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Old 29th Nov 2019, 10:37
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According to the TUI flight schedule looks like departing morning and arriving back in the evening.

Still over a year away, lots may happen before then, and with Brexit there may have to be some sort of international departures, or checking of passports customs leaving the UK
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Old 29th Nov 2019, 11:55
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Originally Posted by tictack67
According to the TUI flight schedule looks like departing morning and arriving back in the evening.

Still over a year away, lots may happen before then, and with Brexit there may have to be some sort of international departures, or checking of passports customs leaving the UK
I’m assuming you’re responding to the poster suggesting that a 757 could be used on a W-pattern? This will not happen, especially not on such a long route. TUI have no good reason to bring the 757 in for this route and I’m failing to see where this idea is coming from frankly. The based aircraft was going to be idle anyway so it makes no sense.
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Old 29th Nov 2019, 12:31
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AIRC FlyGlobespan flew the route, but I've forgotten what a/c?
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Old 29th Nov 2019, 14:36
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Originally Posted by ROC10


I’m assuming you’re responding to the poster suggesting that a 757 could be used on a W-pattern? This will not happen, especially not on such a long route. TUI have no good reason to bring the 757 in for this route and I’m failing to see where this idea is coming from frankly. The based aircraft was going to be idle anyway so it makes no sense.
Steady on ROC10, no need for that tone with me pal. I was only asking if the TUI 738 was able to to fly the new route to Egypt or if they would need to bring in an alternative. The question was answered by others already, was not aware the 738 used to fly the route before. Someone else brought up the W route suggestion.
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Old 29th Nov 2019, 15:32
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Originally Posted by Sk1schoolsam


Steady on ROC10, no need for that tone with me pal. I was only asking if the TUI 738 was able to to fly the new route to Egypt or if they would need to bring in an alternative. The question was answered by others already, was not aware the 738 used to fly the route before. Someone else brought up the W route suggestion.
Apologies, you’ve misunderstood, I was referring to the poster suggesting the W-pattern, not you. As you say, the matter has been discussed.
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Old 29th Nov 2019, 18:33
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Originally Posted by ROC10


I’m assuming you’re responding to the poster suggesting that a 757 could be used on a W-pattern? This will not happen, especially not on such a long route. TUI have no good reason to bring the 757 in for this route and I’m failing to see where this idea is coming from frankly. The based aircraft was going to be idle anyway so it makes no sense.
Actually I wasn't referring to neither the 757 or the w-patttern, In fact I never mentioned either.

I was merely mentioning departure and arrival times

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Old 29th Nov 2019, 20:24
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Originally Posted by ROC10
The based aircraft was going to be idle anyway
Whhatt?! an idle EDI aircraft... surely not.
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Old 30th Nov 2019, 09:59
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Originally Posted by Flightrider
To be fair - a tendency which doesn't come readily to me - both WestJet and Icelandair have applied for slots at EDI for Summer 2020. They both have done so on previous occasions and have not launched services, and there is nothing to suggest that this time will be any different. However, an application for slots by the carriers does at least indicate *some* passing interest in serving the EDI market.
Icelandair is expected to announce "a new destination in Europe" in the coming weeks according to the article below. Time will tell whether it is EDI or one of the doubtless many other airports that they have considered serving.
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Old 30th Nov 2019, 10:55
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Originally Posted by tartan 201
Time will tell whether it is EDI
When you see how the figures rocketed with high summer with budget low cost carriers Wow and EasyJet, then the numbers seem certainly to be there. Where did those pax all go? One wonders why EasyJet chose not to capitalise and fill all the lost capacity.
With EDIs reasonable summer transatlantic profile, does it need another connecting North American operator to dilute?
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Old 30th Nov 2019, 12:55
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Originally Posted by tartan 201
Icelandair is expected to announce "a new destination in Europe" in the coming weeks according to the article below. Time will tell whether it is EDI or one of the doubtless many other airports that they have considered serving.
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Hopefully it's EDI, I did say a few days ago EDI was being looked at by FI and that flights may be announced. Although as previously stated time will tell.
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Old 30th Nov 2019, 13:59
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Originally Posted by VickersVicount

When you see how the figures rocketed with high summer with budget low cost carriers Wow and EasyJet, then the numbers seem certainly to be there. Where did those pax all go? One wonders why EasyJet chose not to capitalise and fill all the lost capacity.
With EDIs reasonable summer transatlantic profile, does it need another connecting North American operator to dilute?
Icelandair aren't a North American operator.

