Plans afoot to lease out two A320s for the coming winter - being advertised in Airfax today.

Also understand that flying from two new UK regional airports is in the pipeline down to Tenerife.

Ah, now for the 'expansion' of the BACON brand!

Next,
Paphos

Interesting to see a BA franchise moving the goalposts into typical charter/low-cost territory...

Cheers :cool:

They are going LO-CO under the BA CONNECT brand.

I know that. But you aren't taking it at face value, are you? ;)

Cheers :cool:

FougaMagister

What you believe them going to BA connect is all a ploy and they are really a full fair airline still :\

you need to get out more...

Arrecife, Gran Canaria, Marrakesh, Malaga and Malta all dropped from MAN next winter, TFS and PFO continue. Flights starting from EMA and BRS.

Are they keeping theier base at MAN for two routes?

Ive read on another forum that GB will leave Seville and suspend Nantes for the winter. The low cost airlines seem to be affecting GB a lot at the moment

Hence the "cant beat em -join em" routine. You can hardly go wrong with TFS and PFO

That's a long day for crew MAN - BRS - TFS - BRS - MAN, there must be a stop, some were along the line.

Yes, apparently crews will be nightstopping in TFS.

So is it only MAN crews who will be operating the EMA and BRS flights or will us LGW guys be doing them too? I guess it would mean having to train for BA Connect onboard service down here.

I've heard there,s a nite stop in TFS , will this not cost money.

Railgun - my point is that there is more to going low-cost than merely lowering fares, flying with minimum crew and providing all snacks/drinks for sale. Any airline can lower its fares (at least in the short term), but actually lowering operating costs (and keeping them low) takes a lot more effort. The low-cost model works provided it is not tampered with; in other words, it is not a very flexible business model if it is to be successful.

That said, GB are probably better placed than BA Connect to pratice low cost; one thing going for them is that their fleet is better adapted - but flying longer sectors like TFS (meaning they won't be able to use their aircraft on 4 to 6 sectors each day like LCCs do) and having crew nightstop downroute may well make their fares higher than the competition. Good luck to them though.

Cheers :cool:

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I've just heard GB to fly BRS - TFS & EMA - TFS 3 times a week in the winter.:ok:

Plus they're MAN product will fall in line with BA connect:confused:

Yep BA Connect product on all GB Airways services excluding London. Flights will be marketed as BA Connect ''operated by GB Airways'' - Just goes to show that there's faith in the new product and gives BA Connect some strength..... Check out the GB Airways website. (news services to TFS from EMA/BRS as well) Also see BRS and EMA threads.

Are the flights being operated by MAN or LGW crews?