You can’t imagine he would let a photo opportunity pass up.

Given the strange times, odd timings, and no reference yet to check through/code share, let’s see if this lasts longer than LCY.

This first week, the flight runs 4 times; Mon, Thu, Fri and Sun only....

Ive seen some social media posts suggesting that these flights will be operated on E170. Is this actually the case?

Yes, the E170 arrived yesterday to commence the flights Monday.

Hasn't it always been expected to be on the E170?

What happened to the Moldovan E190 that went through HUY to EMA for painting. Has it been confirmed that it is for Eastern?

The E190 is in HUY. Has been back from 4 August painted white though no UK registration

Good to see the LHR flight arrived into LHR 25 mins early.......

This from the airports press release:

That would make a big difference!

42 reportedly on the 1st MME-LHR

According to LHR staff on Facebook there were 8 on the return.

Surely that can’t be sustainable?

Good grief - it's day 1... :rolleyes:

You would expect a higher load on an inaugural flight.

No, and far too simplistic. On that logic any route from anywhere in Northern Europe to anywhere in the Mediterranean with a beach would be packed full both ways in the first week. Never going to happen.

Until a connection agreement is in place we won't be able to measure the success of the route.

And, let’s face it, operating the route on a E170 is not exactly helping the financial economics of the situation. There’s going to have to be a lot of money pumped into this route if the pax numbers are thin.

You and Cautious Optimist may well be right, but assessing the sustainability of the route on the basis of a single load seems a bit premature....

More changes to KLM.

The messy af-hoc flights continue for a little while yet then move to once a day in the afternoon from late October. This continues until January when the mid-morning flight returns to make things twice daily. No sign yet of 1530/9.

In comparison, Newcastle are currently 3 x daily, increasing to 4 x daily in January.

And the 170 is off to BHD this morning instead of the S.2000

Smile for the camera.
 

A couple of photo's of the first flight, and some information on the airport running costs by the mayor.
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...throw-18931347