EI119/8 is cancelled today as well. Must definitely be a tech issue. Sadly reports from some passengers that they are not being rebooked suitable alternatives . Depends what it means. Sometimes people want the impossible. They want to be rebooked onto an alternative, but it must be a direct flight,...
Jump to postBangkok is well suited as a Gatwick destination. What about KUL? Isn't that also a lower-yielding port like BKK? Why is KUL being done from LHR, but BKK isn't? ... as slots at LHR become even harder to acquire, you will see further expansion of the airline portfolio and the destinations available f...
Jump to postonly two Mar'94 US Air BOS-LGA 727. The flight was meant to depart at 1000 and was delayed til 1330. Once we were in the air the pilot advise that due fog we might not be able to land at LGA. We ended up diverting to DCA were we sat at the gate for a while before heading back to LGA. When we landed ...
Jump to postI wonder how advance bookings are for Dublin-Denver on EI. I had no idea that Denver is the 3rd busiest airport in the world in terms of pax traffic. https://www.flydenver.com/press-release/denver-international-airport-sets-all-time-passenger-traffic-record-in-2023/ As regards busiest airports in t...
Jump to postUpdate on Kerry's French services. Brest – Kerry 29JUN24 – 21SEP24 1 weekly ATR72 CE2915 BES1710 – 1750KIR AT7 6 CE2916 KIR0940 – 1215BES AT7 6 Caen – Kerry 29JUN24 – 21SEP24 1 weekly ATR72 CE1412 CFR0800 – 0905KIR AT7 6 CE1413 KIR1825 – 2125CFR AT7 6 Chalair in summer 2023 season operated Brest – ...
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I was reading the post about Skynet and that got me thinking about Belavia. Does anyone know when did they fly MSK-SNN and maybe even have the flight numbers and schedule?
Thanks
Alex
I live in London, the city with the most commercial air passenger traffic in Europe. Competition between airlines is brutal here. I will probably give most of my business to a mix of Easyjet, Ryanair and Wizzair. Same in 2024 as for the last 10 years Price and schedule are what matter... and I see ...
Jump to postIt's difficult to say really what is a strange route as often there is a reason, in this example aircraft range. When I first worked in the industry in the early 90's we had fares with SU from SNN to HAV, MIA and SVO. SU also flew; SVO-SNN-ORD SVO-SNN-IAD SVO-SNN-MIA-KIN SVO-SNN-HAV-LIM SVO-SNN-HAV-...
Jump to postmy first was October 1992 BA 747-200 G-BDXE LHR-SFO my shortest flight on a widebody was either KUL-PEN with MH on a 747-400 in May 1995 (The aircraft was operating KUL-PEN-HKG). or August 2010 LHR-CDG with Air France on a A380 F-HPJB (AF were using A380 between LHR and CDG at the weekend for traini...
Jump to postMaybe not really that unusual if you are from the UK and in your 50's but BFS-BGR-MCO with TZ on a 757.
Air Zimbabwe HRE-HWN (Hwange)-KAB (Kariba)-VFA in the early 1990's
Alex
This weeks Josh Cahill YouTube video is on traveling to Moscow on Aeroflot.
He is only one YouTuber making a video but it gives the impression that SU are still offering a reasonably good short haul economy product.
Alex
Indeed years ago they used to tie back the swings in playgrounds on a Sunday and nobody could watch TV so things do indeed eventually change . Back then there was outrage when they suggested it too. Where was this, because I most definitely don't remember it in Ireland? They did this in Northern Ir...
Jump to postWho is the problem the kids or the parents? Sometimes kids on planes are amazingly well behaved, other times they are not. But whose fault is that the child or their parent? Some parents seem to have great difficulty controlling their kids. I think society has changed 50 years ago parents were very ...
Jump to postYears ago I remember being told by a sales rep that LHR-SYD just does ok for BA. They could make more money with the same aircraft and crew flying shorter routes. I am glad that seems to of changed. With regards to what product you put on what route I guess in part that comes down to the type of pas...
Jump to postI am not a massive BA fan, (If I have to fly economy in Europe I will try all possible to fly Easyjet) however if you live in the south east of England you just can't avoid BA. Alex Of course you can and I've been doing it for the past 21 years without the slightest difficulty. It depends on where ...
