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But they don't all come from Blackpool, Preston or Lancaster do they?

How much of a profile does BLK have in the local area? Does everyone automaticaly think of MAN and LPL when booking a flight and intensive marketing is needed to attarct passengers or does BLK have a strong local profile?

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BLK's catchment area is actually very strong.
Youhave the Fyle Coast, preston Lancaster, east lancashire and of course Cumbria. In total, Blackpool is the closest and most convenient airport to over 3 million people. The total 1 hour drive is nearly six million.

With lancashire and cumbria BLK has a very high profile, it could be better in places and marketing will always be needed, but the awareness of the airport is building fast and will continue over the coming months.

Congratulations to BLK and Jet2, is that now 11 scheduled destinations from BLK?

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Glad to see that BLK has got another scheduled route to the sun , will this be to the detriment of the existing Tenerife charter (Air Europa) , only operates during Nov - April I think.

Will City Star be back , last flight yesterday I've heard .

Now all it needs is some European City destinations .......

Any chance of that happening soon ????:ok:

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Aren't Jet 2 basing two aircraft? They dont seem to have enough work for 2 aircraft yet, so more routes could be to come

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Yesterday JET 2 announced a new route from Blackpool to Tenerife...to operate twice weekly Mon and Fri from Winter 06/07

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Blackpool's Vulcan bomber is no more. It's been ground into tiny pieces by JCB. A sad end for a part of the UKs Jet heritage. :(

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:{ I thought that the Vulcan had been bought by a pub owner for display in his garden, I guess it will become a big jigsaw puzzle for the kids!

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The Vulcan was riddled with rust although in the days when you could stand underneath it the aircraft made a good shelter from the rain.

Apparently the hangar behind the spot where the Vulcan used to reside is to become a multi-storey car park! It just keeps getting worse. Nostalgia certainly ain't what it used to be.:(

Does anyone have any idea as to when/if JET 2 are going to announce these much rumoured "citybreak" destinations ex BLK, as given it is not far off the end of Jan surely they would have lost out on any potential pax if they were to launch the flights for Summer 06 as people would already booked on other flights from MAN or LPL by now.

Also what is happening with the Monarch Malaga flights as it seems that the flights now depart BLK at either 07:30 or 08:00 depending on the day and the return flights now arrive at BLK at either 17:15 or 21:55. Does this mean the a/c is now postioning in from another UK base as I thought the a/c was Malaga based.
Any idea anyone?

Regards

Does anyone know why the ZB AGP flights are operating via NQY on Tue, Thur & Sun, has this got something to do with issues between ZB & NQY as they are not operating NQY - AGP this summer?
Also, expect an annoucement from LS sometime this month regarding more new summer 06 routes ex BLK

Watch this space!

Regards

I think Blackpool has a huge potential to attract overseas visitors to its attractions using loco flights, its not quite Las Vegas but it is still the biggest tourist destination in the UK and there is no shortage of beds. !

Blackpool has a huge potential to attract overseas visitors to its attractions


:} :mad: Sorry but you cannot be serious. The place is the pits. The numbers that make it so 'popular' are lagerheads and scallies from the industrial towns of Scotland, the North and Midlands.
The Blackpool air market is outbound only ie helping the local middle classes to escape from said scallies.

According to the Monarch web site, they are to axe the Newquay Malaga service from the end of April. Not sure if this is good or bad news for Blackpool. Optimistically this could mean a new route ex Blackpool. More likely the begining of the end for Monarch's presence at Blackpool. Anyone got any idea of the loads so far?

Looking at the forward timetable on the Monarch web site, it would appear there are no more Malaga flights ex Blackpool after 27 Oct. Most ominous.......

Agreed Blackpool is the pits and is possibly stealing traffic from my beloved LPL

I often try and ignore what is said on these forums, however, I feel I need to clairfy a few points.

1. BLK is not stealing traffic from Liverpool. it is simply offering people from the catchment around BLK a more convenient and appealing alternative, and taking back what is rightly BLK traffic. I do remember LPL using the same argument, so I see no room for complaint!

2. BLK is solely outbound. O dear, how wrong, the MAJORITY of passengers on the Irish routes and a VERY HIGH percentage of the domestic market are inbound to Blackpool, Blackpool is not full of larger louts, but offers a wide varied option for the inbound tourist visitor. I accept some people are jealous of Blackpools ongoing status as the premier resort in the UK, but 13m people cant be wrong. Blackpool is changing and evolving, it has problems (but so do Manchester and Liverpool), but Blackpool is, and always will be the nations playground.

Could it be that Monarch may not have firmed up on Blackpool-Malaga
timetable after 0ct 2006 , or may be they will opt for a different destination.

Anybody know if the previously mentioned City Break destinations are scheduled to be announced , any word on Amsterdam ? Has Aberdeen been
canned for good ?

Maybe someone at the airport can elaborate ...................

I certainly hope so. it would be a loss for the airport if they decided to pull out of Blackpool, as they have with Newquay. The airport could certainly do with serving some destinations other than Spain. I'm eagerly awaiting any kind of announcement about Amsterdam too. Can anyone oblige?

future is bright, future is Jet2 ..