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And for some more context, the published schedule indicates the last flight on sale as March 20, there being no planned service on March 24 which is the last day of the W18 schedule. Of course this could change as often happens, but that is the picture as it appears right now.
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Not particularly. It’s a good few hours from the beaches and gets really quite hot. It’s probably the least interesting of the former Communist capitals, stag trips taking advantage of its cheapness being it’s best selling point. It’s also a good seven hour round trip, time that can much more profitably be used heading off to Malaga etc.
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Civagiarn - yes, I know. That side of things doesn’t have mass appeal though, hence my comment about beaches. I’ve corrected another poster’s beliefs on Romania in a different thread, and been to Macedonia. It’s a part of the world Brits aren’t ready for.
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Bulgaria is a lot better equipped for tourism across the country compared with Fyrom and Romania, so of course the route has potential for year round services, but I think Sofia is currently overserved from London.
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Not lack of passengers but a lack of aircraft. Apparently they are one A320 short on the fleet with that aircraft being due shortly. They have been cancelling a few flights around their network to cope with this. One LGW-MLA was cancelled a few days ago for example. From what I understand they are quite good at arranging alternatives in these situations to try to keep pax disgruntlement to a minimum.
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New passenger aspirations
The report and accounts were published today for Stobart Group. An interesting target of 2m pax by February 2019 has been set with the longer term target of 5m pax by 2022/23.
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Expressflight.......Thanks for the info regarding the Air Malta cancellation on June 8th. Suddenly realised that I hadn't thanked you. Very remiss of me!
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Does anyone have any info/hypothesis as to why EDI didn't work from here with U2?
I did read an article recently, where the CEO or MD of the airport said he would like to add EDI to the list of destinations when flybe started flights to GLA.
I did read an article recently, where the CEO or MD of the airport said he would like to add EDI to the list of destinations when flybe started flights to GLA.
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Essentially it failed because it didn’t have the frequency to meet to the needs of business travellers, was hamstrung by lack of transport options which reduced it to an Essex service rather than a London one and struggled to attract enough takers for leisure travel beyond the weekend.
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Yes the runway could be grooved however it is more useful when the runway in cambered and made up of marshall ashpalt so that the water runs off towards the hard shoulders. On a flat runway the water would not have anywhere to go. I am not sure whether SEN is cambered and also the amount of repairs that may have been carried out over the years may mean grooving is not the best option as it will damage the surface.
You may also need drainage facilities on the hard shoulders to take the water away otherwise you may get ponding in that location. which may also in turn attract birds .
Grooves tend to collect rubber especially in the TDZ areas. This lessens the braking action significantly so you will need regular maintenance surveys ( monthly griptester results) and then rubber removal which is not cheap and the specialist equipment tends to be shared between the bigger airports around london. The requirements on friction testing is laid down in CAA documentation.
You may also need drainage facilities on the hard shoulders to take the water away otherwise you may get ponding in that location. which may also in turn attract birds .
Grooves tend to collect rubber especially in the TDZ areas. This lessens the braking action significantly so you will need regular maintenance surveys ( monthly griptester results) and then rubber removal which is not cheap and the specialist equipment tends to be shared between the bigger airports around london. The requirements on friction testing is laid down in CAA documentation.