Flybe - 2

[fje1]

Glad you enjoyed your extra night LCA BOUND. How was the outbound flight
I officially give up defending Flyjet, they are a good airline but crap at everythin else`and hope Silverjet does them well. dunno really whats happening but when I find out I WILL let you all know about jobs etc.

[lgwechobravo]

I have my fears, that this is not necessarily good news for the crews/staff at Flyjet.

Silverjet is a business class airline flying from LTN (will this actually work, considering Eos and Maxjet also fly loco business class from LON to NYC?).

Flyjet are a charter company flying tour operators charters from MAN, NCL and LGW.

So, where will these 3 bases fit into an all-business class's airlines plans? Sure they will honour contracts flying charters until 757 lease expires, which is in 12 months time, but what after that? NCL/MAN was signed as a 3 year contract, next year only takes it upto 18 months! As someone has said will Silverjet be interested in flying from airports, non of which is their home base on charter flights?

Hopefully they will realise that these charters actually are fairly lucrative, if operated properly and could well be the bread and butter, bringing in extra cash for the company. The could even retain 2 different brandings, Silver for the business class airline and keep flyjet as a charter carrier.

I would hate to see Flyjet disappear altogether, along with the closure of their bases, NCL has only just opened and seems to have a promising future.....at the minute!

One last thought, Silverjet have recruited all their own Cabin Crew, including a Cabin Crew Manager, so why would they want surplus CC in the form of Flyjet employees?

It may all be great news in the eyes of management and the industry, but its not such great news for the staff who have alot of uncertainty!!!!!!

[nclbase]

If Silverjet do operate as FJE, I hope they can make it work but it will be very difficult as they are trying to establish and all-business class service alongside a charter carrier which needs to build up credibility.

Fje1 - you have been an ardent defender of FJE and for that you should be commended - why the sudden change of heart?

I wish you all the very best with Silverjet and sincerely hope it works for the hard working crews

[LCA Bound]

The outbound flight was an hour late but no real problem there , the flight itself was ok , i found the Captain on both flights to be very informative as to position and things to look out for , both sets of cabin crews were friendly and proffesional so to them and i think they would be a credit to any airline
I found myself actually sticking up for the airline to one or two of the more unreasonable pax although my main gripe would be the lack of communication from the airline as for a few hours we were left without knowing what was going on but once the announcement that we would be staying in hotels was made we were treated ok

[Heffer]

Did FJE buy their 767 in cash?

[Spotter McS]

Originally Posted by devon_guy

It would appear that Flybe are still having talks with Jersey about the CDG route, it's just appeared on the BBC site. Also on "another" site someone is talking about an incident at Belfast on 30th September. Can anyone confirm or deny if it's true?

saw it with my own eyes, very nervous passengers very forlorn looking 146. The 146's are wearing thin and if the new kit is having to divert due to WIND then they may as well up sticks and move to BFS on a fulltime basis

Happy landings,
Spotter

[flyingbug]

Spotter,

all aircraft have crosswind limitations, regardless of the airfield

FB

[turnipgreen]

Flybe & EXT

Whats the view on flybe at EXT? Are they doing ok? Important base for them? Just wondering how the sale process at EXT is affecting things. What do people think about EXT's importance to Flybe?

[devon_guy]

Well it obviously is important as they are EXT's only scheduled carrier, however some competition wouldn't go amiss in my opinion, prices are slowly and steadily creeping up from EXT and another carrier would help keep them lower.

[Kestrel_909]

Originally Posted by Spotter McS

The 146's are wearing thin and if the new kit is having to divert due to WIND then they may as well up sticks and move to BFS on a fulltime basis

Nothing to do with the new kit, I'm not sure of the crosswind limitations for the E195, especially compared to the 146, but diversions from BHD to BFS due winds or other weather, isn't unusual. It's by no means a daily occurence but neither is a it a shock when it does happen. Regardless of what airline you are, or what kit you use, chances are you'll end up in BFS sometime or other!

[noflybywire]

The 146 is a superb aircraft and far better then all of these so called modern airliners. Hope your not in one of those computerised playstations when the chips are down. LOVE LIVE THE HS/Bae 146,

Ron

[shannon55]

Flybe @ Galway

Do you think the Flybe flights to Birmingham/Southampton and Belfast are going to be succesful?

[NickBarnes]

i wouldn't have said they would be full but i should think that Southampton and Birmingham will be succesful but im not sure about Belfast

[nclairportfan]

Not sure if you have noticed but Humberside to Southampton is showing on the BE booking engine.

[airhumberside]

Flybe have two flights into HUY in December for the Hull City vs Southampton football match - one will carry the Southampton team and the other is a fan flight (hence HUY being in the Flybe booking engine)

Theres also an extra flight on NCL-SOU for Sunderland vs Southampton

[NickBarnes]

I have just spoken too 2 friends who went to Edinburgh from Norwich a week ago and said that the flight going out had 66 seats taken, 91% load factor and coming back it had 62 seats taken which is 86% load factor.

Also when i flew with them to MAN from NWI it was 72% going out and 68% coming back!

so it looks like Flybe are doing very well from Norwich at the momment which is very good hear.

[JDB1052]

Galway Belfast will be interesting as it doesnt seem to be either business or leisure oriented - maybe it could feed some of flybe's other flights out of Belfast. As for Galway Birmingham, it should work fine but Ryanair's new EastMidlands to Knock service will limit how successful Birmingham can be. For Galway Southampton, they will need to push it as a London option, but even then it will be up against Arran's twice daily to Luton, plus it's a long haul for a Dash.

[runawayedge]

Shannon.......am trying to understand the motives behind your last post, even allowing for the benefit of doubt, and parking my cynical side I can't arrive at any logical reason why someone from Shannon would ask the question you just did. Get over it, good look to RE and BE out of Galway, and take good care of FR and EI (or will they be one and the same).

[flyerz111]

Will Galway be the narrowest runway the Dash needs to turn on or have they built a taxiway there yet?

[shannon55]

Runawayedge...I don't know where your coming from with that post. I asked that question out of my own genuine, general interest, as I don't remember the new Galway routes being discussed on this thread since I joined, to see if other people thought these routes could be a success. It had no 'motives' behind it except to find out other people's opinions on the topic. The fact that my user-name suggests Shannon is my local airport has absolutely NOTHING to do with why I asked the question. Shannon didn't even cross my mind when I was writing this post.On the contrary, I would love to see our regional airports attract more services like this and I too hope Flybe attain success and develop/expand their route network from Galway and maybe Kerry/Waterford. Three out of the four people who replied to the post have interpreted it correctly, i.e. there was no alterieur motives to my post, I just wanted to get people's ideas on the matter.

It's just a pity that one cannot post on this thread without being slated for having some non-existent sinister motives.