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Wow, the Scillonian is the same company as Skybus and they won't transfer tickets!
Get some competition in there, BN2 or DHC6 operator from NQY, last I checked Bodmin was a licensed airfield, it doesn't cost GBP100 for one way travel to from the islands to operate and Bodmin, despite it's weather problems, has a mainline rail station
Get some competition in there, BN2 or DHC6 operator from NQY, last I checked Bodmin was a licensed airfield, it doesn't cost GBP100 for one way travel to from the islands to operate and Bodmin, despite it's weather problems, has a mainline rail station
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Wow, the Scillonian is the same company as Skybus and they won't transfer tickets!
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Well as they say weather is an act of god and we can rebook you on the next available service in a day or few from now, technical or similar the we can refund you in full .,.. I'm in a similar business myself and can understand that.
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The Tresco Estate have just confirmed that the ISSCo helicopter service will not serve Tresco in 2018. The heliport is Tresco is closed and will not be ready for service until 2019 when hopefully the new Penzance heliport is open.
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The letter as it stands is non-compliant with the EU regulations and it would be interesting if anyone chose to challenge it.
In the event of a cancellation for whatever reason, the carrier is obliged to re-route the passenger to their intended destination under comparable transport conditions - which is held to be by air. Clearly this may not be possible if the next flights with seats available are several days away.
If the carrier is re-routing via transport conditions which are not comparable - an air journey is undertaken by ferry instead - then it has taken the step to fully refund the passenger for their air journey and rebook them. ISSCo should therefore be refunding the difference between the airfare and the ferry fare, less any reasonable costs for transport of customers between the airport and the ferry pier which it may provide.
The current policy is wishful thinking by someone on the basis of what they'd like EU261 to say, not what it actually does say and require.
In the event of a cancellation for whatever reason, the carrier is obliged to re-route the passenger to their intended destination under comparable transport conditions - which is held to be by air. Clearly this may not be possible if the next flights with seats available are several days away.
If the carrier is re-routing via transport conditions which are not comparable - an air journey is undertaken by ferry instead - then it has taken the step to fully refund the passenger for their air journey and rebook them. ISSCo should therefore be refunding the difference between the airfare and the ferry fare, less any reasonable costs for transport of customers between the airport and the ferry pier which it may provide.
The current policy is wishful thinking by someone on the basis of what they'd like EU261 to say, not what it actually does say and require.
Wow, the Scillonian is the same company as Skybus and they won't transfer tickets!
Get some competition in there, BN2 or DHC6 operator from NQY, last I checked Bodmin was a licensed airfield, it doesn't cost GBP100 for one way travel to from the islands to operate and Bodmin, despite it's weather problems, has a mainline rail station
Get some competition in there, BN2 or DHC6 operator from NQY, last I checked Bodmin was a licensed airfield, it doesn't cost GBP100 for one way travel to from the islands to operate and Bodmin, despite it's weather problems, has a mainline rail station
Bodmin may be licensed but not, I think, for airline ops. Newquay is the only viable alternative.
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It would be great for someone to start up a BN or DH6 service ex NQY and offer codeshares and onward connections to allow through bookings.
It would open the islands up to much more traffic.
It would open the islands up to much more traffic.
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Originally Posted by cornishsimon
It would be great for someone to start up a BN or DH6 service ex NQY and offer codeshares and onward connections to allow through bookings.
It would open the islands up to much more traffic.
It would open the islands up to much more traffic.
