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Air Cargo News reporting Cargologicair are to start flights from DSA. This coupled with the continued increase in Nairobi widebody cargo flights will keep a good stream of non EU business at DSA..
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Their press release says it's to be a Hub.
We might finally have struck lucky if it was at least one based 747. But if reckon on more ..
Lazy / incompetent journalists (delete which not applicable!) often use the word "hub" to describe anything but - often spokes. Great news for DSA though, and right under the noses of the country's principal cargo airport - EMA. One in the eye for MAG!
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But I digress , anyway the poster having praised DSA he said it had a better catchment than EMA but kept ' Poaching , Eg TUI, I think he meant 'Lomghaul' , from under the airport's nose.
It would be nice for a ' standard carrier ' like a loco to serve DSA, plus a few Niche routes .
And I understand reading the latest ' Routes shop ' DSA is still chasing ABZ and Dubai.
( The latter easily now servable by Wizzair ).
But as they say onwards and upwards , I'm.still hoping we are getting a ' Based aircraft ,that article was more of a press release.'.
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I guess the big question now for the future of DSA is whether anyone is going to come in and fill the gap left by Flybe?
This loss will be several hundred thousand passengers per year.
I just can't see who. Easyjet maybe?
This loss will be several hundred thousand passengers per year.
I just can't see who. Easyjet maybe?
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Dublin has proven demand and too could be picked up by Ryanair / Aer Lingus should they have capacity to do so.
That would just leave NQY as an unserved route,.Qith it being available as a PSO route to LBA i can't see there being any need for replacement at DSA.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the Flybe base be wound up before summer the way they are going. Very sad. Best wishes to all the crew and staff that handle the operation.
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Everything except the UK domestic routes could be a possibility for Wizzair UK
As I have posted elsewhere DSA seems to be the loser in an area where I think there are too many airports. I don't know what the business case was but would have thought it included taking at least some traffic from LBA. It hasn't done that (except for TUI maybe) and competing with LBA and EMA where Jet2 and RYR are entrenched and to a lessor extent HUY it will be difficult.
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Wizz Air UK seem to be building up their fleet of A321s so far at the expense of one A320 - a lot of seats to fill.
As I have posted elsewhere DSA seems to be the loser in an area where I think there are too many airports. I don't know what the business case was but would have thought it included taking at least some traffic from LBA. It hasn't done that (except for TUI maybe) and competing with LBA and EMA where Jet2 and RYR are entrenched and to a lessor extent HUY it will be difficult.
As I have posted elsewhere DSA seems to be the loser in an area where I think there are too many airports. I don't know what the business case was but would have thought it included taking at least some traffic from LBA. It hasn't done that (except for TUI maybe) and competing with LBA and EMA where Jet2 and RYR are entrenched and to a lessor extent HUY it will be difficult.
DSA still lacks a proper UK based Loco, but the deal with Flybe has at least shown a market for the flights they have chosen to operate. Wizz (quietly) remain the largest operator, and hopefully their relationship with Peel/DSA can be constructive in replacing and lost BE routes with a Wizz UK operation. On Peels part they will not be upsetting an incumbent as might be the case if they were to pursue RYR or EZY. Peel wont upset TUI trying too hard for Jet 2 - but if growth can be maintained over the next few years proving the calims of the masterplan, maybe even Jet 2 will see the restrictions of LBA and move some of their capacity to the airport that has room to grow.
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Interested points, but where is that growth coming from?
Unless a replacement is found for FlyBe in the next few weeks, this years passenger numbers will be massively down.
I don't see Wizz picking it up, they have said previously they are interested in operating bucket and spade routes from the UK, and I don't see them going against their business model with routes such as AMS.
Unless a replacement is found for FlyBe in the next few weeks, this years passenger numbers will be massively down.
I don't see Wizz picking it up, they have said previously they are interested in operating bucket and spade routes from the UK, and I don't see them going against their business model with routes such as AMS.
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There are about 30 Wizzair flights at present for Winter 19/20.
It remains to be seen what the Flybe schedule will be, I suspect there will be a daily BHD and then on to AMS/CDG and back with a late return to BHD. Its difficult to see how anything else can be flown thru, maybe the Jersey but thats limited, unless they do something like EDI-AMS-DSA-AMS-EDI.
Lots more to come out of this in my opinion. For sure it seems DSA/CWL don't fit with what Virgin want (to feed their hub at LHR and MAN) but Connect are also 30% owned by Stobart.. DSA themselves won't want to lose these routes and I imagine will do what they can to find a replacement, the loads have been good so clearly the demand is there.
Flybe "management" to blame here. for sure they'll be fine tho - as per usual.
It remains to be seen what the Flybe schedule will be, I suspect there will be a daily BHD and then on to AMS/CDG and back with a late return to BHD. Its difficult to see how anything else can be flown thru, maybe the Jersey but thats limited, unless they do something like EDI-AMS-DSA-AMS-EDI.
Lots more to come out of this in my opinion. For sure it seems DSA/CWL don't fit with what Virgin want (to feed their hub at LHR and MAN) but Connect are also 30% owned by Stobart.. DSA themselves won't want to lose these routes and I imagine will do what they can to find a replacement, the loads have been good so clearly the demand is there.
Flybe "management" to blame here. for sure they'll be fine tho - as per usual.