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Old 30th May 2018, 15:58
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Free poke for every1 lol, nice touch
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Old 31st May 2018, 06:16
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It’s with sincere regret that we must advise you that the opening of Carlisle Lake District Airport has been delayed by unforeseen circumstances. A major project to launch air services from a new airport relies not only on the airport’s infras
I know it's a press release but the use of 'unforeseen circumstances' annoys me. 'Airport not ready for services' is an entirely foreseeable risk when planning to start from a new facility and should have been managed accordingly.

It probably was, though, but the marketing team just used some trite old meme instead.
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Old 6th Jun 2018, 16:24
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http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/6673-belfast-city-airport-wins-top-award-for-corporate-responsibility.html
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Old 6th Jun 2018, 16:26
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Originally Posted by panpanpanpan
virginblue - last time I travelled through Harbour it was wall to wall purple Dash 8s. Even the arrivals board looked 90% FlyBe. But never mind, the award winning marketing department have it all in hand.

Its a pity Flybe never really expanded from Harbour, they have always offered the same old routes year in year out. At one stage when they got the Embraers I thought they were going to try further afield routes but it never happened. I remember going on ski trips on a 146 years ago but I don't even think they do those now? I think all the ski charters moved to Aldergrove after JD left Harbour and took the then marketing director with him. Obviously the airline and travel agency contacts went as well at that stage!

In fairness though, last time I used Aldergrove it was just a row of orange Airbus so I suppose they are in the same boat although again they have certainly grown their customer base over the last year or so. They appear to have a marketing department that can actually close deals! Coupled with a DUP sponsored, soon to be Tourist Board chief as MD..
EI do the ski charters
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Old 7th Jun 2018, 17:43
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ASL

Fully booked for most of the season. Some chat around airport that EI may extend it a little further into the year both AGP and FAO which is good news.
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For Spotter Fun I tried booking an out-and-return back-to-back on the ASL B733 to Faro but oddly the Aer Lingus booking engine doesn't permit it, once you choose one leg it forces the other to 'Unavailable' and you have to go to another day.

I could do two separate transactions though...
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Old 8th Jun 2018, 15:36
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Originally Posted by El Bunto
For Spotter Fun I tried booking an out-and-return back-to-back on the ASL B733 to Faro but oddly the Aer Lingus booking engine doesn't permit it, once you choose one leg it forces the other to 'Unavailable' and you have to go to another day.

I could do two separate transactions though...
It's a 40 minute turnaround, very unlikely any airline would let you book something like that in one transaction as the chances of you actually getting back on board the aircraft are slim.
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Old 8th Jun 2018, 19:49
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Odd that the ASL / EI Med flights are Fully Booked. A very late diverted Malaga - BHD touched down in BFS in the wee small hours a couple of weeks back with 60 passengers onboard (40% load).
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Old 8th Jun 2018, 21:24
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OneBellEnd,
In fairness, you can't make a judgenent on performance based on the load on a AGP BHD/(BFS in this instance) at the start if the schedule when the demand is originating in Belfast, the first week will be soft coming back up ...

EI BUD
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Old 8th Jun 2018, 22:46
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Originally Posted by OneBellEnd
Odd that the ASL / EI Med flights are Fully Booked. A very late diverted Malaga - BHD touched down in BFS in the wee small hours a couple of weeks back with 60 passengers onboard (40% load).
Anywhere above 80% to 100% for the next 8-9 weeks. There is a carrier at Belfast with a LF of just over 40% due this week from the Med...
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Old 8th Jun 2018, 23:02
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Originally Posted by OneBellEnd
Odd that the ASL / EI Med flights are Fully Booked. A very late diverted Malaga - BHD touched down in BFS in the wee small hours a couple of weeks back with 60 passengers onboard (40% load).
Also, most of the disrupted passengers in this case were re-routed via DUB.
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Old 9th Jun 2018, 07:46
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Great to hear EI are doing well on the sun Routes.

Even if cutting capacity across the board, dropping Alicante and Palma mid season, and cutting back on frequency, season length, capacity and product on remaining Faro and Malaga flights, while everyone else is growing, doesn’t necessarily emit the positive whiff of success which they are evidently experiencing.
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Old 9th Jun 2018, 10:43
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Originally Posted by OneBellEnd
Great to hear EI are doing well on the sun Routes.

Even if cutting capacity across the board, dropping Alicante and Palma mid season, and cutting back on frequency, season length, capacity and product on remaining Faro and Malaga flights, while everyone else is growing, doesn’t necessarily emit the positive whiff of success which they are evidently experiencing.
Thing with EI is that aircraft are tight and unless you are raking it in they will cut even if viable. There is no question that LS/FR growing capacity has had an impact. ALC/PMI were always weaker routes and more costly to operate..
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Old 10th Jun 2018, 13:59
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Originally Posted by EI-A330-300
Thing with EI is that aircraft are tight and unless you are raking it in they will cut even if viable. There is no question that LS/FR growing capacity has had an impact. ALC/PMI were always weaker routes and more costly to operate..
Correct me if I'm wrong the sunshine routes have been extended by a week?
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Old 10th Jun 2018, 21:41
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Originally Posted by mart901
Correct me if I'm wrong the sunshine routes have been extended by a week?
Think you are correct, any longer will likely depend on demand and crew hour limits.
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Old 10th Jun 2018, 22:12
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Originally Posted by EI-A330-300
Think you are correct, any longer will likely depend on demand and crew hour limits.
In terms of cabin crew I believe ASL were recruiting seasonal BHD based crew and EI were supplying a crew member per flight, plus ASL based some maintenance crew over summer, I'd imagine pilots would be their own existing
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Would EI crew be able to operate on the ASL a/c as it is a 737? As they are trained on A319 and A320. They would have to have a conversion course possibly.
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Originally Posted by sealink
Would EI crew be able to operate on the ASL a/c as it is a 737? As they are trained on A319 and A320. They would have to have a conversion course possibly.
*cabin crew
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Old 11th Jun 2018, 08:30
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Originally Posted by sealink
Would EI crew be able to operate on the ASL a/c as it is a 737? As they are trained on A319 and A320. They would have to have a conversion course possibly.
They will most likely be there as a representative for EI and their service routine. They will therefore be additional to the minumum crew compliment. All safety related tasks will be completed by ASL crew. Another example of this is with the Titan airways and Jet2 contract. Jet2 will provide a rep on the flights but not part of the aircraft safety related crew compliment.
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Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
They will most likely be there as a representative for EI and their service routine. They will therefore be additional to the minumum crew compliment. All safety related tasks will be completed by ASL crew. Another example of this is with the Titan airways and Jet2 contract. Jet2 will provide a rep on the flights but not part of the aircraft safety related crew compliment.
It varies, TCX use their own crews on avion flights albeit on same a/c type
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