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DIBO 1st Sep 2017 18:42

London City-3
 
Cityjet axes ANR-LCY route

BA318 1st Sep 2017 19:00

Apparently they are dropping everything except DUB and the AMS services.

WHBM 1st Sep 2017 19:31

Antwerp has been operated since the end of VLM by a subchartered and rickety-looking old ATR42, which despite having an operators' name of Danish Air Transport is actually on the Lithuanian register.

London City's pricing model nowadays does not like aircraft as small as the ATR42. I suspect before too long at the next change of ownership to the next group of investors they may just kill the goose that lays the golden egg here.

virginblue 1st Sep 2017 20:10

AFAIK, AMS will be on KL metal only with the start of the winter schedule and Cityjet only code-shares. So it is back to square one for Cityjet as far as scheduled services are concerned as they started with a single DUB-LCY route 25 years ago. Big question - what will they do with 16 Avro RJ85s then? Retire them early?

As for LCY, it is now down to 12 airlines, with 10 of them serving only 13 destinations in total and the remaining two (BA, BE) another 36 destinations. Looks like a cluster risk...

01475 1st Sep 2017 20:13

Bit sad for CityJet given that they tried so hard to innovate and find a niche for themselves.

davidjohnson6 5th Oct 2017 22:11

VLM to take over the Antwerp route from 30 October 2017. Branding similiar to the Belgian VLM, but seems to use the VLM Slovenia AOC

BAladdy 6th Oct 2017 04:45

Skywork will end there service to BSL from 27th October

https://flyskywork.com/en/company/ne...hedule_changes

Flightrider 6th Oct 2017 05:19

It is shaping up to be a very quiet winter at LCY. With CityJet cuts, BE Cardiff, Aurigny Guernsey and now Skywork all going and only TAP starting, it will be one of the leanest winters on record.

BAladdy 6th Oct 2017 06:10

Yes there are a number of routes being dropped for this Winter. However some airlines are also adding flights/destinations this winter. Details listed below

BA Cityflyer

Paris Orly - NEW year round service begins 29OCT17 will operate up to 17 x Weekly for W17
Prague - NEW year round service begins 29OCT17 will operate 6 x Weekly for W17
Reykjavik - NEW Winter seasonal service will 2 x Weekly 29OCT17-18MAR18

Powdair

Sion - NEW - Will operate 2 x daily Mon-Fri and Daily on Sun. Currently available to book 11DEC17-16APR18. However Powdair expect to operate the route year round. A S2000 leased from F7 (Adria Airways Switzerland) will be used to operate this route.

TAP

Lisbon - NEW year round service begins 29OCT17. Will operate 2 x daily Mon-Fri and daily Sat-Sun during W17.

VLM Airlines Slovenia

Antwerp - Year round service begins 29OCT17. Will operate 3 x daily Mon-Wed, 4 x daily Thu-Fri and 2 flights will operate on a Sunday. Will be operated by a F50.

cornishsimon 6th Oct 2017 10:25

are BE handing back the CWL slots or keeping hold of them ?


I could see them (or BA) adding seasonal NQY-LCY either instead of or in addition too STN

virginblue 6th Oct 2017 16:36


Originally Posted by BAladdy (Post 9916080)
Yes there are a number of routes being dropped for this Winter. However some airlines are also adding flights/destinations this winter. Details listed below

Powdair

Sion - NEW - Will operate 2 x daily Mon-Fri and Daily on Sun. Currently available to book 11DEC17-16APR18. However Powdair expect to operate the route year round. A S2000 leased from F7 (Adria Airways Switzerland) will be used to operate this route.

To be honest, I would not put too much money on them until the first aircraft has actually touched down...

WHBM 6th Oct 2017 16:41


Originally Posted by cornishsimon (Post 9916350)
are BE handing back the CWL slots or keeping hold of them ?

Are slots still needed at LCY ? With the reduction of operations I'm presuming most services could operate when required.

