While I don't agree that a time will come when the current five London airports are all filled up, surely in the unlikely event that that were to happen then Southend, Lydd, Manston etc would take the strain?

obviously bored on a monday night - London Oxford Winston Churchill C.S.Lewis Inspector Morse University Airport is exactly 39.9 miles from Hillingdon (Greater London) which you might argue qualifies it for 'London' status don't you think?

If you lived say in Notting Hill, you're going to get to OXF quicker than it would take to get to Stansted - no question whatsoever.

Forget public transport, anyone in the markete to fly 'regional' drives.

Just as well it cant take 737-800`s.........Less than 40 miles from London...O Leary would have a field day with it :rolleyes:

jerboy

a few stats for you - up to 14 departures a day from PLH with 3 aircraft and 14 a day from NQY with 2. The JER-OXF is charter series for people wanting to go from the UK to JER and not the other way on behalf of Channel Islands Travel Service.

Found this article about Oxford

Basically it says by 2010 they are planning to have;

Daily services to:
Geneva, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Dublin, Belfast and Newcastle

Weekly services to:
Plymouth, Newquay and Sion

It is an interesting read. Hope they succesfully start these services up. not sure about any specific airlines that would sucessfully operate these in there route network. x

One off's maybe but there will never be flights from the likes of Thomson. Luton used to be a pure charter airport not so long ago but the tour operators like to keep most of their South East aircraft at Gatwick these days as they force many holidaymakers to use Gatwick. If Luton today is almost devoid of IT traffic then there is no chance for Oxford.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Oxfordshire | 'London' airport name change row

So it's now London Oxford!

London - Oxford sounds more like a route than an airport!:ok:

london airports
 

what next london coventry or london birmingham.
0523 covman

Cynical ploy?
 

Whether a cynical ploy to enhance the perceived value of the airport overnight or not, the owners of ‘London Oxford Airport’ sure have gained a staggering amount of publicity in the last 24 hours – all presumably for free. Almost every national newspaper has covered the story and numerous websites, the BBC, ITV even CNBC!
I suspect there’s a lot more to this name change than meets the eye. Think long, long term – secure that name and when someone converts say Upper Heyford, RAF Brize Norton or RAF Benson into a major international hub instead of that daft idea for another airport in the Thames estuary (anyone heard of bird-strike risks?), you close down Kidlington and hey-presto, you’ve got the brand name of potentialy one of the world’s largest international hubs. High speed rail link like the Shanghai monorail into Marleybone or north-west London somewhere and you are 25-30 minutes away from central London.
This isn’t about Oxford/Kidlington Airport, that said, there’s no reason why they can’t have say 20+ Q400 flights a day out of there to a number of European destinations tomorrow. I’d drive past Heathrow to fly from a hassle-free regional airport any day - outside the London TMA too, no delays.
Thinking about it, I bet it’s got something to do with scuppering Farnborough’s bid to increase their capacity limit – why on earth allow Farnborough a 70% increase when ‘London Oxford’s’ got unlimited capacity??

What a joke! Has anyone ever tried getting into actual London from Oxford/Kidlington Airport? Well, from experience I can tell you it ain't pleasent and it takes bloody ages. Will suit RYR just fine...

Utterly bizarre. Why must we have this crackpot perception that this whole bloody country revolves around London ? Oxford is Oxford, Leeds is Leeds, Glasgow is Glasgow and Luton is Luton.

Fly to London - Oxford? you must be kidding!
 

Can't wait for my transatlantic United 777 to touch down at Kidlington.

Oxford Airport has sprouted a brand new expensive sign at the Langford Lane roundabout that proudly proclaims

LONDON - OXFORD AIRPORT

Actually, that might work, if they sent the Oxford Tube express bus to London around that way, its only 70 miles to go. . . . .

Is this all a cunning plan to fool the unwary stranger? Can anyone name another airport this far from the supposed destination, aside from Dulles/Friendship/Washington DC.......

New Ryanair destination! :hmm:

Nope! It's too CLOSE to London to be a Ryanair destination! :ugh:

Its closer than London - Bournemouth!!!

