Originally Posted by N707ZS
(Post 10669545)
Does the Eastern Cardiff Aberdeen aircraft cover the route to RAF Valley.
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Originally Posted by PDXCWL45
(Post 10669495)
Just had an email from Flybe about my flight from Cardiff to Aberdeen and they have said that from the 10th February Eastern Airways will suspend their Cardiff to Newcastle flights, for passengers flying to Newcastle it looks like they will be offered alternative flights to Teeside and onward transport to Newcastle, for passengers like me who are flying to Aberdeen it just means the fuel stop will be at Teeside instead of Newcastle.
Are they going to be selling CWL-MME or is it simply a drop off and fuel ? Eastern have served NCL since we lost Air Wales and such a shame to not see NCL on the departure boards. Would another carrier pick this route up like Loganair ? It was a popular destination back in the Air Wales days. |
Originally Posted by Letsflycwl
(Post 10669629)
So let me get this right, Eastern/Flybe are dropping NCL but will continue to operate daily to ABZ via MME instead ? I wonder what the logic is with this ?
Are they going to be selling CWL-MME or is it simply a drop off and fuel ? Eastern have served NCL since we lost Air Wales and such a shame to not see NCL on the departure boards. Would another carrier pick this route up like Loganair ? It was a popular destination back in the Air Wales days. I flew CWL-NCL-ABZ just last week and loads were awful for a Monday morning. 7 pax up to NCL, 2 stayed on board for ABZ and we had 1 join in NCL, so 3 up to ABZ. |
Wow that is a shocking load factor, I remember the Air Wales ATR having loads in excess of 30 per flight on most days.
I guess the Eastern reliability and the actual flight costs do not help to either NCL or ABZ. Such a shame to loose this domestic link though, can’t see a demand for MME !! But looks like they are still operating a Sunday only CWL - NCL sector. On a different note how do we know Correndon are operating 2 Turkey flights for TUI ? I can’t see any official reference about this. |
Originally Posted by Letsflycwl
(Post 10669674)
Wow that is a shocking load factor, I remember the Air Wales ATR having loads in excess of 30 per flight on most days.
I guess the Eastern reliability and the actual flight costs do not help to either NCL or ABZ. Such a shame to loose this domestic link though, can’t see a demand for MME !! But looks like they are still operating a Sunday only CWL - NCL sector. On a different note how do we know Correndon are operating 2 Turkey flights for TUI ? I can’t see any official reference about this. Corendon is from a source in the travel industry. Nothing on TUI website yet. Just says other carrier. |
Yeah I agree that a NCL flight would fit in with Loganair as they do quite a few flights from there and CWL certainly can’t afford to loose another route that used to be quite profitable.
I wonder if CWL are already in discussion with Loganair ? |
I don’t see why CWL-MME couldn’t be put on sale but the return leg is more problematic. They would have to get check-in, security staffed for potentially just a handful of pax. The previous departure from MME is about three hours earlier, the next about four hours later.
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The change in the timetable means the departure from Teesside to Aberdeen is at 12:15, so staff will already be there for that.
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Originally Posted by Letsflycwl
(Post 10669795)
Yeah I agree that a NCL flight would fit in with Loganair as they do quite a few flights from there and CWL certainly can’t afford to loose another route that used to be quite profitable.
I wonder if CWL are already in discussion with Loganair ? |
Big announcement up at MME regarding their new Eastern/Flybe network and lots of reference to CWL as a daily passenger flight (so not just a fuel stop).....they said they’ve “poached it from NCL”.
As usual though no comment from CWL on this announcement !! |
new Eastern/Flybe network |
Originally Posted by Letsflycwl
(Post 10670353)
Big announcement up at MME regarding their new Eastern/Flybe network and lots of reference to CWL as a daily passenger flight (so not just a fuel stop).....they said they’ve “poached it from NCL”.
As usual though no comment from CWL on this announcement !! |
Originally Posted by SWBKCB
(Post 10670357)
I've not seen Flybe mentioned in any of the coverage.
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Originally Posted by Letsflycwl
(Post 10670353)
Big announcement up at MME regarding their new Eastern/Flybe network and lots of reference to CWL as a daily passenger flight (so not just a fuel stop).....they said they’ve “poached it from NCL”.
As usual though no comment from CWL on this announcement !! |
Originally Posted by PDXCWL45
(Post 10670488)
To be honest I doubt they are that happy about it. Losing Newcastle in favour of Teesside I doubt they see as positive.
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I could understand disappointment at losing a Newcastle link but everyone on this thread seems very anti-Teesside? I think you'll find when the routes actually go on sale next week they'll be competitive
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Originally Posted by Robert-Ryan
(Post 10670496)
I could understand disappointment at losing a Newcastle link but everyone on this thread seems very anti-Teesside? I think you'll find when the routes actually go on sale next week they'll be competitive
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Originally Posted by Robert-Ryan
(Post 10670496)
I could understand disappointment at losing a Newcastle link but everyone on this thread seems very anti-Teesside? I think you'll find when the routes actually go on sale next week they'll be competitive
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Originally Posted by Robert-Ryan
(Post 10670496)
I could understand disappointment at losing a Newcastle link but everyone on this thread seems very anti-Teesside? I think you'll find when the routes actually go on sale next week they'll be competitive
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CWL-MME routes starting off at £68 oneway.....not a bad price for Eastern. I also see that the Sunday NCL flight is no longer on sale with Flybe.
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