IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK
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Let the war begin with Bmibaby and Ryanair at BHX and EMA.
Bmibaby announcd that BHX will increase from 4 to 6 weekly from April.
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Bmibaby announcd that BHX will increase from 4 to 6 weekly from April.
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Great news as bmibaby increases capacity on Birmingham service for summer season with 6 weekly flights from April onwards
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So that's now 13 weekly flights to/from the midlands, 12 of them run mid afternoon. Good for passenger numbers in the short term but almost certainly unsustainable in the longer term.
If you were bmibaby and you decided to compete then surely you'd consider competing based on timings or something, early on Mondays and Tuesdays and late on Fridays and Sundays. Throwing all the flights on mid afternoon seems senseless.
If you were bmibaby and you decided to compete then surely you'd consider competing based on timings or something, early on Mondays and Tuesdays and late on Fridays and Sundays. Throwing all the flights on mid afternoon seems senseless.
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Leeds flight times making sense now .it is operating on a w pattern from Manchester.flight times on man have been altered to facilitate this .I think the late sun evening dep from knock to man will be well received.
Summer 12 will be a busy one for flybe with 13 weekly departures.
Summer 12 will be a busy one for flybe with 13 weekly departures.
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Nice to see an 8pm departure from Knock alright, its something that most airports would take for granted but that Knock doesn't often have in the schedule.
Hopefully there will be something similar to London soon. I think the Manchester timing is a great idea and while BE will struggle to match FR into Liverpool in terms of price, this timing will give them a real advantage. Its a pity EI haven't done something similar to Gatwick to really put it up to FR on the London routes.
Now if only BE would consider something similar to Edinburgh, the RE Friday and Sunday flights to Galway were apparently getting great loads right up to the end due to their late evening timings...
Hopefully there will be something similar to London soon. I think the Manchester timing is a great idea and while BE will struggle to match FR into Liverpool in terms of price, this timing will give them a real advantage. Its a pity EI haven't done something similar to Gatwick to really put it up to FR on the London routes.
Now if only BE would consider something similar to Edinburgh, the RE Friday and Sunday flights to Galway were apparently getting great loads right up to the end due to their late evening timings...
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Aer lingus will be departing knock at 5pm to lgw each day for summer 12 which will spread the 3 London routes across the day.
Edi will be operating in late afternoons for the summer around the 4pm mark on tues/fri/sun.
Edi will be operating in late afternoons for the summer around the 4pm mark on tues/fri/sun.
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Good to see Edinburgh back in the schedules today. Just six weeks or so now until things really get going for the year with all the new and returning routes kicking off en masse at the end of March.
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Who charges for Wifi these days????
Where is this lounge going to be situated. It's quite tight on space in departures
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Only Airport i've used with free wifi is Cork Airport, its been available since 2007 and they've never charged for it. 
Of Course their will. CEO's and investors dont just fly into Dublin, Cork or Shannon there's been plenty of Private Jets in and out of Knock in recent times, also theres plenty of Business pax use Aer Lingus' London-Knock service and other services to/from the airport.
I don't think many business passengers will be using the airport...
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You'll probably find that there are decent numbers doing Knock-London every week who will qualify for access through the Aer Lingus Gold Circle programme. Although their frequent flyer programme is a bit more complicated, there will also be a number of Flybe passengers who qualify. Most people in lounges are there because of frequent flyer status, not because they are travelling in Business Class.
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Business Lounge is currently been constructed in departures beside boarding area 3. The old location where it originally was planned for (beside currency exchange) has been knocked and catering area extended. Planned to open in March. Also a new smoking area in departures opening shortly
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Nice to see an 8pm departure from Knock alright, its something that most airports would take for granted but that Knock doesn't often have in the schedule.
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Its definitely possible. It also suggets that the double daily Stansted on Fridays and Sundays that was rumoured may be less likely to happen if they're planning on closing the airport earlier than previously thought.