Yes, they operate to North America, but they aren't North American.
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Old 30th Nov 2019, 14:18
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Just thought I’d point out my post number 1065 on March 28th on this thread.
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Old 30th Nov 2019, 16:08
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Originally Posted by sinbad73
Icelandair aren't a North American operator.

Yes, they operate to North America, but they aren't North American.
They 'operate' to North America... I presumed that was clear, obviously not...
I don't think anyone ever suggested Icelandair (which we all know is a European island nation) were North American
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Originally Posted by VickersVicount

They 'operate' to North America... I presumed that was clear, obviously not...
I don't think anyone ever suggested Icelandair (which we all know is a European island nation) were North American
Glad you've realised your error.
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Jet2 to Lisbon has not been announced, they pulled out last minute due to fleet capacity next summer. They want to focus on BHX, MAN and STN. Its a good decision though as they would have been struggling against Ryanair and EasyJet.
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Old 4th Dec 2019, 09:50
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They never had any plans to operate EDI-LIS! Why are you making this stuff up?
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Old 4th Dec 2019, 13:59
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Originally Posted by Plane mad 134
Jet2 to Lisbon has not been announced, they pulled out last minute due to fleet capacity next summer. They want to focus on BHX, MAN and STN. Its a good decision though as they would have been struggling against Ryanair and EasyJet.
Source please.
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Old 4th Dec 2019, 15:35
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Originally Posted by ld0595
Source please.
I heard it from an anonymous source who has told me about some airlines before they announced any routes, Jet2 was on the cards for Lisbon but not anymore.

I know of several other news but I won't be saying those.

In other news Delta will be using premium heavy 757 on the JFK and BOS, maybe in the future this will turn into a 767, thus the reason more premium seats as the demand is there. Source for this was the Delta seat maps.
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Originally Posted by willy wombat
I have a question re EDI stand planning. I frequently use EZY from/to LGW and the flights frequently use gates 2/3/4. Yesterday afternoon the LGW was on gate 3 and the BRS on gate 2. Not only does this lead to loads of congestion as the arriving pax try to push past the pax queuing for departure (and yesterday the LGW and BRS queues got totally mixed up with each other) but it means that arriving pax have to walk the whole length of the departure lounge to get to domestic arrivals. Would it not make more sense to allocate gates nearer to domestic arrivals for these flights? It was not exactly busy yesterday afternoon - plenty of contact stands available. One other point re the EDI terminal - a nasty pinch point has been created between Weatherspoons and Burger King with pax walking in both directions causing congestion. I'm surprised the fire service allows it.
Probably because international arrivals 1 is closed mid week for the winter season. That means domestic flights are more likely to be assigned stands in the cul-de-sac when necessary, as international arrivals are all getting processed through international arrivals 2 on those days. Plus, stand 7 is out of use for the foreseeable, so one domestic stand down which also reduces options.
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Old 4th Dec 2019, 18:32
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Originally Posted by Plane mad 134
I heard it from an anonymous source who has told me about some airlines before they announced any routes, Jet2 was on the cards for Lisbon but not anymore.

I know of several other news but I won't be saying those.

In other news Delta will be using premium heavy 757 on the JFK and BOS, maybe in the future this will turn into a 767, thus the reason more premium seats as the demand is there. Source for this was the Delta seat maps.
What exactly is a premium heavy 757? As far as I'm aware, the international flat bed configured aircraft (75S) all have the same 16 seat capacity?

If it's showing more than 16 seats that would mean a domestic first configured aircraft. I wouldn't class that as a good thing as it's an inferior product that they charge less for, hence normally goes on lower yielding routes.
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