Aer Arann Announces Isle of Man to Liverpool Service
 

Aer Arann website:

17th August 2005, Aer Arann Ireland’s premier regional airline today announced that it will commence a new daily commuter service from the Isle of Man to Liverpool on 3rd October 2005. The airline will operate four return flights per day with the first departure from the Isle of Man at 7.00am arriving in Liverpool at 7.30am and the last flight leaving the Isle of Man at 6.00pm. Fares on the route will start from £29.99 one-way including tax with the service catering for business and leisure passengers alike. The route will be operated by a 50 seater ATR42 aircraft.

Commenting on the announcement, Padraig O Ceidigh, Managing Director of Aer Arann said, “We are delighted to be announcing this service from the Isle of Man to Liverpool. Liverpool is emerging as a premier UK destination with a rich and diverse heritage and we recognise that there is considerable demand for access between the Isle of Man and Liverpool following the withdrawal of Emerald Airways from the route. We are confident we can capture this market and are very well positioned to provide this service to Liverpool with the high quality and efficient service to which our passengers are accustomed.”

Phil Pain, Airport Director for the Isle of Man Airport, commented that this initiative would help to strengthen the Island’s biggest route. “Isle of Man to Liverpool is a fundamentally important air service for the Island, both in terms of providing a frequent and cost-effective link with the UK for residents, and drawing visitors to the Island from North West England,” he said. “We enjoy a good relationship with Aer Arann as they have served the Dublin – Isle of Man route over recent years and we welcome their confidence in the Isle of Man as an air service destination.”

Vic Brodrick Commercial Director for Liverpool John Lennon Airport, commented: “Aer Arann’s new link between the Isle of Man and Liverpool John Lennon Airport is excellent news given the traditional popularity of travel between the Isle of Man and Liverpool. We are certain that this new service will be a success, increasing choice and improving value for both leisure and business passengers giving access to the wide range of destinations served from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.”

Intresting! Wonder when their two new ATR 72-500's will arrive ?and what new routes they will with them?

:confused: :confused: 72-500 ?? Can you say 72-200. One is being based in ORK the other one will be spare plane. Should be coming nxt month.
Smiert

No from what i have being hearing they are gonna be new 500's

well what you hear is wrong, sorry. It is 2 72-200 coming from scandinavia. If you order a brand new -500 the delivery time is almost 2 years, but you might see them coming in 2007 though.....:ok:
smiert

Hi all,
Smiert, it's about time they got a "spare". They've had a few stupid moments when they've needed a spare and were found wanting, especially to Kerry and Sligo. They are a good bunch but there are times when they have fallen flat, big time.
regards
TDD

On a sample of a few days, Liverpool - IOM day return with Arran is £60 and EMX at £124. All set for an interesting winter season then....

Some may feel this serves EMX right for treading on Galway - London but they do provide the best London day return service from Galway, albeit with a pick'n'mix aircraft type. With EMX having taken out Emerald and looking to Liverpool as their cash cow, it was only a matter of time before Arran jumped on them to hit them where it is likely to hurt, and with a more stable operation and better aircraft type (give me and ATR72 before an ATP any day).

Will EMX announce the termination of Galway London City, only to be followed a few hours later by Arran announcing they are to operate three a day from Galway to Luton and cancel their IOM plans?

Hangar 4 LPL
 

Whilst on a subject about LPL... Can anyone confirm the rumour that JB007 was seen skulking away with Magic Buff from hangar 4 last week??

a/c type.
 

quote: (give me and ATR72 before an ATP any day).

it was announced as a atr42 50 seater a/c. only 3 flights a day to lpl operated by atp the rest by dh8300 or rj70

This definately has all the marks of a turf war and there'll be tears before bedtime! Similar to JEA as was putting the boot into Manx by opening up the IOM to LCY route after BRAL(MANX) kicked jersey off the Southampton - CI routes.

Perhaps EMX will put the RJ on the GWY - Man service now. It will all end in tears the first time the ATR goes tech and the IOM schedule collapses.

GWY - Man? I'm guessing you mean IoM? If so, the RJ70 has been flying IoM-Gwy for quite some time. Saw it leave yesterday (after some, *cough* callsign trouble *cough* :D).

The RJ's must be being kept busy, as I hardly see them around for long anymore, they're always off again!!

RR

No I meant GWY - MANCHESTER. AA currently service the route with an ATR.

Price War
 

And so the price war between Aer Arann and Euromanx begins.
It has been proved that the LPL-IOM route can sustain a two carrier operation as Pax numbers show.

No one is stupid enough to enter a price war with Oil at $70 a barrel. So you invest millions in driving someone off the route then the IOM government screw you over ! I don't think so.

The price of oil is irrelevant - this is a turf war to pay euromanx back for entering the Galway - London market. The fuel price is the same (more or less) for all airlines involved, so it will come down to who can take the most traffic to reduce the other's revenue and persuade them to rethink their strategy. If taking traffic means you have to sell your cheapest seats at £20 instead of £18 due to fuel, then that's what you do, but it doesn't stop you being competitive pricewise against another airline. In fact a couple of cheap passengers can cover the fuel cost difference.

If RE get off to a good start with reliability and price, they could quickly take many of the disaffected Euromanx customers, still peeved off by Euromanx's huge fare increases following the elimination of Emerald.

Eh hello - EM would be quite happy for AA to caary twice as many pax if they lose money at it. Times are a changing, Emerald carried an awful lot of pax at stupid prices and where are they now? sub charter to EM thats where. The Oil price is everything, you will wait a long time for a price war on any route, why should anyone throw money away. If EM came off someone else would come on.