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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Apr 2024, 17:52
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

So, why do we all think they're not building a...

So, why do we all think they're not building a Clubhouse at MAN after all? I suggested that the Finance Team working with the CEO had decided that the numbers didn't stack up given the financial...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Apr 2024, 14:58
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

We just need to challenge the group-think that...

We just need to challenge the group-think that goes on about "fairness" and "deserving". Spend less time paying any attention to marketing fluff and pay attention to what the business does and why....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Apr 2024, 13:59
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Why do do you think that is? I mean there's a...

Why do do you think that is? I mean there's a reason they're not going ahead with the Clubhouse, so what would you say it was? A hatred of all things Northern perhaps? A vendetta to do down MAN? Or...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Mar 2024, 15:32
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

East Pakistan / West Pakistan? Too soon?

East Pakistan / West Pakistan? Too soon?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Mar 2024, 09:56
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Wouldn't MAN-SYD would be relatively pricey? The...

Wouldn't MAN-SYD would be relatively pricey? The equivalent ULR on the B789 LHR-PER-MEL charges a premium over connecting flights and so in order to justify a dedicated direct A350 out of MAN they'd...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Mar 2024, 13:10
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I believe Transat have a number of grounded...

I believe Transat have a number of grounded A321NEOs awaiting engine mods and so they're very tight on aircraft? So the A330s are needed elsewhere.


That's a function of
1. Population growth
2....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Feb 2024, 15:46
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Yup, exactly that. Some routes fill from the...

Yup, exactly that. Some routes fill from the front, some from the back, clever airlines manage both. Look at BA's LGW config and VS' leisure A350. Thomas Cook made West Coast work as it was manly...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Feb 2024, 09:18
Replies: 3,914
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Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

If you want high end business traffic then daily...

If you want high end business traffic then daily reliability is a huge benefit. 4-5 days a week is fine for leisure and volume but you're competing with business travellers addicted to BA Exec Club...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Feb 2024, 10:33
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

If you want daily MAN-ATL in winter then you need...

If you want daily MAN-ATL in winter then you need a smaller aircraft, a Delta B763 or an A321N in future. Not an option with Virgin.
Navpi says : "LHR is circa 120, LA is now "hourly" !"
If you...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Feb 2024, 00:09
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

No idea where you see a $10K fare in economy for...

No idea where you see a $10K fare in economy for United on NYC-Beijing as they don't serve the route. Sounds like an Air China codeshare out of JFK and fares aren't THAT high so no idea what you're...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Feb 2024, 20:44
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

When you say : "This has the potential to be a...

When you say : "This has the potential to be a big winner.", in what terms?
The potential volume is limited by the competitive disadvantages.
Aren't these super low cost value players? As in who is...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Feb 2024, 16:09
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Shipping is way worse than aviation but cannot be...

Shipping is way worse than aviation but cannot be taxes directly to the consumer.
If there was a real crisis you wouldn't be allowed to fly. We grounded aviation for a serious short term viral...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jan 2024, 22:27
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

No I think they're coming by air. ISTBC

No I think they're coming by air. ISTBC
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jan 2024, 12:09
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Why would any serious new business turning their...

Why would any serious new business turning their nose up at EMA want to got to MAN badly enough that they'd need to go through hoops getting main deck loading equipment and apply for slots? Boxes...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jan 2024, 14:43
Replies: 3,914
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Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

It's one of the rare benefits of the well off...

It's one of the rare benefits of the well off traveller or people on expenses going off on a business jolly subsidising something nice for the rest of the population, but it does mean that there's a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jan 2024, 08:57
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Amended!

Amended!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jan 2024, 22:26
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

12 dedicated LGW fleet, 6 each from GE and Rolls...

12 dedicated LGW fleet, 6 each from GE and Rolls Royce with 336/332 seats respectively, 3 class, no First. But BA aren't going to make money in the regions, they just don't know how.
These aircraft...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jan 2024, 16:22
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Oh good point, yes it's increasingly painful....

Oh good point, yes it's increasingly painful. Biggest fall from grace on the whole surviving BA network, it's depressing using it if you have any memory of how far they've fallen.

