Route Development & Rumours

[HX3]

Being optimistic I will go for Frankfurt, Keflavik, and Madrid. For Jet2/Jet2 holidays Marrakech, or Agadir and Cape Verde. I do also think that somewhere in the Middle East is possible such as Doha or Dubai, either mainline or by a subsidiary.

 

[lbaspotter]

Oh here we go.

• British Airways to reinstate the suspended Heathrow route.
• Jet2 to Cape Verde, Morrorco & Egypt.
• Ryanair to base 4th or possible 5th based aircraft.
• New easyJet 3x aircraft base.
• Iberia Express to Madrid
• Valueing to Barcelona
• Istanbul serviced by Turkish Airlines or Pegasus'.
• Sun Express to offer Dalaman
• Play to Keflavik.
• TUi to increase offering.
• New route to Middle East but not operated by the big airlines, eg Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad Airways.
• Wizz Air to continue growth into Eastern European destinations.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

You maybe into something with one of your points @lbaspotter

 

[paully]

Oh here we go.

• British Airways to reinstate the suspended Heathrow route.
• Jet2 to Cape Verde, Morrorco & Egypt.
• Ryanair to base 4th or possible 5th based aircraft.
• New easyJet 3x aircraft base.
• Iberia Express to Madrid
• Valueing to Barcelona
• Istanbul serviced by Turkish Airlines or Pegasus'.
• Sun Express to offer Dalaman
• Play to Keflavik.
• TUi to increase offering.
• New route to Middle East but not operated by the big airlines, eg Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad Airways.
• Wizz Air to continue growth into Eastern European destinations.

2 and 3 very much goers and in the short term

 

[LBAYORKIE]

2 and 3 very much goers and in the short term

Additional based aircraft cant happen unless the night quota requirements are relaxed- which seems unlikely.

 

[Aviador]

Additional based aircraft cant happen unless the night quota requirements are relaxed- which seems unlikely.

Just to be clear, we don't actually know that for sure.

 

[White Heather]

Oh here we go.

• British Airways to reinstate the suspended Heathrow route.
• Jet2 to Cape Verde, Morrorco & Egypt.
• Ryanair to base 4th or possible 5th based aircraft.
• New easyJet 3x aircraft base.
• Iberia Express to Madrid
• Valueing to Barcelona
• Istanbul serviced by Turkish Airlines or Pegasus'.
• Sun Express to offer Dalaman
• Play to Keflavik.
• TUi to increase offering.
• New route to Middle East but not operated by the big airlines, eg Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad Airways.
• Wizz Air to continue growth into Eastern European destinations.

Better start planning for an even bigger terminal with that lot! Here's hoping.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Just to be clear, we don't actually know that for sure.

How do you mean?

 

[ChrisBBB]

How do you mean?

Aren’t Max8’s exempt anyway, or is that a misunderstanding at my end?

 

[Statto]

Just to be clear, we don't actually know that for sure.

Exactly. The restriction is on the number of movements between 23:00 and 07:00, NOT on the number of based aircraft.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

A winner for Ryanair. 9 extra seats on 3 based aircraft and doesn’t take into consideration the night time slot sh*t.

 

[laviation]

PLAY to Keflavik would be a very logical addition indeed.

 

[Finger66]

Oh here we go.

• British Airways to reinstate the suspended Heathrow route.
• Jet2 to Cape Verde, Morrorco & Egypt.
• Ryanair to base 4th or possible 5th based aircraft.
• New easyJet 3x aircraft base.
• Iberia Express to Madrid
• Valueing to Barcelona
• Istanbul serviced by Turkish Airlines or Pegasus'.
• Sun Express to offer Dalaman
• Play to Keflavik.
• TUi to increase offering.
• New route to Middle East but not operated by the big airlines, eg Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad Airways.
• Wizz Air to continue growth into Eastern European destinations.

Tend to agree with a fair bit of the above:
Always felt BA will return after Terminal - they wont want to miss out
Jet2 will be desperate to expand. Bigger aircraft may mean less movements but still more pax
Ryanair definitely to 4
EasyJet is a tricky 1 - have a view both BA and Jet2 are gunning for them just now so depends if they want to, or can, fight back
Out of the others yes with Play, Sun Express, Turkish and Wizz but no to the rest
All just my personal views - I am not in the know in the slightest but suspect a lot of route positivity in general to come

 

[BCFC]

FR or Jet2 - Lisbon.
BA - Heathrow.
Eastern - Exeter, Aberdeen

 

[Finger66]

FR or Jet2 - Lisbon.
BA - Heathrow.
Eastern - Exeter, Aberdeen

Don't think we will ever see the latter at LBA again on scheduled services. Too geared up to charter work now and the two parties not on the best of terms so I understand

 

[BCFC]

Don't think we will ever see the latter at LBA again on scheduled services. Too geared up to charter work now and the two parties not on the best of terms so I understand

Loganair?
Eurowings with a couple of routes?

 

[gulftraveller]

Evidence shows that terminal upgrades just do not produce new routes. Airlines go where the money is, terminal upgrade or no upgrade. That means perceived demand. The ‘don’t want to miss out’ phenomenon is for the passengers, not the airlines.

As for BA, I suspect we will see fewer and fewer domestic flights as environmental objections increase.

I have a hunch PIA will not be back in the UK, at least for a while as they are bankrupt and 11 aircraft are withdrawn from service, at least three write-offs.

 

[Finger66]

Don’t think there is any doubt the perceived demand is there. LBA is at breaking point at peak times, coupled with night quota restrictions, the infrastructure needs that upgrade to handle the demand. Without being overly pessimistic the world is starting to fall apart big style so may all become irrelevant anyway

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Exactly. The restriction is on the number of movements between 23:00 and 07:00, NOT on the number of based aircraft.

Yes, but as things stand theres insufficient quota for more based aircraft.
This is why discussions have centered around aircraft based elsewhere operating into LBA between 07:00 and 23:00.

 

[Statto]

How much of the quota will be used this year ?