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Historically, on the rare occasions that services have operated between Exeter and Heathrow, they've not lasted long. London City, on the other hand worked for Flybe. Presumably helped by the additional time taken to transit from Paddington into the City negating the train's apparent speed advantage.
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No inside information on this but perhaps it worked as a bit of a vanity route for the Flybe management to be able to reach London without taking the train and for important visitors to do the same in reverse. To make LCY work you need yield and plenty of it. A recent article has suggested this was sadly not Flybe’s forte.
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No inside information on this but perhaps it worked as a bit of a vanity route for the Flybe management to be able to reach London without taking the train and for important visitors to do the same in reverse. To make LCY work you need yield and plenty of it. A recent article has suggested this was sadly not Flybe’s forte.
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Front page of the Blue Islands website has an advert confirming that they plan to operate EXT-MAN twice daily, with the start date remaining tbc for the time being, for obvious reasons. I assume the planned based aircraft will also operate the EXT-JER flight in between. However that will still leave a fairly sizeable gap where they could fit another flight - possibly AMS/CDG/DUB, or a third MAN flight (less likely in my opinion) depending on how demand picks up?
EXT-JER is currently scheduled to restart on 18/05 (unlikely to be a set in stone date) operating 6 weekly, then 5 weekly in June, 6 weekly for July/August and finally daily for September/October (bookable until 24/10 currently).
EXT-JER is currently scheduled to restart on 18/05 (unlikely to be a set in stone date) operating 6 weekly, then 5 weekly in June, 6 weekly for July/August and finally daily for September/October (bookable until 24/10 currently).
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Good news regarding Blue Islands continuing the Manchester link
TUI have quietly dropped the Sharm el Sheik route for the winter and also from Bournemouth
Ryanair are continuing Alicante and Malaga throughout the winter 2 x a week , however Malta looks to have been dropped for the winter season
TUI have quietly dropped the Sharm el Sheik route for the winter and also from Bournemouth
Ryanair are continuing Alicante and Malaga throughout the winter 2 x a week , however Malta looks to have been dropped for the winter season
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Somehow I don’t think so, their owned by Peter Rigby, owner of British International Helicopters.
Capital have been very busy, with this Covid19 outbreak, transporting patients and repatriating others.
so if I were you I wouldn’t spread unfounded rumours.
Capital have been disposing of their Learjets which have departed from Exeter this week. It appears that The Rigby Group has decided to close the whole operation down over the next few weeks.
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Ryanair have dropped the frequency of the Malaga and Alicante route to just 1 flight each week for the winter period
TUI have dropped the Tenerife frequency down to 2 flights a week for the winter season , Wednesday flight now cancelled
TUI have dropped the Tenerife frequency down to 2 flights a week for the winter season , Wednesday flight now cancelled
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Hmmmm both lj’s are still registered to the group.
I haven’t time to go Through g-info for each feame
do you have a source to suggest that capitol is being closed down. ?
I haven’t time to go Through g-info for each feame
do you have a source to suggest that capitol is being closed down. ?