IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK
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LGW loads have been stead around the 70-75% area for a long time so the 319 looks like the perfect fit for the route. Sadly the times look to be around mid-day so no afternoon option for London commuters unless FR tweak their schedules.
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All very quiet here recently, anybody have any idea of Aug passenger stats seem as its normally the bussiest month at NOC?
For winter the early morning Monday flight to STN at 08.35 has now bieng pushed back until 09.35.
For winter the early morning Monday flight to STN at 08.35 has now bieng pushed back until 09.35.
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Ryanair haven't got summer 2013 on sale yet. In previous summers, it's seemed Luton has gone late morning/early afternoon and Stansted a variety of times, sometimes in late afternoon. Have never been any evening flights like 21:30 departures, does Knock not operate H24?
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There is no doubt knock needs an evening rotation from stn even on fri and sun to help emigrants get home for the weekend without taking time. Off work. It will be interesting to see if any euro routes return for summer. I think that ei regional may have to go double daily to bhx on certain days next year as it has been pretty full on certain days over the summer.
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Staying in the Radisson in Sligo and while out for a smoke ended up talking to a German guy. He told me that on the 2.11.12 Lufthansa will made a decision on whether or not to launch a new service to Knock. This would be a seasonal route in conjunction with the Dusseldorf service. Nice coup if you can get it.
He also mentioned that they have assessed Cork but that will not happen in the short to medium term.
Nice coup for the Knock guys if it goes ahead.
He also mentioned that they have assessed Cork but that will not happen in the short to medium term.
Nice coup for the Knock guys if it goes ahead.
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Fingers crossed. MUC must be top of the list? It would open up access to a huge catchment area and some history with charters. FRA also but close to DUS and FR competition.
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FR have loaded some of the Summer schedule:
STN – MTWTFSS
(earlier Fri departure, Tue/Thu rotations leave 3hr block free for a W)
LTN – M_WTF_S
(reduced frequency)
TFS __W____
ACE ___T___
FAO _T_T_S_
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FR have loaded some of the Summer schedule:
STN – MTWTFSS
(earlier Fri departure, Tue/Thu rotations leave 3hr block free for a W)
LTN – M_WTF_S
(reduced frequency)
TFS __W____
ACE ___T___
FAO _T_T_S_
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Ireland West Airport @Irelandwest Mr O Leary paid us a visit 2day & was his usual upbeat self. Ryanair are set for a record year at the airport in 2012 pic.twitter.com/r6cs0zg6
What routes have been announce today or are there some cancel for other new ones.?
Good to see al is still happy with O'Leary and RYANAIR so best for mgrs dream to be fulfill.
Hopefully we see a other Germany route or a polish
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Well last year we had Michael o Leary at the airport a few weeks before the. Euro routes were launched so hopefully good news to come. Milan. Is. Definitely returning as they were offering Milan as a prize in association with Galway races over oct bank holiday for travel next year. I'm hoping we will see Malaga and possibly palma .
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Strategic Airlines (in administration) A320 parked by hangar apron B at the moment. Is it in storage with the new air services company? Wonder what their plans are for the facility, they will need a larger hangar/apron if they are to offer the services stated on their website from NOC.
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Interview with MOL in local paper saying:
FR traffic up 50% in 5 years
IWAK currently 700,000, aiming for 1m in 2014
62,000 carried on 3 new Euro routes
"3 was a big ask this year... worked well on the whole... may tweak them next year or run some longer ... focus on promoting inbound while growing numbers".
Sadly no mention of increased London schedule, the sure way to grow numbers IMO.
FR traffic up 50% in 5 years
IWAK currently 700,000, aiming for 1m in 2014
62,000 carried on 3 new Euro routes
"3 was a big ask this year... worked well on the whole... may tweak them next year or run some longer ... focus on promoting inbound while growing numbers".
Sadly no mention of increased London schedule, the sure way to grow numbers IMO.
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Some positive noises this week alright - to be honest I was expecting a bit of a reduction from Ryanair next summer as the early ending of the Euro routes suggested that they had maybe not done as well as expected. Maybe that won't be the case after all. We may see one or two euro routes replaced with another sun route (Malaga seems to be regularly requested on their social media pages) for next summer.
Not sure why we're not hearing more about London changes - those routes tend to have the highest loads despite the poor timings, certainly a lot of untapped capacity there if the timings were right.
A few references to one million passengers inside two years from IWAK this week - maybe they know something we don't but that would take a serious upsurge in routes in a short space of time...really only a significant upsurge in inbound tourism could lead to those figures in that timescale as the home economy continues to struggle.
Not sure why we're not hearing more about London changes - those routes tend to have the highest loads despite the poor timings, certainly a lot of untapped capacity there if the timings were right.
A few references to one million passengers inside two years from IWAK this week - maybe they know something we don't but that would take a serious upsurge in routes in a short space of time...really only a significant upsurge in inbound tourism could lead to those figures in that timescale as the home economy continues to struggle.
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The 3 Euro routes carried 39,747 PAX between them from March until the end of August.
I don't know when they started in March so I worked out the Load Factor from April onwards:
HHN - 13,692 PAX / 56%LF
BGY - 10,429 PAX / 63%LF
BVA - 14,777 PAX / 60%LF
I don't know when they started in March so I worked out the Load Factor from April onwards:
HHN - 13,692 PAX / 56%LF
BGY - 10,429 PAX / 63%LF
BVA - 14,777 PAX / 60%LF
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Perhaps this has been the case for a while but today's flybe to/from Manchester is listed as an Etihad codeshare (EY7034)? Anyone know anything about this - if you could check straight through to Abu Dhabi and onwards from Knock, it would surely be worth a bit of publicity, no?
If the option to fly on one ticket to and from Aus/NZ via Abu Dhabi and Manchester to Knock existed would the thousands of people in the west of Ireland living in that part of the world consider it as an alternative to flying Abu Dhabi to Dublin?
If the option to fly on one ticket to and from Aus/NZ via Abu Dhabi and Manchester to Knock existed would the thousands of people in the west of Ireland living in that part of the world consider it as an alternative to flying Abu Dhabi to Dublin?
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They tweeted it earlier:
@Irelandwest Welcome to Flybe's new codeshare with Etihad Aiways , looking good on our Departures screen
@joegilmore5: I know but it provides ease of access into Etihad's global network through Manchester, including Australia etc
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Knock - Edinburgh being pulled again for the months of January and February - second year in a row that this has been done. While the loads are strong in the summer there is not enough usage off season to keep it going all year round it seems. I'm guilty of this myself - use the route regularly March to November but wouldn't be on it in January or February if it was running.
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