Flybe

[Coathanger16]

It is a bit of a detour to go BHX-CDG/TXL-HEL? Surely they won't get many passengers doing BHX-CDG-HEL-Asia if that is the logic and Helsinki is not a large market as far as origin and destination traffic goes, so not sure of the point of this. Unless it is Finnair seeing how new UK markets could work, as they have previously said they wish to.

I think the point of the code shares is more to test how much demand there is for BHX-HEL. Seeming as CDG has a great deal more flights to Asia than HEL, Finnair would have to offer an exceptional deal to get passengers to transit via HEL rather than CDG, AMS, DXB etc. Bear in mind that if Finnair were to launch a direct BHX-HEL route, they would be in a good position to compete with CDG, AMS, DXB, etc.

Basically, I imagine Finnair are confident that they'd get a decent amount of transfer passengers transiting through HEL. However transfer passengers aren't enough to operate a route so they're testing the water to see how many people would use BHX-HEL as O&D. Combine O&D and transit, and you hopefully get an economically viable route.

 

[JF57]

I think the point of the code shares is more to test how much demand there is for BHX-HEL. Seeming as CDG has a great deal more flights to Asia than HEL, Finnair would have to offer an exceptional deal to get passengers to transit via HEL rather than CDG, AMS, DXB etc. Bear in mind that if Finnair were to launch a direct BHX-HEL route, they would be in a good position to compete with CDG, AMS, DXB, etc.

Basically, I imagine Finnair are confident that they'd get a decent amount of transfer passengers transiting through HEL. However transfer passengers aren't enough to operate a route so they're testing the water to see how many people would use BHX-HEL as O&D. Combine O&D and transit, and you hopefully get an economically viable route.

Depending on destination in Asia going via HEL can be a lot shorter going over the Arctic rather than at lower latitudes. Going via somewhere else to HEL puts a big dog-leg into the journey.

 

[ethanegcc]

I understand that HEL is the ideal connection to Asia and this is precisely why Finnair's flights to MAN and BHX work, the origin and destination traffic is very little and that was why I am wondering why they feel this codeshare will help them, other than the fact they are sniffing around BHX. Some of the flights from MAN, it has been reported all but three passengers are connecting to Japan!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Geneva and Chambery are to be extended through until April 15th.

Flybe has extended its winter ski routes from Birmingham Airport to allow snow sports’ enthusiasts the chance to take full advantage of the off-peak season.

Flights on Flybe’s recently-launched services to Geneva and Chambery will now continue through to 15 April 2017.

https://www.greaterbirminghamchambe...-fun-in-the-snow-as-flybe-extends-ski-routes/

 

[Matt995]

Birmingham based Flybe Dash8 G-JECP suffered a landing accident at Amsterdam this afternoon, it had been based at BHX for the last 2 days, and was due to operate the BE108 flight from AMS back to BHX today, a link to the accident can be found here :-

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a550e8d&opt=0

possible first Flybe Dash write off?

 

[Brum X]

Oh my, looks pretty serious. Glad everybody is ok

 

[58terminus]

Am i correct in thinking SAS had major problems with collapsing undercarriages on Dash 8's a few years ago to
such an extent they and their customers lost confidence in the aircraft and they quickly got rid of them?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Am i correct in thinking SAS had major problems with collapsing undercarriages on Dash 8's a few years ago to
such an extent they and their customers lost confidence in the aircraft and they quickly got rid of them?

They sure did, I think they were the earlier models.

The Flybe ones are the 'new and improved' version, lets hope that this is just a one off.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Living up to their FlyMayBe name again!

They have cancelled the flight we were due out on and shifted to Friday.

Cancelled and booked Ryanair to Dublin and hired a car to get to Galway and back.

Worked out cheaper too !!

 

[Brum X]

Living up to their FlyMayBe name again!

They have cancelled the flight we were due out on and shifted to Friday.

Cancelled and booked Ryanair to Dublin and hired a car to get to Galway and back.

Worked out cheaper too !!

I thought they were getting better with all this but back to there old tricks by the looks of it.

 

[whateverg]

Depends on your luck I suppose, I've just had Ryanair do something similar to me

 

[Jon Dempsey]

I thought they were getting better with all this but back to there old tricks by the looks of it.

I've been working in Edinburgh when they've cancelled my return flight, made pax wait 2 hours for the next flight, only for that flight to be cancelled and everyone then shipped to Glasgow to get the consolidated flight there.

Had a chat with a friend in Manchester and exactly the same thing happened to him.

Flew with them to Amsterdam and it was the same old story, delays and consolidations.

If I can avoid them in the future, I will. Even to the point of hiring a car and driving the breadth of Ireland to get where I need to get to.

The service is just junk.

If another carrier could pick up the commuter routes, I would book with them first time, every time.

 

[nwoody2001]

I must say that whilst I've not been a regular flier with them, I have used Flybe on a number of occasions, Aberdeen, Belfast, Keflavik, Glasgow and Amsterdam over the last 2-3 years and can't say I've had any real bad experiences beyond a 20-30 min delay.

Happily use them again, much better than Ryanair

 

[flymetothemoon]

Also used them on 3x Amsterdam,1x Dusseldorf & 1x Newquay last year
with no delays on any flight more than 15 mins,no problem with them

 

[Ray Finkle]

Another Amsterdam flight is being loaded, this will make Flybe 7x daily on the route.

 

[Paulsstrange]

Ray is this from start of S17 schedule?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Ray is this from start of S17 schedule?

It's on their website from July. The new flight is currently showing 'sold out' but it's clearly on there.

 

[Paulsstrange]

I wonder if this is in isolation or an extra aircraft and if so maybe more to come ?...

 

[IanFarquharson]

Not sure if this has been posted before but FlyBe W17/18 is now bookable - nothing new !

 

[Ray Finkle]

Luxembourg not bookable from BHX or MAN beyond October. Yet another Flybe route that's gone as quickly as it came?