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BTW if only the Trustees of Aberdeen Harbour were running the airport.....
Aberdeen harbour in £350m expansion plan - BBC News
Aberdeen harbour in £350m expansion plan - BBC News
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Happy New Year to all.
Over on the EMA thread, reported that T3 have axed the EMAABZ route, it not appearing on the destination page nor booking engine. If so, does anyone else fancy a bash? Are T3 still associated with high fares & therefore it could do with a loco airline on the route? But if T3 on a J41 cannot make it work........
Re Capt D comments on FRA, I see LH Cityline are operating a CRJ900 on it at the moment. May just be for the tail end of the NY, or time of the year generally... or could it be a permanent move given the decline in pax?
Over on the EMA thread, reported that T3 have axed the EMAABZ route, it not appearing on the destination page nor booking engine. If so, does anyone else fancy a bash? Are T3 still associated with high fares & therefore it could do with a loco airline on the route? But if T3 on a J41 cannot make it work........
Re Capt D comments on FRA, I see LH Cityline are operating a CRJ900 on it at the moment. May just be for the tail end of the NY, or time of the year generally... or could it be a permanent move given the decline in pax?
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I never realised EMA & BHX were so close together until now (37 miles by road).
If I was flying to/from that area I can't think of a reason to fly with Eastern to EMA given that Flybe have better frequency to BHX and will be half the price.
Do you remember BE's 'attempt' at ABZ-EMA from a couple of years ago RT?
The Cityline CRJ is only this week 3-8 Jan and then reverts back to E190. It's likely LH are just taking advantage of the time of year and have a few E190's in MX.
If I was flying to/from that area I can't think of a reason to fly with Eastern to EMA given that Flybe have better frequency to BHX and will be half the price.
Do you remember BE's 'attempt' at ABZ-EMA from a couple of years ago RT?
The Cityline CRJ is only this week 3-8 Jan and then reverts back to E190. It's likely LH are just taking advantage of the time of year and have a few E190's in MX.
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Barely Capt D... which probably sums it up!
I remember better bmiR's attempts with a late am ERJ arrival from EMA which was also in vain (off peak jet was never likely to succeed, & that was when oil was +$100).
Meanwhile, reading SAS plans to withdraw lounge facilities at several airports in UK & Europe, ABZ one of them.
I remember better bmiR's attempts with a late am ERJ arrival from EMA which was also in vain (off peak jet was never likely to succeed, & that was when oil was +$100).
Meanwhile, reading SAS plans to withdraw lounge facilities at several airports in UK & Europe, ABZ one of them.
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Meanwhile, reading SAS plans to withdraw lounge facilities at several airports in UK & Europe, ABZ one of them
Will be interesting to try them out in time.
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New Route.... Sort of...
Mentioned on the Flybe thread that they are to be running a twice weekly seasonal service from ABZ-SOU from 27/05-03/09 on Saturdays/Sundays.
Looks to be for positioning of Q400's. Runs along the same dates as both JER & NQY seasonal services.
Looks to be for positioning of Q400's. Runs along the same dates as both JER & NQY seasonal services.
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I never realised EMA & BHX were so close together until now (37 miles by road).
If I was flying to/from that area I can't think of a reason to fly with Eastern to EMA given that Flybe have better frequency to BHX and will be half the price.
Do you remember BE's 'attempt' at ABZ-EMA from a couple of years ago RT?
The Cityline CRJ is only this week 3-8 Jan and then reverts back to E190. It's likely LH are just taking advantage of the time of year and have a few E190's in MX.
If I was flying to/from that area I can't think of a reason to fly with Eastern to EMA given that Flybe have better frequency to BHX and will be half the price.
Do you remember BE's 'attempt' at ABZ-EMA from a couple of years ago RT?
The Cityline CRJ is only this week 3-8 Jan and then reverts back to E190. It's likely LH are just taking advantage of the time of year and have a few E190's in MX.
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EMA and BHX may be close but don't be fooled by the distance. It's a quick 40 min drive if all is well, about 70min if busy and quite easily 2 hours if something isn't quite right. If you happen to live further east then the problems are compounded. I'm a pretty much guaranteed 10 mins from EMA and would always pay more to avoid having to leave loads of travel time. Could be a minority of one of course!
However, realistically a return trip with BE from BHX would be say £120 r/t, T3 from EMA would easily get into the £300-400 echelon as standard and that's when the vast majority of people will look at other options. It speaks volumes that EMA was always on the J32 that Eastern wet leased last year.
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Aer Lingus DUB
Increasing from 7x weekly currently to 11x weekly at the start of S17.
Morning and Evening rotations ex-ABZ Mon, Thu, Fri & Sun.
Mid Afternoon Rotations Tue & Wed and morning rotation on Sat.
Good news.
Morning and Evening rotations ex-ABZ Mon, Thu, Fri & Sun.
Mid Afternoon Rotations Tue & Wed and morning rotation on Sat.
Good news.
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Eastern Hangar Closure
Anyone picked up talk of Eastern Airways closing its ABZ hangar and shedding engineers?
Surely given ABZ is the centre of their operation cannot be the case?
Surely given ABZ is the centre of their operation cannot be the case?