How many airlines have a good balance sheet at the moment? Loganair were flying aircraft when most other pax operators were virtually stopped operating. Remember that trains and busus were bankrolled by Government. Airlines were not.

Because all of Loganair's aircraft are not certified to have any other radio devices operating on them bar the certified equipment on board. Blue Tooth is transmitted radio waves is it not? True the chances of intervference are tiny, but are still there.

G-FBXA routing MAN-EXT tonight, end of lease return?

EDI LDY announced by Loganair.

https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/...gh-derry-route

Aurigny, Loganair and Blue Islands announce a partnership. Quite wide ranging from codeshares through to joint purchasing.

https://www.blueislands.com/news/pos...-connectivity/

Excellent news, three operators who all have a niche market, fairly strong branding / good reputation within their local markets, (especially so for Aurigny and LM and extremely long history too) who will no doubt be able to contribute massively to the regional market. A shame not much of a NI / Irish representation though. Will no doubt impact the viablity of the comeback of Flybe also.

Has anyone watched the new Loganair advert?

Two very creepy looking teddy bears- especially the last shot!


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8c656a8bb9.jpg

They look like a couple of bouncers I saw outside a club I walked past last weekend. :)

Loganair's latest ATR 72-600, G-LMTC was delivered into Aberdeen Tuesday night(25th). This is the replacement for G-FBXB.

A further two ATR 72-600's (G-LMTD & G-LMTE) are due February & March 22.

Expanded Codeshare Agreement with BA
 

Loganair and British Airways have today announced a expansion of there codeshare agreement.

https://www.loganair.co.uk/our-story...are-agreement/

The new agreement will see the number of routes increase from 20 to 38. The new routes added to the agreement are:

Aberdeen to Belfast City, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Norwich and Southampton
Derry to London Stansted and Liverpool
Edinburgh to Exeter, Isle of Man and Norwich
Glasgow to Exeter
Inverness to Birmingham
Isle of Man to Birmingham and Manchester
Newcastle to Exeter
Newquay to Manchester
Teeside to Southampton

Does anyone know what the 20 routes that BA already codeshare with LM?

aren't all the islands included eg Stornoway, Lerwick etc ?

Yes it does. The routes listed are just the new ones added today.

Here is a list of all the routes i believe are covered as part the agreement:

Aberdeen to/from: Belfast City, Birmingham, Bristol, Kirkwall, Manchester, Norwich, Southampton and Sumburgh

Derry to/from: Liverpool and London Stansted

Edinburgh to/from: Exeter, Isle of Man, Kirkwall, Norwich, Southampton, Stornaway and Sumburgh

Glasgow to/from: Benbecula, Exeter, Islay, Kirkwall, Norwich, Southampton, Stornaway and Sumburgh

Isle of Man to/from: Birmingham and Manchester

Inverness to/from: Benbecula, Birmingham, Kirkwall, Manchester, Stornaway and Sumburgh

Newcastle to/from: Exeter and Southampton

Newquay to/from: Manchester

Teeside to/from: London Heathrow and Southampton

Happy 60th!

https://www.loganair.co.uk/campaign/...RoCkWAQAvD_BwE

Loganair's latest ATR 72-600, G-LMTD was delivered into Aberdeen yesterday(18th).

I also see that 4 further ATR72-500F are on order, with 2 due in April, and a further 2 due in August. (Courtesy of Jethros)

Loganair introduces "islander" discounts for ADS members.

Loganair launches new islander discount - The Orcadian Online

Additional ADS discount in place from Sumburgh | The Shetland Times Ltd

Also available from Stornoway but can't see a link to an article.

Think I thought they were already heavily discounted.

These are further discounts

I couldn’t recall if the ultimate fleet plan was to replace everything with ATRs… was that the case? The Emb145 I was on this week was ‘knackered’ with bits of seats duct taped, badly worn leather, blue ex BMI external paint showing, ‘painted’ fold down tables and a whistling door seal. Very swift trip though and sprightly performance which as a jet I doubt could be matched by ATR. Hopefully ATR has bigger overhead bins for what was apparently allowed on…

The initial press releases in 2018 suggested that eventually this would be the case.

