Newcastle
 

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandga...astle-flights/

Good news as far as it goes, but again a reliance on what happens on the swings & roundabouts of the oil sector.

And that will keep happening, as the industry cycles things will go up and down, there is no real market of any size outside Oil & Gas in NE Scotland that will (as is often discussed) support multiple leisure destinations or bring in plane loads of business people.

'Please fly to our airport...please fly to our airport... please fly to...'
 

The new 'workhorse' of the UKCS
 

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/...-in-north-sea/

I'm old enough to remember when I first started my interest in the goings on at Dyce in the early 80s the Super Pumas/Tigers taking over from the S61N as the 'workhorse' of offshore flying (although the 61s were still pretty busy).

Bristow ran for a few years with the original Puma. They had a bad reputation, so when the Super Pumas arrived they asked for aircraft fitted out to their spec to be called Tigers. I think only Bristow's Super Pumas were called Tigers.
Back in the seventies the pilots on BAH S 61's flew in short sleeved white shirts, the passengers just wore a pouch type life jacket over their street clothes. Bristows were using survival suits from at least the mid seventies.
When you were flying home to Sumburgh on an S61n you would see Pumas overtaking but you knew that they were all cramped in whereas you were in relative comfort.

Does anyone know what all these Balkan Holidays winter charter flights to Bourgas currently operating from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Manchester etc are for? It's way too early for the summer season.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e315690eeb.jpg

It's a flight radar error as it still comes up for CWL. They operate in the summer not the winter.

As a matter of interest Capt D, do you know whether the B738 is KLM's own metal, or a Transavia one? Just notice KLM also upping capacity on other UK regionals, & it is a Transavia B738 being utilised.

Thanks.

Is anyone going to take over the LGW route? Full again this morning on the A320.

My money would be on something announced in April, in the meantime I'm using Inverness, very little difference in time and a nicer airport too.

airBaltic & Riga S19
 

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/...deen-flights1/

Wee bit of good news.

FlyBMI
 

https://aviationanalyst.co.uk/2019/0...t-to-collapse/

With Flybe & Eastern not exactly setting the heather alight either, not good news for ABZ. If this is true.

I can't understand why it should be just bmi as its owned by AIL? What comes of Loganair? and why not transfer the best bits over to Loganair first? (Unless that is why they were transferring a few EMB's over?)

Alex is not usually one I would trust and is the only person 'reporting' on it...! ��

I know - the thought about the EMBs had occurred as well. Apparently there are or were a couple of EMBs positioning back to the UK under 9xxx flight nos. from Europe. But that may be normal positioning - or it might be something more.

3 in the air at the moment heading for Norwich. I don't think the story would be published unless he was sure.

Sadly the end has come for Flybmi. So loss of services from ABZ to BRS, EBJ & OSL (SAS remains on OSL). Can't recall who was flying on behalf of who for NWI, but presume T3 will fly that in their own name.

Flying the UK regionals seems to be so difficult just now to make money & I doubt that will change any time soon.

Understand the Bypass is due to finally fully open this week - now that is a saga