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Blue Islands changes:
NEW ROUTES:
Southampton - Dublin
Southampton - Manchester
Manchester - Exeter (W pattern with SOU-MAN)
NO LONGER ON WEBSITE:
London City
Newquay
TAGS REMOVED
Guernsey from the Jersey - East Midlands route
Guernsey from the Jersey - Bristol route
REDUCED FREQUENCIES
Jersey - Birmingham (from 5 to weekly)
Jersey - East Midlands (from 4 to 3 weekly)
Jersey - Exeter (from 6 to 3 weekly)
NEW ROUTES:
Southampton - Dublin
Southampton - Manchester
Manchester - Exeter (W pattern with SOU-MAN)
NO LONGER ON WEBSITE:
London City
Newquay
TAGS REMOVED
Guernsey from the Jersey - East Midlands route
Guernsey from the Jersey - Bristol route
REDUCED FREQUENCIES
Jersey - Birmingham (from 5 to weekly)
Jersey - East Midlands (from 4 to 3 weekly)
Jersey - Exeter (from 6 to 3 weekly)
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Originally Posted by SeanM1997
Blue Islands changes:
NEW ROUTES:
Southampton - Dublin
Southampton - Manchester
Manchester - Exeter (W pattern with SOU-MAN)
NO LONGER ON WEBSITE:
London City
Newquay
TAGS REMOVED
Guernsey from the Jersey - East Midlands route
Guernsey from the Jersey - Bristol route
REDUCED FREQUENCIES
Jersey - Birmingham (from 5 to weekly)
Jersey - East Midlands (from 4 to 3 weekly)
Jersey - Exeter (from 6 to 3 weekly)
NEW ROUTES:
Southampton - Dublin
Southampton - Manchester
Manchester - Exeter (W pattern with SOU-MAN)
NO LONGER ON WEBSITE:
London City
Newquay
TAGS REMOVED
Guernsey from the Jersey - East Midlands route
Guernsey from the Jersey - Bristol route
REDUCED FREQUENCIES
Jersey - Birmingham (from 5 to weekly)
Jersey - East Midlands (from 4 to 3 weekly)
Jersey - Exeter (from 6 to 3 weekly)
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Originally Posted by The Nutts Mutts
Looking at the timings, one aircraft appears to be based at SOU with a departure to Manchester at 0730, which is before the GCI and JER aircraft are scheduled to arrive.
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Will be interesting to see how they go up against Eastern from Southampton to Dublin and Manchester.
Looking at Guernsey - Southampton both Blue Islands and Aurigny have their schedules as one early morning rotation and one late evening rotation with the flights within 15 minutes of each other, not a total surprise but at the same time shame there is nothing in the middle (but then again who knows if we will be open borders by then)
Looking at Guernsey - Southampton both Blue Islands and Aurigny have their schedules as one early morning rotation and one late evening rotation with the flights within 15 minutes of each other, not a total surprise but at the same time shame there is nothing in the middle (but then again who knows if we will be open borders by then)
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Originally Posted by Jerbourg
The new scheme looks rather good I think..
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Originally Posted by MARK 101
Rumours on a local spotting thread of Blue Island launching BHX to Exeter. Not sure if this is correct , it seems an odd route ,but who knows ?
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EXT BHX
JEA used to operate twice daily with the flying shed, loads used to be on 20’s. I remember local paper had an article on fly drive holidays & this route was included.
QUOTE=caaardiff;10833093]Unlikely with such regular trains. BHX & EXT maybe?[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=caaardiff;10833093]Unlikely with such regular trains. BHX & EXT maybe?[/QUOTE]
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New Bases
Reading through the press releases it seems to indicate the following.
EXT
- Initial 3x weekly JER and daily MAN served by JER and SOU based aircraft from 31st Aug.
- Plan to base a single aircraft 'in the next few months' once demand improves.
- I expect this will operate a more business friendly MAN schedule (2x-3x daily eventually?) with room for another route or two in between.
- Considering they are starting SOU-DUB I imagine EXT-DUB may be considered for this, but you never know they may even consider CDG or AMS if they can get slots.
- I expect JER will also increase to something closer to a daily flight assuming the recovery remains ok into next summer.
SOU
- 1 based ATR72 from 31st Aug, JER/GCI both operate ~2x daily on away based aircraft. SOU aircraft initially operates daily MAN flight (inc. w-pattern to EXT) and 4x weekly DUB flight.
- Plan to add a second aircraft once demand improves - EXT gaining its own aircraft will also allow for an extra flight as well.
- Slot applications for 3x daily MAN and 2x daily DUB over the winter indicate where a chunk of this capacity is likely directed at.
- Still ~3 daily gaps in the schedule, so could be more routes considered further down the line (again CDG, AMS although I think these are unlikely?). Alternative could be the aircraft operate extra JER/GCI flights in between.
