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That leaves just JER & SOU served direct from GCI soI wouldn't be surprised to see a downsizing of the fleet before too long.
I don't think a daily SEN was viable year round, however it seemed to do ok in the summer with an average load of about 75% I was told,
LPL was a non starter from the beginning I think - full marks to them for trying tho.
I don't think a daily SEN was viable year round, however it seemed to do ok in the summer with an average load of about 75% I was told,
LPL was a non starter from the beginning I think - full marks to them for trying tho.
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Really? On the basis of stopping two really peripheral routes which were filling in spare time on the aircraft? Saying the end of BI is nigh based on them shuttering the LPL and SEN routes is like saying the end of BA would be nigh if they stopped flying to Kefalonia. Nonsense.
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That leaves just JER & SOU served direct from GCI soI wouldn't be surprised to see a downsizing of the fleet before too long.
I don't think a daily SEN was viable year round, however it seemed to do ok in the summer with an average load of about 75% I was told,
LPL was a non starter from the beginning I think - full marks to them for trying tho.
I don't think a daily SEN was viable year round, however it seemed to do ok in the summer with an average load of about 75% I was told,
LPL was a non starter from the beginning I think - full marks to them for trying tho.
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I’m a bit lost of LON-GCI now. Last year there was a flurry of activity with the new LHR and SEN routes, but then rumours of the end of STN.
So SEN has gone. Is STN staying, or has that been dropped? If it’s been dropped, might that now be reconsidered? Has LHR gone?
So SEN has gone. Is STN staying, or has that been dropped? If it’s been dropped, might that now be reconsidered? Has LHR gone?
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That leaves just JER & SOU served direct from GCI soI wouldn't be surprised to see a downsizing of the fleet before too long.
I don't think a daily SEN was viable year round, however it seemed to do ok in the summer with an average load of about 75% I was told,
LPL was a non starter from the beginning I think - full marks to them for trying tho.
I don't think a daily SEN was viable year round, however it seemed to do ok in the summer with an average load of about 75% I was told,
LPL was a non starter from the beginning I think - full marks to them for trying tho.
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Now, this is interesting info. If correct, I will have to revise my opinion. I am not averse to doing this in the possible knowledge that your figures are correct. At the moment , I maintain what I have said, but as a Guernseyman I would wish that the island is attractive enough to sustain a viable number & frequency of routes. These figures provide some, possible, hope of that.
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The last three posts do provide support for the case to continue these services. Why then is the airline closing the routes ? Surely, this must be because they can’t run them profitably. Armed with the figures provided above, one has to ask why this should be the case.
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Looking on FlightRadar last night, G-ISLK has been in MGL since December 7, I know it's a maintenance facility but is it normal for an aircraft to be there so long?
Just wondering as G-ISLI which left the fleet last March is stored there.
Also, I see the weekly Gronngen charter for 2020 is extended to run from end April until mid-August, and they are also down for operating a weekly charter between Vienna and Jersey on Thursdays for 8 weeks May - July
Just wondering as G-ISLI which left the fleet last March is stored there.
Also, I see the weekly Gronngen charter for 2020 is extended to run from end April until mid-August, and they are also down for operating a weekly charter between Vienna and Jersey on Thursdays for 8 weeks May - July
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I’m a bit lost of LON-GCI now. Last year there was a flurry of activity with the new LHR and SEN routes, but then rumours of the end of STN.
So SEN has gone. Is STN staying, or has that been dropped? If it’s been dropped, might that now be reconsidered? Has LHR gone?
So SEN has gone. Is STN staying, or has that been dropped? If it’s been dropped, might that now be reconsidered? Has LHR gone?
Guernsey - Heathrow has gone (That was a Flybe route)
Obviously Guernsey - Gatwick remains (Aurigny route) and will gain from the loss of the Heathrow route.
Guernsey - Stansted remains (Aurigny route) and will gain from the loss of the Southend route
I guess the Guernsey - Manchester (Aurigny route) will also gain from the loss of the Guernsey - Liverpool service (Blue Islands route)
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Back to the Status Quo! Ironic they wrote a song called 'paper plane'!
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As i already stated previously the Southend service could have worked well if Blue Islands had got the schedules right, starting a new route as we all know takes time to get established and in my humble opinion BI were to ambitious in starting a 7 days a week service during the summer and incredibly 5 days a week in the quiet winter months. For its first year 3-4 flights a week in the summer and no winter flights would probably have meant it would have been a viable service and it would have still been on sale for summer 2020.
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I think the stats show there is demand for a summer SEN-GCI service but not winter. My wife and I did a weekend break in December, flying from Southend and I don’t think there were more than a dozen of us on each flight. Aurigny or Stobart/Connect Could perhaps give it a go.
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Seems such a shame all these new routes came in and just destabilised the marketplace. Mr Parkinson was hailing this an 'open skies' success! Yet all he has done is spent tax payers money on bringing new routes in and creating more losses for the states owned Aurigny - BONKERS!
Back to the Status Quo! Ironic they wrote a song called 'paper plane'!
Back to the Status Quo! Ironic they wrote a song called 'paper plane'!
If you want to look at what has destabilized the market... look at Aurigny's entry into GCI-SOU and GCI-JER : fares have tumbled and pax numbers have rocketed !