London Lydd is my favourite

Dumb-ass marketeers strike again - who will be taken in by this nonsense?

They are heading in the geographic direction for London Lulsgate to be with us soon

Glasgow "Preswick" Oslo "Torp" to name but a few Oh just remembered another Barcelona "Reus"

Oxford/kidlington
 

My two cents worth: In the early 90's I remember a charter operator, the name of which now escapes me, attempted to set up a scheduled weekend return service between EGTK and JJ using a Shorts 360. It lasted all of one week, then ceased operations. All this with the existing facilites though.

Would that have been Capital, they operated lots of weekend charters into EGJJ about that time if I remeber correctly?

It could have been, I really can't remember. I hope that it does work out because it would ultimately be good for the airport, but my point is that it's been tried before...

Frankfurt Hahn...actually as close to Luxembourg than it is to Frankfurt...

Well the weekly JER flights have been very successful this season and I would very much expect that we'll see them back again next year. As to whether anything else more regular out of OXF would work, well, I guess we'll have to just wait and see. I have a feeling that EDI could work though!

OXF-JER "very successful this season"?

Looks like a 58% loadfactor for July according to the CAA provisional stats.

They have been totally sold out for the vast majority of the flights since they started earlier in the summer. Taking into account the return flights from Jersey then maybe I can see the load factors being slightly lower as some have chosen to come back earlier in the week with Flybe etc.

The figures from the CAA suggest a 93% load factor (233 passengers) for the three Saturdays in July that the flight operated, albeit excluding the first positioning flight from Jersey to Oxford. C.I. Travel appear to be pleased with the response to the service and all indications suggest the flight will operate next summer too.

Yes, sorry. Totally my mistake.

I hadn't checked that the service didn't commence until 11 July.

A very successful first season, as 4whites said.

I've heard rumours of 2xweekly JER-OXF next year. Whether there is any base to this is unclear. It wouldn't surprise me as every flight this year has been pretty much full.

Summer 2010
 

The flights are confirmed for next summer, currently one Saturday departure a week.

Looks as though they've extended the season.

Oxford (Kidlington) Airport EGTK/OXF - Oxford-Jersey Flights

CH Aviation reports Baboo will start weekly seasonal Geneva flights from December 19th, yet they aren't on sale on their website, and I can't find any mention of them on the airport website. Mistake, or a new ski season service?

Geneva
 

airhumberside

Seems so, reported on the Ski Club website.

This seems ambitious even considering the wealth in this area.

Latest News - Ski Club of Great Britain



Pete

Twice a day!!! Is that not slight overkill? Don't get me wrong, it's great to see any expansion in these economic times, but I'm guessing Baboo will be using the Q400 on the route, that's 156 seats to fill EACH WAY every single day for over three months! The Jersey route and ill faited Cambridge service are all the airport has seen in recent times in terms of passenger flights, this seems like one hell of an ambitious punt. Good luck to all involved nonetheless, really hope it works out for them!

Here's a thought.

Summer 2010

Eastern Airways

M-F

HUY-NQY-OXF-HUY-NQY-CBG-HUY

Sa

HUY-NQY-CBG-HUY

Su
HUY-NQY-OXF-HUY

Any takers :mad:

The Baboo flights are once weekly - not twice daily!

That certainly sounds more logical and achievable.

Oxford-Geneva Flights
 

OXF-GVA starts 19th December each Saturday with ticketing option to mix and match between LCY flights twice a day or OXF on Saturdays. £89 all inclusive plus skis are carried at no extra cost. Could well be extended to more regular services moving forward.

Fits in with OXF-JER flights for summer season, likewise on Saturdays.

Wealthiest catchment area in the UK outside of London so ought to be a winner.

Baboo have announced they'll be flying weekly to Geneva over the winter season - Saturday ski flights from mid December.

Well I hope none of these pax are planning to see their bags and skis arrive in GVA when they do. The Q400 is not a good a/c for ski flights, and especially not from a fairly limiting runway with regard to TO performance.