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Chateauroux
Flew between Chateauroux and Southend. Very low load factor (well below 50%) filled mainly with French people holidaying in London - very few Brits. This suggests that the aim of the subsidy, namely encouraging Brits to visit Chateauroux is not working - not that surprising as the local seem to excel at marketing fluff in the knowledge that thete isn't really anything worth seeing; I managed to fill 2 hours with sightseeing but found myself struggling after that ! Really can't see this route returning in summer 2019 unless the local French Govt body paying for the subsidy has money to burn.
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Flew between Chateauroux and Southend. Very low load factor (well below 50%) filled mainly with French people holidaying in London - very few Brits. This suggests that the aim of the subsidy, namely encouraging Brits to visit Chateauroux is not working - not that surprising as the local seem to excel at marketing fluff in the knowledge that thete isn't really anything worth seeing; I managed to fill 2 hours with sightseeing but found myself struggling after that ! Really can't see this route returning in summer 2019 unless the local French Govt body paying for the subsidy has money to burn.
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Could not agree more Barking. Nothing too spectacular plus very few ex-pats in the vicinity. Personally I don't find both Tours and Poitiers not particularly attractive either but Limoges is a different matter. Visit Oradeur-sur-Glane if you can and if you are not moved by the futility of war you never will be but good luck to the airline for giving it a go.
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AMS delayed
Anybody know why 3 hours delay this morning on AMS? I am using this route for the first time next week with connections on separate tickets (I know it's at my own risk). The weather is CAVOK.
Barling - with load factors in the region of 25%, the Southend-Chateauroux route is clearly losing a lot of money. An ordinary commercial airline would probably be cutting the route - my understanding is that public sector organisation in Chateauroux is providing some sort of commercial support to IGAvion / Skytaxi. Why would French public sector effectively want to subsidise visits to Buckingham Palace and also provide glossy magazines on the plane promoting Chateauroux as a tourist destination ?
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I'm posting this open letter from Andrew Tinkler here because I believe some will find it both relevant and of interest. Apologies to those who do not believe it belongs here.
https://www.scribd.com/document/3830...s-29-June-2018
https://www.scribd.com/document/3830...s-29-June-2018
I've said before that I believe the fortunes of Stobart Group and its Aviation Division are inextricably linked, so any boardroom shenanigans is highly relevant and (in moderation) valid for discussion IMO..
The AGM is on Friday, and the vote to replace the Chairman looks like it’s going to be close. I get the feeling from the business pages that Tinkler’s camp may have the upper hand.
Personally, I don’t think anyone comes out of this very well. And it’s keeping Stobart Group in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The AGM is on Friday, and the vote to replace the Chairman looks like it’s going to be close. I get the feeling from the business pages that Tinkler’s camp may have the upper hand.
Personally, I don’t think anyone comes out of this very well. And it’s keeping Stobart Group in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Personally, I don’t think anyone comes out of this very well. And it’s keeping Stobart Group in the headlines for all the wrong reasons
An it could be taking the corporate eye off the ball - for example, could the Carlisle fiasco be related?
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I've said before that I believe the fortunes of Stobart Group and its Aviation Division are inextricably linked, so any boardroom shenanigans is highly relevant and (in moderation) valid for discussion IMO..
The AGM is on Friday, and the vote to replace the Chairman looks like it’s going to be close. I get the feeling from the business pages that Tinkler’s camp may have the upper hand.
Personally, I don’t think anyone comes out of this very well. And it’s keeping Stobart Group in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The AGM is on Friday, and the vote to replace the Chairman looks like it’s going to be close. I get the feeling from the business pages that Tinkler’s camp may have the upper hand.
Personally, I don’t think anyone comes out of this very well. And it’s keeping Stobart Group in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Has anyone connected through MAN on BE to another domestic destination? Is the transfer airside without security or are you dumped in arrivals and have to fight your way back through security to departures? BE offers 45m connections which would be very tight if the latter scenario applies.
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Domestic to domestic connections with BE through T3 at MAN are all airside - no need to go anywhere near arrivals or security. In fact, the minimum connection time offered is just 35mins on some and I've never experienced an issue in making connections through their hub.
Also worth observing that if Tinkler does get his way, then most of the other directors, including Warwick Brady, will almost certainly quit, in which case the turmoil will continue.
I should add that I myself don’t have a dog in this particular race and am less then enthused about either of the factions.