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What you dont have now Ayline is a Transfer service, with FlyBe all the way to GCI you wouldn't have to pick you bags up, or re-check-in.
As far as im aware FlyBe are flying to GCI out of MAN.
As far as im aware FlyBe are flying to GCI out of MAN.
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Flybe operate point-to-point, which as far as I am aware, means that you cannot check your bags all the way through. You have to rcover them at MAN and check them in again for the IOM.
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Thank you for your comments. Flybe GCI-MAN is not an option for me as the Flybe service doesn't start until the end of May. Also Flybe will only be operating a midday service whereas Aurigny operate morning and evening which gives better options for onward transfers.
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Great company?
Hey Ayline not only is your post under the wrong airline and should be under FlyMayBe or Aurigny
but with a name that happens to be the same as Aurigny's call sign, and a GCI base shuldnt' you declare an intrest before slaggin off others?
but with a name that happens to be the same as Aurigny's call sign, and a GCI base shuldnt' you declare an intrest before slaggin off others?
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fredtheanorak, my post was about the cost of getting to the Isle of Man since the take over of BA Connect and was simply following on from a previous post which was also about the cost of air travel to the IOM. I have no interest to declare as I have no connection with Aurigny which in fact is state owned. I have just happen to live in Guernsey and chose to use the callsign of the local airline for my username. I could have chosen the username "Jersey" as Flybe also operate out of Guernsey. I am sure that the IOM is no different to Guernsey - people are always complaining about the cost of airfares to Guernsey.
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In my experience people from the Channel Islands complain about everything! not just fares!!
(And that impression was gained prior to working in aviation)
What CI residents need to understand is that as they are on islands, the demand for air travel to mainland UK will be high. Therefore any airline with any hope of gaining profit will operate a fare structure which will focus on availability.....in other words the more people booked the higher the fare will be. What I don't understand is if everyone is so skint in the C/I (Bearing in mind they do not pay tax like the rest of us here!) that they cannot afford the air fares, why not use the ferry? why travel by air? why live on an island where the only form of quick transportation is by air??? (My own opinion which no doubt will be criticised but hey ho)
(And that impression was gained prior to working in aviation)
What CI residents need to understand is that as they are on islands, the demand for air travel to mainland UK will be high. Therefore any airline with any hope of gaining profit will operate a fare structure which will focus on availability.....in other words the more people booked the higher the fare will be. What I don't understand is if everyone is so skint in the C/I (Bearing in mind they do not pay tax like the rest of us here!) that they cannot afford the air fares, why not use the ferry? why travel by air? why live on an island where the only form of quick transportation is by air??? (My own opinion which no doubt will be criticised but hey ho)
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Not scientific I know, but on a random weekend in July (20th) flying from Man on the last flight out on a Friday returning on the last flight Sunday the Flybe fares varied like this : £30 RTN to GLA, GCI £81, JER £119, and IOM £144.
Don't suggest we use the ferry as we only have one left now
Don't suggest we use the ferry as we only have one left now
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Hi Manx Crab
Sorry the ferry idea was for CI peeps......judging by your name I would say you were from IOM.
The fares, as explained before, are subject to availability. Occasionally, people seem to get confused in including the taxes under the term 'fare'....this is incorrect. The base fare goes to the airline whereby the rest is pocketed by either Government or the airports. I understand £144.00 is alot to go to the IOM but I guess that is the place to be - seems everyone is trying to get there
Sorry the ferry idea was for CI peeps......judging by your name I would say you were from IOM.
The fares, as explained before, are subject to availability. Occasionally, people seem to get confused in including the taxes under the term 'fare'....this is incorrect. The base fare goes to the airline whereby the rest is pocketed by either Government or the airports. I understand £144.00 is alot to go to the IOM but I guess that is the place to be - seems everyone is trying to get there
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Most of us are trying to escape
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We Manxies can moan with the best of them and I know there is a premium to pay for living on an island but it is annoying when you see that GLA and EDI have a base fare of £0 and we have to pay a base fare of £86.