Apparently bankrupt Alitalia has got rid of their remaining Heathrow slots. Will there be an upturn in their LCY operations as a result ?

virginblue 7th Oct 2017 10:58

AFAIK, they have moved the LHR ops to STN after they were unable to obtain suitable slots at LGW.

My recollection is somewhat patchy, but I seem to remember a rumour that FCO could be axed from LCY instead of being expanded as one of the flight pairs from STN uses as a flight number currently in use from LCY.

WHBM 7th Oct 2017 12:33

Presumably with Monarch's demise there are plenty of free slots at LGW now.

STN serves much the same catchment area as LCY. Gatwick is a different area completely.

Skipness One Echo 7th Oct 2017 17:33

Gatwick and Stansted both serve “London” and are sold as such, not sure they’re completely different areas. The demographics on LCY vs. STN do not align. For Alitalia, they’d likely prefer a LGW operation rather than STN but neither can fix the underlying fault that is......er Alitalia!

Expressflight 29th Oct 2017 10:56

There's a report on CH-Aviation that SkyWork have cancelled their flights due to the Swiss DCA not granting the continuation of their AOC, on which they had recently placed a time restriction pending financial restructuring by the airline. At this time the booking engine on their website still seems operational.

Update: Their website has a statement from the CEO of SkyWork saying that flights planned for 29th October have been suspended while they work to find a solution to their difficulties. A decision going forward is hoped to be made today.

WHBM 29th Oct 2017 15:51

One thing noticeable is the reduction in operations at the "shoulders" of the peak, eg bit too early, 0630-0700, or bit too late, 0900-0945. These tend to have movements that can't get better times. There can be only 6 movements before 0700, a year or two ago it was all airlines, now I notice business jets getting slots there as well, and even so all the opportunities not filled.

Skipness One Echo 30th Oct 2017 00:52

When was the 0630-0700 window opened? I well remember the BA002 having to touch down at 0700 and not before.

WHBM 30th Oct 2017 13:14

It's always been there, but there is a restriction that there can only be 6 operations in that time, of which no more than 2 can be before 0645. If all 6 have gone then the incoming JFK flight may hold until then. BA may have their own priorities on what they want to get in/out in the earlier window, which tends to fluctuate from day to day. LCY will also have a procedure on how things are prioritised between operators. The JFK is scheduled in at 0715 but not unknown for it to get there on the nose of 0630. Normally it all works out. You can never be quite certain when the JFK arrival is going to come in because, transatlantic winds aside, it depends very much on how the delays were departing from New York.

flight_mode 30th Oct 2017 18:57

BAladdy

Adria have terminated the agreement with Powdair. EX-YU Aviation News: Adria Switzerland terminates PowdAir contract

Now it will be operated by Backbone. Type Unknown as they can't operated their own CRJ into LCY.

canberra97 31st Oct 2017 00:43

It has been known for a while that Backbone will operate the rest of Powdairs flights but this announcement refers to the internal flights by the leased Adria Switzerland Saab, last week Powdair announced that they had cancelled intentions of flying from Sion to Zurich and the deal with Adria Switzerland was off.

I don't think Adria Switzerland will exist as an entity once the Ethihad investment stopped!

Incidentally Powdair have recently bought 25% of Backbone Aviation A/S registered in Denmark.

Powdair are still using the CR200 but as far as LCY is concerned I don't know what aircraft they intend to use.

flight_mode 31st Oct 2017 15:30


Originally Posted by canberra97 (Post 9941832)
It has been known for a while that Backbone will operate the rest of Powdairs flights but this announcement refers to the internal flights by the leased Adria Switzerland Saab

Slight correction. Darwin/Adria's code was shown on the flights between LCY and SIR up until a few weeks ago when the contract was cancelled - at which point it changed to Backbone.

canberra97 1st Nov 2017 08:27

I'm aware of that but when I wrote 'that it's been known for a while' I was meaning the last few weeks since the Adria code was cancelled.

WHBM 6th Dec 2017 17:14

Old friend returns.

With the end of the contract Cityjet had with the Danish ATR42 operator for the Antwerp flights, who should resume the route but good old VLM, using one of the same F50s, still in the same livery, that were such a feature of LCY in past years.

