IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK
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Anybody any idea how flybe routes are performing ?
Fares seem fairly low on new euro routes but I suppose it's early days yet .
Airport management have said they hope to be in a position to announce a new glasgow route at the end of the year. I reckon a gla and edi route would be overkill. I presume it's either flybe,loganair or ei regional that would operate the route.
Fares seem fairly low on new euro routes but I suppose it's early days yet .
Airport management have said they hope to be in a position to announce a new glasgow route at the end of the year. I reckon a gla and edi route would be overkill. I presume it's either flybe,loganair or ei regional that would operate the route.
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Well I was at the airport last Tuesday and well over 100 arrived and departed on the girona flight and over 140 arrived on the Hahn flight reported by the marketing manager on local radio during the wk.
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I think GRO will do the best in yeild and passengers but you need to remenber that its Easter Hoildays and Girona and Milan are bound to do very well with Irish Passengers anyway.
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I think GRO will do the best in yeild and passengers but you need to remenber that its Easter Hoildays and Girona and Milan are bound to do very well with Irish Passengers anyway.
March UK CAA figures show some growth:
LGW 6058 +20%
BHX 3563 +19%
LPL 7088 +23%
MAN 1702 – 42% (SNN-MAN +34%)
MAN could be down to FlyBe lower aircraft capacity, but brand awareness and cost must be a factor, looking at a weekend in June FR LPL headline fare is €36 return, BE MAN €119. Extra frequency at weekends could help make BE more attractive.
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Flew to bergamo last year from dub heading to lake Garda. One of The better ryanair airports I have to say. What was the load factor like on the flight from noc to bgy?
Any news on the new business lounge at knock!!
Flew to bergamo last year from dub heading to lake Garda. One of The better ryanair airports I have to say. What was the load factor like on the flight from noc to bgy?
Any news on the new business lounge at knock!!
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I see there are four planes on the ground at Knock right now, 2 Ryanairs from Hahn and East Midlands, a Flybe from Leeds going out to Manchester and a Bmibaby from Birmingham.
Does anyone know how IWAK are handling these situations with the limited apron space as they will be common this summer? Will the East Midlands flight (as the last one in) have to wait on the runway until one of the others pulls out or can they get the other apron into use? The main apron badly needs extending at this stage.
Does anyone know how IWAK are handling these situations with the limited apron space as they will be common this summer? Will the East Midlands flight (as the last one in) have to wait on the runway until one of the others pulls out or can they get the other apron into use? The main apron badly needs extending at this stage.
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Most of the time one will be departing after the 4th arrives. In the past with 27 in use aircraft 4 on arrival would backtrack and hold taxiway alpha while one of the other 3 exited left to the turntable for 27 departure, allowing the arrival proceed to the stand. Apron b is also a possibility I guess but haven't seen it used other than when work was carried out on the main apron.
Any word on the apron extension happening? It will surely be a priority if there is to be further growth next year or any possibility of based aircraft. The planned landside parking and entrance road improvements also seem to be on hold.
Any word on the apron extension happening? It will surely be a priority if there is to be further growth next year or any possibility of based aircraft. The planned landside parking and entrance road improvements also seem to be on hold.
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March stats are out reported on Derry thread that edi was 65% lf and man 75%. if these are correct its a very good performance.
I think that the earlier sun departure from Edinburgh from end of April may effect weekend traffic from knock.
I think that the earlier sun departure from Edinburgh from end of April may effect weekend traffic from knock.
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Don't think the 65% for Edinburgh is right anyway, doesn't tie in with my experience of using the route. Hopefully it gets good summer loads, the fact that it didn't run for much of January and February shows that it is a fairly marginal route in the winter months.
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Good to see that the growth continued right through the winter despite the loss of a couple of routes. Knock continues to buck the overall trend of pax reductions that are still being seen at the three state airports.
Hopefully April onwards will see an even bigger jump in numbers. It will also be good to have Lufty arriving for the first time at Knock this Saturday.
Hopefully April onwards will see an even bigger jump in numbers. It will also be good to have Lufty arriving for the first time at Knock this Saturday.
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Sad to see BMI Baby to wind down and cease NOC route from Monday 11th June along with many of their other routes (see BMI Baby thread).
WW had a long history at the airport and were FRs only competition for many years 735/733 to MAN, BHX and GLA for a time, double daily on MAN at one point. I always found their service and staff very good.
I'm sure BE will be looking on and they have been quick to move in on WWs EMA base. While the retention of the BHX route would be wonderful it would a bit disappointing to see the loss of more jet capacity after MAN and LBA downgraded without frequency gain. FR of course have a BHX base but have now established the EMA route. EI operated NOC-BHX in the past and EIR supposedly kept an afternoon gap in one of the SNN aircraft schedules for this scenario up until recently.
WW had a long history at the airport and were FRs only competition for many years 735/733 to MAN, BHX and GLA for a time, double daily on MAN at one point. I always found their service and staff very good.
I'm sure BE will be looking on and they have been quick to move in on WWs EMA base. While the retention of the BHX route would be wonderful it would a bit disappointing to see the loss of more jet capacity after MAN and LBA downgraded without frequency gain. FR of course have a BHX base but have now established the EMA route. EI operated NOC-BHX in the past and EIR supposedly kept an afternoon gap in one of the SNN aircraft schedules for this scenario up until recently.
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I would think that it is almost a given that the ATR that operates to Dublin in the middle of the Shannon schedule from BHX will change to Knock as soon as the Baby flights finish. My understanding is that was the plan until Baby ramped up the frequency on the route.
Dublin on the ATR is not needed and any displaced customers can easily be accommodated on other flights.
It just makes sense.
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Dublin on the ATR is not needed and any displaced customers can easily be accommodated on other flights.
It just makes sense.
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Perhaps We may see aer lingus mainline over the summer and regional for the winter .
It's sad to see the end of baby they really gave the airport passenger increases when ryanair didn't. I definitely agree it won't really help passenger volumes if all uk regional routes are operated by turboprops.
You need loco jets to keep pax numbers on the increase. Still wouldnt like to see fr get the route . First preference would be ei then be.
It's sad to see the end of baby they really gave the airport passenger increases when ryanair didn't. I definitely agree it won't really help passenger volumes if all uk regional routes are operated by turboprops.
You need loco jets to keep pax numbers on the increase. Still wouldnt like to see fr get the route . First preference would be ei then be.
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Perhaps We may see aer lingus mainline over the summer and regional for the winter .
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EI on BHX
You are correct, the DUB/BHX can be booked on the 10th June but not after that, I would guess that it will be changed by morning and that Knock/BHX will be bookable soon, perhaps even in the morning as well.
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