Flybe

[smithy108]

Still no flights have been loaded after 31st October 2019. Trying to book a flight to Edinburgh next February 2020 for the Rugby, Scotland v England but nothing loaded for BHX and all other routes. Maybe they have been delayed as a major review is taking place ?
In previous years, its always been possible to book this far forward as its less than 11 months away

 

[Ryan Kirkpatrick]

Still no flights have been loaded after 31st October 2019. Trying to book a flight to Edinburgh next February 2020 for the Rugby, Scotland v England but nothing loaded for BHX and all other routes. Maybe they have been delayed as a major review is taking place ?
In previous years, its always been possible to book this far forward as its less than 11 months away

Looks like you may have to book Virgin Trains but you can leave for a few more months & try again. Maybe Loganair will add EDI to BHX

 

[smithy108]

Looks like you may have to book Virgin Trains but you can leave for a few more months & try again. Maybe Loganair will add EDI to BHX

You have just spoilt my weekend Well the Virgin trains bit, Loganair would be nice competition

 

[mullion]

Give them a bit of time as they will be going through what is worth operating and not
so I sure the schedules will be out soon. really can`t imagine BHX-EDI dropped

 

[smithy108]

The Summer schedule starts this Monday 1st April and still no sign of the Winter 19/20 schedule which is very late. A bit of a concern and lets hope that any review doesn't impact on BHX too harshly.
Any reductions in their total network needs to work for them to ensure some long term financial sustainability so they have to get it right. Slightly out of context but with WOW going today, the failing airline count is growing and we dont want FlyBe adding to it under any circumstances
This chart illustrates the failures in the last couple of years

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[jfy1999]

This summer's Channel Islands schedule has been altered to accommodate the new GCI-LHR route with an aircraft working BHX-JER-GCI-LHR-GCI-JER-BHX in one day.

 

[Matt995]

This summer's Channel Islands schedule has been altered to accommodate the new GCI-LHR route with an aircraft working BHX-JER-GCI-LHR-GCI-JER-BHX in one day.

only until 16th June, then it reverts back to the normal afternoon departure, and early evening arrival.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Flew to HAM last night and only a couple of empty seats on the Dash

 

[rollo]

BBC reporting at least 24 flights canceled across the netwok today possibly due to crew shortages, at least four BHX canceled, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bordeaux.

 

[smithy108]

BBC reporting at least 24 flights canceled across the netwok today possibly due to crew shortages, at least four BHX canceled, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bordeaux.

This is the key bits from the story, not great reading

Flybe cancels dozens of flights
Regional airline Flybe has cancelled dozens of flights on Wednesday morning for what it describes as "operational reasons".
Five flights from Belfast City Airport and four from Birmingham are among those affected, along with departures from Southampton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Newcastle. Most of the flights are within the UK.
The airline said it would like to "sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused".
"All customers affected have been emailed and advised they can rebook for travel on an alternative flight or apply for a full refund," the company said in a statement.
Customers vented their frustration on social media.
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On Monday, Flybe passengers on a new route were left with a six-hour coach journey when their aircraft was grounded.
The 18:40 service from Newquay to Heathrow could not take off on Sunday because of a "technical issue".

 

[Ianbutty]

The BBC have once again over exaggerated a temporary problem giving it too much publicity and made potential travellers nervous about the airline undermining its recovery. We need to get behind FlyBe and not trash it.

The use of speech marks in the first paragraph around operational reasons is not to quote FlyBe but to question the validity of FlyBe reasons for the flight cancellations. I wonder if BA cancelled only 24 flights for operational reasons they would report this way?

 

[smithy108]

The BBC have once again over exaggerated a temporary problem giving it too much publicity and made potential travellers nervous about the airline undermining its recovery. We need to get behind FlyBe and not trash it.

The use of speech marks in the first paragraph around operational reasons is not to quote FlyBe but to question the validity of FlyBe reasons for the flight cancellations. I wonder if BA cancelled only 24 flights for operational reasons they would report this way?

Tend to agree with you on the BBC. They are trying to infer that it is maybe the introduction of the Summer timetable. Guess pushing a similar line with the chaos when the train timetable changes were made a while back

 

[smithy108]

Clearly a developing story, this indicates discussions around job and cutbacks in a number of bases, BHX not mentioned !
Flybe cancels flights amid redundancy talks

Regional airline Flybe has cancelled dozens of Wednesday morning flights as it enters discussions over potential job losses.
It is not clear whether the flight cancellations and job discussions are connected. Flights from Belfast City Airport and Birmingham are among those affected. Most of the flights are within the UK.
The airline said it would like to "sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused".
Cardiff Airport boss Deb Barber said: "We understand Flybe is in the process of consulting with a number of its employees, including its crew at multiple bases across its network, which includes Cardiff. "Flybe's plan to restructure and reduce its jet operations across many bases is part of the company's long-standing objective to stabilise the business," she said.
The cuts are thought to affect Doncaster and Exeter, as well as Cardiff, as the company seeks to drop expensive jets in favour of cheaper turboprop routes. The discussions are thought to be at an early stage.
Flybe did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the potential job losses. Of the delays, it said: "All customers affected have been emailed and advised they can rebook for travel on an alternative flight or apply for a full refund."

 

[BHXsupporter]

Flybe cancels dozens of flights, disrupting thousands of passenger journeys
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news...s-of-passenger-journeys/ar-BBVyVaX?li=BBoPWjQ

The Independent understands the cause is a shortage of flight crew to run the schedule.

Whatever the casue, poor BHX (and passengers on yet another airline) - again!

 

[jfy1999]

I think many of us could see some ruthless cuts coming as soon as Virgin took over.

From my (non-expert) perspective it seems their fleet has been poorly managed for a while. Wasn't it shortly before the arrival of the E175 that they brought in a number of new Q400s only to let them go again?

Now it looks as though the decision to base jets instead of props at smaller UK airports has been a major factor in the cuts looming over CWL, EXT and DSA.

 

[smithy108]

An update from the CEO

The discussions over jobs are at an early stage and the company will try and avoid job losses by filling internal vacancies with existing staff, including roles at other bases, Flybe's chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener told 5 live.
'Follow the rules'
The company is "engaging with all impacted crew", she said.
Of the delays, she said the company would "follow all the rules of compensation" and that "we are expecting to go back to normal operation as soon as possible". While the disruption was widespread, it only affected 5% of flights, she insisted.

 

[Ianbutty]

The danger here is that the media will talk them into administration. After reading that lot of stories who would book a flight with them?

Dont let supporting companies and jobs ruin a good news story.

 

[smithy108]

I think this has been part of the issue with FlyBe for many people in the past few years. There has been a lot of comments on this forum about the unreliability of flights, timings, delays and cancellations which led to them getting the 'FlymayBe ' nickname. The reputational damage to the brand can easily spiral out of control if the media get their claws into them.
A statement from their CEO that its only affected 5% of the flights speaks volumes to their approach to Customer Service

 

[Coathanger16]

A statement from their CEO that its only affected 5% of the flights speaks volumes to their approach to Customer Service

Also say's a lot about how much the media blow things out of proportion!

Seems like the rebrand to Virgin can't come soon enough!

 

[Matt995]

Flybe to dispose of all Embraer 195s and 4 175's at the end of the summer schedule leaving just 7 E175s for winter, so will BHX keep at least 2 based for winter? And if so on what's routes? Or will the E75s only be used from MAN & LHR?