Stansted/Gerona
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Stansted/Gerona
Ryanair stopped flying this route for the winter. Odd, as i have never been on a flight less than 95% full.
Is this just politics with the Catalan government or is he loosing money ?
Is this just politics with the Catalan government or is he loosing money ?
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This used to be one of Ryanair's biggest routes with 4-5 flights per day from Stansted. How it has changed...
Maybe they're launching to BCN? I know they were reducing operations at GRO, it used to serve pretty much every destination in the UK during the summer months and most during the winter!
Fantastic facility which I have used many times (the good old days of 1p flights!) - the good old days of LCC travel...
Maybe they're launching to BCN? I know they were reducing operations at GRO, it used to serve pretty much every destination in the UK during the summer months and most during the winter!
Fantastic facility which I have used many times (the good old days of 1p flights!) - the good old days of LCC travel...
Rayanair always suspend routes (even complete bases) over the winter. This is because they do not have enough pilots. They work a lot of their pilots to the maximum 100 hours a month for 9 months of the year and thus reach the 900 hours a year maximum. Then these pilots cannot fly for 3 months!
Therefore the routes with the lowest profits are dropped for three months.
Therefore the routes with the lowest profits are dropped for three months.
Groundloop - is it really a case of not having enough pilots, or is it instead a case that the pilots are worked much harder when there's high demand from passengers and good profits to be had, and not worked at all when a route would operate at a loss ?
Why Birmingham, Stansted is much more central ?
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Sorry old bean but BHX is the center of the UK motorway network, has an onsite rail link (Euston 80 mins) and its population catchment area (50 miles radius) is larger than any other non London airport other than Ringway.
And you never stack.
Sorry old bean but BHX is the center of the UK motorway network, has an onsite rail link (Euston 80 mins) and its population catchment area (50 miles radius) is larger than any other non London airport other than Ringway.
And you never stack.
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You know I didn`t reply to that because I thought he can`t mean what he has
just said, but hey ho!
Birmingham is actually the centre of rail operations in the UK with wonderful connections all over
Ian B
just said, but hey ho!
Birmingham is actually the centre of rail operations in the UK with wonderful connections all over
Ian B
