Well I will be jiggered. Thank you Bristolian, that is a great link. Phew, began to doubt my sanity recently!
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Yeah not the easiest web site, but once mastered never forgotten. Yahoo for HUY. Just a matter of time that was all. Thanks for the link Bristolian, may the Severn continue to flow in its\' gentle manner through your wonderful city.

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Elation is not the word. Currently dancing on the ceiling with a bottle of bubbly.

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Well done it must be you 1st based unit - look after it and do everything you can to support it - it could be the platform to even bigger and beeter things.

Enjoy!

OK, so I lied, that makes 7 new routes for Summer 06 (full season as well). bit more than the 'odd charter' I think.

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Bristolian,
Apart from Eastern and the KLM, this is the first big jet based at HUY. Think it is a 737-800 (not sure though), is that what XL fly, seen them at HUY a few times and the plane has winglets, so assume it is an 800, although gather the new 600 also has winglets. Whatever, I am sure they will be given the traditional HUY \'personal service\' which the airport is renowned for.

;) :ok:

All of the flights are part of the Airtours programme for next summer.

Only Rhodes and Paphos are new routes.

The other five routes are offered by Airtours at the moment and are only retimed and in some cases on different days next summer. Its simply XL taking over the operation.

I don't think there will be a based aircraft for this amount of flights.

And pray tell Gary, in which part of XL.com/Airtours/ HUY do you work. (WRONG)
Had a bet how long it would take for the slag-off doom-mongers to get going, I was 5 minutes out.
Rats

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sorry, for new, read additional!

So are these flights for Airtours or not? When will there be an announcement from the airport? What airport will the aircraft be based at?

7006

You asked about the likely unit for these flights.

I hope you get an Excel 738 (I've flown on Excel's 738s on several occasions and thoroughly enjoyed the experience each time) which is what we had at BRS last summer for the Excel flights.

However, this summer Freedom Flights (part of the group that also includes Excel) have based an Air Malta A 320 and a B 734 to carry out the large programme of their flights at BRS.

In fact the 734, is a former Islandsflug machine still painted in their colours (I frequently see it as I live quite near the BRS flight path). I say 'it' but the equipment may be rotated. I'm not one for getting reg numbers.

Anyway, I am very pleased to see HUY getting some more flights. Good luck and make sure the good people of Humberside fill 'em up.

airhumberside

They are for Freedom Flights, part of the group that includes Excel.

Visit this link, click on summer 2006 and scroll down to Humberside and click on that for the HUY timetable.

http://www.freedomflights.co.uk/Dest...sp?Airport=HUY

The Freedom Flights website is at this link.

http://www.freedomflights.co.uk/

Also if Airtours/XL.com are the main tour/ticket operators on these flights, will anyone else like Thomas Cook or First Choice also take seats on these flights? Sorry for all the questions - just trying to find out what exactly is going on

Thanks M.V.
Useful to know and thank you very much for the information, hope Excel are still maintaining the same service at BRS

AH
The opinion seems to be, from those with no axe to grind -based aircraft- I am sure HUY are going to 'go to town' with this, after all the bad news and flak they have taken in the last 18m they should go for every opportunity to promote it.

;)

Will the new alicante flight replace the current saturday departure? I hope not, i use this regularly!

Great news for HUY!

7006 fan I don't like your attitude, for some reason you seem to see a reason to snipe at me.

I was only sharing the info I know with everyone.

Gary, it was just the way you presented it.

"all are part of Airtours"
" It's simply XL taking over"
"Don't think is's a based aircraft for this amount of flights"
These are additional routes not also rans. Not a reshuffle of the pack, not a tour op pulling out, you no doubt have high up contacts in Airtours who have told you they are pulling HUY (With the greatest respect ...the words brass hat and talk spring to mind.
And you accuse me of sniping!

By the way where did this info come from, not HUY but XL.com.
Take it up with them, why don't you.
Ask Airtours whether they have dropped the routes, ask XL if they have 'won' the route. i think can save you the trouble, the answer is no from both parties, they will both be there Summer 06.

Ouch done it again ...bitten when I should be celebrating!!

FAYI
Airtours have 13 routes from HUY Sum 06
MyTravel 12 routes, etc
KLM full scheduled, Eastern Airways full scheduled
yadayadayada

From the times and dates I posted earlier today, the aircraft operating into Humberside is clearly not based, but operating on a W pattern from another airport. The former is a departure time from EGNJ, the latter is the time it arrives at EGNJ.

http://static.zsl.org/images/width15...04-web-305.jpg

7006 fan, My Travel and Airtours are one!

When the full schedule for next summer comes out at HUY I will tell you "I told you so"

Great news for HUY

Gary444- forget about 7006 fan, leave him alone in an empty room and he'd argue with himself. He cant help himself I'm afraid and please dont think all HUY supporters are this picky.

Anyway enough of fan and his antics, well done XL

Let us all just wait for the press announcements from bioth parties to see what will be, rather than speculate on gainsa ad losses shall we?

Seems pretty obvious to me.

Choose ALC from the list of destinations and it shows a departure time of 19:50 ex-HUY, arriving back into HUY at 02:25.

Choose HUY from the list of destinations and the timing for the ALC service show an arrival FROM HUY at 23:30 and a departure TO HUY at 00:30. i.e. a 1 hour turnaround in ALC.

So,

19:50 dep HUY
23:30 arr ALC
00:30 dep ALC
02:25 arr HUY.

i.e a based HUY a/c.

The times Buster has posted are therefore the turnaround times at the overseas airports, not HUY.

682

anyone see the newly liveried Eastern Airways SAAB. Seems to be running the afternoon flight to ABZ. I say new livery coz it flew out white a couple of days ago and now has corporate ID, unless it was another SAAB!

:)

682,

yeah I noticed the flight times looked weird but then spotted depart/arrive, so would certainly indicate a based aircraft.
what is the phrase
"Where one may go, other shall follow" or something?
Good old HUY.

Do you think that if xl do base an a/c here, is there prospects of other routes to be announced?

Whens the official press release?

If I could personally e-mail all the TRUE HUY supporters I would, last thing I want is to give anti-HUY bullets to fire.

BUT like I think both airhumbeside and AndyHUY are trying to say.........hold back on the champers just yet until we see something solid.
There's a nasty (for me anyway) rumour going around, which I understand comes from a reliable source, that Airtours/My Travel are pulling out next year so to establish a base at DSA and xl are basically coming in to fill the void.
We're still down on the 2006 destinations at airtours web site, but as you all know, this accounts for nothing.
I hope I am wrong.