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Originally Posted by mariofly12
Does this mean that on the LCY-SKG route the plane will be overnighting there (too many expenses) or will it be performing W-pattern flights?
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Bit of a shame if BA see off Luxair on the Luxembourg run; there wouldn't really be enough demand for both operators at those high frequencies. Luxair have been a particular supporter of LCY through the recent lean times, running services in as soon as allowed; I think they may have been the first Europe-based operator to restart. Demand on this run is almost wholly from the Luxembourg end, which includes the surrounding countries which find Paris, Brussels or Frankfurt too far away.
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Originally Posted by WHBM
Bit of a shame if BA see off Luxair on the Luxembourg run; there wouldn't really be enough demand for both operators at those high frequencies. Luxair have been a particular supporter of LCY through the recent lean times, running services in as soon as allowed; I think they may have been the first Europe-based operator to restart. Demand on this run is almost wholly from the Luxembourg end, which includes the surrounding countries which find Paris, Brussels or Frankfurt too far away.
BA are dropping their LHR flights to LUX and instead launching this so hopefully there is still room for both to survive.
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Originally Posted by richardwpprn
CJ's G-LCAC seems to have had a varied weekend LCY-MAN on Saturday and MAN-CMF-GNB-LCY on Sunday
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New operator not noticed here previously is German Airways, who appear to be an ACMI operator with Embraer 190s, running the Dusseldorf route for BA and the Milan route for ITA (the old Alitalia in most part, reborn) each into LCY multiple times a day. Both seemed to start with the summer schedules on March 28.
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Originally Posted by WHBM
New operator not noticed here previously is German Airways, who appear to be an ACMI operator with Embraer 190s, running the Dusseldorf route for BA and the Milan route for ITA (the old Alitalia in most part, reborn) each into LCY multiple times a day. Both seemed to start with the summer schedules on March 28.
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Originally Posted by WHBM
New operator not noticed here previously is German Airways, who appear to be an ACMI operator with Embraer 190s, running the Dusseldorf route for BA and the Milan route for ITA (the old Alitalia in most part, reborn) each into LCY multiple times a day. Both seemed to start with the summer schedules on March 28.
I am tempted to ask if BA has ever operated the DUS route with their own metal... (I know they have, but it seems to be the one that always gets the leased in ACMI-aircraft).
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ITA is of course ATI backwards - the old Italian state carrier from the 1960s-70s with Fokker F27s.
BA was operating Dusseldorf with their own aircraft up to the end of last week, so not too far to think back ...
BA was operating Dusseldorf with their own aircraft up to the end of last week, so not too far to think back ...
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Is any LCY operator still regularly using BAe146s/Avros? Off the top of my head only Jota at SEN has them. The 747 got a public send-off and, while I don't suppose there's much fondness for these beasts, they've been a big part of the LCY story.
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Alas nothing scheduled. I actually chanced to notice what turned out to be the probable last such, CityJet (alias Aer Lingus colours) departing one Saturday morning to Dublin, early into the lockdown. They gave up after that weekend, and I don't think any such aircraft has been scheduled since.
Jota were in at LCY a couple of weeks ago with a charter from Liverpool, possibly a football team, a market which they do quite a lot of work for (shades of the old Scot Airways), so we haven't seen the end of the aircraft yet, and their crews still maintain the particular LCY currency. Jota was indeed my last RJ trip, shortly before the lockdown, operating a BA substitute from Dublin to LCY, although this work seems to have dropped off for them. I believe they have moved their base from Southend to Biggin Hill
Jota were in at LCY a couple of weeks ago with a charter from Liverpool, possibly a football team, a market which they do quite a lot of work for (shades of the old Scot Airways), so we haven't seen the end of the aircraft yet, and their crews still maintain the particular LCY currency. Jota was indeed my last RJ trip, shortly before the lockdown, operating a BA substitute from Dublin to LCY, although this work seems to have dropped off for them. I believe they have moved their base from Southend to Biggin Hill
New route to Deauville in northern France - operated by RAF Avia, based in Latvia, with a Saab 340
https://lodyssey.ch/
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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6
New route to Deauville in northern France - operated by RAF Avia, based in Latvia, with a Saab 340
https://lodyssey.ch/
https://lodyssey.ch/
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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6
New route to Deauville in northern France - operated by RAF Avia, based in Latvia, with a Saab 340
Now wouldn't that be a belter for LCY ?
Cityjet flew a Fokker 50 between Deauville and London City about 5 or 10 years ago. L'Odyssey look to be charging rather higher fares than Cityjet used to though....
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