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Some more Stobart schedule changes.
Budapest appears to end on 5th Jan, Prague and Vienna on 13th Jan.
A random selection of DUB and MAN flights have been taken out during Jan, Groningen loses the morning flight from Christmas to mid-Feb and Lyon and Cologne lose midweek flights during that period.
Glasgow is still on sale at the high price but until January there doesn’t appear to be any capacity available to operate it in the morning.
Budapest appears to end on 5th Jan, Prague and Vienna on 13th Jan.
A random selection of DUB and MAN flights have been taken out during Jan, Groningen loses the morning flight from Christmas to mid-Feb and Lyon and Cologne lose midweek flights during that period.
Glasgow is still on sale at the high price but until January there doesn’t appear to be any capacity available to operate it in the morning.
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Looks like the problematic G-FBEF is broken again in Dublin and the return flight to SEN was replaced by an ATR, which then positioned back empty thus more delays for the rest of the day. Pity because for the past three days the arrivals/departures board looked very nice with all flights on schedule.
update 1945 .EF is now on it's way back to SEN
update 1945 .EF is now on it's way back to SEN
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Looks like the problematic G-FBEF is broken again in Dublin and the return flight to SEN was replaced by an ATR, which then positioned back empty thus more delays for the rest of the day. Pity because for the past three days the arrivals/departures board looked very nice with all flights on schedule.
update 1945 .EF is now on it's way back to SEN
update 1945 .EF is now on it's way back to SEN
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Looks like the problematic G-FBEF is broken again in Dublin and the return flight to SEN was replaced by an ATR, which then positioned back empty thus more delays for the rest of the day. Pity because for the past three days the arrivals/departures board looked very nice with all flights on schedule.
update 1945 .EF is now on it's way back to SEN
update 1945 .EF is now on it's way back to SEN
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It's quite unbelievable how these tech issues are reoccurring time and time again. The tech issues have single handily destroyed the routes the a/c type is meant to serve. I can't get my head around how Stobart seem willing to carry on with this stop-go-stop a/c reliability. Shoving those bloody ATR's on those routes to pick up the pain is madness. It's actually now utterly ridiculous.
Who is maintaining these airframes and when is the CofA next up? Something isn't right. Is this now becoming a IAA/CAA potential matter?
Who is maintaining these airframes and when is the CofA next up? Something isn't right. Is this now becoming a IAA/CAA potential matter?
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Good news on the terminal extension. Flew into SEN yesterday afternoon, the only arrival on the ramp yet baggage took half an hour to appear on the belt - and the priority tagged items came out last. Stobart Handling need to up their game especially now that a larger terminal is on its way.
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DC3 Dave, I applaud the risk that Stobart took in running their own airline from their own airport in a bid to prove routes. The big boys took notice and are now coming in to run the routes themselves. Hopefully Stobart did not give too much away in the form of incentives as they had already de-risked the route proposals.
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The lounge didn't look any different from the last time I was in there so I gave it a miss. Given that the terminal was minus a plane load of passengers due to the cancelled Malaga flight I opted for Bourgee. Perfectly ok for a drink or two and the staff were better trained than the school leavers I had the misfortune to be served by previously.
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It's quite unbelievable how these tech issues are reoccurring time and time again. The tech issues have single handily destroyed the routes the a/c type is meant to serve. I can't get my head around how Stobart seem willing to carry on with this stop-go-stop a/c reliability. Shoving those bloody ATR's on those routes to pick up the pain is madness. It's actually now utterly ridiculous.
Who is maintaining these airframes and when is the CofA next up? Something isn't right. Is this now becoming a IAA/CAA potential matter?
Who is maintaining these airframes and when is the CofA next up? Something isn't right. Is this now becoming a IAA/CAA potential matter?
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I certainly agree this machine with it's technical issues which nobody seems to be able to fix permanently is ruining their reputation. EF flew in from Prague at 2300 and seems broken again this morning delaying the Dublin flight outward by 4 hours. Is this aircraft leased (I do get confused) and why can it not be returned to FlyBe and replaced?
G-FBEJ is another that has been notorious in the past, but of course she is still with Flybe and also seems to have improved with the dispatch reliability significantly this year. I will never understand how or why Stobart chose to lease / purchase these airframes knowing their history. Surely with the amount of problems they have been facing with them an organisation might soon step in? CAA? Even Embraer themselves surely must be keeping a close eye on the reliability of this fleet and hopefully coming up with some kind of solution? There's very clearly some major issues to address. It's a real shame how much Stobart have allowed these problems to effect both theirs and the Flybe brand image from Southend...
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At least a couple of these ex-Flybe E195s caused regular major headaches and distuption whilst with Flybe too, in particular EF. G-FBEJ has been notorious in the past, but of course she is still with Flybe at the minute and also seems to have improved the dispatch reliability significantly this year. I will never understand how or why Stobart chose to lease / purchase these airframes knowing their history. Surely with this amount of problems they have been facing with them an organisation will soon be stepping in? CAA? Even Embraer themselves surely must be keeping a close eye on it and hopefully coming up with some kind of solution? There's very clearly some issues. It's a real shame how much Stobart have allowed these problems to effect both theirs and the Flybe brand image from Southend.
Is it a fundamental underlying fault or series of related faults? Or, is it a maintenance quality issue? How can we be sure pax safety integrity is not at risk from potential faults which may be missed? Is this not becoming a matter for authorities to step in and question the maintenance checks and logs? Something is not right if the high frequency of tech issues are persistently occurring to this level of frequency, it is not typical.
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What is a concern is the high frequency of technical problems with these aircraft registrations in particular.
Is it a fundamental underlying fault or series of related faults? Or, is it a maintenance quality issue? How can we be sure pax safety integrity is not at risk from potential faults which may be missed? Is this not becoming a matter for authorities to step in and question the maintenance checks and logs? Something is not right if the high frequency of tech issues are persistently occurring to this level of frequency, it is not typical.
Is it a fundamental underlying fault or series of related faults? Or, is it a maintenance quality issue? How can we be sure pax safety integrity is not at risk from potential faults which may be missed? Is this not becoming a matter for authorities to step in and question the maintenance checks and logs? Something is not right if the high frequency of tech issues are persistently occurring to this level of frequency, it is not typical.