Football first round

[rmo757]

So the football has started once again whats been fixed for our teams Celtic/Newcastle/Chelesa guess not alot around for first round at least ?

[sparkymarky]

The Celtic roadshow is certainly in full swing - and Ryanair at least are cashing in.........

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[johnwalton]

Newcastle are playing an Israeli team in the first round, so hopefully that will bring an interesting/new visitor to NCL.

[rmo757]

Just heard Rangers are flying outbound to FNC on Transavia B738

[N.N.C]

Yep,

We delivered them at 11:55 at FNC airport today.


Regards,

NNC

[mmeteesside]

Teesside got a Travel Service B738 today with the Banik Ostrava team to play Middlesbrough tommorrow night, supposedly sending another one to pick them up tommorrow night after the match.

For the away leg next week, a Corsair B743 and a Monarch A300 have been mentioned (MON for the team, CRL the fans)

Anybody know if anything else is due either tommorrow or for the away leg?

mmeteesside
MME Movements (http://www.mmemovements.tk)

[holgate]

Understand travel service 737 and CSA 737 arriving tommorow.

Come on Boro!!!!

[WHBM]

Isn't it strange that just about every team in Europe will arrive in an aircraft of one of their national airlines - except the British ones who quite happily go for operators from other countries if they happen to be £0.05 cheaper.

Same with teams to the Olympics, all turned up on their national carriers except team GB who apparently arrived by Cyprus Airways.

[mmeteesside]

The UEFA Cup works like this:

1st round - 2 leg knock-out
2nd round - 8 mini-leagues of 5 - top 3 go through
3rd round - 2 leg knock-out (24 teams from 2nd round, plus 8 knocked out from Champions Lge)
and so on.....

So if Middlesbrough get through this round then that means 8 more matches at least!

mmeteesside
MME Movements (http://www.mmemovements.tk)

[holgate]

Dont know what time the Czechs arriving at MME today.

Only info I have:

QS-104 departs Ostrava 13:00

QS-105 Arrives Ostrava 03:20,(tomorrow)
OK-7123 Arrives Ostrava 03:40,(tomorrow)


Anyone Know anything else?

[Chidken Sangwich]

Middlesboro team go out on First Choice, back on Excel - looks as if MON lost out again then!

[GrahamK]

With regards the team that Newcastle are playing. They flew into LHR, and then Newcastle Utd had to pay for a coach to drive them to and from Newcastle. They are also apparently staying in a B+B on the coast, as they are that skint! :\

[rmo757]

Yeap not seen alot of Monarch aircraft for football so far this year
Chelesa fans had XLA I beilive
Man U had a couple FCA/SCY/GRE

Bet it was fun for the Man U fans going out on Greece Airways / Air Scotland or what ever they are called !!!!

[OLNEY 1 BRAVO]

For their match on Tuesday with Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven flew to Luton on a French Post Office 737-300 and returned on a Transavia 737-700.

[a bristolian]

Well some teams know how to travel in style.!!

Bristol Rovers will fly from BRS to NWI next Tues on a XLA B738 for the Coca Cola Championship.

[MerchantVenturer]

a bristolian

I think you may have made a slip of the typing finger (s) here.

Rovers would be delighted to be playing in the Coca Cola Championship but Norwich City would not be so keen, having been promoted out of it last season.

I believe it is the Carling Cup (the League Cup) that is being contested in this fixture.

It's all liquid in the end though and finishes up in the same place.

Are supporters also being allowed to travel on this flight or is it for team and officials only - do Rovers have 180 odd of these?

[a bristolian]

XLA charter is for team and approx 150 supporters via Thorntons
Travel ATOL.

Hoping to get maximum press coverage out of the flight as its not often the Rovers will get the chance to enjoy the benefits of flying !!

[terrier21]

Aparently there have been 90 supporter seats (if rovers can find 90).
I new there would be a BRS-NWI service before long!:E

[rmo757]

Heard the NWI-BRS flight on XL was a great success all over the local news and going into local papers
good to see XL doing a good job

[Fokker-off]

Are AEU operating footy flight again now ?

I know they had an incident a while back with Celtic fans but wondered if things had changed.

I havent seen them active in the footy market for a while ???

[MerchantVenturer]

terrier

There was a piece on the ITV West News yesterday tea time that featured the Rovers players, backroom staff, directors and supporters leaving BRS and parading as a huge 'team group' in front of the Excel 738 prior to boarding.

According to the television reporter the 189 seats were all filled with supporters paying £180 each for the privilege.

I hope they had some of the exceptionally friendly and helpful Bristol-based cabin crew that we had a few weeks ago when we flew to Salzburg. That would have really made their day with one lovely lady calling everyone 'my lover' or 'my darlin'.

Only downside would have been the eventual outcome of the match.

Perhaps this might encourage the supposedly wealthier Bristol City FC to think about air travel for some of their matches 'up north'.

[terrier21]

It would be nice especially if other teams adopt the policy and fly in for their away games, especially the mighty terriers playing at ashton gate this weekend.

Unfortunatly most if not all of these clubs would be out of buisness within weeks. Shame really