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toronto flights are only once a week now so no change its just a direct route now for 2008 and the vancouver do look like its going ive tryed to book its on website also thomsonfly are dropping its orlando and cancun flights next year dont look good for cwl

Well we knew about TOM when the Fc/Tom merger came through, but orlando is being taken up by MYT ad one of there A330's Nice! Xl may put an Orlando service on but Zoom finishing Vancouver is a shock but theres 1% of me is thinking that is that slot on the aircraft being freed up for an NY service, Nah cant be but would be nice!!!!!:O

The Zoom a/c operating into CWL is Canadian. The JFK routes are operated by ZoomUK, so a/c slot would not be the reason. YYZ has always been popular, so hopefully they just havent released the schedule for YVR. Shame if it does go though.
XL/Travel city will be operating x4 flights during high season next year according to their site, on the A330.

Its a great shame that TOM is stopping the long haul.
Its strange though that the perception was they were to send long haul to BRS. Yet TOM arent selling SFB from either CWL or BRS for 08.
However they will be operating wkly to POP Winter08/09 as they are restarting their own carribean cruises with cruise and stay on offer. CWL is one of the routes. Seems they havent lost all faith in CWL long haul!

Not strictly true, whilst CUN will be dropped, as Smile said, MYT will be operating the SFB route on their A330, which unless is a split with another UK station, will be a capacity increase of about 100 per flight.
At the moment looking on MYT's website it does appear as if SFB is not shared with any other station

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Dont worry we will get the SFB and CAN back, the demand has been excellent once the merger with First choice has been fully established! we as crew recon they will bring it back for 2009, after all why promote something then take it away!! Its because of the merger! CWL Passengers are fab! they love the new longhaul product legroom etc and they get the chance to fly direct from CWL.

No SFB will not be shared with another base on a MYT/TCX A330-200. However Thomas Cook website now showing flights for next summer operated by TOM? But MYT site still showing MYT, both on Thursdays, but at different times.

Next year PMI on XL will not be operating X-PMI-CWL-PMI-X, as this year, but the flight will originate from Cardiff, maybe a base in on the cards? Although its the only flight on the schedules at the moment

Next years flight for TCD will be operated by TCD, so XL. Only once weekly as far as I can tell.

Ofcourse 5 flights a day :rolleyes:

Nice LOL i thought BRS hopes were pinned on Fc's Plastic liner that's held together by Hardware shop Screws:}

Hi bylad

do you really thisnkits because of the merger and not due to poor load factors

Don't be Pedantic Smile!!!.....I was thinking twice weekly! :}

As for the 'plastic liner', we are all sat twiddling our thumbs over here with great anticipation for the saviour of our STOL runway is only a year away! We were concerned Airfix (the company designing and making the wings!) were going bust, but all seems back on track now! Phew!!!! :ok:

Anyone else on here would like to see threads like the one above disappear and allow reasoned debate and speculation rather than the same spotter type post every week ?
If there is any news you can bet it will be on here, Cardiff thread doesn't have to be on the front page all the time, if nothing is happening guess what nothing is happening.

Apologies to Prune Pop for posting this I'm just fed up of this being a thread with no real purpose.

Flower. It is probably worth pointing out that this is a rumour network and probably worth taking most threads with a pinch of salt. It is fair to say all factual news is discussed as and when it happens but is also a place to discuss possibilities and missed opportunites, and a bit of banter too. Its not a sterile news post. The lead in even says 'Topics about airports, routes and airline business.' not 'Hard factual News only!'. Lighten up!

Birdscarer I wasn't referring to your post but one which Andy1205 removed. I had no issue with yours but quite frankly we seem to have the spotters taking over yet again.

Ahh! Then I apologise Flower.

Edited: The rest of the post was about BRS! - PPP.

Some posters require tutoring
 

Surely this is an industry forum and not for spotters, also some of the posters here really do need some English lessons. Punctuation is deplorable on some, you'd not make it into my operation with that standard of written English, or Welsh to that matter.

(personal attack)

Yes PPrune does cover the aviation industry, But if it were for those who indeed do work in the aviation industry then who would people like me be able to discuss current issues about my local airport to a friendly bunch of people. Oh and if it were orientated solely around industry then by the looks the majority of your posts would disapear.

Flower.

100% agree.

Cardiff is my local airport, yet I read the Cardiff threads ever less frequently.

Only to New York. I guess if punters wanted to get further to SFO, LAX or YVR for that matter, they would head to CWL. Oh actually nope-they don't do those routes either.....sorry what was your point again!?!

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Rumour has it Mr Horne will be departing end oct- sketchy news at the moment

Only because they had to fly from CWL. ;)

You will no doubt notice that there are more than just a few deletes. A good number of them were about BRS! This forum refers to CWL.

Btw. Spotter questions or comments are not acceptable on here. There is another forum for those.

Mods.

I've also heard this. Reasons unknown. Shame... very nice guy!