IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK
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Would wonder why RESA has been prioritised, existing runwayand turnpads pose no safety issue for the current 738/Q400s operating. Canaries flights might benefit. Could they be expecting TA aircraft in the near future which might require the wider turnpad and extra TODA?
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I think Ryanair's cabin crew would hear a lot worse complaints about Ryanair's own fees like £40 for excess cabin baggage even to the point they are announcing newspapers and magazines constitute baggage.
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Any word on how FlyBe first month on MAN has gone? 3556 in final month with Baby which was down 27% on 2010. BE had 18 services in October giving a capacity of 2808, so would expect good loads going by previous demand.
EDI has hovered between 76%-50% LF. November figures should tell if there has been any transfer from the ending of RE GWY-EDI route. I've met a few people who chose DUB based on BE prices being more than double FR to EDI on some dates.
EDI has hovered between 76%-50% LF. November figures should tell if there has been any transfer from the ending of RE GWY-EDI route. I've met a few people who chose DUB based on BE prices being more than double FR to EDI on some dates.
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cool, that answers that one then Jamie. It seemed a strange choice of route but thinking that Shannon will have no Paris link it will be the only link to Paris from the west coast so it might work well, seasonally anyhow.
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Good to see a charter operator increasing routes out of Knock rather than decreasing. Flying to somewhere Ryanair don't go is a good move and is probably essential for any new charter route from Knock to work (although Ryanair's massive hiking of baggage fees this week might make it a more level playing field).
Anyway its good to see another route and another country served out of the airport. Concorde seem to be still marketing Dubrovnik from Knock for 2012 despite Dubrovnik Airlines going bust, so there could be quite a few European countries served next summer between charter and scheduled operations.
Anyway its good to see another route and another country served out of the airport. Concorde seem to be still marketing Dubrovnik from Knock for 2012 despite Dubrovnik Airlines going bust, so there could be quite a few European countries served next summer between charter and scheduled operations.
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I would question the times as they are the exact same time as the SNN times and what may happon is the flight will be via NOC, It would be stange to start a direct Turkish route in September, it wont be for winter as they don't have any from DUB.
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A320, when it starts from NOC its the last flight from SNN that day. Also according to NOC website the DBK flights are moving to a Wednesday next summer would love to know what carrier they will get? Anyone got any ideas.
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Decent result for November considering the route losses from last year, less than 100 pax less than 2010, only for a few fog related diversions it would have been 11 straight months of growth.
However, barring a disaster weather wise in the second half of December it looks like the 650,000 pax mark will be passed for the year, that is over 60k more than last year and over 20k more than the previous record year (2008 - 629,000). Considering the economic circumstances and the performances of Cork and Shannon this year that is a particularly good achievement with plenty of promise for similar growth next year.
However, barring a disaster weather wise in the second half of December it looks like the 650,000 pax mark will be passed for the year, that is over 60k more than last year and over 20k more than the previous record year (2008 - 629,000). Considering the economic circumstances and the performances of Cork and Shannon this year that is a particularly good achievement with plenty of promise for similar growth next year.