EDI is certainly high demand, not like it was, but it sustains BA and Cityjet on multiple weekday frequencies
JER/IOM - arent they essentially somewhere to park the aircraft during the day? The question will be can Cityjet find a more profitable/less loss making way of using the aircraft, or somewhere cheaper to park them? If not then they might as well keep going with JER/IOM |
Brussels to close
It was announced today that the Brussels base will close as of Juli 17. Cabin crew will be moved to the Antwerp base, it is uncertain what will happen to the flight crew. I recon its about time they start looking at removing one or two aircraft from the fleet :uhoh:...
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BRU has been running with poor loads for well over 2 years now, often in single figures. The ANR base is going to have a lot of staff what with the MAN crew being based there now!
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Booked a VLM flight to MAN from ANR ages ago for 1815 last Sun; in April was emailed by VLM to say flight changed to 1600 - annoying but these things happen. Turned up at airport about 1520 and told, no, flight is 1815; had not been re-notified. Check in staff said things had been a bit all over the place recently.
Now I am an expert on 14 bus from Deurne to and from Antwerp Centre (Deurne is not the liveliest place on Sunday afternoon), but I will forgive them most things including this because of excellent service. Hope it doesn't suffer under new management, and hope there will continue to be an evening flight from MAN-ANR now SN Brussels have withdrawn theirs to Zaventem. Otherwise it's National Express trains and Eurostar :{ |
VLM services certainly being cut back.
LCY-BRU - route closed LCY-MAN - route closed ANR-FRA - route closed after barely three months of operation LCY-IOM - route closed (currently suspended for the Summer but not returning) Unless any new routes are opened, VLM's fleet of F50's are going to be scratching for business after the summer charter work slows down. Given that VLM's website hasn't been updated in a while (certainly not to announce any of the above route closures), looks like both the VLM brand AND some/many of their aircraft will disappear early in 2010 when the full Cityjet branding is launched. Sad to see them go. |
Last week went to Rotterdam and there were 3 VLM F50's sat on the ramp doing nothing all parked up
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I heard that one of the focker's is to operate one of the dnd - lcy sectors tonight could vlm take over from scotairways on the route maybe??
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Great shame to see a once successful airline butchered in this way. Has echos of Air UK, & not just because of the FK50s.
Progress? Not for me. |
VLM's F50 fleet is to be repainted into a new Cityjet livery, first aircraft due to fly in September.
The VLM website is replaced by the cityjet website - a new site for the whole London City Network. Sad to see the VLM Airlines brand going, but as the economy seem to be on the turn upwards the new Cityjet is well positioned for LCY expansion. |
The F50's are going to look dated in the CityJet livery.... it's a shame the VLM brand is going.
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Picture of a VLM F50 in Cityjet colors.
Sorry, I was not able to find the copyright holder of this picture, but it's not me, that's for sure. http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9405/oovlq.jpg |
Now that is hideous! I always liked the VLM fokkers. Smart and elegant planes. Look at it now. :eek: Yuk...feel sorry for the guys flying them. But as long as there's money coming in...who cares about the outside. (they must have thought)
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Originally Posted by Richard Taylor
Great shame to see a once successful airline butchered in this way. Has echos of Air UK, & not just because of the FK50s.
It is a shame T3 didn't go through with starting up on the route. Their product would have been a great replacement for VG. I hope WX decide to put the F50 back on the route.
Originally Posted by egnxema
Sad to see the VLM Airlines brand going, but as the economy seem to be on the turn upwards the new Cityjet is well positioned for LCY expansion.
Originally Posted by DutchBird-757
Now that is hideous! I always liked the VLM fokkers. Smart and elegant planes. Look at it now. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...milies/eek.gif Yuk...feel sorry for the guys flying them. But as long as there's money coming in...who cares about the outside. (they must have thought)
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Cityturboprop?:)
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Originally Posted by Traffic is...
Cityturboprop?http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif
Was thinking maybe they have removed the name to make way for the: Air France operated by Cityjet in association with VLM Sticker |
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