And it'll be a new one at that correct me if I'm wrong... 🤔

Are the 42's not coming from Air France/HOP?

Yes, they are around 24 years old, so 5 years younger than the average 340, but about the same age as the Saab 2000s.

I thought they'd put an order in for new 42's?

Would not be surprised if DND becomes an extension of the CAX service operating via BHD

Is this a realistic target market for a thin domestic route?

Why? Doesn't fit into the schedue of the CAX a/c, but does fit in between LCY for a DND based a/c. Would need quite some re-jigging.

BHD could be a way of rotating aircraft and crew to and from Dundee meaning they won't have to open a base at Dundee. Eastern do a similar thing with Newcastle for the Anglesey route.

Looks like stormy weather causing diversions to BFS
EMA, MAN, EXE, LHR and AMS arrivals diverted at moment

Am I wrong but have several airlines in the past not said that APD was hindering them from launching routes from BHD and BFS. Well it will be extremely interesting to see if APD goes if anyone launches anything new regardless of Flybes temporarily financially embarrassing difficult trading position.

Anyone got an idea on why KLM have sent in a few E190s in the past few weeks? Are these just random a/c changes?

What is odd about KLM sending 190s?
They've often used the larger Embraer on the route..
Either there is demand or they need to use it when smaller ones are getting Winter maintenance...

Im sorry if I poorly worded my question, I just meant that the week leading up to a flight it would be showing that it’s operated by an E175 and then the night before it changes to an E190.
Anyway, you answered my question in your reply so thank you

So I had my daughter booked on the 19.45 Lcy - Bhd last night. She was waiting in the departure lounge at 7.00pm when the departure board is suddenly changed to flight cancelled. No warning emails or text. She was of the opinion that the load was very good. She believes that about 20 were transferred to the EI flight to Dublin, but that travel expenses from Dublin to Belfast would not be covered. Remaining pax to be put up in hotels. We were still at the hotel, close to Lcy, so she decided to return to our hotel. She has been told the hotel cost will be covered. Before leaving the airport, she was re-booked onto the 8.55am flight this morning and issued with a boarding pass. It was only later that I thought of the fact that the pax on the Bhd-Lcy last night were also left in Belfast or else were re-routed at cost to Flybe.

The first flight this morning left Bhd about 35 minutes late, arriving a few minutes late into Lcy. Departure board is changed to flight delayed, info at 9.30am. She heard ground staff on the phone and it seems the Stobart aircraft developed an engine problem. Now they are discussing transferring pax again that were from the cancelled flight to the 10.20 departure. I think by this stage ground staff were taking a lot of flak. So pax from last night's flight were called forward for re-booking. Now staff were dealing with the pax cancelled from last night, pax from the delayed 8.55 from this morning and pax on the 10.20. She was transferred onto the 10.20, but it left about 50 minutes late.

I have no idea of the exact number cancelled from last night, but this one example will cost Flybe a fortune, probably is a good example of why they are in the position they are in.

BHD -LCY diverted in to SEN last night and positioned back to BHD empty