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Will it Happen for Guernsey
Is there still some doubt about the EMB195 operating in and out of Guernsey? We have heard Embrear have done there figures but has it got the seal of approval from you know who?
Gender Faculty Specialist
In JER, plenty of pax would shift to BA to simply fly on a jet
As far as GCI goes it'll be there next year apparently...but for how long!
Join Date: Oct 2007
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i must be missing something, iv just tried a dummy booking NQY-IOM-NQY and got the price of £219.98!!!! that works out hell of an expensive for an hour and a quarter sector on a Q400 !!
Going Out
Sat 21 Jun 2008
Depart 19:30 Arrive 20:45
Newquay (NQY) to Isle of Man (IOM)
Fare£79.29Taxes and Charges£27.50Seats£Bags£
Coming Back
Sat 05 Jul 2008
Depart 11:15 Arrive 12:30
Isle of Man (IOM) to Newquay (NQY)
Fare£79.29Taxes and Charges£33.90Seats£Bags£
Insurance£Payment Fee£
Total so far
£219.98
Sat 21 Jun 2008
Depart 19:30 Arrive 20:45
Newquay (NQY) to Isle of Man (IOM)
Fare£79.29Taxes and Charges£27.50Seats£Bags£
Coming Back
Sat 05 Jul 2008
Depart 11:15 Arrive 12:30
Isle of Man (IOM) to Newquay (NQY)
Fare£79.29Taxes and Charges£33.90Seats£Bags£
Insurance£Payment Fee£
Total so far
£219.98
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Supply and demand - the route is predominantly charter meaning that effectively the flight is already booked up and so at present only higher fares are available direct from Flybe -check a travel agency rate but you may have to book a full holiday
"Training Purposes"
I note that the FlyBe Customer Call Centre was closed "for training purposes" between 1 and 2pm on Wednesday 19th December.
What type of training was undertaken
- mince pie consumption?
- Having-a-small-sherry-with-the-MD projects?
- photocopying boobs techniques?
- snogging her from Personnel in the broom cupboard (advanced)?
Anyone care to spill the beans? Hope it was a good party (sorry, training course) anyway!
What type of training was undertaken
- mince pie consumption?
- Having-a-small-sherry-with-the-MD projects?
- photocopying boobs techniques?
- snogging her from Personnel in the broom cupboard (advanced)?
Anyone care to spill the beans? Hope it was a good party (sorry, training course) anyway!
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Would everyone join me in congratulating LGS6753 for noticing, 8/9 days afterwards, that the Flybe Call Center was closed for a whole hour 
Stop everything and get it in the papers!
Oh and FYI - there was no Christmas Party in the Call Center, it was held at the Exeter University.............
Stop everything and get it in the papers!Oh and FYI - there was no Christmas Party in the Call Center, it was held at the Exeter University.............
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Eco-friendly? 
We really do have problems when an airline feels the need to describe it's aircraft as 'eco-friendly'. PC and Green politics have a lot to answer for
S78
We really do have problems when an airline feels the need to describe it's aircraft as 'eco-friendly'. PC and Green politics have a lot to answer for
S78
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The chairmans statement from November indicates 60 Q400's when the EMB145 substitution programme is completed in 2009, plus 5 more firm orders for growth, making 65 in total.
http://www.flybe.com/pdf/chairmans_statement2.pdf
I'm sure there are more options out there too, but I can't find any mention of these. Jethro's UK airline fleets shows 15 options.
http://www.flybe.com/pdf/chairmans_statement2.pdf
I'm sure there are more options out there too, but I can't find any mention of these. Jethro's UK airline fleets shows 15 options.
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S78 - not able to answer the question then 
Tonyq - Ahh thanks for that, wow thats quite a few Q400s in our skies then. I hope they increase their orders to E195's at some point as they are great aircraft to fly.....
Tonyq - Ahh thanks for that, wow thats quite a few Q400s in our skies then. I hope they increase their orders to E195's at some point as they are great aircraft to fly.....
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ADC2604 - the same document shows 16 firm orders for EMB195's, giving a post integration fleet of 76 a/c.
Hopefully, by the time they are all delivered, we'll have one based here in IOM for the LGW service. We will shortly be the only Q400 route to Gatwick, once they get 195's on Guernsey and Inverness.
Hopefully, by the time they are all delivered, we'll have one based here in IOM for the LGW service. We will shortly be the only Q400 route to Gatwick, once they get 195's on Guernsey and Inverness.
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ADC......"S78 - not able to answer the question then"
Rich coming from you!!
I asked in you November
"As an aside ...what is your experience with the day to day flying/controlling of these aircraft?."
Still waiting!!
Rich coming from you!!
I asked in you November
"As an aside ...what is your experience with the day to day flying/controlling of these aircraft?."
Still waiting!!
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No E195 currently planned for IOM, and it would appear that the proposed GCI 195 has been torpedoed due to the inadequate load-bearing capability of the runway which would limit operations to 39.5 tons as I understand the situation.
Terrible waste of a very capable aeroplane running relatively low-level, short routes.
Terrible waste of a very capable aeroplane running relatively low-level, short routes.
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"...........it would appear that the proposed GCI 195 has been torpedoed due to the inadequate load-bearing capability of the runway............"
That may well explain why the JER based 195 does JER-LGW-IOM-LGW-JER, while an IOM based Q400 does IOM-LGW-JER-GCI-LGW, each Saturday of the winter schedules. It's not about bringing the 195 to the IOM, rather keeping it away from GCI !
That may well explain why the JER based 195 does JER-LGW-IOM-LGW-JER, while an IOM based Q400 does IOM-LGW-JER-GCI-LGW, each Saturday of the winter schedules. It's not about bringing the 195 to the IOM, rather keeping it away from GCI !