BAladdy 18th Dec 2017 09:07

TAP will launch a 6 x weekly service from LCY-OPO from 25MAR18

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...etwork-in-s18/

TP354 OPO1205 – 1420LCY E90 x6
TP353 LCY1450 – 1710OPO E90 x6

WHBM 18th Dec 2017 09:28

Lisbon must have done well for TAP.

ajamieson 18th Dec 2017 14:11

Porto is great news! Personally would prefer BACF but any link is good :ok:

fjencl 3rd Jan 2018 13:23

Eastern Airways 170
 
British Airways Cityflyer are leasing an Embraer 170 from Eastern Airways for the period 22nd JAN - 24th MAR 2018. The aircraft will be based at LCY and will be used on the following flights.

BA7301/BA7302 - LCY-LIN-LCY (Mon-Sat)
BA4455/BA4456 - LCY-RTM-LCY (Mon-Fri)
BA7305/BA7306 - LCY-LIN-LCY (Sun-Fri)


Not sure where the aircraft is going to after its spell at BACF.

BAladdy 8th Feb 2018 21:29

VLM are reducing the frequency on its ANR flights from 19 x weekly (4 x Daily Thu/Fri, 3 x Daily Mon-Wed, 2 flights on Sun) to 16 x weekly (3 x Daily Mon-Fri, 1 flight Sun) from the start of the S18 schedule (25MAR18)

Airbubba 11th Feb 2018 22:47

London City Airport closed due to 'emergency incident'
 

London City Airport has been closed and surrounding roads shut due to an 'emergency services incident'.

Transport for London said the airport was shut and said road closures were in effect.

The transport authority said in a tweet: "The airport has been closed due to an emergency services incident. There are also additional local road closures due to the incident. Traffic is light in the area."

The exact nature of the incident is not yet known.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...ice=responsive

G-CPTN 11th Feb 2018 22:50

WWII 'bomb'.

Airbubba 11th Feb 2018 22:50

Looks like an unexploded bomb from WWII.


Police are responding to a World War Two ordnance in the River Thames at George V Dock, E16.

The ordnance was discovered as part of pre-planned work at London City Airport and reported to the police at 05:06hrs on Sunday, 11 February.

Specialist officers and the Royal Navy have attended and confirmed the nature of the device.

The operation to remove the ordnance is ongoing in partnership with our colleagues in the Royal Navy.

At 22:00hrs an operational decision was made with the Royal Navy to implement a 214-metre exclusion zone to ensure that the ordnance can be safely dealt with whilst limiting any risk to the public.

There will also be disruption to inbound and outbound flights during the operation. London City Airport are urging passengers to contact their airline before travelling.

WHBM 11th Feb 2018 22:51

Unexploded WW2 bomb dug up.

LTNman 12th Feb 2018 04:24

A 214m exclusion zone is a rather precise number. So while 215m is a safe distance 214m isn’t.

Harry Wayfarers 12th Feb 2018 04:26

214m is 700ft ... Good ol' UK still working in old money :)

Navpi 12th Feb 2018 06:13

Just curious has an unexploded WW2 bomb actually ever blown up....

I do realise that we can't take a chance but Ive never heard on one actually expldoing ?

good egg 12th Feb 2018 06:51

Navpi I’m sure you’d hear it if it did.

gilesdavies 12th Feb 2018 06:53

Looking like all CityJet flights to and from Dublin, are operating from Southend, but still giving passengers the option of a refund or change flight too.

Any other City Airport operators with aircraft not based at the airport, diverting to another airport today?

compton3bravo 12th Feb 2018 07:12

Navpi - I did hear from my father that quite a few exploded between 1939 and 1945!

WHBM 12th Feb 2018 07:19

Not apparent where the bomb (and thus the exclusion radius) actually is. Media say it's in the Thames, but also that it was discovered during LCY building works - which are not near the Thames. Not unknown for journalists to call the docks "The Thames" though.


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