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Originally Posted by LBIA
(Post 10573909)
Posted elsewhere that Flybe have confirmed today that it's withdrawing all services from DSA as of October 26th, 2019.
This includes the planned winter flights to Amsterdam & Belfast City routes which have being sale since the base closure announcement earlier this summer. |
Originally Posted by TimmyW
(Post 10574007)
Gone for good I expect now. Who else is realistically going to pick up these lost routes?
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Originally Posted by brian_dromey
(Post 10574328)
Maybe Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart/Connect) for DUB? Either would be nice though. |
Originally Posted by TimmyW
(Post 10574007)
Gone for good I expect now. Who else is realistically going to pick up these lost routes?
"We look forward to another strong year for Doncaster Sheffield Airport, thanks to our continuing partnerships with our growing airlines Wizz Air and TUI." Seems as if the connect airways “master plan” is starting to be implemented with the “Flybe” flights being pulled back to ultimate serve Virgins needs ie feed traffic to LHR/MAN. Makes no sense for virgin to operate out of Doncaster and they evidently have no plan to ever provide feed traffic as per their recent LHR announcement. I still fail to see what Stobart have gotten out of the connect airways arrangement, so far just taking over Isle of Man with two ATRs... Flybe have proved there is demand at DSA for a variety of routes. It just needs to be operated by a company that sees value in being here and actually has competent management to enact a strategy. |
LM might take over the DSA from BHD or to BHD etc
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Was it a case of BE - use it or lose it? Noone used them (enough) and you lost it? |
Originally Posted by Alwayslistening
(Post 10575525)
I still fail to see what Stobart have gotten out of the connect airways arrangement, so far just taking over Isle of Man with two ATRs... |
Originally Posted by CabinCrewe
(Post 10575562)
Was it a case of BE - use it or lose it? Noone used them (enough) and you lost it? |
AMS could be KL or EZY.
KL operated before to Sheffield City airport using F50 so will know the loads and revenue they can expect on such a route. They already operate to Leeds and Humberside, but it might offer additional feed to their hub network. Smallest aircraft is now E175. EZY could operate A319 from their AMS base, however the aircraft might be a little too big for the market. |
Ideally I'd love to see FR for DUB, AGP, and ALC, with KL for AMS.
KL does rather well at Humberside, and can bring in a lot of business and VFR pax for onward destinations from AMS. If they can make HUY, MME, NWI work on multiple daily frequencies, I have no doubt they could do the same at DSA. Load factors for BE routes were always high, but it depends on the overall yield they were generating. Airlines with a lower cost base (eg. FR) could certainly make some of those routes work I'm sure. FR has bases in DUB, AGP, ALC, FAO, PMI, BCN etc. and could possibly make a NCL style situation work without needing to base crew or aircraft at Doncaster. Could sound like pie in the sky though. |
KLM tried Liverpool alongside Manchester not too long ago with a predictable result. |
Originally Posted by mmeteesside
(Post 10576429)
KLM tried Liverpool alongside Manchester not too long ago with a predictable result. |
Big announcement tomorrow, according to Caroline Flint on C4 News |
TUI 4th based aircraft
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Very good and unexpected news, they are putting their money where their mouth is. Should nicely offset the Flybe exit.
A quick search is showing FUE as a new destination weekly and the return of HER weekly. AYT increases from 1 to 3 weekly DLM from 2 to 5 weekly ACE from 2 to 3 weekly TFS from 2 to 3 weekly AGP from 2 to 3 weekly IBZ from 1 to 2 weekly LCA from 1 to 2 weekly ZTH from 2 to 3 weekly |
Lauda to PMI too? |
Good news with TUI.
Source on Lauda? |
Originally Posted by egcntristar
(Post 10600413)
Very good and unexpected news, they are putting their money where their mouth is. Should nicely offset the Flybe exit.
A quick search is showing FUE as a new destination weekly and the return of HER weekly. AYT increases from 1 to 3 weekly DLM from 2 to 5 weekly ACE from 2 to 3 weekly TFS from 2 to 3 weekly AGP from 2 to 3 weekly IBZ from 1 to 2 weekly LCA from 1 to 2 weekly ZTH from 2 to 3 weekly |
it might be an error, but, the flight radar 24 departures for Doncaster shows only 5-7 departures per day this week and the Wednesday shows one flight pre 7 am and the rest around 10 pm.... is the airport dead?
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Originally Posted by bad bear
(Post 10612670)
it might be an error, but, the flight radar 24 departures for Doncaster shows only 5-7 departures per day this week and the Wednesday shows one flight pre 7 am and the rest around 10 pm.... is the airport dead?
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