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He literally trades on being an "aviation analyst" which if that's not fraudulent I don't know what is. Mummy's money opens doors it seems.
In all seriousness, with Paul Mason at C4 going all revolutionary leather jacket, the level of "expertise" available to the media is very low, it's appalling that someone as unskilled as Macheras is their go-to guy.
Is he on pprune I wonder? anyone know?
In all seriousness, with Paul Mason at C4 going all revolutionary leather jacket, the level of "expertise" available to the media is very low, it's appalling that someone as unskilled as Macheras is their go-to guy.
Is he on pprune I wonder? anyone know?
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as far as I’m aware the 752 National is the launch aircraft for BOS
The A321neo now doing STN-EWR daily will reduce to 3x weekly for a brief period to allow for the 4x weekly BOS launch on 18th May. The second A321neo arrives on 30th May from which it will take on BOS and the YYZ launch. The first aircraft will then go back to doing EWR daily. A third A321neo is still set for the IAD launch on 22nd August from which time YYZ will increase to 5x weekly.
The National 752 it seems is now being based in BHX until the 29th July. It will operate EWR now only 6x weekly until 22nd June, from which time it'll reduce to 3x weekly to allow for the 3x weekly YYZ launch. EWR will then go up to 4x weekly once the A321neo takes over.
To confirm, the National 752 will only be utilised 6x a week, at BHX, from 18th May to 29th July. STN long-haul should now be fully serviced by the A321neo.
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Well what a load of rubbish that radio article was.
The presenter asking if people will be willing to travel in small seat, when actually there is just as much if not more room than on other traditional airlines, also Alex saying security at Stansted need to employ more international speaking security agents, and Stansted needs better transport links to London, forgive me if I’m wrong but Stansted has trains every 15 mins to London and has the counties 2nd largest coach station anyway, nothing mentioned about the National 752 launching the BOS route just a slight mention of the delivery in delivery of aircraft from Airbus but the way the CEO was talking it has been resolved but I’m not so sure as the National is down to operate STN-BOS.
but at least the CEO and Alex seems to think the routes will last at Stansted and the bookings are very healthy.
The presenter asking if people will be willing to travel in small seat, when actually there is just as much if not more room than on other traditional airlines, also Alex saying security at Stansted need to employ more international speaking security agents, and Stansted needs better transport links to London, forgive me if I’m wrong but Stansted has trains every 15 mins to London and has the counties 2nd largest coach station anyway, nothing mentioned about the National 752 launching the BOS route just a slight mention of the delivery in delivery of aircraft from Airbus but the way the CEO was talking it has been resolved but I’m not so sure as the National is down to operate STN-BOS.
but at least the CEO and Alex seems to think the routes will last at Stansted and the bookings are very healthy.
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[QUOTE=toledoashley;10142269]Oh dearest Alex, someone who annoys me more than Simon Calder...[/QUOTE
The old saying is 'empty vessels make the most noise'. Simon Calder is dragged out to make a statement about the bloody obvious, but don't interview him about anything that needs thought,or balance or even knowledge. Sad really.
The old saying is 'empty vessels make the most noise'. Simon Calder is dragged out to make a statement about the bloody obvious, but don't interview him about anything that needs thought,or balance or even knowledge. Sad really.
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No, there's been some further changes...
The A321neo now doing STN-EWR daily will reduce to 3x weekly for a brief period to allow for the 4x weekly BOS launch on 18th May. The second A321neo arrives on 30th May from which it will take on BOS and the YYZ launch. The first aircraft will then go back to doing EWR daily. A third A321neo is still set for the IAD launch on 22nd August from which time YYZ will increase to 5x weekly.
The National 752 it seems is now being based in BHX until the 29th July. It will operate EWR now only 6x weekly until 22nd June, from which time it'll reduce to 3x weekly to allow for the 3x weekly YYZ launch. EWR will then go up to 4x weekly once the A321neo takes over.
To confirm, the National 752 will only be utilised 6x a week, at BHX, from 18th May to 29th July. STN long-haul should now be fully serviced by the A321neo.
The A321neo now doing STN-EWR daily will reduce to 3x weekly for a brief period to allow for the 4x weekly BOS launch on 18th May. The second A321neo arrives on 30th May from which it will take on BOS and the YYZ launch. The first aircraft will then go back to doing EWR daily. A third A321neo is still set for the IAD launch on 22nd August from which time YYZ will increase to 5x weekly.
The National 752 it seems is now being based in BHX until the 29th July. It will operate EWR now only 6x weekly until 22nd June, from which time it'll reduce to 3x weekly to allow for the 3x weekly YYZ launch. EWR will then go up to 4x weekly once the A321neo takes over.
