The first few rotations are on 1st August (this Friday), should be nice to see some slightly less knackered looking planes down here!

Jersey
 

Airport Director steps down after only two & a half years - any takers??

Sorry to hear this; he has done a terrific job. He'll be a tough act to follow.

With regards to the BA frequency cutbacks, the late evening departure to Gatwick is dropped from the beginning of December until late February according to their timetable, with the last flight into the Island at 18:55 going to 20:00 again in late February.No drastic cutbacks on the face of it unless there are changes at a later date.

Also, any update regarding the future of Heathrow? There were supposed to be talks with bmi this week I believe, at least according to the news.

Heathrow Route
 

The question is has Jersey still got a BMI Heathrow service?
The big guns were down in Jersey yesterday to talk about the route.
There was three theories on what might happen.
1. Drop the route as it has not performed as well as expected.
2. Down size to an E145 on the service.
3. Try a get more subsides out of the States of Jersey.
So what was the result?
There was also talk about changeing the schedule with a night stopper and a mid day rotation.
In view of cut backs due to fuel prices the option could be to stop it and use the slots for something else?

BAW LGW Route
 

British Airways have dropped a rotation from the winter service

BA8034 JER LGW 07:00 08:00 BA
BA8035 LGW JER 08:35 09:40 BA BA8036 JER LGW 10:15 11:10 BA
BA8045 LGW JER 16:15 17:10 BA BA8046 JER LGW 17:45 18:40 BA
BA8047 LGW JER 17:55 18:55 BA BA8048 JER LGW 19:30 20:25 BA
BA8049 LGW JER 19:00 20:00 BA

but the times vary month to month and in March back up to 5 a day.
I presume this is due the works at Jersey this winter.

British Airways have dropped a rotation from the winter service
 

But Flybe continue with six rotations, I think

Winter Seats
 

B.A. winter Gatwick route, with the introduction of the A319 on the route and haveing more seats than the B737 500 some flights have gained extra capicty
With the B737 500s going shortly, some of the Gatwick services will be a mix over the winter with some being by the A319 and from what I understand some will be with B737 400s, in doing this between the two types of aircraft on the route the capicity will be similar if not more than five rotations with the B737 500 over the winter period.
The summer 2009 programme shows as all A319s and back to five services Sunday to Friday with six services on the Saturday.
So things are not that bad, same amout of seats with one rotation less.

There will be no loud old Palmair 737 services this winter to Tenerife from Jersey and day trips from Bournemouth as Travelmaker holidays are giving Tenerife a break for the first time since 1998

A real sign that bookings and demand are at a low at the moment , hopefully will return in Spring next year for some Palma charters

I want JER-LHR with BA ... I'm really bored with paying for taxis between LGW-LHR and praying that the M25 doesn't suffer one of it's massive hiccups.

Could anyone ever see a prospect of that? Someone [BA it appeared] suggested JER-LGW was a productive route. Presumably the LHR slots are still too valuable to let us Islanders use them?

Lgw-lhr
 

Or the National Express shuttle between LGW and LHR?

Although loads recently between JER and LHR have been fairly good, I think one of the reasons for the JER-LON regulars preferring BA is the strong Exec Club presence in the island.

BA JER-LGW = points... and as we all know points mean prizes!

Downgrade to E145 almost certain.

Provisional timings also to include 2-3hr groundstops in JER on each service due LHR slot availability. The evening service has been retimed and will operate out at 7.30ish.

On my understanding it's still provisional, its a shame we're (probably) losing the A319/320s but with the runway works taking place this winter, and predicted loads it makes it a more realistic schedule which may perhaps be beefed up again next summer. :confused:

More to come?
 

jerboy
From what I understand not only the weekends but the middle of the week will be done by the EMB145 keping the Bus to do the flights that are normally better load factors.
What ever there outcome of the meeting in Jersey two or three weeks ago all has not been revealed.
There might be some underlineing factors here, like keeping the route going over the winter to keep the slots is one.
Things might change again at the begining of the 2009 summer schedules and with Sir M still to sell out 2009 might see some big changes anyway.

Thanks for inputs, folks ...

1. Yes, I want my BA miles!
2. I need to connect to BA out of LHR.
3. I don't travel by bus, thank you :)
4. I need my BA trans-Atlantic baggage allowance coming back cross-Channel ;)

Expanding on 4. above, I will have to calculate how much BMI will charge for excess baggage ... assuming the pointy-jet Embraer would allow it in the first place.
Hmmm... Two pax on BA [Club] = an allowance of 6 bags @ max 23kg each = potentially 138kg.
X-Channel on BMI is 20 kg per person, so 98kg @ £7/kg = potentially £686.
Actually, last time we only had 76kg total, so BMI [if we'd used them] would only have charged us £252 excess baggage. :(

You see my point, I'm sure!

CF there is a new airport director already chosen

New Director
 

VickersV
When will every one be told who the new director is APRIL 1st?:ok:
If a new director has been appointed that was quick?:oh:
Could Mr L be returning for a short spell to fill the gap?::{

Blue Islands Zurich and Geneva routes become seperate flights from November instead of the current combined one; GVA departs 08:35 and ZRH at 15:15. Flights operate every week day with Geneva on a Sunday too.

Also, with the D38 in use, the Isle of Man reverts back to a daily J32 with a stop in Guernsey operating JER-GCI-IOM-JER-GCI.

So I've no chance of IoM/JER/GVA then. Shame!

A beer
 

Haven,t a clue
You could always stop over night, they say the beer is good down in the Islands?

If you take the Jetstream from IOM to JER, you will need an overnight and more than a few beers! 1.40 ish in a Jetstream, no thanks.