- Added factor of competition from Eastern on MAN and DUB routes. Eastern have a much better schedule to MAN from the start of Sept with 3x daily (1x Sat/Sun) service planned, also on a based ATR72. Eastern DUB schedule is currently 6x weekly so not so much difference there.
EXT
- Initial 3x weekly JER and daily MAN served by JER and SOU based aircraft from 31st Aug.
- Plan to base a single aircraft 'in the next few months' once demand improves.
- I expect this will operate a more business friendly MAN schedule (2x-3x daily eventually?) with room for another route or two in between.
- Considering they are starting SOU-DUB I imagine EXT-DUB may be considered for this, but you never know they may even consider CDG or AMS if they can get slots.
- I expect JER will also increase to something closer to a daily flight assuming the recovery remains ok into next summer.
SOU
- 1 based ATR72 from 31st Aug, JER/GCI both operate ~2x daily on away based aircraft. SOU aircraft initially operates daily MAN flight (inc. w-pattern to EXT) and 4x weekly DUB flight.
- Plan to add a second aircraft once demand improves - EXT gaining its own aircraft will also allow for an extra flight as well.
- Slot applications for 3x daily MAN and 2x daily DUB over the winter indicate where a chunk of this capacity is likely directed at.
- Still ~3 daily gaps in the schedule, so could be more routes considered further down the line (again CDG, AMS although I think these are unlikely?). Alternative could be the aircraft operate extra JER/GCI flights in between.
- Added factor of competition from Eastern on MAN and DUB routes. Eastern have a much better schedule to MAN from the start of Sept with 3x daily (1x Sat/Sun) service planned, also on a based ATR72. Eastern DUB schedule is currently 6x weekly so not so much difference there.
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Originally Posted by adfly
Reading through the press releases it seems to indicate the following.
EXT
- Initial 3x weekly JER and daily MAN served by JER and SOU based aircraft from 31st Aug.
- Plan to base a single aircraft 'in the next few months' once demand improves.
- I expect this will operate a more business friendly MAN schedule (2x-3x daily eventually?) with room for another route or two in between.
- Considering they are starting SOU-DUB I imagine EXT-DUB may be considered for this, but you never know they may even consider CDG or AMS if they can get slots.
- I expect JER will also increase to something closer to a daily flight assuming the recovery remains ok into next summer.
SOU
- 1 based ATR72 from 31st Aug, JER/GCI both operate ~2x daily on away based aircraft. SOU aircraft initially operates daily MAN flight (inc. w-pattern to EXT) and 4x weekly DUB flight.
- Plan to add a second aircraft once demand improves - EXT gaining its own aircraft will also allow for an extra flight as well.
- Slot applications for 3x daily MAN and 2x daily DUB over the winter indicate where a chunk of this capacity is likely directed at.
- Still ~3 daily gaps in the schedule, so could be more routes considered further down the line (again CDG, AMS although I think these are unlikely?). Alternative could be the aircraft operate extra JER/GCI flights in between.
- Added factor of competition from Eastern on MAN and DUB routes. Eastern have a much better schedule to MAN from the start of Sept with 3x daily (1x Sat/Sun) service planned, also on a based ATR72. Eastern DUB schedule is currently 6x weekly so not so much difference there.
EXT
- Initial 3x weekly JER and daily MAN served by JER and SOU based aircraft from 31st Aug.
- Plan to base a single aircraft 'in the next few months' once demand improves.
- I expect this will operate a more business friendly MAN schedule (2x-3x daily eventually?) with room for another route or two in between.
- Considering they are starting SOU-DUB I imagine EXT-DUB may be considered for this, but you never know they may even consider CDG or AMS if they can get slots.
- I expect JER will also increase to something closer to a daily flight assuming the recovery remains ok into next summer.
SOU
- 1 based ATR72 from 31st Aug, JER/GCI both operate ~2x daily on away based aircraft. SOU aircraft initially operates daily MAN flight (inc. w-pattern to EXT) and 4x weekly DUB flight.
- Plan to add a second aircraft once demand improves - EXT gaining its own aircraft will also allow for an extra flight as well.
- Slot applications for 3x daily MAN and 2x daily DUB over the winter indicate where a chunk of this capacity is likely directed at.
- Still ~3 daily gaps in the schedule, so could be more routes considered further down the line (again CDG, AMS although I think these are unlikely?). Alternative could be the aircraft operate extra JER/GCI flights in between.
- Added factor of competition from Eastern on MAN and DUB routes. Eastern have a much better schedule to MAN from the start of Sept with 3x daily (1x Sat/Sun) service planned, also on a based ATR72. Eastern DUB schedule is currently 6x weekly so not so much difference there.
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Why would the States prop up Blue Islands if the airline spends money on launching stuff like EXT-MAN...? Do they expect these routes to become, against all odds and contrary to conventional wisdom, cash cows instead of bottomless pits?
