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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2023, 12:59
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

I think popular is relative. After the glory days...

I think popular is relative. After the glory days of BUA and its Heralds, it was most of the times a 19 seater Twin Otter / Let 410 route. Bigger equipment like the Saab 340 did not work. As there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2023, 12:26
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

Pardon my ignorance, but why would an island in...

Pardon my ignorance, but why would an island in the middle of the Irish Sea with 80k or so inhabitants need airline service to more than 3 London airports? Maybe places like Barcelona or Amsterdam...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2023, 11:51
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

What is their grief? As per the IOM website, the...

What is their grief? As per the IOM website, the airport has the best selection of routes for a long time (BFS, BHD, BHX, BRS, DUB, EDI, LPL, LGW, LHR, LCY, MAN) . What is the issue? Compared to the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Mar 2022, 09:57
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

To be honest, we will see quite a few unusual...

To be honest, we will see quite a few unusual routes/airlines at LHR over the coming years as for the first time in 20 or 30 years (useful) slots there are up for grabs due to collpased international...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Feb 2022, 12:28
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

How full are flights these days? You may hae a...

How full are flights these days? You may hae a point if a flight is fully booked and the majority of pax claim their compensation. But these days, with airplanes flying around half empty at best, we...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Aug 2021, 08:11
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

So to sum it up, flights between IOM and LCY in...

So to sum it up, flights between IOM and LCY in the past were packed to the the rafters and generated breath-taking profits, but the airlines, instead of milking a cash-cow, decided to withdraw...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Aug 2021, 21:51
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

IOMX Your misconception is that there were...

IOMX

Your misconception is that there were too many flights to LGW in the past to make LCY/LHR work. In reality, there were too many punters choosing LGW over LCY to make LCY work, not too many...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Aug 2021, 07:42
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

Maybe the simple answer is that there is no large...

Maybe the simple answer is that there is no large enough market for a LCY service? Guernsey with 63.000 inhabitants has no LCY service (they have tried twice, IIRC) despite the fact that due to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Aug 2021, 18:54
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

EI-BUD The problem is that Manx Airlines...

EI-BUD

The problem is that Manx Airlines charged fares that were considered reasonable or, in the case of farecracker offerings, even cheap back in the day. Exampes have been quoted in this...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Aug 2021, 13:01
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

There is no point in me making suggestions as the...

There is no point in me making suggestions as the free market will make the decisions, not you and not me.

If enough people like you are indeed requiring same day returns and if (a very big "if"...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Aug 2021, 11:44
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

Not sure if the good people from the Bailiwick of...

Not sure if the good people from the Bailiwick of Guernsey want to see their taxpayer's money at work on the Isle of Man so that IOMX can have his twice-daily flight back... (even if, I fear that the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Aug 2021, 10:11
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

Unless you want to turn the IoM into a communist...

Unless you want to turn the IoM into a communist state, you (or the IoMG) cannot dictate what airlines serve what airport with what type of aircraft with what kind of fares. It really is as simple as...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Aug 2021, 09:13
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

All valid points. But realistically, days of...

All valid points. But realistically, days of 1980s/1990s style regional travel are a thing of the past. Many airports in Europe that used to have airline service and hub links have lost their links...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Aug 2021, 07:21
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

If the travel needs for the island community were...

If the travel needs for the island community were indeed as pressing and the situation as desperate as you describe, the IOM government would have reacted by now, funding an Aurigny-style airline...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Aug 2021, 21:54
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

The easyJet model must not be right for the...

The easyJet model must not be right for the island, it must be right for easyJet.



If easyJet can earn just as much money (or, given the reduced costs, even more) by not overnighting an...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Aug 2021, 20:52
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

IOMX British Airways apparently thought...

IOMX

British Airways apparently thought otherwise. They were running BAe 146s on IOM-LGW for many years. It allowed me to do stuff like IOM-LGW-MLA. And JER and GCI have been doing okay with LGW...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Aug 2021, 19:16
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

Not really sure what your point is. Apparently BA...

Not really sure what your point is. Apparently BA did not make any money by getting you to LCY for 150 GBP and throwing in seating, bags etc. for free. Otherwise they would still be around, raking in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Aug 2021, 10:00
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

If I have my math right, with the above-quoted...

If I have my math right, with the above-quoted 135k tourists annually minus the TT lot, we are looking at ~ 250 daily tourist arrivals at the IOM. That sounds pretty insignificant to me...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Aug 2021, 20:37
Replies: 619
Views: 153,264
Posted By virginblue

Buster the Bear Capacity-wise, 4 BAe 146-200...

Buster the Bear

Capacity-wise, 4 BAe 146-200 flights pretty much equal two daily A319 flights which I guess we will see by easyJet post-COVID19.

But the main question is: At what fares?

We...
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