I might be dreaming but I am sure the XL site is now showing 13 destinations from HUY for Summer 06.
Realise some must be consolidation of other routes, but 13 on one carrier!!!

Bring it on HUY

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Great that XL are showing their commitment to HUY!

Anyone know why there has been a metro III visiting recently? It is in an airline colours but could not work out which airline it was!

As I stated when the whole Excel news unfolded a couple of months ago they are taking over the Airtours flights. If you look at the Excel schedule there are a few new routes but most of them are just taken over from the previous airlines that carried the passengers last year.

New flights compared to 2005

Rhodes
Paphos
Corfu
Zante
Fuerteventura

Replacing existing airlines

Lanzarote - Air Europa
Dalaman - Pegasus
Tenerife South - LTE/Volar

Not sure (maybe additional frequency or replacing an existing flight)

Palma
Gran Canaria
Alicante
Malaga
Faro

Andy and 7006fan

I think I have sent you private messages. I say think because I thought I sent them but there is nothing in my sent items box
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Have you seen the frequency of the flights? The schedule for next year will be far bigger than this year and i believe last year too!

The ARE more things to be announced! I assume a SSH very soon!

DSA on the other hand are alredy losing capacity and charter routes!

Im not so sure about SSH, alot of flights there have been pulled recently including DSA due to the bombing. More chance of Croatia

Yet Excel have added SSH to NCL after the bombings?

Except for SSH due to the bombings and Ryanair kicking Thomson on the Dubin route name them?

Cant really say, just wait and see!!

Andy,
I too heard something about Thomsonfly not being over the moon about the low money they were getting at DSA, don't know f it is true or not, realise DSA have had 250,000+ pax but if they are £1 e/w then... can't see any landing and parking fees or fuel profit in that? Peel must be making it all on retail and car parking, but where are Thomson making their 'buck'
HUY on the other hand were in profit this year (04/5) and look well set to bounce back bigger than ever in (06/7) with these Excel flights, losing count of the routes now!!!

Howdy,

Ill be down at HUY in the morning (7AM onwards) if anyone wants to come down at all.. ill be on the opersit side, the layby over looking the 21 threshold.

Any decent traffic due, apart from the 2 pegasus's?

Lew

7006fan, I heard a rumour that HUY bosses weren't thrilled with the performance that Excel has been giving lately!

"Ill be down at HUY in the morning (7AM onwards) if anyone wants to come down at all.. ill be on the opersit side, the layby over looking the 21 threshold."

Just wind your window down and give him a flash of the interior light, and he'll know it's you. :ok:

Wrong Gary 4444,
It is the Aestraeus that has been causing them (and the pax) problems. It seems each week the plane either goes tech or gets hit by a baggage loader. NP with Excel, now offering 13 routes rather than the original 7 that were announced.

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Excel will, in fact be operating a minimum of 18 weekly flights out of HUY next summer with one full based a/c 737-800/400 and one part based 737-800 Tue-Sat.

Regards

Mike

How many extra charter flights a week are planned for next summer so far then? Which ones will xl replace?

Gather there are about 38 regular charters per week plus the Transun and AMS & ABZ. AND more to come!!!

Dont forget Newmarket Holidays too

Is 38 charters a record number then? It certainly has a busy appearence when i read the timings!