.......and still half the price of BE:hmm:

market at GLO
 

excuse my ignorance but where do all the pax for the Gloucester route come from? I'm just curious as to how such a small area can sustain regular air service?

are there any future routes that could be sustainable?

Gloucester Airport.
 

The airport is smalll but is strategically situated. It is bang on the junction of the M5 motorway and the A40. Bristol approx 30 miles, Oxford 40 miles Swindon 40 miles Cardiff and south Wales approx 1 hour away. Cotswolds on the doorstep.There are a lot of people living within 1 hour of the airport.

Gloucester and Cheltenham are fairly small on their own but they are only 8 miles apart and if you put them together there's 1/4 million people (and there's the transport links).

Local pax have always been in the mindset to use BRS or BHX but I think this is changing..... allegedly Manx2 affected Easterns loads into BRS so they dropped the route.

It could probably sustain routes to DUB, GLA or EDI and if the RESA reinstatement happens you could see WOW, Arran or FlyBE having a look.

The catchment extends far further than the immediate local area, particularly given the proximity of the M5/A40 junction.

Allied with the free parking, 50 yard walk from car to aeroplane, never more than 19 pax in the security queue and no ATC delays (except when LACC won't play ball!!), the whole experience is far easier than BHX or BRS, for anyone from North Bristol to Redditch.

The infrastructure isn't really in place for more than 40 seats, but Manx2 have found a niche and are making a damn fine job of exploiting it. Pax up again last month...

Does anyone know how EMA loads are doing? Any chance of an increase?

Thanks in advance.
SAM-EMA

I flew GLO-JER on 25th July and the flight, on the SWM, was almost full. Hardly surprising, of course, considering it was peak season and there's only three weekly services.

I presently live around 45 minutes by car from GLO.

Its all quite on the Manx2 front?

Any news about changes in schedule or new routes?

How many aircraft are they operating now?

Started 3rd September last year, second Dornier imminent..........loads on GLO routes really strong and still growing....probably top 20 000 pax in the first year of operation

Yes, I was hoping for the D28 on the route, but it ended up being the SWM. Oh well - the way it goes sometime.

new route chester? trying to get DHSS contract..... only an idea

Chester - yep, I saw that too on the Ronaldsway board. Most probably a Manx Grand Prix charter, so expect to see a departure tomorrow. Didn't realise that Hawarden had security etc to process pax. Thought it was BAe corporate or freight only?

test flight before commercial launch :ok:

whats the 'xmas shopping' on their website origin list ?

Xmas shop
 

I believe the xmas shopping flight is Belfast City.

Fridays
 

I see there's 3 Gloucester rotations today - is this now permanent on Fridays? It's not timetabled on the M2 website.....

Fridays
 

No there is only 2 rotations the 1715 departure one has been put up in error :rolleyes:

Don't think chester was a charter, at least not judging by the people who came off it.... :eek:

Possibly a test, Is just near LPL and MAN enough to be convienient and if the Landing charges etc. are low enough just the right place to annoy BE. They certainlycouldn't take on BE but seem to be confident enough to wind them up!! :{

What are the transport links to Hawarden like?

Who does the technical support for Manx 2 and how is the D228 getting on that had the burst tyre?