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Just heard on mid west radio that Prince William & and his Wife Kate will fly into Ire west Knock on may 1st to honeymoon here.
Will done to all at the airport to get the newly married into the west.
Will done to all at the airport to get the newly married into the west.
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Ryanair to Monaco - West (ie Reus) and a bus from there home. Apparently he noted that after a dozen bullseye baggies the bus ride isn't so bad.
I've taken that bus ride in 30 degree heat and could have done with a few baggies myself!
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Bmi baby have announced the closure of man and cardiff base from end of summer 2011 so this will leave the man route without an operator .I would hope to see flybe with an embraer or maybe aer lingus take up the route.I would not like to see ryanair take the route, noc is better off with a mix of airlines .maybe even jet 2 may look at it . Hopefully it will be sorted fairly quickly.
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Surely an easy one for flybe to pick up, they'll break even with fewer passengers than bmibaby would so will be less affected by the ryanair competition at LPL and LBA.
Also MAN is far better suited for connections than EDI, they could even maybe run a daily service including connecting passengers?
Also MAN is far better suited for connections than EDI, they could even maybe run a daily service including connecting passengers?
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Ryanair don't have a MAN base, they started LPL and LBA to compete with WW MAN route and LPL has been successful remaining daily with good loads.
Ideally BE would use the opportunity to add a second route from NOC. Q400 would be a bit of a downgrade from the 737 but would possibly allow them bring it back to year round daily service (it was double daily some days in the past).
As Kinocker said MAN is much more more suitable for connecting services (EDI really isn't practical). If they offered a direct through connection to CDG (or AMS) hub and marketed it as so it would be a popular option.
Another possibility is BD retaining the route.
Ideally BE would use the opportunity to add a second route from NOC. Q400 would be a bit of a downgrade from the 737 but would possibly allow them bring it back to year round daily service (it was double daily some days in the past).
As Kinocker said MAN is much more more suitable for connecting services (EDI really isn't practical). If they offered a direct through connection to CDG (or AMS) hub and marketed it as so it would be a popular option.
Another possibility is BD retaining the route.
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I know ryanair don't have a base but a w pattern from dub would work for them just like they did lgw when they operated it.
I suspect they won't get the big marketing support for a man route as it is well established and I presume ww made money on it for the past 7years.
Fingers crossed for tuesday that fly be will announce a daily embraer service to man for winter during the launch of the edi route.
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I suspect they won't get the big marketing support for a man route as it is well established and I presume ww made money on it for the past 7years.
Fingers crossed for tuesday that fly be will announce a daily embraer service to man for winter during the launch of the edi route.
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well it looks like Flybe are adding some frequencies on the edi route, adding Friday and a Monday service for the summer.
Also Manchester has been proven for many years going back to the days of BA, I'd be fairly confident someone will pick it up.
Also Manchester has been proven for many years going back to the days of BA, I'd be fairly confident someone will pick it up.
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Thats encouraging before the route starts. Visit Scotland had some advertising in Western media this week.
Friday flight and reasonable times makes the route much more attractive as a weekend destination.
Friday flight and reasonable times makes the route much more attractive as a weekend destination.
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That's great news
An encouraging start is right obviously forward bookigs quite good.I'm sure Galway airport/aer arann wont like this.
Well let's hope flybe bring good news on Tuesday.
An encouraging start is right obviously forward bookigs quite good.I'm sure Galway airport/aer arann wont like this.
Well let's hope flybe bring good news on Tuesday.
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Delighted to see the increase on the Edinburgh route for July and August, all the noises have been positive regarding this route so far with an extension into the winter months and a summer frequency increase both being added before the route has even started. While the number of extra passengers generated by this increase will be small enough, it means that flybe are seeing that there is room for expansion from Knock and are willing to exploit this.
Incidentally I will be flying this route next week and have noticed that the price of the flight has gone up threefold since I booked it. Hopefully that means it will be fairly full.
I'd be very hopeful that they would take up the MAN route and would have a strong preference for them over any of the other airlines mentioned, but surely it would be too soon to expect an announcement on Tuesday, bmibaby have only announced their exit from MAN this week and there is plenty of time until the end of October to line up a replacement.
Incidentally I will be flying this route next week and have noticed that the price of the flight has gone up threefold since I booked it. Hopefully that means it will be fairly full.
I'd be very hopeful that they would take up the MAN route and would have a strong preference for them over any of the other airlines mentioned, but surely it would be too soon to expect an announcement on Tuesday, bmibaby have only announced their exit from MAN this week and there is plenty of time until the end of October to line up a replacement.
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Didn't hear it myself but apparently Mad West Radio were down at the EDI launch today and reported pax numbers in the 50s for the first flights.
That would be plenty to make the route a success if maintained.
Deputy Ring was down as well to open the route, I hope he plans on doing more for the region as minister than cutting the tape on developments that he had no involvement in providing...
That would be plenty to make the route a success if maintained.
Deputy Ring was down as well to open the route, I hope he plans on doing more for the region as minister than cutting the tape on developments that he had no involvement in providing...
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Kinocker, I remember seeing it on the Flybe thread recently that sometimes, BE can spin a profit from as low as a dozen passengers. So with 50 passengers on its first flight, before it even truly establishes itself is VERY promising.
Hope you's do get a MAN route, as long as we at LDY get and EDI route!
Hope you's do get a MAN route, as long as we at LDY get and EDI route!
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Those seem like good figures for the route. The increase in frequency and extension into the winter are definitely positive. signs.
I would be surprised to see MAN go unserved, WW have proved a market exists. My guess is EI/Aer Arann or flyBe would be the most likely to operate the route. FR is a possibility, too - although a slim one.
Best of luck to NOC and flyBe.
I would be surprised to see MAN go unserved, WW have proved a market exists. My guess is EI/Aer Arann or flyBe would be the most likely to operate the route. FR is a possibility, too - although a slim one.
Best of luck to NOC and flyBe.