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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jan 2024, 07:52
Replies: 36
Views: 4,945
Posted By Hipennine

I was at Uni in Birmingham early 70's. The train...

I was at Uni in Birmingham early 70's. The train was 90 mins every half hour most of the day, but hourly late evening. Regularly used it to go to concerts in London and back same night.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jan 2024, 08:31
Replies: 36
Views: 4,945
Posted By Hipennine

Early 1980's: BHX -LGW on a twin otter...

Early 1980's:

BHX -LGW on a twin otter Brymon Airways
BHX-LHR BMI on a shed
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2023, 08:54
Replies: 1,641
Views: 538,362
Posted By Hipennine

I think you have reverse identified a key factor...

I think you have reverse identified a key factor in the TUI flight programme. Their flight programme is almost universally to support the package holiday operation. That operation includes a whole...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Sep 2023, 10:53
Replies: 44
Views: 15,845
Posted By Hipennine

Once landed in Narita with BA, got to the top of...

Once landed in Narita with BA, got to the top of the airbridge and there was a notice board with an envelope attached clearly marked with my name. Inside was a note from BA apologising for our bags...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Sep 2023, 08:41
Replies: 44
Views: 15,845
Posted By Hipennine

Now that airlines are increasingly breaking up...

Now that airlines are increasingly breaking up fares into individual options, what is the contractual legal position when they fail to deliver luggage which has been paid for as a distinct seperate...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2023, 12:18
Replies: 14
Views: 4,422
Posted By Hipennine

Most of what you have described is not unique to...

Most of what you have described is not unique to aviation. I can't remember the wording but IIRC, UK Industrial law allows any company to effect immediate redundancies without consultation in the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Sep 2023, 07:41
Replies: 1,641
Views: 538,362
Posted By Hipennine

Hear, hear!

Hear, hear!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2023, 07:58
Replies: 1,641
Views: 538,362
Posted By Hipennine

I thought that the airport owned it anyway. It...

I thought that the airport owned it anyway. It seemed to be using the same booking engine as the main airport car park booking system, but prices much lower. Sometimes if you booked in for short...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2023, 14:15
Replies: 3,645
Views: 758,181
Posted By Hipennine

Objectively, the difference in time argument (if...

Objectively, the difference in time argument (if that important with a 17 minute difference) should be wheels down to factory gate. How do freight processing times at MME compare with NCL? 28 minutes...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2023, 08:33
Replies: 3,645
Views: 758,181
Posted By Hipennine

If there was a significant viable market in...

If there was a significant viable market in smaller aircraft regional flying, manufacturers would be designing and building those aircraft. The viable ops are in specialist niche routes. Wrt MME, I...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2022, 12:05
Replies: 64
Views: 20,559
Posted By Hipennine

The current Cross country timetable has no direct...

The current Cross country timetable has no direct trains, all involve a change at Birmingham, and the travel time is over 5 hours, not two and a half.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2022, 07:48
Replies: 64
Views: 20,559
Posted By Hipennine

But that is not logical. It assumes that the...

But that is not logical. It assumes that the stations are the origin and destination, whereas the real majority origin and destination could be elsewhere, especially where the linked airports are not...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2022, 09:24
Replies: 64
Views: 20,559
Posted By Hipennine

I used to work for a multinational from an office...

I used to work for a multinational from an office in Newcastle, and euro HQ in Uxbridge. It was faster from the Newcastle office to NCL than to Newcastle Central station. A day's work in Uxbridge was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Apr 2022, 07:29
Replies: 1,868
Views: 884,716
Posted By Hipennine

Are the cells formatted as "general", "number" or...

Are the cells formatted as "general", "number" or "text"? It may be that the TUI website reqiuires a particular format.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jan 2022, 09:45
Replies: 3,645
Views: 758,181
Posted By Hipennine

Or it means: "Hours initially will be.....but...

Or it means:
"Hours initially will be.....but in due course this may extend to 24 hour coverage, and that is contractually in place now in case we need it"
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Dec 2021, 09:15
Replies: 174
Views: 65,106
Posted By Hipennine

The article says "profit after tax for the year...

The article says "profit after tax for the year was £12.8m, which includes technical accounting for a non-cash revaluation of assets,"

In other words, not a real profit.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2021, 08:31
Replies: 23
Views: 14,252
Posted By Hipennine

"THE FOLLOWING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE ON ...

"THE FOLLOWING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE ON
BEHALF OF THE UKS PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES. BEFORE ENTERING THE UK,"

Well, I would have mentally turned off after hearing that, never mind the rest of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Dec 2020, 09:02
Replies: 3,645
Views: 758,181
Posted By Hipennine

Southside Offices - has it escaped everyone that...