Brymon did it from back in the 1970's via NQY or PLH (and EXT too i think) to LHR or LGW using the Herald and Dash 7 (lovely a/c)
I handled BC at LHR 1977-1985 good times
always loved it when pax turned up with a ticket LHR-NQY-ISC and we tagged their bags right through to the island
sometimes we got interliners from ISC to NQY then into LHR on the evening service bound for CPT BKK or SYD - bags tagged through and we would do a tarmac transfer for the pax straight to their SAA or QF jumbo on the T3 stands
happy days
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Originally Posted by rog747
**ahem cough**
Brymon did it from back in the 1970's via NQY or PLH (and EXT too i think) to LHR or LGW using the Herald and Dash 7 (lovely a/c)
I handled BC at LHR 1977-1985 good times
always loved it when pax turned up with a ticket LHR-NQY-ISC and we tagged their bags right through to the island
sometimes we got interliners from ISC to NQY then into LHR on the evening service bound for CPT BKK or SYD - bags tagged through and we would do a tarmac transfer for the pax straight to their SAA or QF jumbo on the T3 stands
happy days
Brymon did it from back in the 1970's via NQY or PLH (and EXT too i think) to LHR or LGW using the Herald and Dash 7 (lovely a/c)
I handled BC at LHR 1977-1985 good times
always loved it when pax turned up with a ticket LHR-NQY-ISC and we tagged their bags right through to the island
sometimes we got interliners from ISC to NQY then into LHR on the evening service bound for CPT BKK or SYD - bags tagged through and we would do a tarmac transfer for the pax straight to their SAA or QF jumbo on the T3 stands
happy days
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Originally Posted by Harry Wayfarers
I worked for Brymon 82-85, they operated LHR to PLH & NQY with onward connection and from LGW to EXT & PLH ditto, they also operated from EMA & BHX to LGW to connect with the ex LGW services etc., later they operated BRS/NQY/ISC ... they couldn't do BRS/ISC direct cos no fuel available on ISC. ... Oh back in the old days
fred taylor and his daughter heather was cabin crew Herald on LHR
CP was harry Gee - saw him do the London Dash 7 Stol landing on the royal docks 1982/3?
keith bastard (he came to us in BD eventually on the viscount)
colin henshall to name a few
also ISSCo used to do direct SOU flights to ISC (did they have to stop at EXT?)
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I remember flying as a pax SOH -ISC direct in a Twin Otter it was virtually full and the weather was not that good we were told we were going to nip into Plymouth to pick up a couple of pax that were stranded there but we carried out a missed approach having had no ground contact whatsoever and carried on to ISC breaking cloud at relatively low level I was watching the the DME indicator count up from LND beacon.My wife is a nervous flyer and really did not enjoy the lengthy flight! SOH was a very bad pax experience and they have done well to drop it.Eventually I noticed a change in the experience profile of the Twin Otter fleet and preferring not to be flown by Ray Ban clad teenagers we changed the annual flight to the BIH S61 operation for many happy and safe years.Overall the S61 was the safest and most reliable operator on what is a very challenging route we miss it greatly nowadays generally flying over in the family light aircraft if the weather is suitable.What a superb holiday destination but very expensive!
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Originally Posted by Stampe
I remember flying as a pax SOH -ISC direct in a Twin Otter it was virtually full and the weather was not that good we were told we were going to nip into Plymouth to pick up a couple of pax that were stranded there but we carried out a missed approach having had no ground contact whatsoever and carried on to ISC breaking cloud at relatively low level I was watching the the DME indicator count up from LND beacon.My wife is a nervous flyer and really did not enjoy the lengthy flight! SOH was a very bad pax experience and they have done well to drop it.Eventually I noticed a change in the experience profile of the Twin Otter fleet and preferring not to be flown by Ray Ban clad teenagers we changed the annual flight to the BIH S61 operation for many happy and safe years.Overall the S61 was the safest and most reliable operator on what is a very challenging route we miss it greatly nowadays generally flying over in the family light aircraft if the weather is suitable.What a superb holiday destination but very expensive!
You say the S61 is the safest but not so, Brymon nor Skybus have lost an aircraft and lives on the route whereas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_B...sky_S-61_crash
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SOU was via Newquay was never direct, Skybus used to advertise SOU as a quick and easy way of getting to London and the route usually had good loads but was rather long flight in the Twin Otter.
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New Penzance heliport planning finally approved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45042511
l am looking forward to a first flight in 2019....although it feels ambitious to have it up and running so quickly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45042511
l am looking forward to a first flight in 2019....although it feels ambitious to have it up and running so quickly.
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I remember them operating to Glasgow, this was the late 90s I'm sure as I was in the airport with work experience from School and I remember that one of the guys i was with said that it was the only aircraft that can technically push back itself
