It's all about the money in the end...not just the planning or even finding a site.

I love your very appropriate description of the Scillonian; one reason why I hope both BIH and Skybus continue to thrive!

I see Loganair are to commence a new twice weekly route to NWI.

Confused as it says on the Exeter thread this will be operated by Flybe? Whoever it is still good news.

Loganair operating as a flybe franchise. All tickets and branding as per the latter.

Correction SOE. NQY-NWI is being operated by Flybe, not Loganair as its franchise partner

News of more BE routes for this Summer apparently to be announced tomorrow (see Flybe thread) of weekly (Sat) flights from NCL and BHD, starting May :ok:

There was also news recently that the LH DUS service is going twice weekly during the Summer peak.

They would be better off doing NCL and BHD maybe Fri and Mon or something. That way, those just wanting a weekend relaxing or joining those off their face in the streets with a bottle in hand, would be able to do it rather than have to stay the whole week in NQY. If you are a surfer its great, but a week for me would be a bit much.

I would tend to agree that 1x weekly routes arent much good. You could do with 2x weekly, say Wednesday and Sunday perhaps ?

good news however about LH, 2x weekly during the main summer season is what iv been predicting for a year or so now. I could also see the LH route having the season expanded at some stage and then maybe another German route added, for some reason the Germans do love Cornwall !

cs

The Germans do, and so do the Dutch from what I've seen during my annual summertime jaunts to Cornwall, although most of the latter seem to come with tents, caravans and campervans.

The German love affair with Cornwall is apparently at least partly to do with the serialisation of Rosamund Pilcher novels (set in Cornwall) on German TV.

Looseheadprop

definitely says in the press up here, NQY-NWI on Loganair Do328. :-)

BIH annouced today that they will continue to operate from Penzance until 31 October 2012. Sounds like they are looking at site close to the current heliport, so maybe we'll never see their choppers at NQY.

Was never going to work anyway.

I calculated they make about 2000£ per flight, from PZE, over a 1000£ is on fuel, landing fees and staff costs, with the additional distance, and fixed prices they wouldn't be far off making a loss at NQY.

Are you giving the net or gross profit figures?

2000£ would be the gross profit, and they make around 1000£ if not less net profit per flight.

BE actually sent around an email correcting this information after the press release went out !


we already see them at NQY, certainly since BIH moved mx to NQY

cs