DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT - 5
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MME-DUB - good news, slowly but surely 
One thing though, its daily except Sat but for the first two months at least (i didnt check any further) you also cant book on a Tuesday either, it states its sold out (sold out symbol as opposed to non operating symbol used on a saturday) - am guessing a tech glitch??
One thing though, its daily except Sat but for the first two months at least (i didnt check any further) you also cant book on a Tuesday either, it states its sold out (sold out symbol as opposed to non operating symbol used on a saturday) - am guessing a tech glitch??
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More good news for DTV! Must agree that slowly but surely things are looking up, and its perhaps better this way.
The Tuesday's could be due to their football specials, they will generally be on a Tuesday (and Saturday) but of course the season finishes in May therefore possibly free's up an aircraft on Tuesdays.
Starting with 5 a week is probably more sensible anyway, Wednesday flights are free (+ taxes) so they're obviously expecting midweek demand to be much lower therefore to only operate on Wednesday to start with makes sense.
The Tuesday's could be due to their football specials, they will generally be on a Tuesday (and Saturday) but of course the season finishes in May therefore possibly free's up an aircraft on Tuesdays.
Starting with 5 a week is probably more sensible anyway, Wednesday flights are free (+ taxes) so they're obviously expecting midweek demand to be much lower therefore to only operate on Wednesday to start with makes sense.
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Whatever your name is, The flights were cancelled due to weather at both SOU and LBA, crews are been trained up to Cat11 standards as we speak. which is ok for LBA, but you still cant land in snow to big depths and if the airport is closed, and SOU as only 1 ILS to Cat1 and non precision at the other.
What do you propose they do????
Whatever your name is, The flights were cancelled due to weather at both SOU and LBA, crews are been trained up to Cat11 standards as we speak. which is ok for LBA, but you still cant land in snow to big depths and if the airport is closed, and SOU as only 1 ILS to Cat1 and non precision at the other.
What do you propose they do????
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Yes you got my name correct Wellington Bomber!!
What my point is, if I was using T3's service as opposed to the train, and the service kept getting cancelled, I would probably think perhaps the train is more reliable and less likely to be cut given the stop off at LBA as well.
I'm not sure a MME-LHR would work anyway due to the lack of interline connections through Heathrow.
The new DUB service, however, is fantastic news as due to the sensible size of aircraft, price structure lending itself to the business and leisure pax and the possibility to connect onto long haul.
I just hope this last point is emphasised in (hopefully) the forthcoming advertising. My only concern here though is will the flight times allow for connections onto long haul out of DUB?
What I like about the recent announcements is that DTV are not putting all their eggs in one basket (EI/RE, TOM, T3 and BE) and the routes should work.
Let's just hope the people of Teesside still know there is an airport and didn't skim read the recent press and think 'oh better fly from Leeds/Newcastle' just in case!!
P.S What do people think is the next step? Another route (apart from LHR) from T3? A small summer programme from TOM?
What my point is, if I was using T3's service as opposed to the train, and the service kept getting cancelled, I would probably think perhaps the train is more reliable and less likely to be cut given the stop off at LBA as well.
I'm not sure a MME-LHR would work anyway due to the lack of interline connections through Heathrow.
The new DUB service, however, is fantastic news as due to the sensible size of aircraft, price structure lending itself to the business and leisure pax and the possibility to connect onto long haul.
I just hope this last point is emphasised in (hopefully) the forthcoming advertising. My only concern here though is will the flight times allow for connections onto long haul out of DUB?
What I like about the recent announcements is that DTV are not putting all their eggs in one basket (EI/RE, TOM, T3 and BE) and the routes should work.
Let's just hope the people of Teesside still know there is an airport and didn't skim read the recent press and think 'oh better fly from Leeds/Newcastle' just in case!!
P.S What do people think is the next step? Another route (apart from LHR) from T3? A small summer programme from TOM?
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My only concern here though is will the flight times allow for connections onto long haul out of DUB?
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I see the marketing department are still advertising Ryanair to GIRONA! on the DTV web site and not much sign of the Aer Arann 
They have started to inform the public now about the Aer Arann service, received an email from DTV this morning with full details. However I do believe they should advertise like Jet2 using the local buses.
They have started to inform the public now about the Aer Arann service, received an email from DTV this morning with full details. However I do believe they should advertise like Jet2 using the local buses.
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Advertising on the buses is no good if it's just the Darlington buses - Jet2 advertise both their LBA & NCL flights on buses in Darlington, but I'm willing to bet our adverts aren't seen on Leeds or Newcastle buses!
Worst performing airport in Europe??
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At last a Teesside team tops the table. Look on the bright side though a. It could actually have been worse. b. things can only get better c. the new sets of flights announced recently could be a springboard for the future. d. we don't have any flights going to Kosice. e. it was only Europe and we never wanted to be part of it anyway.
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I think you will find that Kosice is second from the top of the minus league because Sky Europe - now no longer with us unfortunately - flew practically all of the passengers which used the airport. As for last point what a ridiculous thing to say if the UK was not in Europe there would be hardly any low cost flights to new and different places - I live on continental Europe it is great, you can fly and drive between countries without hardly any hassle until you get back to dear old Blighty ugh! Of course you are entitled to your opinion but be careful in the UK - Big Brother is watching your every move.
Interesting quote in the Northern Echo:
Peel Airports Group aviation director Nick Smillie said: “I think the really important message is that we now know where we are going with the airport. We are not trying to get 737s. A lot of these aircraft are 40 or 70- seaters, giving passengers what they want, which is good regional connections.”