OXFORD/KIDLINGTON
For May 2013
OXF-EDI 948 pax
OXF-DUB 519 pax
Sounds like they are now doing slightly better than OLT Express...
OXF-EDI 948 pax
OXF-DUB 519 pax
Sounds like they are now doing slightly better than OLT Express...
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 30th Jun 2013 at 23:14. Reason: Add May CAA stats
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It wasn't helped by the fact that Oxford Airport markets itself as a London airport and not a Cotswold airport. I would have thought that not a single passenger on any of these flights went to or came from London.
Yes I bet other airlines are just queuing up to throw money away.
The airport will be exploring all avenues to replace the carrier with another operator at the earliest opportunity.
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Trouble is there already is a Cotswold Airport (Kemble) so that wouldn't help. Just marketing itself as Oxford Airport should be enough (it's the 5th most popular UK city for international visitors).
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Top 20 Most Popular UK Cities for International Visitors
•1 - London
•2 - Edinburgh
•3 - Manchester
•4 - Birmingham
•5 - Glasgow
•6 - Liverpool
•7 - Bristol
•8 - Oxford
•9 - Cambridge
•10 - Cardiff
•11 - Brighton
•12 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
•13 - Leeds
•14 - York
•15 - Inverness
•16 - Bath
•17 - Nottingham
•18 - Reading
•19 - Aberdeen
•20 - Chester
Even as 8th most popular do many of those international visitors hail from Scotland and/or Ireland?
•1 - London
•2 - Edinburgh
•3 - Manchester
•4 - Birmingham
•5 - Glasgow
•6 - Liverpool
•7 - Bristol
•8 - Oxford
•9 - Cambridge
•10 - Cardiff
•11 - Brighton
•12 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
•13 - Leeds
•14 - York
•15 - Inverness
•16 - Bath
•17 - Nottingham
•18 - Reading
•19 - Aberdeen
•20 - Chester
Even as 8th most popular do many of those international visitors hail from Scotland and/or Ireland?
Even as 8th most popular do many of those international visitors hail from Scotland and/or Ireland?
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More creative marketing, a.k.a. bull, from Oxford Airport:
Ahem, from the AA routeplanner:
EGBV to Turweston/EGBT (3,002ft rwy) 8.4 miles (shorter across the fields)
EGBV to Northampton/Sywell (4,160ft rwy) 25.7 miles
EGBV to Cranfield Airport (5,902ft rwy) 26.8 miles
EGBV to Oxford Airport (5,092ft rwy) 26.8 miles
As the nearest airport to the Silverstone race track, Oxford
EGBV to Turweston/EGBT (3,002ft rwy) 8.4 miles (shorter across the fields)
EGBV to Northampton/Sywell (4,160ft rwy) 25.7 miles
EGBV to Cranfield Airport (5,902ft rwy) 26.8 miles
EGBV to Oxford Airport (5,092ft rwy) 26.8 miles
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....and how many Easyjets could you get out of those first two fields...?
The last time I checked, neither Turweston nor Northampton have had commercial passenger service available to the general public for a very long time - I very much doubt they are capable of handling commercial passenger aircraft on a regular basis.
Minoan may not be around for much longer, but Oxford does have normal commercial scheduled passenger flights. If Cranfield and Oxford are, as you say, equidistant from Silverstone, then it seems fair for Oxford to claim to be the nearest airport to Silverstone.
Minoan may not be around for much longer, but Oxford does have normal commercial scheduled passenger flights. If Cranfield and Oxford are, as you say, equidistant from Silverstone, then it seems fair for Oxford to claim to be the nearest airport to Silverstone.
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David,
We're talking about corporate/business jet/prop traffic for the British Grand Prix, Turweston even has a fleet of 4x4's to whizz the punters across the fields to Silverstone Circuit:
And I'm curious wherever the suggestion of A319, orange or otherwise, operations in/out of Kidlington came from?
We're talking about corporate/business jet/prop traffic for the British Grand Prix, Turweston even has a fleet of 4x4's to whizz the punters across the fields to Silverstone Circuit:
And I'm curious wherever the suggestion of A319, orange or otherwise, operations in/out of Kidlington came from?
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that would be brilliant - market yourself on the basis of a 4 day show at Silverstone every summer when the area is jammed solid anyway...........
better to try and build some regional packages including trips to the Cotswolds and Stratford etc - or even bucket & spade trips for all the people who live around the city
but I suspect the market is just too small for a regular service
better to try and build some regional packages including trips to the Cotswolds and Stratford etc - or even bucket & spade trips for all the people who live around the city
but I suspect the market is just too small for a regular service
CAA stats
Perhaps an academic exercise, but for June 2013
OXF-EDI 1188 pax
OXF-DUB 567 pax
I think Minoan flew to Edinburgh double daily on weekdays and single daily on Sundays in June before the schedule chaged at the start of July - please correct me if I'm wrong. On that basis, the OXF-EDI load factor would be about 26 %
OXF-EDI 1188 pax
OXF-DUB 567 pax
I think Minoan flew to Edinburgh double daily on weekdays and single daily on Sundays in June before the schedule chaged at the start of July - please correct me if I'm wrong. On that basis, the OXF-EDI load factor would be about 26 %
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I actually find those figures very impressive considering that there was next to no marketing or awareness of Minoan even existing in Oxford. Most people I spoke to didn't have a clue that you could fly to EDI or DUB from OXF.
To me these figures suggest that should an established airline try these routes, particularly EDI, they could probably make them work. I believe the rest of the routes that Minoan originally announced (MUC, AMS etc) don't have a hope in hell of working though.
Loganair on EDI and Aer Arann on DUB would probably be just the ticket. Maybe even bmi regional on the EDI route, good market for a 135?
To me these figures suggest that should an established airline try these routes, particularly EDI, they could probably make them work. I believe the rest of the routes that Minoan originally announced (MUC, AMS etc) don't have a hope in hell of working though.
Loganair on EDI and Aer Arann on DUB would probably be just the ticket. Maybe even bmi regional on the EDI route, good market for a 135?
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Whenever I looked, I found it hard to find anything under £100 one way. Every so often I'd see one of their £51 promotional fares, but they seemed to be harder and harder to find as time went on.