FlyBe - 6

[learjet50]

flying officer Kite

Sir

Thank you for your reply I did not realize BHX was a Maintenance Base thought it was Exeter.

Re your comment about self Handling

Not heard that one

Rumour control will though in about 2 Hours

Regards

[Otto Throttle]

New aircraft to BHX in order to be assessed for their ability to withstand abuse. If our Brummy colleagues can't break it, then she's a good ship.

[MUFC_fan]

Does anybody know the future plans for BE's fleet?

Are they planning to get rid of the Q400s?

[adfly]

I can't see the Q400 going anytime soon apart from maybe a few of the older ones. They are very good on thinner routes and also from airport with short runways such as GCI or with a lack of stands for E175's like SOU. I can see the E175's replacing the Q400's on some of their longer routes such as SOU-VRN, MAN/BHX-MXP SOU/EXT- AVN/PUF, SOU-INV etc.

[Tonyq]

At the time of the share sale, late last year, BE said they expected to have a fleet of around 110 aircraft by 2015/6. That implied the current fleet of c72 plus the 35 E175's and 4 Q400's on firm order, give or take a few.

Now they seem to be trying to off-load the brand new Q400's which they were presumably contracted to purchase, don't seem too sure what to do with the two Q400's which were supposedly withdrawn a fortnight ago and then re-instated within a couple of days, and most E175 talk is about replacing more Q400's. That mix won't take them to 110 aircraft in 4 years.

Meanwhile, the share price is down c15% from the sale price and none of the takeovers or alliances that were talked about have delivered anything concrete. Oil prices have soared and business air travel numbers remain sluggish.

I want BE to be successful as I have to use them a lot, but it seems that the way forward for BE may not be as clear cut as it was a few months ago.

[Stewart28]

Does anyone know how the bookings are going for the new route from MAN-LDY

[Haven't a clue]

baggage - one way?

Om 17 Dec Cloud1 said the inability to add bags to only one sector when booking was an IT glitch and would soon be fixed.

So here we are Apl 10 and still no fix.

FWIW when you have a holiday home you often take a bag one way; maybe it is full of bedding or maybe clothes, but it is perfectly normal to only want to carry the bag one way.

So tmx I'm heading to London with washed bedding and I am being forced to book my case both out and back. Not acceptable IMHO, but who do I complain to?

[manx crab]

They are probably making too much money out of the website glitch.

Since I was caught out I now book singles if I am likely to need luggage as I too often need bags only one way.

[GROUNDHOG]

Wonder what Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber does, Flybe is his favourite way to get to his holiday home in Majorca though he did admit to sometimes using a private jet. If I had 700 million I suppose I would too! At least something I have in common with him that I too really enjoy flying with Flybe and have found customer services helpful when needed.

[BFS101]

FlyBE not a fan of Ulster rugby.

Irate Ulster rugby fans miss big game as pilot a no-show - Northern Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

[compton3bravo]

May I suggest that they should have flown to Luton - with Milton Keynes just up the road - with easyJet or took the Jet2 charter flight which also went to Luton. Flying to Gatwick makes no sense to me about 100 miles away from MK- what about Birmingham or East Midlands far closer.
Me thinks some people did not do their homework but very sorry also for there flight being cancelled and missing the game.

[OltonPete]

Rugby Match

Indeed when I read the article I thought here we go again more pax that BHX could have had but looking at the article it does not appear to be as easy as that.

Some had tickets for mainland based supporters and if they lived in the London area that might have been the reason (could have picked up at the ground though) plus one had a hire car in Milton Keynes. Also the BHX flight had an 06.40 departure time Saturday and was only a Q400, so again that might have been a problem.

Also unlucky as they might have been able to be re-directed to a later BHX flight but alas that would have been too tight to get to the match. All in all it seems they were thwarted in many ways.



Pete

[flying officer kite]

I read the article, and what the BBC posted, some inaccuracies in the story, and yep going to LGW to get to MK does seem a weird route to take. Surely an Easyjet to Stansted even would be better

[fjencl]

Based Flybe aircraft types on the IOM

Does anybody know how many based aircraft flybe have on the isle of man, and are they just the dash8-q400, or do they have a 195 as well.

Many thanks

[lfc84]

i think its 4 q-400

[JC25]

IOM has four Q400 based

[fjencl]

thanks

[NorthernCounties]

Does anyone know if any EDI based aircraft have any free slots, and if so which kind of aircraft have the slots?

[mizake the mizzen]

Free Slots at EDI

With Respect, that sort of question should be directed to the airlines commercial planning if its for a serious commercial enquiry.
Dont believe it's appropriate for a public forum.
If its just for 'spotters interest' its quite easy to work out from their online timetable how the aircraft are being utilised day by day.

[Kinocker]

With Respect, that sort of question should be directed to the airlines commercial planning if its for a serious commercial enquiry.
Dont believe it's appropriate for a public forum.
If its just for 'spotters interest' its quite easy to work out from their online timetable how the aircraft are being utilised day by day.

I wouldn't say it is either of the above, I'd say he just wants to know if there is a possibility of flybe starting another route from Derry. As they have increased rotations to Knock to five weekly from EDI, it would seem as though there may well be some spare capacity kicking about here and there.