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BPL321
26th Feb 2005, 10:10
Was reading a local newspaper and came across a job advert to work for A2B Airways Ltd, a scheduled airline based at Blackpool Airport.
Anyone know anymore on this airline. Is it a FlyKeen revamp?
The advert says 'we are expanding our network of services to coincide with the introduction of our new a/c'.
Does anybody know anything about the new routes and a/c. I heard a rumour about a couple of sheds arriving at BLK in March.
cheers
maybe they operate the vulcan?
JB007
26th Feb 2005, 15:09
Heaven's To Murgatroyd ?????
surely not ? a2b milkrounds more like
rufus.t.firefly
26th Feb 2005, 19:58
Must be one of the "new operators and routes" that City Hopper Airports keep banging on about !
Please ......... not another PA-31 !! or Bandeirante !!
Any sign of them (City Hopper) spending any money at Blackpool yet and attracting any larger pax aircraft ?????
E. MORSE
26th Feb 2005, 20:48
Air 2 Bob ?
Strange
BPL321
27th Feb 2005, 10:11
lol.I can just imagine a fleet of PA31s on the apron.That would be funny but not a surprise! What a let down if its one of the big announcements by 'City Hoppers'.
Its defo already a company who flies to IOM and BHD so I reckon its FlyKeen. So maybe its not a City Hopper special. We live in hope but I would like to know when the owners will announce new operators/routes. Obviously not going to be for the summer now and all the brochures are out for winter 05/06 so that gets you to summer 06 if its a series of charter flights.
What we need is another few routes by FR, EZY to open up a base at BLK and Jet2 to fill the gaps plus a few PA31 specials to add variety and everything will be sorted.lol.
with fr ordering 140 boeings you never know, they've got to go somewhere.
as for the airport operators - they should change their name to city hopper hot air limited
kick the tires
28th Feb 2005, 16:38
try md-80's !!!!!!!!
Flying Fokker
1st Mar 2005, 10:12
A2B were rumoured to be starting out of LPL about 18 months ago using MD80's, Mike Lee was connected with that. He is now involved with Flykeen. So watch this space! ;)
Roberto
1st Mar 2005, 11:14
Could it be that Flykeen is the established AOC and company for Mr Lee to launch the A2B project?
lowfaresbuster
1st Mar 2005, 11:29
a2bairways.com is registered to:
michael lee
6 courteney place
altrincham, wa14 3qt
UK
He is also the owner of a2bairways.co.uk
goodbye flykeen
6th Mar 2005, 16:15
I thought a SD360 was suppose to turn up March 1 ??
No application made for a class A licence ??
No lease agreement ??
Pax loads not even in double figures ??
Hold on there is a pink pig flying by
Flying Fokker
6th Mar 2005, 18:54
Were did 1st March come from? Ive only heard one may turn up "sometime" in March but nothing has been confirmed. Im sure when the time comes Flykeen will make an annoucment.
Roberto
7th Mar 2005, 13:39
Goodbye Flykeen your on about flying pigs, maybe they could fly the BNWA’s 2 passengers when you get there light piston twin grounded by the CAA for non payment of Euro charges again.
BPL321
19th Mar 2005, 16:59
Local paper(19/3/05) has job advert for cabin crew staff required. Interesting, anyone got anymore news on A2B? The a/c they intend to use must be bigger than PA31/Bandits if nothing else.
Flying Fokker
23rd Mar 2005, 06:35
A shed was delivered to Blackpool yesterday and is entering serivce for Flykeen today.
BPL321
23rd Mar 2005, 09:34
Yeah. You beat me to it.Came on here to say the same thing. Apparently its the 1st of 2 sheds to come.
BPL321
21st Jun 2005, 14:19
Not sure which topic to put this under 'Blackpool Happenings' 'BLK-IOM' or what but since its A2B this will do.
A2B have announced today a Blackpool to Amsterdam Schipol 2xdaily service from around September time. They are currently buying jet a/c(3 of!!) to operate the route. Any ideas what a/c type it will be?
Also from A2B, they want to expand to other parts of Ireland ie Shannon, Derry, Cork and Galway. Wonder if FR had considerations in pipeline for a Shannon route from BLK!?!
Good news.
Yak97
21st Jun 2005, 17:11
Just seen this, but don't know wether its old or not.....? (date line is 20 June 2005)
BLACKPOOL AIRPORT is the home of a new north west based airline. A2B Airways will initially operate 60 flights a week between Blackpool and Belfast and the Isle of Man. Other flights from Blackpool are likely to be announced later this year. Amsterdam, various German and Irish locations and Jersey are among destinations being considered. A2B Airways has been formed by Mike Lee the former chairman of the aviation division of Airtours and My Travel, Isle of Man businessman Nigel Kenny and airline captain Jim Morrow. Captain Morrow was previously the managing director of Flykeen, a small commuter airline which is closing down to make way for the new company. A2B Airways are using Shorts 360 aircraft for their Belfast and Isle of Man Services. Larger aircraft will be acquired for more distant destinations. We see here Jim Morrow (left) and Mike Lee at Blackpool Airport.
So which name will they actually be operating under? A2B Airways or Flykeen, if the A2B website is routing to Flykeen?
Also came across (on IOM new site)....
NEW AIRLINE FOR THE BLACKPOOL ROUTE
A NEW airline is taking over the Blackpool route from Flykeen.
From Tuesday A2B Airways will operate 60 flights a week, including flights between Blackpool and Belfast. It will use 36-seat turbo-prop aircraft for the Island service.
The airline was established by Mike Lee, former chairman of aviation services for Airtours and My Travel, Captain Jim Morrow, previously the managing director of Flykeen, and Isle of Man businessman Nigel Kenny.
Mr Morrow, managing director of A2B, said: 'This is a brand new airline with new pilots, new hostesses, new aircraft and new ideas.'
16 June 2005
60 flights a week (so 30 rotations.. per week - approx 5 a day?) Quote "new aircraft" So not the SD3-60 then????
garethjk22
22nd Jun 2005, 18:46
The airline name I would have thought is fairly obvious, A2B. It is a remodelling of FlyKeen, hence the temporary rerouting to the old FlyKeen webiste, this will be addressed shortly.
The airline will be operating 50 seat regional aircraft (prop not jet, press error) on the AMS route, which starts at the end of September. Flights will go on sale next month.
For the time being, SD36 aircraft will operate to the Isle of Man and Belfast City.
Mr Angry from Purley
22nd Jun 2005, 20:58
Is that the Mike Lee that called his Airtours Pilots "glorified bus drivers"
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I note on the A2B airways website, which is quite nice, that under charters, they still refer to Keen Airways.
However if you look into the booking site, it shows the operating airline as "Flykeen ltd". Yet at the bottom of most pages there is a note saying that Aerocondor are operating with a British registered SD360. I know that the CAA have issued an approval, does this relate to the operation of a G- reg aircraft by a Portugeses company?
So do we have another fictional arline? Looking at the CAA website, dosen't show FlyKeen or Keen Airways or A2B airways having any sort of licence, neither A nor B.
Keen Airways made an application for a Class A licence in Mar 2005 but then suspended their Class B from 26/04/05.
How can they operate???