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kemble
there is not many aircrafts that fly into kemble fly out again. there is a fairly large aircrafts parting out firm based there.
its a great pity that aircrafts end up like this, but if there was no parting out,then every where would be over run with old aircrafts
one good thing comes out of it and thats a lot of the bits are used on other aircrafts.
its a great pity that aircrafts end up like this, but if there was no parting out,then every where would be over run with old aircrafts
one good thing comes out of it and thats a lot of the bits are used on other aircrafts.
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Summer 15
Moving away from all things 757's is the summer 2015 schedule still under review?
The Monarch booking engine and timetable over the last two weeks has been....very un-Monarch like. Flights departing and not coming back band the timetable not matching the booking engine, although that seems now have to been resolved.
Anyway August looking like Manchester and BHX 8 based, Luton 4, Leeds 2 & Gatwick 10. Total 32.
Is this about right as the two new A321's would have made 34 or is there more changes with still more flights to be announced and will there be a spare next summer?
I have flown Monarch the last three years, the latest last August on an IT flight with less than a 100 on board and you can see from the tight schedule now on sale things have changed even if choice has diminished.
The Monarch booking engine and timetable over the last two weeks has been....very un-Monarch like. Flights departing and not coming back band the timetable not matching the booking engine, although that seems now have to been resolved.
Anyway August looking like Manchester and BHX 8 based, Luton 4, Leeds 2 & Gatwick 10. Total 32.
Is this about right as the two new A321's would have made 34 or is there more changes with still more flights to be announced and will there be a spare next summer?
I have flown Monarch the last three years, the latest last August on an IT flight with less than a 100 on board and you can see from the tight schedule now on sale things have changed even if choice has diminished.
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Anyway August looking like Manchester and BHX 8 based, Luton 4, Leeds 2 & Gatwick 10. Total 32.
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MAN has fared particularly badly because the S14 based fleet included an A332 (capacity equivalent to 2 x A320) and a B752 which was also larger than both remaining Airbus types. I hope that the remaining MAN fleet will be predominantly A321's with an intensive high-utilisation programme. Will MAN be home to one of the two spares, ie. a ninth based aircraft?
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My guess is that the two spares will be based at BHX, like the one spare was this summer.
B757 JB has flown its last flight, landed in Kemble this afternoon.
I am also hearing it might be NJ next for Kemble and NK becomes the operational a/c for Icelandair.
B757 JB has flown its last flight, landed in Kemble this afternoon.
I am also hearing it might be NJ next for Kemble and NK becomes the operational a/c for Icelandair.
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Summer 2015
Mr @ Spotty M
Thank you for the information, sounds as if that is it then other than for a bit of tidying up and maybe some high-season night flights.
I am a bit surprised at two spare for leased aircraft but fantastic for back-up purposes although I suppose there is still time to fly one of them high-season. There are definitely days where BHX and MAN show 9 aircraft although easier to cut or re-time a couple of flights than add 12. It might be Preveza after all.
MANFOD - Summer 14 was (2015 in brackets): -
LGW 12 (10)
MAN 11 (8)
BHX 9 (8)
LTN 5 (4)
EMA 2 (0)
LBA 2 (2)
Spare 1 (2)
Total 42 (34)
Confirmed JB airborne BHX around 12.29 as MON757D.
Thank you for the information, sounds as if that is it then other than for a bit of tidying up and maybe some high-season night flights.
I am a bit surprised at two spare for leased aircraft but fantastic for back-up purposes although I suppose there is still time to fly one of them high-season. There are definitely days where BHX and MAN show 9 aircraft although easier to cut or re-time a couple of flights than add 12. It might be Preveza after all.
MANFOD - Summer 14 was (2015 in brackets): -
LGW 12 (10)
MAN 11 (8)
BHX 9 (8)
LTN 5 (4)
EMA 2 (0)
LBA 2 (2)
Spare 1 (2)
Total 42 (34)
Confirmed JB airborne BHX around 12.29 as MON757D.
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I am a bit surprised at two spare for leased aircraft but fantastic for back-up purposes although I suppose there is still time to fly one of them high-season. There are definitely days where BHX and MAN show 9 aircraft although easier to cut or re-time a couple of flights than add 12. It might be Preveza after all.
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OltonPete, thanks for the s14 breakdown.
Not only is MAN the biggest loser in terms of based a/c but, as Shed points out, it's an even bigger reduction in terms of capacity with the loss of the A330, unless there is very tight scheduling and a higher proportion of short haul routes.
I guess the number of weekly departures in high season would be an indicator of that.
Not only is MAN the biggest loser in terms of based a/c but, as Shed points out, it's an even bigger reduction in terms of capacity with the loss of the A330, unless there is very tight scheduling and a higher proportion of short haul routes.
I guess the number of weekly departures in high season would be an indicator of that.
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MANFOD - Summer 14 was (2015 in brackets): -
LGW 12 (10)
MAN 11 (8)
BHX 9 (8)
LTN 5 (4)
EMA 2 (0)
LBA 2 (2)
Spare 1 (2)
Total 42 (34)
LGW 12 (10)
MAN 11 (8)
BHX 9 (8)
LTN 5 (4)
EMA 2 (0)
LBA 2 (2)
Spare 1 (2)
Total 42 (34)
I think Luton has come off the least scaved of the original four bases, as they only had four aircraft based there in 2013 and was only ramped up to five this summer just gone.