Flybe

[Ray Finkle]

This was the 2017 schedule I had as of Dec '16.

Aberdeen and Amsterdam gain one daily flight, Biarritz gains one weekly, Berlin loses anything from 3 to 7 depending on which week you pick, Hanover drops one weekly, Inverness gains one weekly, Knock gains 2x weekly and Milan was 3x daily but currently shows between daily and 11 weekly.

We lose 18 weekly flights on Luxembourg (daily), Toulouse (daily), Rennes (2x weekly) and Limoges (2x weekly).

Aberdeen - 4x daily, 3 on Sat and 2 on Sun
Amsterdam - 6x daily, 3 on Sat and 4 on Sun
Avignon - Weekly
Bastia - Weekly
Belfast - 7x daily, 2on Sat and 4 on Sun
Bergerac - 4x weekly
Berlin Tegel - 2x daily, one at weekends
Biarritz - 2x weekly
Bordeaux - 5x weekly
Brest - Weekly
Dusseldorf - 4x daily, 2 on Sun
Edinburgh - 7x daily, 3 on Sat and 2 on Sun
Glasgow - 7x daily, 2 on Sat and 4 on Sun
Guernsey - 2x daily
Hannover - Daily
Inverness - Daily
Isle of Man - Daily (Stobart Air)
Jersey - 3x daily, 2 on Sun
Knock - 5x weekly but goes 6x weekly from mid Sept.
La Rochelle - 2x weekly
Limoges - 2x weekly
Luxembourg - Daily
Lyon - Daily
Milan - 3x daily, 2 on weekends
Nantes - 4x weekly
Newquay - Daily
Paris - 3x daily (3 shared with AF), 2 on Sat
Rennes - 2x weekly
Stuttgart - 2x daily
Toulouse - Daily

 

[nwoody2001]

So based on some back of a fag pack workings, I make that a loss of circa 14 flights a week, which given the fact we have lost 2 a/c is pretty impressive.

Seem Flybe from Birmingham is switching to less routes with smaller flying times and higher densities! Hopefully gaining more pax and higher yields

 

[Ianbutty]

As the Flybe CEO announced this week they are trimming flights to help return to profitability. They want more efficiencies, reliability and higher load factors. All makes sense in this day and age of uncertainty and over capacity.

Long term good news, but a short term blow to lose routes.

Will or can anyone ever make Toulouse work?

 

[Jon Dempsey]

As the Flybe CEO announced this week they are trimming flights to help return to profitability. They want more efficiencies, reliability and higher load factors. All makes sense in this day and age of uncertainty and over capacity.

Long term good news, but a short term blow to lose routes.

Will or can anyone ever make Toulouse work?

IMO, their biggest service problem is short-term reliability.
I couldn’t count the number of times I have been due to fly with them and the flight has been delayed/re-scheduled/cancelled/departing from another airport, even on busy routes like Edinburgh.
Even with it’s current problems, if there was a choice between FlyMayBe or Ryanair, I would choose the latter every time.

 

[Ray Finkle]

When we booked our flights to Amsterdam we actually paid slightly more to go with KLM as some in our group said that they had been hit with similar one too many times with Flybe.

 

[Jerry]

IMO, their biggest service problem is short-term reliability.
I couldn’t count the number of times I have been due to fly with them and the flight has been delayed/re-scheduled/cancelled/departing from another airport, even on busy routes like Edinburgh.
Even with it’s current problems, if there was a choice between FlyMayBe or Ryanair, I would choose the latter every time.

Yet they are one of the most better airlines for on time performance.

 

[thunderchild]

Any guesses what Flybe are tweeting about?

Apparently something exciting and purple is happening at BHX tomorrow? Something to do with the control tower perhaps? Isn’t the Flybe logo on it now?

 

[nwoody2001]

...why do I think it wont be as exciting as I hope???

 

[Barry Beeth]

Probably a new route; my money's on once a month to Kirkwall (via GLA, EDI and ABZ)...

 

[Jerry]

Maybe replacing one of the Monarch routes Rome maybe? Did Monarch do Nice?

 

[jfy1999]

Maybe revealing a new Birmingham themed livery on one of their planes?

 

[Jerry]

Maybe revealing a new Birmingham themed livery on one of their planes?

That could be a possibility. They had 2 Q400s liveried up for Brussels Airlines and the contract ended I believe so they may livery one up for BHX.

 

[Brum X]

Its the Flybe banner on the control tower, ive alreday seen it on other social media but wasnt allowed to show you as the big reveal is tomorrow. I think it looks good and shows FlyBE commitment to BHX. We need this sort of stability at the moment from airlines at BHX, especially at the moment. An airline putting there logo on part of our crown jewels isnt an airline that is going to quit BHX any time soon. So i welcome this news.

 

[thunderchild]

So flybe have held a big party at BHX to celebrate lighting up the control tower purple....and the point of this is?

 

[Brum X]

So flybe have held a big party at BHX to celebrate lighting up the control tower purple....and the point of this is?

The point of this is that they have just turned our control tower purple. That doesnt happen every day Thunderchild, LOL
Is it now called the Flybe Tower >

 

[Brum X]

Photo taken by Andy Birch

 

[Barry Beeth]

It looks like a giant bottle of meths.

 

[Barry Beeth]

Which is no bad thing.

 

[Ianbutty]

Looks fantastic. What a great idea.

 

[Barry Beeth]

I agree, joking apart, it looks ace!