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Not a good start, flight departed for Le Touquet nearly two hours late. Hope things improve.
Live flight information - Brighton Airport
Live flight information - Brighton Airport
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Mickey - if you want to see exact reserved passenger numbers, just go to the airline website and make a dummy booking for between 1 and 19 passengers and see if there is availability. Aircraft has 19 passenger seats so availability for 7 extra people but not 8 would mean 12 people already booked on the flight.
BCA generally do not give refunds for no shows
BCA generally do not give refunds for no shows
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I noticed Brighton City do flights to Le Touquet from seeing the departure / arrival boards.
Did they change flying from Pontoise to Le Touquet, or are they doing both routes?
Regarding comments of delays, will Shoreham airport be getting a ILS installed to support the Brighton City services?
Did they change flying from Pontoise to Le Touquet, or are they doing both routes?
Regarding comments of delays, will Shoreham airport be getting a ILS installed to support the Brighton City services?
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Sorry, didnt scroll back to the previous 
Thanks!
I notice Shoreham dont have an ILS. I am guessing Brighton City really need this, if they are going to make it work. The new rules on compensation / delays came in regarding refunds etc for airlines.
Thanks!I notice Shoreham dont have an ILS. I am guessing Brighton City really need this, if they are going to make it work. The new rules on compensation / delays came in regarding refunds etc for airlines.
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Shoreham has a history of failed scheduled service operations, even JEA (nowadays known as Flybe) couldn't make it work and for years Lydd, sorry "London/Ashford", Airport have tried to improve upon more than just a most basic cross-channel air service and still they're in the 4th division ... or whatever ithe 4th division is called these days.
Generally speaking, such puddle jumper operations work if they are from airport to airfield or airfield to airport, i.e. there needs to be a recognised airport at one end of the route.
Now if this were Gatwick-Pontoise then I reckon they could justify a 50 seater or similar, Gatwick-CDG then perhaps a hundred seater, Shoreham-CDG then perhaps a 20 seater ... Shoreham-Pontoise then perhaps a 4 seater!
But, basically speaking, and I've flown on Antonov's, Tupolov's and the likes, if I arrived at Shoreham to find a Let-410 waiting to transport me then I'd probably jump back in my car and drive an hour or so down the A27/M27 and allow Flybe to transport me from/to SOU.
Generally speaking, such puddle jumper operations work if they are from airport to airfield or airfield to airport, i.e. there needs to be a recognised airport at one end of the route.
Now if this were Gatwick-Pontoise then I reckon they could justify a 50 seater or similar, Gatwick-CDG then perhaps a hundred seater, Shoreham-CDG then perhaps a 20 seater ... Shoreham-Pontoise then perhaps a 4 seater!
But, basically speaking, and I've flown on Antonov's, Tupolov's and the likes, if I arrived at Shoreham to find a Let-410 waiting to transport me then I'd probably jump back in my car and drive an hour or so down the A27/M27 and allow Flybe to transport me from/to SOU.
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I dont think a mere two movements per day on a puddle jumper warrants a large spend on an ILS system or anything off the sort
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Found this detailed review with pictures on first flight ^_^
Brighton City Airways Inaugural To Paris, Let 410. — Trip Reports Forum | Airliners.net
Brighton City Airways Inaugural To Paris, Let 410. — Trip Reports Forum | Airliners.net
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It's more like commercially advertising for the airport and airline rather than an independent review.
I believed the writer might actually know what he is talking about until I read:
I believed the writer might actually know what he is talking about until I read:
Their aircraft of choice is the 19 seat Let 410, the largest commercial aircraft capable of using the available runway at Shoreham
A think a glance at the declared distances and runway surface/dimensions might cause you to reconsider that view.
