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Sorry, but I was relying on Tagrons earlier post as being correct. I haven't had a free moment to explore the website myself yet.
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At the moment Air Malta's Cagliari flights are using Gatwick twice a week. For the summer season Malta Cagliari is bookable however the return is 7 hours 45 minutes after arrival in Cagliari implying the the aircraft will go on somewhere else, whether this is Gatwick or Southend who knows. Air Malta does have form for announcing new routes quite late though.
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Air Malta is moving its Gatwick flight to Southend today and maybe tomorrow. A very small version of Ryanair moving Gatwick flights to Stansted 
Although I expect some passengers who live in the South of England won't be too pleased, but at least the flight is operating.
Although I expect some passengers who live in the South of England won't be too pleased, but at least the flight is operating.
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Some basic information regarding the runway works. No dogs involved apparently.
https://southendairport.com/frequent...d-runway-works
https://southendairport.com/frequent...d-runway-works
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Air Malta is moving its Gatwick flight to Southend today and maybe tomorrow. A very small version of Ryanair moving Gatwick flights to Stansted
Although I expect some passengers who live in the South of England won't be too pleased, but at least the flight is operating.
Although I expect some passengers who live in the South of England won't be too pleased, but at least the flight is operating.
Although small in numbers, relocations like Ryanair and Air Malta have a two-fold benefit, their passengers get away and are not clogging up Gatwick as it recovers.
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Thats why it's being dropped and they will think about the future plans. Certainly it needs more advertising both ends, and a better schedule to attract the IT people to use it. As a tourist route, I doubt if it can survive. Maybe Adria should consider Ljubljana instead. A nice city centrally placed for the lakes mountains and beaches.
How did Cityjet manage on their London City-Paderborn route 5 years ago ? They used a Fokker 50 and I seem to remember loads being higher than 9 pax per flight...
Even when OLT Express ran their ill fated routes to Saarbrucken and Dresden from Southend it wasn't that bad.
Is it lack of advertising ? Stupidly high pricing ? Bad schedule ? Something else ?
Even when OLT Express ran their ill fated routes to Saarbrucken and Dresden from Southend it wasn't that bad.
Is it lack of advertising ? Stupidly high pricing ? Bad schedule ? Something else ?
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How did Cityjet manage on their London City-Paderborn route 5 years ago ? They used a Fokker 50 and I seem to remember loads being higher than 9 pax per flight...
Even when OLT Express ran their ill fated routes to Saarbrucken and Dresden from Southend it wasn't that bad.
Is it lack of advertising ? Stupidly high pricing ? Bad schedule ? Something else ?
Even when OLT Express ran their ill fated routes to Saarbrucken and Dresden from Southend it wasn't that bad.
Is it lack of advertising ? Stupidly high pricing ? Bad schedule ? Something else ?
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With the fares they charge for the schedule they operate they’ve done well to get that many. I see the Tuesday flight has been cancelled the last two weeks in a row, I guess we can take from that most people are travelling Thu-Sun in either direction and those loads are better (although still very poor).
Re Cityjet I think their route was daily. I think it was also cheaper. Much more attractive to business pax than flying in the middle of the day on a Tuesday or Thursday
Re Cityjet I think their route was daily. I think it was also cheaper. Much more attractive to business pax than flying in the middle of the day on a Tuesday or Thursday
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The issue is that Adria has done a deal with Paderborn Airport where Paderborn pays them a considerable sum to base an aircraft there to operate a number of routes. There is some middle-of-the-day space on the Paderborn aircraft and they used it for SEN.
If you're proposing that SEN-LJU would work, a couple of questions:
If you're proposing that SEN-LJU would work, a couple of questions:
- Who would use the service? UK leisure passengers? Slovenian business passengers? How would it be more competitive than Wizz Air's LTN-LJU?
- Since the profitability of the route would be - let's say - "uncertain"
, who would be underwriting the service to convince the airline? Stobart? Ljubljana Airport?