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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Nov 2020, 20:51
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

The A318 was hardly a misfit, it's a smaller...

The A318 was hardly a misfit, it's a smaller version of the A319/A320 of which BA have a substantial fleet. The costs of using the service were high and I understand it did well for a period, novelty...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Nov 2020, 18:31
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Business travel to the Wharf is (was) hugely...

Business travel to the Wharf is (was) hugely finance related where people are often flying business class on the assumption they are going from the plane straight to work. That was why BA's JFK-LCY...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Nov 2020, 16:33
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Canary Wharf is getting it's own Crossrail...

Canary Wharf is getting it's own Crossrail station direct to Heathrow. Business travel from Stansted is a fraction by % of LHR and LGW due to the dominance of Ryanair (not a criticism, I fly (flew!)...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Nov 2020, 09:00
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

With the transit not running, is the upstairs...

With the transit not running, is the upstairs lounge area at Sat 2 accessible or only are they only using the downstairs domestic gates?
(which can of course be used for Intl Deps)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Oct 2020, 11:12
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

That's a well written post but this is the key...

That's a well written post but this is the key point many people trip up on. The expectation that divvying up spoils in business is "fair". That's not even a consideration. JetBlue's ability to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Nov 2019, 11:59
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

[/LEFT] In the 90s I mean, to pay for the...

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In the 90s I mean, to pay for the expansion of GLA, there was no wish to do more than the basics at EDI. Very similar at LHR, ironically which was starved of real expansion to pay for the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Nov 2019, 11:37
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

It's not "extra money" in any way, it's core...

It's not "extra money" in any way, it's core revenue. Airline charges have withered so much that to even cover costs, airports have to discount massively to get the operators in at all, (e.g....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Nov 2019, 10:17
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Ouch! Sad to say this is what happens when...

Ouch!
Sad to say this is what happens when award winning iconic buildings (YES, I mean you Stansted Airport) need to be adapted at commercial rates to add shareholder value.
It was built as a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Oct 2019, 23:43
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Glasgow had a lounge at two daily I think? ...

Glasgow had a lounge at two daily I think?


Oh that’s brilliant, modern UK aviation right there!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Apr 2019, 12:53
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Hope they went out for dinner first ��

Hope they went out for dinner first ��
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jan 2019, 00:57
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

OK, well done to the management team at both MAG...

OK, well done to the management team at both MAG and STN for what appears to be a growing partnership with Emirates, who continue to succeed in markets where others just can’t. (Etihad at EDI for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Jan 2019, 22:44
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

How did we get 431 on a 428 seater? All the...

How did we get 431 on a 428 seater?
All the same great numbers, Emirates once again proving they’re quite exceptional ability to connect the UK with the world going East.

You gotta wonder what...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Dec 2018, 14:44
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Go on....when is this happening?

Go on....when is this happening?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Nov 2018, 22:44
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Ahhh fair point, apologies all, getting old and...

Ahhh fair point, apologies all, getting old and stupid.....good thread though, I promise to read more closely!!!!
Am I imagining it, or did Emirates Skycargo not serve STN with the B777F?

BTW I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Nov 2018, 11:11
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Sat 2 was offered to Emirates exclusively? All of...

Sat 2 was offered to Emirates exclusively? All of it?
Thinking they’d close LHR/LGW and move everything to Stansted?
IF this is true, it becomes apparent STN have given EK an unbeatable deal to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Nov 2018, 21:05
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

er.......what? Look I have nothing against...

er.......what?

Look I have nothing against STN at all, long may it prosper and be successful, and kudos to the home crowd for supporting the home team.
But frankly, it could and should be better,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Nov 2018, 18:56
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Growing passenger numbers don’t mean anyone likes...

Growing passenger numbers don’t mean anyone likes anything. I flew FRA-LHR with LH into T2 last week and DUB-LTN today with FR. Luton’s passenger numbers have never been higher, but the difference in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Oct 2018, 23:09
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

American dropped ORD as compared to LHR, yields...

American dropped ORD as compared to LHR, yields were poor.
American dropped JFK as it was a pure spoiler route against MaxJet and EOS. They have dropped STN twice now.
Continental retrenched to LGW...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Oct 2018, 21:20
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Quite the contrary, Stansted just can’t support...

Quite the contrary, Stansted just can’t support the price points to make enough money. Primera led on price, price, price and went bust as a result. If yields were decent, Continental wouldn’t have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Oct 2018, 16:14
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Poor decisons and some poor planning made this...

Poor decisons and some poor planning made this quite likely, let’s not blame luck.
Good luck to all concerned.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Sep 2018, 01:49
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Quite correct, was 84R, my bad.

Quite correct, was 84R, my bad.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Sep 2018, 10:13
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Pretty sure I flew off stand 82 last year with...

Pretty sure I flew off stand 82 last year with Ryanair. These stands are not net new surely, there were 3 or 4 is use at that time.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2018, 22:14
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

They genuinely intended STN to be London’s third...

They genuinely intended STN to be London’s third airport with growth to come at the expense of a full and regulated LHR, hence planned from day one to grow to four satellites of which we are only at...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2018, 12:51
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

BAA and later MAG have utterly destroyed the...

BAA and later MAG have utterly destroyed the Stansted experience. The concept of kerb to plane for which the terminal was built has now reached a nadir of the worst procession through the most shops...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Sep 2018, 09:30
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Isn’t there a slot pool for new entrants at LHR?

Isn’t there a slot pool for new entrants at LHR?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Aug 2018, 15:12
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

They got their own formerly loyal staff back at...

They got their own formerly loyal staff back at much cheaper rates, on a monopoly contract and off the mainline books! Not intentional obviously, just a happy accident.....
Jet2 self handle their...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jul 2018, 22:12
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I'm sorry but I am a marketing analyst, it's my...

I'm sorry but I am a marketing analyst, it's my day job. It's not football and I don't have a team, I merely point out that Emirates at STN is quite an outlier by some way when you look at almost...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jul 2018, 17:45
Replies: 2,557
Views: 1,208,770
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Emirates flies A380s out of LGW as well as LHR...

Emirates flies A380s out of LGW as well as LHR but like BHX, some are High Y and No F.
Given STN launched with the standard 77W with First, it’s a proper standout from almost evey other flight at...
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