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A decent day really with Enter Air taking on Banjul from Wednesday 18 December on behalf of Gambia Experience and Ryanair slowing loading the full 2020 summer schedule showing 4 based and only Girona missing.
Some day changes, the odd frequency reduction but overall not too bad.
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This has all the look of shutting down the Operation bit by bit rather than any integration, re-branding, etc.
Cowardice Management technique - it happened to me once back in the day.. Cut the branches off the tree one by one until only the trunk was left and then they grew a pair and finally chopped it down and put it out of its misery. Excuse the bad metaphor.
Cowardice Management technique - it happened to me once back in the day.. Cut the branches off the tree one by one until only the trunk was left and then they grew a pair and finally chopped it down and put it out of its misery. Excuse the bad metaphor.
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Jet2 & MAEL
AYT: 8 x weekly (+2 x weekly added)
DLM: 8 x weekly (+2 x weekly added)
FUE: 4 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
LPA: 5 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
KGS: 3 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
ACE: 8 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
LCA: 5 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
MLA: 2 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
MAH: 5 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
TFS: 12 x weekly (+2 x weekly added
ZTH: 4 x weekly (+1 x weekly added)
MAEL
Sold to a US company, established in 1986. Their work seems very diverse from looking at their website and they bought the Apple Aviation Newquay facility recently.
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Flybe & TUI
This has all the look of shutting down the Operation bit by bit rather than any integration, re-branding, etc.
Cowardice Management technique - it happened to me once back in the day.. Cut the branches off the tree one by one until only the trunk was left and then they grew a pair and finally chopped it down and put it out of its misery. Excuse the bad metaphor.
Cowardice Management technique - it happened to me once back in the day.. Cut the branches off the tree one by one until only the trunk was left and then they grew a pair and finally chopped it down and put it out of its misery. Excuse the bad metaphor.
TUI
Things move slowly in TUI land but they have added a third Hurghada for winter on a Thursday which means that all the extra flights this winter which they added in release 1 and then removed (other than Agadir which remained) are back.
Hurghada was a Tuesday but now is Thursday and from 21 Nov 7 based flights showing, 788 (MCT), 789 (BGI) and AGA, BVC, HRG, LPA & ACE.
The post New Year schedule is still reduced with zero FUE for 3 weeks, AGA, NBE and RAK resting as well plus the 3 LPA's down to 1 at times. I have never seen the Canaries reduced even in January other than FUE which was shared with Thomas Cook.
Summer 2020 shows zero increases as yet but three based flights now away based (AYT, DLM & NBE) and more interestingly Flybe still shown on SZG and MXP.
Like other posters have said on the TUI thread I am not sure why the 787 schedule has one aircraft positioning in to operate one flight a week. Hopefully this will change to 7 days and operate to the Med as rumoured even if there doesn't appear to be any room with the 787 utilisation at present.
The April 787 schedule is very impressive with 2 based most days and they have brought forward the second Sanford to April.
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Lauda to Palma, SN & PK
Like Newcastle and Edinburgh some of the Ryanair Palma services next summer are now showing as Lauda
Both Sunday services, Monday, Tuesday. Friday and Saturday are all Lauda
This leaves the Wednesday BHX based as FR and both Thursday away based flights still showing as FR.
Better news from Brussels Airlines in November as the A319/A320 appears to be on the night-stop and the first inbound morning flight leaving the reinstated early afternoon and early evening as Cityjet.
PIA
Back to 4 a week next weekend but there is an article indicating more BHX flights but not sure if this includes the reinstated Sunday service or there are more frequencies in the pipeline.
Pete
Both Sunday services, Monday, Tuesday. Friday and Saturday are all Lauda
This leaves the Wednesday BHX based as FR and both Thursday away based flights still showing as FR.
Better news from Brussels Airlines in November as the A319/A320 appears to be on the night-stop and the first inbound morning flight leaving the reinstated early afternoon and early evening as Cityjet.
PIA
Back to 4 a week next weekend but there is an article indicating more BHX flights but not sure if this includes the reinstated Sunday service or there are more frequencies in the pipeline.
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Prompted from posts on other threads I spent the last hour copying the TUI summer schedule at BHX and I have the times for 10 based aircraft (9 short-haul up one) including big increases in frequencies but only displayed in flight only.
The holiday section and timetable don't show these flights and now the flight only seems to have been wound-back.
Has somebody had "fat fingers" and uploaded a revised schedule a tad early?
Pete
Prompted from posts on other threads I spent the last hour copying the TUI summer schedule at BHX and I have the times for 10 based aircraft (9 short-haul up one) including big increases in frequencies but only displayed in flight only.
The holiday section and timetable don't show these flights and now the flight only seems to have been wound-back.
Has somebody had "fat fingers" and uploaded a revised schedule a tad early?
Pete
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Jet2/TK
Jet2 - 14 based aircraft tomorrow and 27 flights this I believe is the most flights in a single day for Jet2 at BHX, this includes the Smart Lynx A321 and Titan A320..
It seems that a Monday & Friday Tenerife and Monday Arrecife were added today for the quiet post New Year, pre Feb half-term period. No change to the number of based aircraft required which is between 2 and 11.
Turkish Airlines
It seems that winter 2019/20 will see the first ever regular A321 scheduled. Currently showing on TK1969/70 all winter alas on a Monday only.
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It seems that a Monday & Friday Tenerife and Monday Arrecife were added today for the quiet post New Year, pre Feb half-term period. No change to the number of based aircraft required which is between 2 and 11.
Turkish Airlines
It seems that winter 2019/20 will see the first ever regular A321 scheduled. Currently showing on TK1969/70 all winter alas on a Monday only.
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QR A350
Totally agree, the QR A350 a much nicer plane to fly on as pax, with better legroom and space in Economy. QR 787's can best be described as cosy....would be some much needed positive news for BHX if this turned into a permanent upgrade. Here's hoping, it would give a much better product on this route than the current 787 offering.