Inverness-2

[CabinCrewe]

Originally Posted by fjencl

KLM is set to increase their daily flight to and from Inverness at the end of the month.

KLM have announced that from March 27 to October 28 they will be offering up to three daily flights between Inverness Airport and Amsterdam.

Wow thats great news for INV. Wonder what the mix of Inbound tourism vs Outbound connections is. Maybe an LH FRA next?

[SealinkBF]

BA going to one flight a day for winter timetable. No overnight stop for aircraft so day returns no longer possible.

[jaml]

Originally Posted by SealinkBF

BA going to one flight a day for winter timetable. No overnight stop for aircraft so day returns no longer possible.

Seems a strange one this - BA have carried a record number of passengers on INV-LHR during 2023 predominately on a double daily rotation using A320's. Indeed the latest load factors I can source (May 2023) show the total pax carried that month was circa 16,100. There were a number of cancellations during May but even taking an average over 31 days gives 139 pax per flight which is not too shabby a load factor. Looking back at last winter's pax figures they carried 12,500 pax in Nov 22 and 12,900 in Feb 23 which is about 416 pax a day in Nov and 460 pax per day in Feb. Reducing from the current 2 rotations/day to just one will reduce the number of seats to about 340 per day so a definite reduction in capacity to the detriment of the route. I recently flew with BA on INV - NAP and was surprised that the LHR - NAP sector was operated by Finnair. Are BA resources that thin that they now have to reduce the number of routes being operated ?

[Atlantic Explorer]

Originally Posted by jaml

Seems a strange one this - BA have carried a record number of passengers on INV-LHR during 2023 predominately on a double daily rotation using A320's. Indeed the latest load factors I can source (May 2023) show the total pax carried that month was circa 16,100. There were a number of cancellations during May but even taking an average over 31 days gives 139 pax per flight which is not too shabby a load factor. Looking back at last winter's pax figures they carried 12,500 pax in Nov 22 and 12,900 in Feb 23 which is about 416 pax a day in Nov and 460 pax per day in Feb. Reducing from the current 2 rotations/day to just one will reduce the number of seats to about 340 per day so a definite reduction in capacity to the detriment of the route. I recently flew with BA on INV - NAP and was surprised that the LHR - NAP sector was operated by Finnair. Are BA resources that thin that they now have to reduce the number of routes being operated ?

Yes BA resources are thin. Finnair are operating a large number of sectors from LHR this summer.

[Asturias56]

and they're a much better airline

[LTNman]

So the airport to use for connections is Amsterdam via KLM leaving BA fighting it out with Easyjet for point to point London traffic.

[Asturias56]

Originally Posted by SealinkBF

BA going to one flight a day for winter timetable. No overnight stop for aircraft so day returns no longer possible.

How many people need a day return to/from Inverness (or London) - by the time you get to and from LHR half the day is gone anyway

[SealinkBF]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

How many people need a day return to/from Inverness (or London) - by the time you get to and from LHR half the day is gone anyway

Not when there was a 0700hrs-ish departure.

[Asturias56]

Still can't see a vast demand for a day trip - maybe 5 or 6 people?

[fjencl]

There was a suggestion perhaps back last year early on that Loganair Inverness were going to be a ATR72-600 base only, is that happening still or nothing more said about it.

[scr1]

Originally Posted by fjencl

There was a suggestion perhaps back last year early on that Loganair Inverness were going to be a ATR72-600 base only, is that happening still or nothing more said about it.

Just one pax ATR now and the mail ones are going to GLA in June