Recent video interviews I had seen from 2021 mentioned that they see a purpose for both alongside eachother due to sector lengths etc. The 135s were in the process of being sold recently but G-SAJH was recently also in the paint shop to receive a Tartan tail, Red engines etc so the frames to remain are seeing some investment.

A bit of work inside wouldn’t go as miss as you’ve said however. I remember G-SAJG being particularly poor back in its old BMI days.

I wonder if they might consider the 70-seat version of the new Embraer turboprop once it has been launched (next year), it looks like it could strike a good balance between economics and performance. Seems like they could be a good choice as a long term replacement for the ERJs once they reach the 30 year old mark.

Quite a jump in capacity from ERJs for something brand new which would be a huge investment that I doubt they could afford. Can’t immediately think of a similar size little jet now or pending (if indeed a jet is needed for longer routes)

Last E135 leaving the operation this month. E145s will be around for the foreseeable and project starting/started around interior refurb and basic weight reductions for the 145 aircraft - understand it's a bit more complicated than it sounds due to having to refurb seats instead of being able to get new ones as for the Saab 340s a few years ago.

Slightly ‘woke’ fly on the wall BBC3 style Loganair fly on the wall show on iPlayer ‘Sky High Club’ something different and some nice aerial shots but not sure I’ll tune in for more.

I thought the programme was dire, I expected to learn something about the airline & it's ops - I was sadly wrong.
I won't be tuning in again.

I turned off half way through. It painted them in a thoroughly unprofessional light. The captain pulling pranks and the cabin crew cavorting about at the seaside and bickering in their flat. What was that to do with running an airline?

Nothing, but the narrative suits BBC3 and their target audience.

Perhaps Jonathan Hinckles might be regretting opening his doors to the production company, though they do say that all publicity is good publicity!

I didn't realise it was on BBC Three. I watched it on BBC Scotland. It explains a lot but still does them no favours.

If I recall correctly it was said that is is being aired on BBC Scotland but will be networked on BBC3. I could have misheard.

It's on BBC3 at 20.00 tomorrow - I think the programme title gives you a fair idea of the direction its going to take

Yes, it's clearly aimed at a BBC3 (ie, young) audience and hence feels a bit like a reality show.

I thought the 2 female CC who share a flat came across fine, said they are professional and take their job seriously when at work - and that they get frustrated at pax who don't realise they are there mainly for their safety, which seems fine to me.

Also thought that the FO with HIV came across very well - seemed professional, devoted and passionate about what he does and furthering himself - fine by me also.

Yes, the young Capt has the "gift of the gab" (by his own admission) but seemed to respect his partner (who works on the ground for the airline at LSI) and obviously is no mug if he got a captaincy at 23.

It’s dire, it really is. I’m not sure if I can say anything else about it than that.

I was very disappointed in the first episode and turned off after 10-15mins as was not what I expected

I've seen about half of one of the episodes - which was more than enough. Bless them, but it did put me in mind of this from the 90s:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...KSHVVlM2bA5rN0

:O

Loganair have announced a reduction in some fuel surcharges, and an increase in others.

Loganair revises fuel surcharge (travelmole.com)

Vouchers and free changes due to the death

I see The Times are reporting today that the Bond brothers are actively looking for a buyer for Loganair. Could we be about to see some consolidation in the UK regional market? (Link not added as behind paywall)

its an interesting article. Apparently Loganair is debt free and profitable. Expected to sell for low tens of millions but not more because of the precarious nature of regional aviation.

Link to article avoiding the paywall here:

https://archive.ph/qD1Li

Very, very crudely dividing their revenue by pax numbers gives them an average revenue per pax of £115. Not a bad effort on predominantly UK regional routes.