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The commercial geeks told the base this week that they weren't working hard
enough and if they weren't careful they'd lose aircraft not gain them. A truly
inspirational employer.. Charles Dickens taught them well...or was it perhaps
O'Leary
enough and if they weren't careful they'd lose aircraft not gain them. A truly
inspirational employer.. Charles Dickens taught them well...or was it perhaps
O'Leary
It will be nothing to do with how hard the base works, but in stead the competitive environment. Easyjet will watch to see what effect the AerLingus euro routes have and any other rumoured developements may have on easyJet routes.
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Not sure of the circumstances behind the accident but I was told that a bird patrol vehicle overturned at the 25 threshold area. That's all I know about the accident, but I do know that it's not the first time that this has happened.
Not sure of the circumstances behind the accident but I was told that a bird patrol vehicle overturned at the 25 threshold area. That's all I know about the accident, but I do know that it's not the first time that this has happened.
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No more orange aircraft for BFS. The commercial geeks told the base this week that they weren't working hard enough and if they weren't careful they'd lose aircraft not gain them.
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Otp might be fine, BFS might run like clockwork but the message was '2nd least productive base in UK' that's commercial code for 'we can make more beans elsewhere' Crews fly less hours in BFS than places like LGW however they fly more sectors and therefore provide easily as much in terms of overall value. Unfortunately those that count beans are obsessed with crew productivity in terms of flying hours not duty hours and money in terms of 'return on capital employed' - which is fundamentally flawed and may ultimately lead wholesale shipping of aircraft around the network on a regular basis..along with the crews. More to do with director bonuses than securing ongoing viability but then nobody is likely to be surprised by that. Not the first time a director has been in one room telling a happy story while the back room brigade were telling another next door.
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Yes they have dropped BFS-Fuerteventura. TCX are adding a third weekly flight to TFS. BFS-ALC is also finishing at the end of the summer timetable.
TCX will operate the following routes from BFS this winter:
ACE-weekly (Twice weekly during November)
LPA-weekly
TFS-3 weekly
Lleida Alguaire- (From the 23rd of December)
Enfidha- (From 24 February 2013)
Antalya & Dalaman return at the end of March 2013. Just in time for the Easter Holidays.
TCX have also added a second weekly flight to Palma for next summer. They were suppose to operate a weekly flight. But BFS-PMI is back to twice weekly like this summer. It will operate on a W leg with GLA. The GLA aircraft operates GLA-PMI-BFS-PMI-GLA. This flight will be operated by a B757-300.
TCX will operate the following routes from BFS this winter:
ACE-weekly (Twice weekly during November)
LPA-weekly
TFS-3 weekly
Lleida Alguaire- (From the 23rd of December)
Enfidha- (From 24 February 2013)
Antalya & Dalaman return at the end of March 2013. Just in time for the Easter Holidays.
TCX have also added a second weekly flight to Palma for next summer. They were suppose to operate a weekly flight. But BFS-PMI is back to twice weekly like this summer. It will operate on a W leg with GLA. The GLA aircraft operates GLA-PMI-BFS-PMI-GLA. This flight will be operated by a B757-300.
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These Jet2 services to Salzburg and Plovdiv are weekly charter flights, starting by the end of December operating normally through the end of March/begining of April.
Seems like both Topflight and Direct Ski have pulled their Italian ski resorts based on Verona/Brescia charter rotations, as a result these destinations are unlikely to make a return. They are instead booking their customers onto scheduled flights to Linate (Aer Lingus) or charter flights to Innsbruck (Austria).
Seems like both Topflight and Direct Ski have pulled their Italian ski resorts based on Verona/Brescia charter rotations, as a result these destinations are unlikely to make a return. They are instead booking their customers onto scheduled flights to Linate (Aer Lingus) or charter flights to Innsbruck (Austria).
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I see they are doing an express security lane now at BFS, I don't know the cost though. They also have a full body scanner installed in central search, saw it in use when I was going through the other morning. Must be for the newark passengers.