Southside Offices - has it escaped everyone that the Covid pandemic has rapidly and very significantly impacted on the demand for office space? Working from home is here to stay, and no serious...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2020, 12:25
Replies: 2,734
Views: 1,455,509
Posted By Hipennine

Not every business has entered the pandemic where...

Not every business has entered the pandemic where it was already losing cash to pay off loans taken out to pay off loans. Eventually that path only leads in one direction.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2020, 08:32
Replies: 123
Views: 38,792
Posted By Hipennine

There seems to be quite a lot of views that are...

There seems to be quite a lot of views that are basically following a logic of " situation in aviation may not be OK, but it's not OK on other forms of transport, therefore sitaution in aviation is...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th May 2020, 08:33
Replies: 934
Views: 711,478
Posted By Hipennine

Except that the Air France agreement specifically...

Except that the Air France agreement specifically exempts routes to/from "hub" airports such as CDG because of transit pax. So pretty much like the BA routes into LHR. Note it's the routes that are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Mar 2020, 15:25
Replies: 2,734
Views: 1,455,509
Posted By Hipennine

NCL - SOU

Actually,

Before Eastern, there was an outfit called European Airways, based in NCL, who operated two J31's. After them came Eastern (although there might have been a bit of an overlap) on the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Feb 2020, 15:09
Replies: 2,734
Views: 1,455,509
Posted By Hipennine

There seems to be a lot of pre-planned chopping...

There seems to be a lot of pre-planned chopping and changing rather than reactive. I am on the outbound on the 22nd, which was originally booked last august. We got notification of an aircraft change...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Feb 2020, 08:38
Replies: 971
Views: 355,581
Posted By Hipennine

However: - that includes Teesside tax payers ...

However:
- that includes Teesside tax payers
- arguably the people of Teesside could be better served if this centrally funded pot which has been allocated to them, is spent on other projects...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2020, 09:00
Replies: 4,519
Views: 3,002,123
Posted By Hipennine

I think poor marketing might have more to do with...

I think poor marketing might have more to do with it.

As a semi regular user of the route, I always assess the alternatives. Usually (unless booking months ahead), the plane would be a third of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jan 2020, 07:41
Replies: 13
Views: 2,917
Posted By Hipennine

Supplementary question: From personal...

Supplementary question:

From personal observation over many years, why is it if you have EZY and TUI checking in for similar or identical destinations, the EZY checkin always seems to be quicker...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jan 2020, 08:04
Replies: 2,734
Views: 1,455,509
Posted By Hipennine

Yes, and as I have reminded before, skis/boards...

Yes, and as I have reminded before, skis/boards go free on Lufty on anything but Lite fares, and that is a major saving compared to EZY, Jet2, BA, KLM, etc. Current car hire rates on the usual...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2020, 08:13
Replies: 380
Views: 335,266
Posted By Hipennine

From a north-east perspective, it has never...

From a north-east perspective, it has never ceased to amaze me how competitive Flybe fares are compared with the train. Travelling to and from the NE to the Midlands, South and South West, the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Dec 2019, 08:38
Replies: 1,174
Views: 521,805
Posted By Hipennine

Try using Traveline website to determine a public...

Try using Traveline website to determine a public transport route from Carlisle Airport to say Keswick. Yes if you come by train via Windemere or Penrith, bus connections are good (but expensive)....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2019, 07:49
Replies: 1,417
Views: 1,554,226
Posted By Hipennine

Surely the same economic multiplier argument...

Surely the same economic multiplier argument could be applied to £20bn going into the NHS/Education/Northern Powerhouse, etc?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Oct 2019, 08:23
Replies: 31
Views: 5,868
Posted By Hipennine

Aren't the flights full of the posse of...

Aren't the flights full of the posse of journalists that follow the PM's around the world? Who pays their fare?
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2019, 12:14
Replies: 82
Views: 62,148
Posted By Hipennine

So true. It never cease to amaze me how many...

So true. It never cease to amaze me how many finance types can spend hours over the minutiae of balance sheets, and making the numbers work, but have no comprehension of the commercial implications...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jun 2019, 10:55
Replies: 2,734
Views: 1,455,509
Posted By Hipennine

What might be relevant is the fact that the UK...

What might be relevant is the fact that the UK ski tour operators have reported that, for the first time in about 35 years, Austria has ovetaken France as the most favoured country for UK based...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Mar 2019, 13:00
Replies: 2,734
Views: 1,455,509
Posted By Hipennine

Anybody know the reason for the long delay on the...

Anybody know the reason for the long delay on the TUI to Innsbruck yesterday (currently showing as dep. 14.30 today?

Thx
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Dec 2018, 08:05
Replies: 1,495
Views: 557,329
Posted By Hipennine

Population of Teesside combined authority is just...

Population of Teesside combined authority is just over 600k, whereas Tyne and Wear, N.Durham, and Northumberland is just short of 2m. Name another successful UK regional airport with such a low urban...
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