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The return ticket price for some dates in August and September on Easyjet is already £182 with a once a day service to Gatwick at random times each day! So much for a great service low cost airline! Time for someone to step in and sort this mess out.
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EZY have a good appetite into JER with flights from 5 UK airports currently, LGW being 3 daily, so where is the fault, IOM Gov not supporting inbound tourism?
Even Jet2 are in with the action.
Even Jet2 are in with the action.
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Already some return flights to London Gatwick showing as £250.00 and thats before choosing a seat which was free on BA/Loganair. So much for the low cost budget airline.... yet again!
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There are also dozens of dates where a one-way flight to/from LGW is under £50, and many where it is under £30.
You must realise that we are in a transitional period where travel is slowly starting to happen again, but it'll take time for true levels and patterns of demand, to become established. While that happens, we all have to work within what we have.
It is easy to criticise the IOM Government, but no on here knows what Loganair wanted to operate LHR, and what demand was projected to be, bearing in mind that many onward connections simply aren't available or practical, at present. As a Manx Tax Payer, and regular traveller, I think they've done the right thing. If there is a need for intervention, once demand has returned to something like normal, that might be a different matter.
You must realise that we are in a transitional period where travel is slowly starting to happen again, but it'll take time for true levels and patterns of demand, to become established. While that happens, we all have to work within what we have.
It is easy to criticise the IOM Government, but no on here knows what Loganair wanted to operate LHR, and what demand was projected to be, bearing in mind that many onward connections simply aren't available or practical, at present. As a Manx Tax Payer, and regular traveller, I think they've done the right thing. If there is a need for intervention, once demand has returned to something like normal, that might be a different matter.
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I am not quite sure what website you are looking at but if you look at flights in August the minimum one way fare is £57 with most around £95-£120 and some up to £134 one way.
I agree that we are in a transition period and this makes it all the more important to ensure the routes have a 'helping hand'. I therefore do not agree re Heathrow or London City as an option take a look at what is going on in Teeside. There the Mayor is subsiding a London Heathrow service they now have three flights a day with Loganair because they recognise the strategic importance to the area and the potential investment the route brings. They are not even an island and have train options and yet they seem to get it!
I agree that we are in a transition period and this makes it all the more important to ensure the routes have a 'helping hand'. I therefore do not agree re Heathrow or London City as an option take a look at what is going on in Teeside. There the Mayor is subsiding a London Heathrow service they now have three flights a day with Loganair because they recognise the strategic importance to the area and the potential investment the route brings. They are not even an island and have train options and yet they seem to get it!
I therefore do not agree re Heathrow or London City as an option take a look at what is going on in Teeside. There the Mayor is subsiding a London Heathrow service they now have three flights a day with Loganair because they recognise the strategic importance to the area and the potential investment the route brings.
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I literally have no idea what your picture is really showing! Just do a quick search for flights and see how much the ticket prices are. £133, £153 most are £90 one way. So I dont think your picture shows what is really going on! And I would hazard a guess they will continue to climb whilst there are no alternatives. End of as you say!
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It is actually 10 UK airports - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Luton & Gatwick. Jet 2 serve Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester & Stansted, I believe.
It is actually 10 UK airports - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Luton & Gatwick. Jet 2 serve Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester & Stansted, I believe.
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The data show displays exactly the point I am making in a very unclear way. There has been a price hike since August 11th and a lot of one way fares are over £100.To the earlier poster who said there are dozens under £50 then really I cant see that maybe I need my eyes tested? Its all a far cry from the £28 and £22 fares that were previously available. And on a separate note Easyjet are not even showing any flights at all in November on Tuesdays and Wednedsays they really do know how to offer a great service dont they?
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So what you want is a twice daily year round service at peak times for £22 each way?
In recent times the Island has had a LCY and a LHR connection and both times it hasn’t worked because people are not willing to pay what is required to run the flights - neither the pax nor the local Gov.
If you want more than the market supplied flights then someone needs to put their hand in their pocket.
In recent times the Island has had a LCY and a LHR connection and both times it hasn’t worked because people are not willing to pay what is required to run the flights - neither the pax nor the local Gov.
If you want more than the market supplied flights then someone needs to put their hand in their pocket.
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No I do not want to see £22 fares on the London market it is not sustainable and its exactly that sort of fare that drives out smaller operators. The reason I made the comment about £22 and £28 tickets was because a poster earlier was claiming there are dozens of seats below £50 and that is not the case certainly in August where demand is most needed right now. The net effect is we end up with a once a day service on a 156 seater and the operator who proclaims to be a low cost budget airline starts charging £150 upward for a return ticket.
People need to understand that a transport policy that allows us to end up with one flight a day to the capital is flawed even post covid. If that means intervention to assist then I would suggest that is for the good of the island in the long term.
People need to understand that a transport policy that allows us to end up with one flight a day to the capital is flawed even post covid. If that means intervention to assist then I would suggest that is for the good of the island in the long term.
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£150 return is not bad. In August I can see tickets below £50 each way. out of 31 days, 6 days have tickets below £50 one way and another 14 days below £100 one way. Certainly not bad for less than a month out at the height of summer. In September almost every day has tickets below £50.
On the route from LGW to IOM there are 5 days in august with flights under £50 one way and 16 with under £100. So please stop with the argument that there are no cheap flights. There’s plenty. In fact a majority of flights for august are under £100 one way which given the market is fairly decent.
On the route from LGW to IOM there are 5 days in august with flights under £50 one way and 16 with under £100. So please stop with the argument that there are no cheap flights. There’s plenty. In fact a majority of flights for august are under £100 one way which given the market is fairly decent.