Even allowing for the extortionate charges at IOM it is still a lot more. Still once Cameron gets his taxes going everyone will be paying more.
. We Manxies can moan with the best of them and I know there is a premium to pay for living on an island but it is annoying when you see that GLA and EDI have a base fare of £0 and we have to pay a base fare of £86.
Even allowing for the extortionate charges at IOM it is still a lot more. Still once Cameron gets his taxes going everyone will be paying more.
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I genuinly do not understand the logic behind Cameron's rediculous idea - I know its another issue really but what the hey, lets have a moan....he wants to charge frequent flyers more in tax. Frequent Flyers according to Camzy are defined as someone who flies over 2000 miles. Technically that means someone who has never flown before will be charged a lot more because they go on a once in a lifetime trip to Florida or something - you can see the intelligence flowing from David 
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Me and the fellas would go with IOM to anywhere sunny in Europe with A319 or anything that would get there faster than those prop jobs. That London flight doesn't half drag on and on. Anyway, we know loads of people with pads down in the south of spain and if the redtails couldn't fill up the passengers on fraggle stop off on the way like Jersey. I'll bet those channel islanders would be off to sunny spain in the shake of a sombrero.
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Well Jersey has regular flight to and from Madeira and also in the summer flights to Palma and Tenerife..........
Surely there would be some demand for IOM flights to these sort of places. Don't AEU and KM do adhoc charters to and from IOM - Could have sworn I have seen a Malta IOM on the Malta arrivals and departures board before.
Surely there would be some demand for IOM flights to these sort of places. Don't AEU and KM do adhoc charters to and from IOM - Could have sworn I have seen a Malta IOM on the Malta arrivals and departures board before.
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Yep your darned right and filled to overflowing every flight and not cheap neither.
red17 fella, me and the fellas want to know whose axe your grinding cos we reckon youve got it in for the redatails.
red17 fella, me and the fellas want to know whose axe your grinding cos we reckon youve got it in for the redatails.
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Possible IOM routes
I think IOM to Derry (LDY-city of Derry) could do well on a daily sortie. A let410 in my view would be a good size aircraft to develop the route. There are good frequencies on Belfast to IOM routes, and a proportion of this is bound to be heading towards West of Ulster. What does anyone else think?
Surely, If Knock in the west of Ireland can support a few weekly flights to places like Lanzarote, Faro etc, with such limited population surely IOM can too. However, airlines are unlikely to invest in this type of market where the population is so small. If there is a good travel agent on the Island perhaps it can charter flights with companies such as Astraeus or flightline? And they would also have a good handle on where the demand is ?
I understand that Manx2 are looking at Oxford and Gloucester for new routes from the Island. They are also keeping their eye on routes from the IOM that they think need 2 daily flights eg BRS,GLA etc.
According to a member of the airline manangement they are also going to open 1 route that is not from the IOM.
They have said that apart from this they are 100% focused on routes from the IOM only.Certainly for 2007 at least.
Any suggestions what this may be ?
EI-BUD
Surely, If Knock in the west of Ireland can support a few weekly flights to places like Lanzarote, Faro etc, with such limited population surely IOM can too. However, airlines are unlikely to invest in this type of market where the population is so small. If there is a good travel agent on the Island perhaps it can charter flights with companies such as Astraeus or flightline? And they would also have a good handle on where the demand is ?
I understand that Manx2 are looking at Oxford and Gloucester for new routes from the Island. They are also keeping their eye on routes from the IOM that they think need 2 daily flights eg BRS,GLA etc.
According to a member of the airline manangement they are also going to open 1 route that is not from the IOM.
They have said that apart from this they are 100% focused on routes from the IOM only.Certainly for 2007 at least.
Any suggestions what this may be ?
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I think M2 are correct and that most of the future expansion by IOM airlines will be from places other then the IOM (Redtails included), but its a risky business (financially) basing or positioning in an aircraft smewhere else.