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Flight rescheduled
I'm in the same situation - we were booked on the 16th April - 11.50am flight and it has been reschelduled for 7am! We are also on honeymoon in the Isle of Skye and have a car hired which we need to return on the Saturday morning as that is when our accommodation is booked until - this means we wil likely have to fork out extra money for a nights accommodation in Inverness (whilst still paying for the cottage we have booked) just so we can return the car pre-flight - fuming!
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@ clairej
If you have car hire would they charge extra for you to go to Aberdeen instead? It might mean you can travel at a more reasonable time in the morning albeit from a different airport. I dont think the distance between the two is huge and if you have a car? just a thought which may help....
@ mbga8mjb
Can understand why you want to make the most of your last morning - how about looking at flying in to Birmingham or as above travel from Aberdeen? It will mean paying out a bit but I cannot imagine it would be anything too harsh on the credit card and would mean you get to enjoy breakfast without such a rush.
If you have car hire would they charge extra for you to go to Aberdeen instead? It might mean you can travel at a more reasonable time in the morning albeit from a different airport. I dont think the distance between the two is huge and if you have a car? just a thought which may help....
@ mbga8mjb
Can understand why you want to make the most of your last morning - how about looking at flying in to Birmingham or as above travel from Aberdeen? It will mean paying out a bit but I cannot imagine it would be anything too harsh on the credit card and would mean you get to enjoy breakfast without such a rush.
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I'm afraid I have to disagree with the suggestion of flying to Aberdeen in order to reach Skye. Scotland is deceptively large and just cause Aberdeen and Skye are in "the north" doesn't mean they're close -Aberdeen is on the totally opposite side of the country to Skye and hence it would take ages to drive it - It'd be quicker to drive from Glasgow!
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Thanks Squawk, apologies my knowledge of Scotland is limited to the airports really!! Rather embarrasingly....so I was just going based on distance between the two airports rather than their destination.
There must be alternatives though, maybe the Inverness to Birmingham and then bus/train it to Manchester might be the best move.
There must be alternatives though, maybe the Inverness to Birmingham and then bus/train it to Manchester might be the best move.
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Inverness is approx 2 hours drive to Aberdeen , same time more or less on the Train.
I beleive the reschedule means that the flight is going back to operate on the INV based Q400 (with INV Crews) as opposed to a MAN based Q400. This has been the historic schedule for the Day6 INV-MAN and only changed for the Winter timetable.
Schedule changes are frustrating I appreciate but dont believe ABZ would necessarily be a better option given the extra distance.
True that the INV-BHX operates a couple of hours later than the retimed INV-MAN.
Your going to a truly beautiful part of our country. Enjoy.
I beleive the reschedule means that the flight is going back to operate on the INV based Q400 (with INV Crews) as opposed to a MAN based Q400. This has been the historic schedule for the Day6 INV-MAN and only changed for the Winter timetable.
Schedule changes are frustrating I appreciate but dont believe ABZ would necessarily be a better option given the extra distance.
True that the INV-BHX operates a couple of hours later than the retimed INV-MAN.
Your going to a truly beautiful part of our country. Enjoy.
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Q400
The new Q400 arrived at BHX today on delivery G-FLBF.
Any news on a specific date for the first 175 delivery?
The last press release mentioned it arriving before Q4
(can't remember the exact date) for the LGW-GCI service
- is that still the plan?
Pete
Any news on a specific date for the first 175 delivery?
The last press release mentioned it arriving before Q4
(can't remember the exact date) for the LGW-GCI service
- is that still the plan?
Pete
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NorthSouth - blame it on the GCI government downgrading the runway catagory once again in order to stop it from operating there so as they can protect there loss making investment in Aurigny.
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Whispering Giant, if you haven't heard - the runway is being rebuilt this year, with new safety areas etc. so no, you're wrong, it is not the States trying to protect Aurigny.
The only reason I could think of why Flybe may not wish to send a 175 to GCI first is because they announced it in the middle of the huge Aurigny/Blue Islands merger kafuffle, possibly to put a spanner in the works (purely speculation, but rather a coincidence).
Aurigny's LGW route is profitable as far as I know, and they have got more than 50% of the market share. I doubt they will be too worried about the jets being reintroduced on the route because many pax won't even know unless there is a substantial amount of press, which there probably won't be.
I just can't help but disagree with you therefore.
The only reason I could think of why Flybe may not wish to send a 175 to GCI first is because they announced it in the middle of the huge Aurigny/Blue Islands merger kafuffle, possibly to put a spanner in the works (purely speculation, but rather a coincidence).
Aurigny's LGW route is profitable as far as I know, and they have got more than 50% of the market share. I doubt they will be too worried about the jets being reintroduced on the route because many pax won't even know unless there is a substantial amount of press, which there probably won't be.
I just can't help but disagree with you therefore.
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The runway maybe being re-built, but the GCI government have allready reduced it's PCN number (weight restriction) and have allready stated that the new rebuilt runway will have a lower PCN than it currently is, This in turn will stop the 175 from being able to operate there.
Aero mad - believe what you like, I can only say what i've been told.
Aero mad - believe what you like, I can only say what i've been told.
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Would it be wise to have a new aircraft type based at a somewhat remote location like GCI instead of EXT as the airline's engineering base? Of couse they already have the E195, but nevertheless it is a new sub-type.
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E-175s
1st delivery as per contract is 3Q but there was discussion round about the time the order was announced that another one could be found available sooner than that. This may have been a lease from a current operator of the type. Cirrus perhaps? Anyway not heard anything since.