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Exactly, what success Manx2/CityLink had was because they were operating -20 seaters, were there a market for SF340's out of BLK then why have the mob just up the way operating some under utilised Lithuanian SF340's not considered operating some W pattern flights thru the likes of DUB & BHD in to BLK with even an IOM service in between, particularly on the days when CAX has been closed of a weekly basis ... Because the market isn't there perhaps!
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I mean BLK has always had Irish Sea ops , I would have thought there was a greater demand from BLK than CAX for this. Any passenger who wasn't to do a short hop such as this from North Lance area, they must feel it a right pain to go south through loads of traffic to do this. I think years ago, the Walker Group had influence on the Irish Sea ops and were behind Spacegrand.
The guy trying to start a SF340 operation out of Waterford springs to mind, boasted of umpteen years experience in the airline industry but didn't specify in what capacity for him then to start selling tickets without a licence and not to be heard of since.
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Traditionally Blackpool lived on the IOM route but even that route got through a list of airlines flying a range of aircraft sizes. None survived. My first flight was on a BIA Handley Page Herald. I can remember, Citywing, Spacegrand, British Northwest Airlines and Manx but there were other.
The £10 development fee paid for the terminal to be knocked down.
The £10 development fee paid for the terminal to be knocked down.
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Traditionally Blackpool lived on the IOM route but even that route got through a list of airlines flying a range of aircraft sizes. None survived. My first flight was on a BIA Handley Page Herald. I can remember, Citywing, Spacegrand, British Northwest Airlines and Manx but there were other.
The £10 development fee paid for the terminal to be knocked down.
The £10 development fee paid for the terminal to be knocked down.
Hard to believe now, but I remember reading that in the 1960s the Blackpool-Isle of Man route was the second busiest in the world for number of departures on summer weekends.(The busiest was one out of New York) The Silver City fleet of 5 or 6 Dakotas worked a shuttle service taking off every 30 minutes on Summer Saturdays. Of course this was a time when flew had flown and holidays in Europe were very rare, so the Isle of Man must have seemed pretty exotic. I think it cost £2/10/0 (£2.50) for a day return flight.
In those days passengers were treated properly - as this vintage clip shows you could arrive by coach and walk straight onto the aircraft - no airport check-in or security in those days.
https://www.huntleyarchives.com/prev...step=1&itemx=2
In those days passengers were treated properly - as this vintage clip shows you could arrive by coach and walk straight onto the aircraft - no airport check-in or security in those days.
https://www.huntleyarchives.com/prev...step=1&itemx=2
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Hard to believe now, but I remember reading that in the 1960s the Blackpool-Isle of Man route was the second busiest in the world for number of departures on summer weekends.(The busiest was one out of New York) The Silver City fleet of 5 or 6 Dakotas worked a shuttle service taking off every 30 minutes on Summer Saturdays. Of course this was a time when flew had flown and holidays in Europe were very rare, so the Isle of Man must have seemed pretty exotic. I think it cost £2/10/0 (£2.50) for a day return flight.
In those days passengers were treated properly - as this vintage clip shows you could arrive by coach and walk straight onto the aircraft - no airport check-in or security in those days.
https://www.huntleyarchives.com/prev...step=1&itemx=2
In those days passengers were treated properly - as this vintage clip shows you could arrive by coach and walk straight onto the aircraft - no airport check-in or security in those days.
https://www.huntleyarchives.com/prev...step=1&itemx=2
