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Corfu this coming Friday (13th) is down to be operated by a TUI Max as well.

Why would they? It strengthens the business of an airline which is rivalling them on two of the three routes they fly at LHR (BHD and AMS). It is another codeshare relationship to manage based on little added value to BA. And more importantly where Flybe has already been out trying to sell...

Hell will freeze over before BA codeshare on any of the Flybe routes into LHR. If they are looking at codeshares, it might be AF and KL as the latter is rumoured to have "an interest" in the wider scheme of things. For the LBA route in particular, the added value of such codeshares is pretty...

The fact that pricing remains on the floor for virtually every flight ahead does not bode well...

The story behind this is all quite interesting. Eastern have fallen out with LBA after the airport company impounded one of the J41s for non-payment of bills. I can't think they would have done that without several warnings and much opportunity to sort the situation out and so it does seem...

It's a Birmingham-based aircraft and crew operating most of the LHR programme and overnighting in LBA. Runs LBA-LHR-LBA-BHD-BHX-BHD-LBA-LHR-LBA. Only the third LBA-LHR (when it starts) is BHD-based aircraft and crew. Some significant issues recruiting enough pilots and cabin crew for BHD...

New Flybe lining up for twice daily BHD-LBA-LHR to use their LHR slots, apparently. Direct AMS and BHD services to LHR also on the cards.

I doubt that has anything to do with it. When you charter an aircraft then you get to decide where it takes you, unless it’s physically impractical. I don’t know but suspect it far more likely that the team’s hotel would be south of Leeds which made DSA easier than LBA for this particular...

LBA J41 going to SOU to fly 2 x daily SOU-MAN (an increase from early March) which is on sale as an ATR72 but for which there are only two ATR72s in the fleet. With one in NQY and the other on SOU-BHD, something had to give. LBA-NQY may well survive on the NQY-based ATR72. But it looks like...

Unless this is old information left hanging over from Stobart Air, the timetable section of the Aer Lingus website has a schedule for a 2 x daily LBA-BHD operation from 27 March 2022. Basically about 0650 and 1500 departures ex BHD but with occasional variations by day.

Qatar Airways, slots on the QR27/28 lunchtime run requested for an A380 in Summer 2022.

Correct - the Scottish Government does not control APD or ADT to and from Scotland - it never took the devolved powers that were offered to it because of complications with the Highlands & Islands exemption. Whatever happens in Westminster still runs across the whole of the UK.

CAA permits list for this week shows ASL Airlines Ireland 737-400 freighter aircraft operating a daystop SNN-LBA on each of 18, 19, 20 and 21 August. Arrival 0805 and departure 1905 each day.

I thought they were supposed to be adding more LBA-Newquay flights for the school holidays, but can't find those on their website?

Crewing. They had an E170 charter from HUY to DND and so needed both sets of E170/190 crew that day - one to fly the SOU-GIB-BHX-SOU and the other for the charter. The E135 was used for the afternoon BHX-GIB-SOU instead. From next month, they've changed the timings so the SOU-GIB-BHX is on...

BACF highly likely to extend. They have surplus capacity on the E190 fleet even when LCY returns to the expected lower level of activity after Covid-19.

TUI run a pretty tight operation and the ratio of hotel accommodation they contract (and cruise capacity) in relation to air seats provided is probably one of the most tightly managed bits of the whole operation, so that they don't end up with committed hotel beds with no air seats to accompany...

Correct - the only reason that the flying is there is to meet the cruise ships. And the start dates of the Marella cruises have been pushed back time and again.

You can't operate E170/190s practically into LHR. There are some very sizeable penalties in the LHR charging structure because the 170/190 are relatively noisy aeroplanes in comparison to their size. The E-Jets are charged much higher landing fees than an A320 or even an A380 as a result...

I would be careful what you wish for. I'm led to believe that BA are extremely upset and view LBA as having encouraged easyJet onto BFS-LBA against them on BHD-LBA. There is a real risk of being left only with four easyJet flights each week to BFS for the long-term future after this, and...