Jump to postShake up = Massive devaluation & significantly less valuation on loyalty For some, some people come out ahead.. it depends how much you pay, really. I can only afford the cheapest of the cheap, so for me it's a devaluation :) For most people it’s a devaluation. The majority of people will look ...
Jump to postHello I am Irish/British but I spend a lot of time in France and I am always surprised by the number of flights between mainland France and Reunion. Example today Sun there are 7 flights to Paris and 1 to Marseille. I know that UTA flew to NOU but has any other French airline flown the route and if ...
Jump to postThanks everyone. If anyone has the UT schedule CDG-EWR please would you let me have the details.
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A while ago there was a post about airlines that used to fly to EWR. In one of the replies someone said that UTA tried EWR-BOD/TLS/MPL
Does anyone know what the flight numbers and times were?
Also did they fly EWR to Paris?
Thanks in advance
Alex
In another thread we exchanged about the idea of having Air Canada fly YUL-TUN. With facts and figures given it looked like AC had better places to go to before thinking of TUN, but these are just A.net speculations. What about Air Transat? Would they fly YUL-TUN? With neo? Makes difference from AC...
Jump to postI think they have been talking about a rail connection to BFS since at least the early 90's. Hope it happens but not convinced. Belfast and Dublin are very close to each other, so a high speed rail service between the two cities with a stop at DUB could make massive changes as to the way people live...
Jump to postLaunchDetected wrote:Unfortunately, western society is not ready for BMI-based fares.
It will be for Virgin Holidays most likely rather than anything else. Agreed. It's do with selling packages rather than just flights. There is often (not always) very little money in selling flights but when you package a flight with accommodation it can be more profitable. Alex Nevertheless, if yo...
Jump to postVS's full seat inventory is available now for LHR - DXB, at least it is on Galileo. PM me directly if you wish. I don't understand why Virgin are trying DXB as this is a merket where Emirates has a stranglehold. Virgin can't compete with Emirates full stop. It will be for Virgin Holidays most likel...
Jump to postI really don't like London as a city and had no burning desire to visit it again but even I was thinking it might be nice to walk up the Mall to the Palace on a summer evening. Personal opinion but some cities take a few visits before we really get to know them. First time I visited Paris, I hated ...
Jump to postI work between the UK and France and why is it so difficult getting to certain destinations in Germany and Scandanavia from regional France. Example, I can fly from Liverpool and particularly Manchester to a lot of the major cities in Norway, Sweden and Germany, but from Toulouse or Bordeaux it’s a...
Jump to postGalwayman wrote:OA260 wrote:EIDWDUB wrote:
Can Lagos be done on an A321? The profit on excess Luggage must be a gold mine and the feed from the U.K. must be massive.
I find it somewhat surprising that LH see fit to use an A380 next winter to BKK yet BA somehow have no interest in resuming BKK. Agree it is strange that they think they can make money on the router when BA don't. Years ago I worked in the fares department of a tour operator and then there were alw...
Jump to postI guess its horses for courses. I would rather go to the gate and straight on to the plane, than spend time waiting at the gate. But then I would rather shop than go to the lounge.
Jump to postOh BTW, why doesn't BA fly to BOG, and are there ever any chances of seeing BA in BOG? This potential route has been long-discussed here on airliners.net. BA has a long history with BOG: flying as BOAC in the 1960s the route was LHR-BDA-BGI-POS-CCS-BOG 1x weekly using the 707, in the 1980s it was L...
Jump to postin the mid 1990's if you were traveling from London - Australia/New Zealand on Qantas they actually gave passengers a slight discount on the fare if they were happy to fly via FRA. So LHR-FRA(BA)-SYD (QF)
Jump to postYesterday I flew back to LGW from BHD with easyJet. When I got to the departures area there were lots of school kids waiting on a VRN flight that had been delayed. I'm guessing a ski charter. Anyway when I looked at Flightradar24 the aircraft routing looks a bit odd. I-ADJM EN6605 VRN IOM 1530 1649 ...
Jump to postI don't know exactly how it works but there is a podcast by the USPS called "Mailing It!" and there is an episode on international mail. I listened to it last week and if I remember correctly there are four USPS international facilities Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami & New York. In some c...
