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Old 11th Aug 2007, 01:12
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Fair play to yez at Knock to go again for Gatwick with XL! Hope it will be a great success - it is richly deserved.
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Old 25th Sep 2007, 21:47
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knock to gatwick now bookable on xl operating from December
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Old 25th Sep 2007, 21:57
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NOC-LGW with XL....? Very odd route. I give it 6 months, especially starting it mid winter, unless of course they are just making the most of a ferry flight to NOC for an alternative sun route ...?
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Old 25th Sep 2007, 23:11
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Odd route! dont think so ,over 150,000 pax carried from jan to october 2006 when Ryanair and Easyjet were flying the route. Was the most successful ever route from Knock.

However it will be interesting to see how Ryanair will react to competition on its profitable knock/london routes
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Old 26th Sep 2007, 01:15
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Problem is that most people in the Knock region don't know of the existence of XL, and never will.
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Old 26th Sep 2007, 08:40
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Great news

The best news I've had in a long time, since MOL forced EZ out of Ireland and then cancelled their own LGW/NOC operation. Let's hope he doesn't see the XLA operation as another thrown down gauntlet to FRs right to be the only carrier on a sector.
Even if XL is not a known brand in Ireland, it's well known in the UK, and I for one will be spreading the word.
Well done XLA.
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Old 26th Sep 2007, 15:57
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XL already have some summer holiday flights from Knock this summer using the Dublin based aircraft so its a brand thats beggining to be more recognised in Ireland.
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Old 8th Nov 2007, 11:22
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Knock-Glasgow

New route to Glasgow with BMI Baby 3 times weekly - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Flights already bookable.
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Old 8th Nov 2007, 12:16
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That would explain why the Cardiff aircraft appeared to stay in Glasgow
for several hours without doing a flight, I thought that was a bit odd.

Never guessed at GLA - NOC though

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Old 8th Nov 2007, 12:47
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baby press release says the route is until end of March only. I presume it will also operate in summer?
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Yes most likely if the demand seems good. It just looks like they are waiting to finalise all their summer schedules before releasing the rest of these flights for sale.
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Old 8th Nov 2007, 13:28
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Expect Ryanair to announce Prestwick - Knock next month in that case....
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Old 9th Nov 2007, 09:04
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They just finished the new perimeter fencing and runway inspection road. Fire was upgraded to category 7 earlier in the year, so the infrastructure should be there for 27 CAT II upgrade. 09 should get CAT I also.

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Old 10th Nov 2007, 23:25
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It remains to be seen if ryanair will retaliate as they havent reacted very quickly to xl airways lgw/noc announcement.

Good uk network in place now just new york and boston to be sorted for next summer!
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Old 11th Nov 2007, 10:23
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Ryanair has never really reacted to BMI Baby at Cork or Knock . Easyjet were the only lowcosts to really produce a reaction from them at these airports.
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Old 11th Nov 2007, 10:30
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Bmi Baby

I wouldnt think that Ryanair will launch the Prestwick Knock sector, as the 738 would be a bit big??? Kerry Liverpool wouldnt work so I dont think a Knock Glasgow would be any different with a 738.

While I hope it goes well I think that it will be a tough one for WW. The Embraer was on a few years ago and I remember reading that the demand was terribly bad, with that in mind Baby will need to appeal to the leisure traveller who will go to Knock due to low prices.
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Old 11th Nov 2007, 10:49
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Ryanair does EMA-NOC and works very well, with good loads and sales. . . . So I think Ryanair could do PIK-NOC. After flying into NOC several times I can see why it is such a fast growing route, the views of West Ireland really are amazing year round.

But I just don't under stand why Baby didn't do another sun route, where you have familes going on holiday, those pax who spend a fair bit on the inflight bar service.

And I guess Ryanair hasn't reacted too fast, because at the moment we are expanding, and aircraft are taken up at the new bases, 4 new bases within a month, VLC, ALC, BHD and BRS I think it's just a case of get your priorites right.

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Is NOC getting the BOS and JFK services back ?
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Old 10th Jan 2008, 10:48
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The airport management said they were looking for a new carrier to maintain the routes and avoid a repeat of the globespan issues last summer and hinted at an announcement later this year. Not sure who could work the routes, unless they were split with ORK or another UK airport.

NOC is to get a full Garda immigration unit from March. Not sure if that is related to US flights.

http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...VcqJNWLOhhAdug
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Old 14th Jan 2008, 11:11
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Knock have released their passenger numbers 567,000.
Which is down on 2007, but they expect a rise to 700000 in 2008.

http://www.irelandwestairport.com/ne...36&dbtype=News
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