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I thought it was a good item. Interesting reading.
I think the Icelandair flight, after dropping the half a dozen haddock fillets off at HUY, flies off to Belgium. I think the idea is to find some 'return' cargo that can be sent ANYWHERE, as im sure the plane would go where the money is, rather than flying out empty and not making any money on an empty fuselage.
I think the Icelandair flight, after dropping the half a dozen haddock fillets off at HUY, flies off to Belgium. I think the idea is to find some 'return' cargo that can be sent ANYWHERE, as im sure the plane would go where the money is, rather than flying out empty and not making any money on an empty fuselage.
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Travel company swaps destinations
HUMBERSIDE Airport’s largest tour operator has dropped six Lucida Grande from its summer flight programme in favour of more popular holiday hotspots.
Thomas Cook, who fly the majority of the airport’s 450,000 holidaymakers abroad, will not be operating Lucida Grande flights to Tenerife, Lanzarote, Lucida Grande, Gran Cararia, Menorca, Ibiza and Portugal this summer.
However, it has increased the capacity on its flights to Cyprus, Turkey and Majorca as demand for those destinations increases.
A spokeswoman said: “Thomas Cook is the largest operator working out of Humberside Airport and we remain committed to Humberside Airport.
“However, from time to time, it is necessary to make adjustments to our flight programmes in accordance with demand.”
Holidaymakers who wish to fly to the Canary and Balearic islands will now have to fly from other airports in the region.
Sunseekers Keith Parker and his wife Monica, of Grimsby’s Weelsby Road, were told last week they would now have to depart from Leeds Bradford airport for the two-week Tenerife break they booked in December.
Keith (62) said: “It would have meant about £150 extra in a taxi fare for a round trip.
“I spoke to a couple of travel agents and they said no one is flying to Tenerife any more, so it’s not just because of the credit crunch.
“Personally, I think if Thomas Cook are pulling their flights, it sounds like a death knell for the airport.”
However, both Thomas Cook and Humberside Airport have refuted this, saying destinations outside the Eurozone, such as Turkey, offer better value for money for customers in the current financial climate.
In addition, the tour operator will also be using its own Thomas Cook Airlines this summer, following the success of the winter flight programme operating at Humberside.
The Thomas Cook spokeswoman added: “We think this really does reiterate to customers our commitment to the airport.”
A spokeswoman for the airport said it was continually working with tour operators to find a greater choice of destinations and flights for customers, and added: “Routes do change over time, and programmes do alter.
“But both Thomas Cook and Humberside Airport are committed to making sure we have flights for our customers where there is demand.
“For example, a new operator called Holidays4U will also be running flights to Turkey from Humberside and Flybe has increased its capacity on flights to Jersey.”
HUMBERSIDE Airport’s largest tour operator has dropped six Lucida Grande from its summer flight programme in favour of more popular holiday hotspots.
Thomas Cook, who fly the majority of the airport’s 450,000 holidaymakers abroad, will not be operating Lucida Grande flights to Tenerife, Lanzarote, Lucida Grande, Gran Cararia, Menorca, Ibiza and Portugal this summer.
However, it has increased the capacity on its flights to Cyprus, Turkey and Majorca as demand for those destinations increases.
A spokeswoman said: “Thomas Cook is the largest operator working out of Humberside Airport and we remain committed to Humberside Airport.
“However, from time to time, it is necessary to make adjustments to our flight programmes in accordance with demand.”
Holidaymakers who wish to fly to the Canary and Balearic islands will now have to fly from other airports in the region.
Sunseekers Keith Parker and his wife Monica, of Grimsby’s Weelsby Road, were told last week they would now have to depart from Leeds Bradford airport for the two-week Tenerife break they booked in December.
Keith (62) said: “It would have meant about £150 extra in a taxi fare for a round trip.
“I spoke to a couple of travel agents and they said no one is flying to Tenerife any more, so it’s not just because of the credit crunch.
“Personally, I think if Thomas Cook are pulling their flights, it sounds like a death knell for the airport.”
However, both Thomas Cook and Humberside Airport have refuted this, saying destinations outside the Eurozone, such as Turkey, offer better value for money for customers in the current financial climate.
In addition, the tour operator will also be using its own Thomas Cook Airlines this summer, following the success of the winter flight programme operating at Humberside.
The Thomas Cook spokeswoman added: “We think this really does reiterate to customers our commitment to the airport.”
A spokeswoman for the airport said it was continually working with tour operators to find a greater choice of destinations and flights for customers, and added: “Routes do change over time, and programmes do alter.
“But both Thomas Cook and Humberside Airport are committed to making sure we have flights for our customers where there is demand.
“For example, a new operator called Holidays4U will also be running flights to Turkey from Humberside and Flybe has increased its capacity on flights to Jersey.”
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Certainly not good and will do nothing for local pax confidence now. If they are not careful the quite faithful users will move on to DSA. 
