Southend-2

[runwayman]

Loganair announcement at 1215PM today

[ifu05596]

Originally Posted by runwayman

Loganair announcement at 1215PM today

Glasgow and Aberdeen been loaded on to the website (3 to 4 daily). Some are tech stops to Stornoway.

[Plane mad 134]

Confirmed as Glasgow, Aberdeen and Stornoway to Southend with Edinburgh on the cards too.

[DC3 Dave]

Here's a little more info:

https://www.insider.co.uk/news/logan...asgow-14060486

[BAladdy]

Flights on sale on LM website. Schedule below

Aberdeen - 17 x Weekly

LM091 ABZ 06:50 SEN 08:25 ER4 x67
LM095 ABZ 13:25 SEN 15:00 ER4 x6
LM097 ABZ 17:40 SEN 19:15 ER4 x6

LM092 SEN 08:55 ABZ 10:30 ER4 x67
LM096 SEN 15:30 ABZ 17:00 ER4 x6
LM098 SEN 19:50 ABZ 21:25 ER4 x6

Glasgow - 17 x Weekly

LM241 GLA 06:40 SEN 08:00 ER4 x67
LM241 GLA 09:25 SEN 10:40 ER4 7
LM245 GLA 14:15 SEN 15:35 ER4 x67
LM247 GLA 18:00 SEN 19:20 ER4 x67
LM247 GLA 18:50 SEN 20:05 ER4 7

LM242 SEN 08:30 GLA 09:45 ER4 x67
LM242 SEN 11:10 GLA 12:30 ER4 7
LM246 SEN 16:15 GLA 17:30 ER4 x67
LM248 SEN 19:55 GLA 21:10 ER4 x67
LM248 SEN 20:35 GLA 21:55 ER4 7

Stornaway - 6 x Weekly

LM245 SYY 12:50 13:45 GLA 14:15 SEN 15:35 ER4 x67
LM247 SYY 17:25 18:20 GLA 18:50 SEN 20:05 ER4 7

LM242 SEN 08:30 09:45 GLA 10:15 SYY 11:10 ER4 x67
LM242 SEN 11:10 12:30 GLA 13:00 SYY 13:55 ER4 7

[LTNman]

Charge a great deal and need only a few passengers or discount heavily and hope for full aircraft?

[Planespeaking]

Originally Posted by LTNman

Charge a great deal and need only a few passengers or discount heavily and hope for full aircraft?

And it was always thus!

[DC3 Dave]

Originally Posted by LTNman

Charge a great deal and need only a few passengers or discount heavily and hope for full aircraft?

Well, the aircraft only has 49 seats. We know (and more importantly so do Loganair) from Stobart's previous efforts that they have every chance of filling that aircraft to GLA. As for Stornoway, I would suggest that no airline is better placed to make a success of the route.

ABZ is opportunistic with Eastern's ABZ - LCY now stopping en-route at NCL. Non-stop to SEN is a viable alternative.

To me this is great news. With EZY, FR and presumably more from Flybe/Virgin based at the airport it really needed a significant boost from an airline based elsewhere.

I think Loganair have every chance of success.

[AirportPlanner1]

I assume with that sort of schedule straightforward connections are available to Barra, Benbecular etc via GLA and Shetlands/Orkneys via ABZ. That would put the service at quite an advantage.

[Barling Magna]

Fares will start from £49.99 one-way to Aberdeen, £39.99 to Glasgow; and £99.99 one-way to Stornoway. Flights to Aberdeen will start on May 12 and Glasgow and Stornoway services will start on May 28.

[SEN Observer]

Air Malta

And now some not so good news.....

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/174...thend-airport/

[Barling Magna]

And now some better news from the Moldovan jury:

https://flyone.md/en

Chisinau to London Southend service from July, using an A319. Twice weekly until September when once weekly thereafter.

[sam dilly]

Lourdes

More good news
Charter programme starting this summer with JOTA.
Programme that used to go from here on BAF Viscounts years ago.
Same tour operator as well.

[aurigny72]

Originally Posted by sam dilly

More good news
Charter programme starting this summer with JOTA.
Programme that used to go from here on BAF Viscounts years ago.
Same tour operator as well.

Thats intresting, what is the name of the tour company please?

[Barling Magna]

http://www.tangney-tours.com/pilgrim...brentwood-2019

[Expressflight]

I've been told it's Tangney Tours. They generally use Titan aircraft from STN but I wonder if the lease of three A321s to Jet2 this summer, plus their B737s being converted to freighters, has reduced their availability for Lourdes flights in S19 and Jota are taking on that work. Has it definitely been confirmed though that the flights will be from SEN or could they still be from STN I wonder.

[Barling Magna]

From the above website:

21st July 2019 - Titan airways flight from London Stansted to Lourdes

21st July 2019 - Jota airlines flight from London Southend to Lourdes
26th July 2019 - Titan airways flight from Lourdes to London Stansted

26th July 2019 - Jota airlines flight from Lourdes to London Southend

[Expressflight]

Originally Posted by Barling Magna

From the above website:
21st July 2019 - Titan airways flight from London Stansted to Lourdes
21st July 2019 - Jota airlines flight from London Southend to Lourdes
26th July 2019 - Titan airways flight from Lourdes to London Stansted
26th July 2019 - Jota airlines flight from Lourdes to London Southend

In addition to those there is a day trip from SEN on 4th October, a two-day trip on 1st August and a six-day trip on 6th September.

[rog747]

Back in my BMA days we did many Tarbes charters (for Lourdes pilgrims) for Cathedral Tours - mainly flying from Liverpool (Catholic) I think they have ceased trading now.

DC-9 or a Viscount with shed loads of WCHR's - 30 or 40 with many lift-on's all wanting to visit the Grotto at The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes - St Bernadette
She received several visions from the Virgin Mary starting in 1858.
This year 2019 celebrates the 175th anniversary of the birth of Bernadette Soubirous and the 140th anniversary of her death.

All rather lovely to load the aircraft with the pax all happy to be going on their pilgrimage - My disabled nephew and his son has been a few times.

[daz211]

Tweet from Southend airport, NEW ROUTE, SEN-CAX starts 04th July.