usually and is it worth carrying out extensive modifications to the terminal to accommodate this one bridge? I think not.
An airbridge would only be of use on stand 7 where the BA Airbuses park at usually and is it worth carrying out extensive modifications to the terminal to accommodate this one bridge? I think not.
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It is true that using 2 stairs is quicker but ba, Lufthansa, virgin and city flyer turn arounds are not quick even add klm and regional to that mix, plus the numerous charter airlines with aircraft like 757200 landing here so there would be more use than just stand 7. Plus plenty of times u have 2 shuttles, a flyer, klm, lufty and regional plus now virgin all parked at the main terminal, only one low cost airline uses Abz which is easyjet
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Air Bridges
I have always been surprised that there are no air bridges at ABZ, during all those years of BAA ownership and the growth and modernisation at other BAA owned airports I could never undertand why there was no real investment at ABZ especially with the amount of business travel at the airport.
Even Belfast City Airport installed an airbridge for BMI when they moved operations from BFS for the benefit of their LHR service so why has their never been at least one installed at ABZ for the BA LHR Shuttle!
ABZ is the only UK airport that BA serves which has no airbridges.
Even Belfast City Airport installed an airbridge for BMI when they moved operations from BFS for the benefit of their LHR service so why has their never been at least one installed at ABZ for the BA LHR Shuttle!
ABZ is the only UK airport that BA serves which has no airbridges.
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Canberra, one of the other posters some time earlier posted about how BAA took out much more from ABZ than it put back in, over the years. I think the phrase is 'cash cow'.
Basic facilities for its northernmost outpost.
Basic facilities for its northernmost outpost.
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Surely Abz must be making a small fortune for baa, maybe they should stop investing billions into Heathrow which has reached it's limit pax and movements wise and invest elsewhere, it's not like they have so many airports like they did before.
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I'm sure LHR makes a lot more money than ABZ.It's lots of passengers that bring in the profits.If ABZ's movements had Heathrow load factors then the number of passenger would be over 20 million p.a.It's 2 and a bit million.Lots of helis with 19 passengers doesn't make big profits.
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Long time lurker, first time poster. Be gentle with me! Lol.
I would love to see airbridges at ABZ because, as we all know, the Aberdeen weather isn't exactly tropical. It seems ludicrous to expect business people and investors to queue in the wind and rain to climb a set of stairs to board their flight in 2013!
I understand the argument that a lot of flights from ABZ use regional aircraft but I'm sure I have seen Saab, Bombardier and Embraer planes using airbridges in the USA. (Not sure about Jetstream though).
I would love to see airbridges at ABZ because, as we all know, the Aberdeen weather isn't exactly tropical. It seems ludicrous to expect business people and investors to queue in the wind and rain to climb a set of stairs to board their flight in 2013!
I understand the argument that a lot of flights from ABZ use regional aircraft but I'm sure I have seen Saab, Bombardier and Embraer planes using airbridges in the USA. (Not sure about Jetstream though).
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Tenerife Thomson
I see the local paper have comments from disgruntled pax who have had their flights canx this summer owing to aircraft issues - only alternative is via Glasgow. It is a part canx, seems to be over peak summer before the route returns for W13/14.
Thomas Cook quick to comment that their TFS flights are unaffected!
Were Thomson using own metal for TFS, or someone else (I wondered if anything to do with Iberworld).
Thomas Cook quick to comment that their TFS flights are unaffected!
Were Thomson using own metal for TFS, or someone else (I wondered if anything to do with Iberworld).
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Why TOM do not do the same as they do in winter and base an aircraft down in TFS for summer I will never know. It was supposed to be Orbest operating the flights, but with their current situation todays new is not really a surprise.
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I doubt TOM have aircraft just lazing about in the peak of Summer in case of emergencies.
I know someone affected by this and they've had their 'Summer' Hols pushed back until the end of October.
I know someone affected by this and they've had their 'Summer' Hols pushed back until the end of October.
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Thomson Summer 2014 flights have been released today, with Aberdeen receiving the following;
PALMA
Tuesday 1330/1455 airline to be advised
Saturday 1255/1425 airline to be advised
Sunday 1255/1355 with Jetairfly
IBIZA
Wednesday 1350/1515 airline to be advised
TENERIFE
Friday 1205/1305 airline to be advised
DALAMAN
Monday 0830/0955 airline to be advised
CORFU
Friday 1350/1455 airline to be advised
All routes but one with 'airline to be advised,' just hope they do not repeat the situation with Tenerife this year and cancel at the last minute due to being unable to find an airline to operate them. Jetairfly is a surprise though!
PALMA
Tuesday 1330/1455 airline to be advised
Saturday 1255/1425 airline to be advised
Sunday 1255/1355 with Jetairfly
IBIZA
Wednesday 1350/1515 airline to be advised
TENERIFE
Friday 1205/1305 airline to be advised
DALAMAN
Monday 0830/0955 airline to be advised
CORFU
Friday 1350/1455 airline to be advised
All routes but one with 'airline to be advised,' just hope they do not repeat the situation with Tenerife this year and cancel at the last minute due to being unable to find an airline to operate them. Jetairfly is a surprise though!
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Comment from Den Helder (reported on Loganair thread) that they'd quite like a scheduled link with Aberdeen. Don't know how big demand would be though - Bristow have a base there. Would it not just be another Gronigen - an initial flurry of interest, then a steady drop off (like most routes out of ABZ, come to think of it!!). Or would there really be demand? Always been rumours on/off about Rotterdam, but that has never come to fruition. Specialist links, so doubt the bigger airlines would be interested. I would have imagined City Star, had they still been around, looking at it. But Eastern don't seen to be in scheduled expansion mode anymore, concentrating increasingly on charter & contract work. bmi Regional - maybe. But they dropped Gronigen (I always thought GRQ was Shell-influenced) , so why would Den Helder be any more successful?
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Gronigen is/was a Shell (or more correctly NAM) destination - no-one else would go there unless they were seeing them
Den Helder is a big base for construction, repairs etc which has a much wider range of visitors - might generate enough traffic for something small a couple of times a day
Den Helder is a big base for construction, repairs etc which has a much wider range of visitors - might generate enough traffic for something small a couple of times a day