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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: UK
Age: 57
Posts: 2,494
Originally Posted by Bournemouthair 
Have there been any announcements of the colour scheme for virgin connect as yet
No there hasn't
Have there been any announcements of the colour scheme for virgin connect as yet
No there hasn't
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: earth
Posts: 830
Originally Posted by KieronyM
Odd question but probably one for the guys on the line... what flight bags are you using? Just after recommendations really. Also aware that the company provides good headsets but do they allow/do many guys or girls use their own?
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: London
Age: 40
Posts: 835
In business, one of the challenges we face is a lack institutional memory, have a look at the quote below from the above link.
OK it's maybe just a poor copywriter but FFS, from a company that's lost focus and direction, it's worth at least knowing your own history. The whole flybe concept came with later deliveries of the DHC8-Q402, the initial deliveries were "British European" which had just re-branded from the long established "Jersey European". So flybe for about half of forty years!
Wonder if they'll finally drop the "Jersey" callsign?
As Flybe, we have been connecting passengers across the UK and Europe for 40 years
Wonder if they'll finally drop the "Jersey" callsign?
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: gatwick
Posts: 109
Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot
In business, one of the challenges we face is a lack institutional memory, have a look at the quote below from the above link.
OK it's maybe just a poor copywriter but FFS, from a company that's lost focus and direction, it's worth at least knowing your own history. The whole flybe concept came with later deliveries of the DHC8-Q402, the initial deliveries were "British European" which had just re-branded from the long established "Jersey European". So flybe for about half of forty years!
Wonder if they'll finally drop the "Jersey" callsign?
OK it's maybe just a poor copywriter but FFS, from a company that's lost focus and direction, it's worth at least knowing your own history. The whole flybe concept came with later deliveries of the DHC8-Q402, the initial deliveries were "British European" which had just re-branded from the long established "Jersey European". So flybe for about half of forty years!
Wonder if they'll finally drop the "Jersey" callsign?
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Nuweiba
Posts: 60
Don't laugh... I always use one of these re-usable shopping bags for my hand luggage when flying Flybe or Aurigny ! :-)
Buy them for CHF1 from Migros or Euro 1 from Aldi, ReWe or Woolworth in Germany. The last one often raises eyebrows from the fellow senior passengers ! :-)
Buy them for CHF1 from Migros or Euro 1 from Aldi, ReWe or Woolworth in Germany. The last one often raises eyebrows from the fellow senior passengers ! :-)
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: UK
Age: 57
Posts: 2,494
Apparently a further tranche of S20 schedules will be available for sale from 6th Jan.
This should include NQY-LHR, although one wonders why that wasn't released with the first tranche when Flybe are contracted to operate it via the PSO until Oct'22?
Wondering what (if anything) else they may have up their sleeves, although not holding my breath, and suspect it will be a year of retrenchment around core domestic/business routes.
Only other thing of note from me is that the 2 Stobart E190's have been used a lot into SOU (from BHD and EDI) over the Christmas period - presumably whilst LCY is quieter or during the weekend closure periods.
This should include NQY-LHR, although one wonders why that wasn't released with the first tranche when Flybe are contracted to operate it via the PSO until Oct'22?
Wondering what (if anything) else they may have up their sleeves, although not holding my breath, and suspect it will be a year of retrenchment around core domestic/business routes.
Only other thing of note from me is that the 2 Stobart E190's have been used a lot into SOU (from BHD and EDI) over the Christmas period - presumably whilst LCY is quieter or during the weekend closure periods.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Channel Islands
Posts: 132
I was advised by a member of staff at SOU airport last week, that tomorrow is the big announcement day for Virgin Connect, their future plans, additional summer routes etc. Does anyone else know anything further???
Join Date: Apr 1999
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Does anyone else know anything further???
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Dorset
Posts: 401
Originally Posted by ETOPS
It's already known that the next S20 route announcement is on 6th Jan - see the NQY-LHR thread - but most of the Virgin/Connect news is already public. I know internal training starts soon and that the first airframe should appear earlier than their first intimation but other than that what is there to announce?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,122
GIven that Flybe enjoys a monopoly on most of its routes and the only alternative usually is driving or taking the train, they are apparently not really worried about p***ing off passengers. With less and less competition for most airlines, the race to the bottom in domestic markets will continue.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Channel Islands
Posts: 132
Originally Posted by ETOPS
It's already known that the next S20 route announcement is on 6th Jan - see the NQY-LHR thread - but most of the Virgin/Connect news is already public. I know internal training starts soon and that the first airframe should appear earlier than their first intimation but other than that what is there to announce?
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Wales
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Originally Posted by GCILover
They're meant to be coming up with a loyalty scheme. It will be interesting to know if that is the same as the virgin one or one of it's own. Will the agreements with other franchise partners that some of us have to use continue or will they come to an end. When the booking process will go over to their own website etc.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 57
Posts: 3,169
Then there was one
G-FBEJ E195 flew Amsterdam - BHX Sunday 5th January BE106 and then positioned to Bournemouth.
This leaves G-FBEK E195 which is scheduled for BE3009/10 BHX-CDG-BHX and thereafter I can't see any 195's in the schedule from tonight.
I assume this is it the end of 195 era at Flybe or is the last one going to be used as a standby aircraft?
Any further news on the remaining 9 x 175's left.
Pete
This leaves G-FBEK E195 which is scheduled for BE3009/10 BHX-CDG-BHX and thereafter I can't see any 195's in the schedule from tonight.
I assume this is it the end of 195 era at Flybe or is the last one going to be used as a standby aircraft?
Any further news on the remaining 9 x 175's left.
Pete
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 321
Originally Posted by virginblue
GIven that Flybe enjoys a monopoly on most of its routes and the only alternative usually is driving or taking the train, they are apparently not really worried about p***ing off passengers. With less and less competition for most airlines, the race to the bottom in domestic markets will continue.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 6,021
Originally Posted by Reversethrustset
I don't really know what the problem is, take the correct sized hand bag and there's no issues. The sizes are clearly dictated when you book a ticket. When I was a captain at Flybe some of the baggage brought on as hand luggage left something to be desired. It's called "hand luggage" for a reason, it's because it's supposed to be a bag to carry onto the aircraft to put a few items in it, NOT a hold sized suitcase with 3 weeks worth of laundry in it and quite frankly it was about time they put a stop to it.
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 225
Originally Posted by OltonPete
I assume this is it the end of 195 era at Flybe or is the last one going to be used as a standby aircraft?
Originally Posted by OltonPete
Any further news on the remaining 9 x 175's left.
