Jersey (EGJJ)
Any news on the new Incorporated Company? It seems very quiet! :O
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Originally Posted by wakeup
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Any news on the new Incorporated Company? It seems very quiet! :O
Speaking as someone who previously fought hard to stop the incorporated company from ever getting off the ground ( & succeeding in its first anticipated incarnation), I am highly doubtful that the Airport will ever achieve anything by virtue of being run by an Incorporated Company which it could not have achieved as a publicly run body - other than providing bonuses for the Directors of the Incorporated Company, of course ! |
easyJet have announced that they will operate a three times weekly service from BHX-JER in summer 2024, I wonder if this will spell the end of Blue Islands on the route?
Blue Islands to face competition from EasyJet on flights between Jersey and Birmingham | ITV News Channel |
In the Flybe days I think there were up to 4/5 daily flights on some days during the summer so in theory the route would be able to support more capacity than Blue Islands currently offers.
I guess the tipping point may come if EasyJet adds a Friday flight for people looking to do long weekends in Jersey as at the moment them having no flights between Wednesday and Sunday seems a little odd and a bit of a hole in the EasyJet schedule. |
I have lived in Guernsey for the last 15 years and all I remember from Flybe's time was a morning and evening flight and that went via Guernsey. If I was Blue Islands I would be worried
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I'd have thought they'd take a leaf out of Loganair's book, sit tight and wait for easyJet to give up. They did on BRS-JER before when easyJet came on a couple of years ago, so I can't think why they'd do anything different. That approach has worked for Loganair and with a random easyJet schedule here, then they'll probably be OK in the long run.
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Originally Posted by Egda
(Post 11459248)
I have lived in Guernsey for the last 15 years and all I remember from Flybe's time was a morning and evening flight and that went via Guernsey. If I was Blue Islands I would be worried
Will be interesting to see how this evolves. |
Albert Hall has got it about right. Two, or so, years ago EZY operated from Birmingham, but gave it up pretty quickly. Who’ s to say that the same won’t happen this time ?
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Originally Posted by kcockayne
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Albert Hall has got it about right. Two, or so, years ago EZY operated from Birmingham, but gave it up pretty quickly. Who’ s to say that the same won’t happen this time ?
As it is it looks as though Easyjet Holidays has done some deals with Jersey hotels that they hope will underpin the operation. |
Storm Damage
Do we know what was damaged yesterday?
I see some railings fell off the old 1930s building ; anything else? |
I haven’t scoured the local media, but I haven’t seen or heard anything about damage at the airport. Odd, because this was a horrendous storm, & the airport was about as exposed to it as you can get - 90 knot winds & no shelter at all ! If there was no serious damage, it would suggest that everyone involved at the airport did a very good job indeed in mitigating the storm’s effect !
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Originally Posted by kcockayne
(Post 11532567)
I haven’t scoured the local media, but I haven’t seen or heard anything about damage at the airport. Odd, because this was a horrendous storm, & the airport was about as exposed to it as you can get - 90 knot winds & no shelter at all ! If there was no serious damage, it would suggest that everyone involved at the airport did a very good job indeed in mitigating the storm’s effect !
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Yes, but that was as a result of a decision made before the storm struck - not as a consequence of any storm damage. It may be that subsequent damage has prolonged the pre-emptive closure. But, the airport closed before the storm & the closure was planned to continue into today.
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Although, I am just hearing that there was some damage done - maybe to the ILS etc.
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Originally Posted by kcockayne
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Although, I am just hearing that there was some damage done - maybe to the ILS etc.
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EZY from Gatwick recently landed, as well as a Netjets.
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The ATR's are up and about - one will be in SOU from JER shortly, one just returned from LPL to JER (14.15 local)
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Consequent on the delivery of my local newspaper : A Ports of Jersey a spokesman said, “engineers have been assessing the damage caused & inspections have revealed extensive infrastructure, equipment & system failures. We are working to remedy the faults as quickly as possible, but until the work is completed & the airport is safe, secure & compliant, it has to remain closed to commercial operations”.
So, some damage etc. but capably dealt with with, I suggest, the minimum of delay. As reported above, now open. |
Easyjet have announced the closure of their Amsterdam service.
https://www.channel103.com/news/jers...bDyEYx3Ard8u8A |
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