Suckling Airways

[ZOOKER]

Do they still serve home-made cakes on board these flights?

[DB6]

Suckling is now owned by Loganair, who operate as a franchise partner of Flybe, so the Norwich routes are a long term arrangement (well, as long term as things get in the airline world).

[Wycombe]

So I wonder if the NWI-based Dornier will appear in BE colours?

[bmaviscount]

would love to see a copy of the 40 minutes documentary made about them in the Cambridge days

[BISH-BASH-BOSH]

WT is currently in Bournemouth, being painted in full Flybe livery, due out Thurs.

[girlpower]

NWI base

DB6,

Thank you very much for the information.

Does anyone know what a typical roster would look like for a base with one a/c? What I'm really getting at is the average monthly hours flown or some sort of "guestimate".

Thanks

[vaughan111]

I don't think the term 'typical roster' and Suckling go hand in hand.

Mix of schedule services, charters, weeks overseas away from base and standbys.

[BISH-BASH-BOSH]

Girlpower, things are looking up at SA, six months ago we all thought that we would all be out of work by xmas.

With the Loganair buyout, things are going from strength, to strength, lots of new faces on the flight deck, new bases opening at NWI, and LCY, 5th March, new routes for citijet out of LCY, busy summer ahead. Happy days.

[BAladdy]

It looks as if the two aircraft leased to WX for the Summer will be

G-BWIR & G-BYMK

Suckling Airways

One to be based at LCY and the other at DND.

Does anyone know if the aircraft will operate flights to destinations other then DND and EDI from LCY??.

The reason I ask is because it appears that at least one aircraft will be sat at LCY for about 6 hours on most weekdays based on WX's current schedule.

[globetrotter79]

Looks like schedule will be something like this:

First aircraft (DND based) operates on weekdays:
AF5170 0825 arrival from DND (Day 1 only)
AF5173 0855 departure to DND (Day 1 only)
AF5172 1230 arrival from DND (Day 1 only)
AF5170 1000 arrival from DND (Days -2345)
AF5163 1300 departure to EDI (Days 12345)
AF5166 1630 arrival from EDI (Days 12345)
AF5165 1655 departure to EDI (Days 12345)
AF5168 2025 arrival from EDI (Days 12345)


Second aircraft (LCY based) operates on weekdays:
AF5161 0700 departure to EDI
AF5162 1025 arrival from EDI
AF5123 1240 departure to DUB
AF5122 1550 arrival from DUB
AF5175 1620 departure to DND
AF5176 2000 arrival from DND
AF5177 2025 departure to DND

[BISH-BASH-BOSH]

Aircraft are off to Dublin as well, to fill the day.

[PlymouthPixie]

G-BWWT Dornier 328-110 Flybe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Doesn't look good on a D328 imho.

[BAladdy]

Does anyone know if WX operated 5 or 6 x Daily from LCY to DUB last Summer.

[Cloud1]

Doesn't look good on a D328 imho.

I agree - but I think its because the Flybe on the tail is too small, the letters should be larger to fill some of the space. It is a bit like the Flybe colours that were put on the E145s after the BAcon days - it looked a little, well cheap and nasty

[Cyrano]

Originally Posted by Cloud1

I agree - but I think its because the Flybe on the tail is too small, the letters should be larger to fill some of the space. It is a bit like the Flybe colours that were put on the E145s after the BAcon days - it looked a little, well cheap and nasty

I agree that the flyBE on the Dornier tail looks wrong. I think they have sought to avoid painting the rudder (wanting to avoid having to have it rebalanced) and that only leaves a relatively narrow vertical fin, which determines the maximum (and IMHO insufficient) letter height.

[JSCL]

For the sole-operator type routes these D328's are going to be operating, does it actually matter, honestly? The brand is there, that's enough. If people need to fly the route, there's only one brand flying them, that's BE/Loganair Franchise. It's brand presence but I highly doubt it's a priority.

[Cloud1]

No JSCL it doesnt - but we are just voicing our opinions on the livery. Its funny how on one type of fleet the colours look good yet on another just looks naff. I dont think any of us actually mentioned passenger perception though??.....

[LH-OAB]

The letters on the tail seem to be much closer together on other flybe franchise types.

[Aero Mad]

So long as passengers see the brand, I'm sure they will associate it. Clearly rudder balancing is an issue: when Scot (Suckling) operated a 328 for Blue Islands, it looked like this:

[learjet50]

Fly Be D228

I think the answer may be (Dont shoot me if I wrong)

the picture is taken from the wrong side if you imagine a picture from the other side

Fly be would have to start on the fuselage and Fly is larger than be

so if they increase the size of FLY BE it would ave to start awfully close to the dorsal fin where the regitsration is .

I think if you saw a picture from the other side it will look better maybe


I hope you get my drift(dribble)

Also

can I ask is the Sucking AOC still current

i e is the Aircraft operated under either the following AOC

1/ Sucking

2/ Loganair

3/ ??? please clarify

regards to all our readers