I suspect during...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jan 2024, 20:39
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

What's a "NONE" shuttle? There's a degree of...

What's a "NONE" shuttle?
There's a degree of wishing for higher end legacy carries BUT the incredible growth in European air travel that the locos brought was hitherto unseen and unexpected. I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jan 2024, 17:23
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Ryanair won't pay for any bells and whistles like...

Ryanair won't pay for any bells and whistles like connecting to other carriers. Hence they would, I imagine, rightly push back against any additional costs in connecting T3. I don't think you can...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Dec 2023, 21:55
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

That's what GLA said too. And PIK before them....

That's what GLA said too. And PIK before them. BHX is still waiting, as are BRS and NCL. There's no God given right, someone's gotta close the deal.
You'll all drive yourselves barmy going through...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Nov 2023, 11:55
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I don't think easyJet would accept fully remote...

I don't think easyJet would accept fully remote parking just like that! Why should they? They're a better customer to MAN than BA. Why should Ryanair get on stand parking and easyJet have to bus...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Nov 2023, 17:47
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

OzzyOzBorn said : "EasyJet didn't actually set up...

OzzyOzBorn said : "EasyJet didn't actually set up a base at MAN. They gained one overnight by virtue of taking over GB Airways which had an established operation at MAN."

From which small...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Nov 2023, 11:38
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I remember United strongly defending the...

I remember United strongly defending the importance of their GLA-IAD route literally the week that the announcement was made they were axeing it. I have also had a request for a refund on LHR-MME...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Nov 2023, 11:09
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Rutan16 Said "Skip can you perhaps rephrase the...

Rutan16 Said "Skip can you perhaps rephrase the earliest slightly racist comment re changes in societal attitudes and norms ." WTAF?

Accusing someone of racism is a serious matter not to be taken...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Nov 2023, 20:57
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Rutan16 The effective impact of all of this on...

Rutan16
The effective impact of all of this on MAN is what exactly? You seem to imply that only EDI is a designated Scottish airport which is going to be news to GLA.
Did you mean to suggest...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Nov 2023, 16:30
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Brevity is truly a lost art..... Isn't another...

Brevity is truly a lost art.....
Isn't another view that with rapid demographic change running rampant despite the "Conservative" Party's best efforts, that future long haul growth out of MAN may...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Oct 2023, 20:51
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

LHR doesn't have any main deck freight worth...

LHR doesn't have any main deck freight worth mentioning, it's mostly at STN, with MAG. LGW has exactly zero. That's because there's a lot of passenger wide body heavies that means dedicates cargo...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Oct 2023, 09:48
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Most of it's carried in the belly of passenger...

Most of it's carried in the belly of passenger aircraft, you need to stop seeing freight in isolation as main deck freighter lift. That's a minority of the cargo hauled by air, indeed Air Canada just...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Sep 2023, 23:12
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

70% in July isn't great, the obvious conversation...

70% in July isn't great, the obvious conversation they'll be having is could one or both of those A330s be making more money with mainline out of Dublin? Is it a fares issue or a lack of advertising?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Sep 2023, 12:50
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Yeah, mid 1980s for Poundstretchers. Air Canada...

Yeah, mid 1980s for Poundstretchers. Air Canada arrived in 1985 coupled with PIK and latterly GLA. The one thing that pleasantly surprised me, was that given the old VFR market passed on and their...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Sep 2023, 13:25
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Spoil what party? They offer summer peak knowing...

Spoil what party? They offer summer peak knowing the seats will sell, if they could see strong performance beyond that, they'd offer it, the UK is a pretty core market and they no longer have the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Jul 2023, 14:24
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Keen to hear more bagso!

Keen to hear more bagso!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jul 2023, 20:26
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

This thread continues to get hijacked by two...

This thread continues to get hijacked by two people who were previously banned for exactly that.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Jul 2023, 10:13
Replies: 3,914
Views: 1,253,935
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

With transatlantic traffic favouring US origin...

With transatlantic traffic favouring US origin over UK due to the exchange rate and Z0 being the UK carrier there's a slight disadvantage IMHO. I think even Norwegian long haul managed an operating...
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