If they put it on the GCI-SOU or JER-sou i think that FLYBE will have a sense of humour failure and that will cost Derek a whole lotta wonga. Bring it on asap!:E

Operating a 2-4-6 service from BOH will limit overall demand.

Plus the fares that are necessary to make a J-31 worthwhile are also steep.

If you were to add aircraft size, with a corresponding lower increase in cost you get cheaper seats. This then stimulates demand. It might be possible to achieve better results with an ATR-42 on this route. OR improved schedules for a J-31 operation will have a beneficial effect on demand.

They are more than covering their costs with a 55-60% load factor and average fares of 75GBP

Operating GCI-JER to Chambrey this winter in conjunction with ski specialist Inghams.

Also rumoured -

to be looking at operating JER to Paris & Amsterdam,

decreasing the Jetstream fleet to 1 or 2 examples by year end

& putting an ATR42 on the GCI-Southampton.

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ATR42 G-DRFC has been written off.

G-DRFC
 

Certainly FC has been sitting at JER with a wrap around the port engine minus prop since the incident. The mangled port gear was probably the main problem.

According to Jethros it has now been written off.

Looks like all inter-island flights cancelled for this afternoon & already one for tomorrow morning.


More tech issues one wonders?

Denim Air
 

Noticed this morning at LCY that Denim Air was operating with the Fokker 50 for Blue Islands registration was PH-JXN if I'm correct

BCI problems again on their ATR fleet?

JER-LCY-JER last night operated into SEN. Why was that....?

I wondered if it was either aircraft or crew not LCY certificated as the FPL was JER-SEN-JER so not a diversion. It looks as if the flight was delayed 2 hours out of JER so maybe an aircraft change was required?

Today's JER-LCY-JER is operating to SEN again. Presumably the same problem as existed on Friday when this happened.

So Blue Islands is taking on Easyjet on the SEN-JER route...... :)

Actually a SEN-GCI route might work for Blue Islands....

Paris and Amsterdam to join in 2013
 

any idea on what ac will be used

New routes are always welcome; I just hope the passenger numbers are there to support these routes. Paris has a good chance of working out; numbers were not great with Flybe, but Blue Islands' prices, frequency, capacity etc might suit the route better. I suspect Amsterdam will rely on the support of tour operators although February doesn't seem a great time to start.

Having said that, a trip around the Benelux region seems tempting for next summer:ok:

According to southampton airports scheduled timetable page there will be weekend runs to the channel islands on Blue islands F-100 equipment. Now this could be an error but would they get the equipment wrong on 2 routes? Anybody else heard about them getting jets?

E-Newsletter | Blue Islands

Look at the email version of the Paris and Amsterdam press release, spot the error - or maybe they do have transatlantic ambitions!

If they could get interline or codeshare deals with AF and/or KL, things could get very interesting; CDG alone has far more intl connections than LHR, let alone LGW and would probably steal quite a few pax.

I'd be very surprised if they started this route with anything but an ATR42. There were rumours a while back of a third ATR42, so maybe it's in connection with this?

Scheduling will be very important; as far as possible, they'll need to try and feed into/out of AF's or (preferably!) KL's hub timings at CDG/AMS. It would be great to get through fares from here (JER) to various international destinations - DXB, HKG, JNB etc.

As they're advertising

they can't looking to interline or that would be a single ticket and thus subject to APD.

Think they're being a bit disingenuous and trying to have their cake and eat it...

I can't see anyone wanting to code share with Blue Islands.

APD outside UK jurisdiction
 

As the flights are from the CI (self-governing and outside UK parliamentary jurisdiction) and they arrive in Continental Europe they will not be subject to UK APD.

Only flights between UK and CI are subject to APD - even flights originating in the CI to the UK are not. Blue Islands are correct in their claim.

Pete