Jump to postI see DL serves LHR and CDG from LAX too - I wonder if they'll tap New Zealand-Europe/vv traffic and sell through fares too. Obviously lower yielding (particularly as the dreadful LAX transit experience won't command a premium) but a way to help plug spare seats to AKL? United and Air Canada offer ...
Jump to postI’m sure some were put off by going through LAX. Maybe, though the easier transit experience at HKG didn't seem to support the longevity of AKL-HKG-LHR. That route had other issues. It wasn't daily so didn't attract much business traffic between LHR-HKG. Also the departure time from HKG was early i...
Jump to postInteresting the LAX-LHR route NZ dropped in 2020, now or will soon have 13 daily departures up from around 8 when NZ flew it. I wonder what NZ think now. For a long time LHR-LAX with NZ was an easy product to sell. Passengers liked the premium product and it was a great alternative to the US carrie...
Jump to postLondon is large enough to support multiple airports and believe it or not there are people who live in the Greater London area who don't find LHR that convenient. Just as an example EI if they stopped flying LGW-DUB I am pretty sure most passengers would just fly FR on the same route rather than tra...
Jump to postsorry this might of been discussed before, if so please forgive me. My sister is trying to book some flights to Boston for October next year and there don't appear to be any EI flights on sale. JFK and ORD are on sale but not BOS does anyone know why?
Thanks
Alex
The French have done similar things to this before. "George V" metro station, named after British King George V was temporarily renamed "Elizabeth II" for the day of her funeral. They also re-named temporarily some metro stations after football players. I would think that would b...
Jump to postHow much does the exchange rate actually affect Brits and their travel plans? We have been here before with recessions etc and in my experience of working in the industry a lot of people will take the attitude we are going on holiday I don't care if it cost £8k last year and now its £10K we will sti...
Jump to postWhat’s people’s thoughts on expansion from US carriers to Ireland for next summer? A few that might make sense: - B6 to JFK from BFS - proposals to tighten the ROI-NI border could disincentivise relying on DUB for NI passengers? - UA to IAH from DUB - Houston-Woodlands-Sugar Land is the largest met...
Jump to postFlying Belgian wrote: One route I would bet in the future for VS is a non-stop LHR-HNL (with either A35K or 789). jbs2886 wrote: That's an extremely long leisure route. I would not bet on this whatsoever. VS has many more opportunities in the Caribbean and LATAM. VERY INTERESTING discussion idea th...
Jump to postHoping Virgin make to Sao Paulo. One city surprising VA has never flown to and should is Singapore, maybe because of who their previous 49%, Singapore Airlines. Canada is also a country not flown by VA except for a Gatwick - YYZ route which didn't last long about 20 years ago, Toronto and Vancouver...
Jump to postI think Virgin ATLANTIC will move capacity to where they can work as close as possible with Delta. Probably. :roll: But I still think if VS wants to be a serious global player/competitor at LHR, they should maintain a connection to the Far East - particularly with SkyTeam being the weakest alliance...
Jump to postSorry..I am a bit out of touch with the industry news.
What happens with regards to EI's LHR-BHD services will they end until such times as EI gets a UK AOC?
Alex
Terrible queues for check-in and security north of the border at the moment as well.... at BFS anyway. It really is an awful airport, one that I have only used due to the decent route network and reasonable cost of flights with EZY. Fingers crossed things improve a lot before the schools finish in ...
Jump to postFor a few years I worked in the fare department of a tour operator. We had contract fares with multiple airlines. On more that one occasion we found some fares that were mistakes. Most of the time they were not amazing fares like charging GBP50 when the fare should be GBP500. More often than not a l...
Jump to postFlew DFW-LHR-SNN and returned DUB-DFW last week. Departing DUB was better than I had expected having followed this thread. Check-in just before noon was quick and easy. Security was busy but moved pretty fast - took about 10 mins. Pre-clearance was also quiet given I was on a 2.55pm departure on a ...
Jump to postEthiopian awaiting decision on DUB-MAN-ADD fifth freedom rights Any decision yet on their application for the above flights? I can't understand why ET's decision should depend on local traffic rights. As far as I know, they haven't applied for them anywhere else in Europe and surely their purpose i...
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