To confirm, the National 752 will only be utilised 6x a week, at BHX, from 18th May to 29th July. STN long-haul should now be fully serviced by the A321neo.
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The main problem with Primera appears to be communication (or lack of it)
There is currently a 3 week response time to emails and is virtually impossible to talk to anybody from Primera. Primera have since replied to a complaint on social media informing the customer that their customer support is overloaded though they are trying to expand on this.
Added to this the constant delays and frequent cancellations using leased in aircraft and this quickly becomes unsustainable. They must have deep pockets.
The Southern/Northern Rail of the skies..
There is currently a 3 week response time to emails and is virtually impossible to talk to anybody from Primera. Primera have since replied to a complaint on social media informing the customer that their customer support is overloaded though they are trying to expand on this.
Added to this the constant delays and frequent cancellations using leased in aircraft and this quickly becomes unsustainable. They must have deep pockets.
The Southern/Northern Rail of the skies..
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To be fair, it seems that things have improved dramatically, well at least at Stansted.
Since the A321 took over on the Newark route from the old unreliable Nation B752 there has been no cancellations nor fuel diversions and the Europe short haul operation has ran pretty smoothly since day one.
I have heard a rumour “unconfirmed” that primera have decided to use Titan instead of National to launch long haul from Birmingham so hopefully things should start smoother at Birmingham and we shouldn’t see a repeat of the Stansted fiasco.
I know there has been a lot of people affected by the longhaul and shorthaul route rescheduling but I believe this is better than turning up on the day of travel to find you flight delayed 24hrs or cancelled altogether.
I would agree that the response time to complaints and urgent enquiries is unacceptable to the UK and US customers and to add to that I would strongly recommend someone at primera take a look at its social media team and maybe take note how airlines like Jet2 handling it’s facebook and Twitter pages.
Primera need to recognise that a strong social media team is just as important as a good sales team, not only for complaints and enquiries but photos, competition, news and route updates.
Since the A321 took over on the Newark route from the old unreliable Nation B752 there has been no cancellations nor fuel diversions and the Europe short haul operation has ran pretty smoothly since day one.
I have heard a rumour “unconfirmed” that primera have decided to use Titan instead of National to launch long haul from Birmingham so hopefully things should start smoother at Birmingham and we shouldn’t see a repeat of the Stansted fiasco.
I know there has been a lot of people affected by the longhaul and shorthaul route rescheduling but I believe this is better than turning up on the day of travel to find you flight delayed 24hrs or cancelled altogether.
I would agree that the response time to complaints and urgent enquiries is unacceptable to the UK and US customers and to add to that I would strongly recommend someone at primera take a look at its social media team and maybe take note how airlines like Jet2 handling it’s facebook and Twitter pages.
Primera need to recognise that a strong social media team is just as important as a good sales team, not only for complaints and enquiries but photos, competition, news and route updates.
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For the first time Primera have all three flights, STN, BHX and CDG en route to EWR and all pretty much on time.
PF21 / PF41 / PF51 will all land within 15 mins of each other at EWR.
PF21 / PF41 / PF51 will all land within 15 mins of each other at EWR.
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I think I heard / read somewhere that the next A321 is due 30th May and will be Stansted based to operate Boston and Toronto However I might be wrong.
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Good News - the 757 is back on schedule
Bad news - Further BHX cuts but short-haul this time but only in June. Wednesday Malaga has gone and the Tuesday Palma. This isn't too disturbing as any June involving the World Cup can see take-up drop off significantly although more worrying is that Malaga is not running this coming Wednesday and Palma on Tuesday and Wednesday which must be crewing/aircraft as the FR and LS loads indicate a shortage of seats at BHX even taking into account it is the lead-in to Bank Holiday.
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I hear all is not well in the camp at Primera with a mass exodus of crew (pilots and cabin crew) about to take place. The agency (ASTA) has been called out for bad practices. Mass sackings of cabin crew following unrest and complaints over scandalous arrangements whereby they don't get paid properly until line check, yet date of line check completely in hands of the company so many cabin crew abused for months at low pay. Also, lawyers telling recent hires that their contracts are worthless. Usual problem with greedy airline management conspiring with agencies with even less spine. Same old, same old. Sigh....
My contact has been cabin crew since the base opened at Stansted.
New aircraft/new aircraft type/new routes/new bases/new countries - what could possibly go wrong?
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To be fair, it’s only the late delivery from Airbus that is causing the problems, everything else looks to be working just fine, loads are high, flights were running pretty much on time using the two 321’s but now the old unreliable National is back on th scene things are starting to go wrong again.