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Does anyone on the inside have the latest on Blue Islands? A source close to me suggested they have had half a dozen engine shut downs this calendar year alone all with low crew moral. Are they ever going to launch the long promised JER-SOU?
3 Jun 2015
City-bound flight lands at Southend Airport after fault (From Echo)
4 May 2015
Small plane develops minor glitch on approach to Bristol Airport | Bristol Post
9 April 2015
Guernsey Airport emergency as pilot reports engine trouble | Channel - ITV News
7 Jan 2015
Southend airport plane diversion 'not because of fire' - BBC News
SI are advertising for cabin crew in the local press using the tag line (again) 'Due To Continued Expansion'. I can't see any sign of expansion with this airline,(indeed this last year they have only contracted their route network)
unless someone knows something different?
unless someone knows something different?
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Liverpool - Guernsey application
Guernsey Evening Press states today that Blue have applied to operate a summer Saturday service between GCI and Liverpool using ATR 72 or 42 in conjunction with a Travel Agent.
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From May Blue will join Stobart and Loganair as a franchise of FlyBe, with a/c in FlyBe colours and ticketing through the FlyBe site............hence the resumption of GCI / Jer services by Aurigny at the same time.
Interesting, Pete ? Does that mean that AUR will resume inter island flights &, if so, with what ? Bearing in mind that I rarely, if ever, see the Dornier operating on FR24.
By the way, did you live in the shadow of Le Guet as a child ?
By the way, did you live in the shadow of Le Guet as a child ?
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Aurigny' s booking engine shows 4 flights each way from 9 May, not Sats and Sun.......... presume they intend to have pilots trained and operate with the Dorniers. That was me under the Guet at the farm!
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Presumably this will mean some consolidation, particularly on SOU-GCI?
At the same time it should also help BI with people who want to hub through SOU (and LCY) onto other parts of the Flybe network.
Guess it also means the Flybe livery will be seen once again at BRS.
At the same time it should also help BI with people who want to hub through SOU (and LCY) onto other parts of the Flybe network.
Guess it also means the Flybe livery will be seen once again at BRS.
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Looks like all 5 routes.......... aircraft are to be repainted into FlyBe colours. In other words end of Blue visibly as a trading airline and will MayBe seen as a seamless piece of FlyBe.
Kcockayne - please see your PPrunet mailbox for response to your questions
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Looks like all 5 routes.......... aircraft are to be repainted into FlyBe colours. In other words end of Blue visibly as a trading airline and will MayBe seen as a seamless piece of FlyBe.
Kcockayne - please see your PPrunet mailbox for response to your questions
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Last edited by cobopete; 11th Jan 2016 at 17:55. Reason: Adding a route to 5 which I had forgotten
Thanks cocbopete. .
I'm not a Blue Islands fan & would rather travel to LGW than give them my hard earned cash. I wonder if this attempt at using someone else's marketing is the last throw of the dice for Blue in the hope that they can make a decent profit...
I'm not a Blue Islands fan & would rather travel to LGW than give them my hard earned cash. I wonder if this attempt at using someone else's marketing is the last throw of the dice for Blue in the hope that they can make a decent profit...
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BIue Islands is a small airline, from a market and distribution point of view this makes a lot of sense. BI gets access to an existing airline and brand, but potentially more importantly it may just result in a more secure future with less potential for intense competition with Flybe. Reminds me of when BA exited Scottish Highlands and Islands and instead adopted Loganair as a franchise partner.
It may also open up new opportunities for BI, just as Loganair and to a lesser extent Stobart have.
Good luck to BI...
It may also open up new opportunities for BI, just as Loganair and to a lesser extent Stobart have.
Good luck to BI...