Route Development & Rumours

[SierraHotel]

Drink not drugs

 

[A400]

Im still feeling confident that IPS can provide the asian community of west yorkshire a reliable service, its early days. Mindu it could not get any worse than PIA, half their pilots faked their licences!

Doesn’t sound like they are doing that at the moment when some people have lost 3k and being told at short notice their flights cancelled. It’s already a bad start that will knock peoples trust in using this supposed airline.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

How on earth is the pandemic and Brexit to blame for IPS's last minute flight cancellations? I feel very sorry for the families who have paid for flights, but start-up airlines are always a risk. Personally, I wouldn't put my money anywhere near IPS.

Kevin

 

[KARFA]

How on earth is the pandemic and Brexit to blame for IPS's last minute flight cancellations? I feel very sorry for the families who have paid for flights, but start-up airlines are always a risk. Personally, I wouldn't put my money anywhere near IPS.

Kevin

It isn’t. But I am sure they are hiding behind this in order to avoid paying compensation when cancelling flights within 14 days of travel.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

It isn’t. But I am sure they are hiding behind this in order to avoid paying compensation when cancelling flights within 14 days of travel.

Brexit and the pandemic arent legitimate excuses. This is not even a paper airline. I am sure a condition of being allowed to fly to the UK will be putting up a bond and signing up to the UK passenger protection legislation. If they havent done this then I cant see the CAA giving them a permit to fly to the UK in future.

Its all very amateurish.

 

[lbaspotter]

Funnily enough IPS Airways now no longer have any flights on sale bookable on its website. Not even from the new proposed start date in November.

The pop-up message on the website regards the cancelled flights has also been updated with any reference to Brexit removed.

I wonder why the changes now?

Important Announcement​

Monday 1st August 2022

There are multiple challenges currently facing the aviation industry as it recovers from the worst crisis it has ever faced due to the Pandemic.

IPS Airways has taken the difficult decision to postpone its start-up operation from Leeds-Bradford Airport and East Midlands Airport, which was due to commence early August.

We expect to begin our services from October 2022.

What happens next?

Passengers who have booked with IPS Airways directly through our website will be fully refunded automatically using the original payment method. Please keep an eye out for an email from PayPal for confirmation.

For those passengers who have booked through our travel agents, please contact them for a full refund. We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this may have caused.

Travel Agents booking refund, please call:

+44 (0) 1274 271717

 

[AirBingley]

Funnily enough IPS Airways now no longer have any flights on sale bookable on its website. Not even from the new proposed start date in November.

The pop-up message on the website regards the cancelled flights has also been updated with any reference to Brexit removed.

I wonder why the changes now?

The CAA have gotten hold of them?

 

[Jerry]

Looks like all flights have been dropped.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1555509826821701632

 

[Len Fish]

Not forgetting that even if they are refunding flights in full they’ve had use of that money for some considerable time.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Not forgetting that even if they are refunding flights in full they’ve had use of that money for some considerable time.

I wouldnt be surprised if they dont refund at all. They must have incurred significant costs already and they may as well just wind up the company.

 

[KARFA]

I wouldnt be surprised if they dont refund at all. They must have incurred significant costs already and they may as well just wind up the company.

If paid with a credit card the money can easily be recovered from the credit card company, and it then becomes the company’s problem getting it from the airline.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

If paid with a credit card the money can easily be recovered from the credit card company, and it then becomes the company’s problem getting it from the airline.

Exactly. Seems unfair but the credit card companies will suffer the loss.

 

[Aviador]

I suspect the intentions were there but not the full knowhow to make it happen.

I think we should probably be careful when discussing the legality of the venture as we do not have the full facts. Please bare this in mind with future posts about IPS.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Looks like IPS have pulled the plug completley on EMA & LBA

Credit Sean M on Twitter

 

[lbaspotter]

Looks like IPS have pulled the plug completley on EMA & LBA

Credit Sean M on Twitter

Let's get it right, and these are my own thoughts only.

I bet now that the flight cancellations have been made public by the press, and it looks as though the CAA are aware of what's going on. I bet it's put IPS Airways in an impossible situation where they have had to back peddle a bit. In the first instance i really can't blame them for trying, but all seems a bit too late now..

As the saying goes, "if you going to do it right, do it right the first time"

 

[AirBingley]

So, who are the new markings and equipment at LBA for?

 

[lbaspotter]

So, who are the new markings and equipment at LBA for?

The not new!

Stand 14A wide-bodied markings have been there since the Balkan Holidays Air A330 & Canadian Air Force Boeing C17 appeared

LBA have also said in one of the local press articles they were already geared up to handle wide-bodied aircraft if IPS Airways A330 had apperraed. Most of the equipment was already on site it just needed servicing and re-introduction to airport airside operations.

Now we have the equipment again airside, it may come in handy for any winter diverts or if DSA dose close.

 

[Aviador]

Looks like IPS have pulled the plug completley on EMA & LBA

Credit Sean M on Twitter

No disrespect to Sean M on Twitter but he has only stated what we already knew so no credits required.

 

[KARFA]

No disrespect to Sean M on Twitter but he has only stated what we already knew so no credits required.

I thought what we knew until now was postponed until October/November. This seems new info as he is saying completely canned.

 

[IanFarquharson]

I thought what we knew until now was postponed until October/November. This seems new info as he is saying completely canned.

Yes canned completly