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That's dreadful news, one can only wonder if similar sized regional airports with serious competition in the periphery of the catchment area are going to recieve similar treatment!
That's dreadful news, one can only wonder if similar sized regional airports with serious competition in the periphery of the catchment area are going to recieve similar treatment!
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So, it appears the only Spanish destination left is Majorca.
Pretty shameful.
On the other hand, it would be nice to see some new flights to holiday spots such as Sharm el Sheikh during the winter season.
I guess they could prove very well, due to increased popularity of Egypt, where it can easily replace the lost capacity to Canary Islands.
I think the Summer '10 programme will be even more Eastern-Med oriented, with a rise in frequencies to Turkey and hopefully a stable number of connections to Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
Pretty shameful.
On the other hand, it would be nice to see some new flights to holiday spots such as Sharm el Sheikh during the winter season.
I guess they could prove very well, due to increased popularity of Egypt, where it can easily replace the lost capacity to Canary Islands.
I think the Summer '10 programme will be even more Eastern-Med oriented, with a rise in frequencies to Turkey and hopefully a stable number of connections to Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
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I can only see more losses for next summer. I cannot think of any major operator left at the airport now with sufficient flights.
The airport needs a based aircraft of some sort to operate the Western Med routes which have been lost and to try and continue growing the Eastern Med but they will need more commitment from at least one big operator to do so.
The airport needs a based aircraft of some sort to operate the Western Med routes which have been lost and to try and continue growing the Eastern Med but they will need more commitment from at least one big operator to do so.
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rumours abound
has anyone heard about the imminent announcement about jet2 at huy next summer?
if its true, lets hope they have struck a deal for winter too.......surviving on AMS and Aberdeen cant go on for long, can it ?
if its true, lets hope they have struck a deal for winter too.......surviving on AMS and Aberdeen cant go on for long, can it ?
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All just a rumour at the moment, supposedly between DSA and HUY for the next LS base. I would expect DSA to undercut any deal HUY can offer, but Jet2's recent entry into the MAG owned EMA market, and expansion at MAN, could have HUY in with a decent chance of bagging this one.
I suppose a charter/scheduled base could work even. One 757 for scheduled routes where the tour operators take a seat allocation, the likes of Dalaman, Heraklion, Larnaca etc, and one 737 for shorter sun routes, the likes of Alicante, Malaga and Palma etc.
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I suppose a charter/scheduled base could work even. One 757 for scheduled routes where the tour operators take a seat allocation, the likes of Dalaman, Heraklion, Larnaca etc, and one 737 for shorter sun routes, the likes of Alicante, Malaga and Palma etc.
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I highly doubt that LS would base a B757 at HUY, let alone a full time based B733, EMA only got 1 B757 and they have stated that their is potential in this area for expansion. HUY has never really seen a lot of heavy growth and for this I doubt that they will see a B757 LS at all, with the odd glimse of a B733 every week or so...
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EMA and HUY are two different cases, and Jet2's operations at both cannot be compared. HUY has in the past experienced considerable growth. when the runway extension opened for example, the airport went from having no IT flights to over 30 a week in the space of 5 years. The same could be said of many UK airports pre-low cost. Growth was slow for the majority of UK airports before the advent of low cost, just look at Liverpool. A weekly 737 is unlikely, and I still think HUY will get a 737 based next summer.
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I hope they can pull this one off, HUY could do with some balanced year round traffic and i fully believe LS are the right outfit for the job!
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Amsterdam, Barcelona, Faro, Palma and Prague all bookable on Easyjet's website with flights starting 19th/20th April 2010
Maybe this will kickstart Jet2 into moving in.........fingers crossed!
sorry i neglected to name the airport as DSA. apologies for any confusion!
Maybe this will kickstart Jet2 into moving in.........fingers crossed!
sorry i neglected to name the airport as DSA. apologies for any confusion!
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Jet2 from HUY, unlikely now and even more unlikely from DSA, in fact I would not be surprised to see Ryanair pull out of DSA as they have all year round services to ALC and GRO from LBA. TOM may even consider using LBA a bit more as they used to in the past.
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I dont know how EZY at DSA would make LS not want to operate from HUY (assuming they did) as it would be supplied heavily by tour operators and not seat only, something which has a proven record of working from HUY.
Jet2 are highly unlikely to ever use DSA, they have said so themselves.
Perhaps if FR were to pull out the rest from DSA (unlikely) they may look at a couple of seasonal sun routes from HUY instead
Jet2 are highly unlikely to ever use DSA, they have said so themselves.
Perhaps if FR were to pull out the rest from DSA (unlikely) they may look at a couple of seasonal sun routes from HUY instead
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I think it would be incredibly unlikely they would ever do HUY-AMS/BCN/PRG. Yes todays news makes HUY-PMI/FAO less attractive for them should they want to start HUY operations, but there are other routes that could consider should they wish to avoid competing with Easyjet