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[SierraHotel]

Hopefully EI have some spare capacity!

 

[YorkshireLad]

G-JECY has gone tech. They now have No spare aircraft either what with the leased ATR & Embraer going back to there respective owners.

G-JECX is also down, meaning they are 2 aircraft short

 

[Finger66]

Oh dear!

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They really need to look at how much they are stretching their current fleet. This is surely no way to run an airline, especially one that is needing to rebuild a reputation from Mk1. They either need to re-lease something or delay route launches until they have some spare aircraft. Interestingly the Marathon E175 was at MAN when I returned from holiday on 24Sep which as far as I was aware was post lease. Not sure what that’s up to these days! Whilst I don’t want us to lose our LHR link, sadly we are, so why not end that early and help create some slack - especially as it is performing badly. They clearly need to do something and fast!

 

[markietg]

Flew down to LHR this morning. The push back tug did have its battery charged today! On time departure with a 0745 touchdown into LHR. 23 on board

 

[lbaspotter]

Flybe operated our last London Heathrow service today. An adventure that had the right flight times & prices but didn't work due to lack of connections/codeshare.

Come on British Airways lets get that suspended service reinstated..

 

[YorkshireLad]

Outbound operated by G-FLBA, inbound operated by G-JECX. Both reasonably on time

 

[White Heather]

Outbound operated by G-FLBA, inbound operated by G-JECX. Both reasonably on time

And both probably more than half empty.

 

[AirBingley]

They didn’t get off to a good start with hefty delays and lots of airport issues which will have put off any point to point traffic!

 

[Finger66]

All irrelevant now unfortunately- the service is gone. Unless, based on his post above, lbaspotter knows something we dont?

 

[lbaspotter]

All irrelevant now unfortunately- the service is gone. Unless, based on his post above, lbaspotter knows something we dont?

Sorry all I can add @Finger66 is; "No comment"

 

[markietg]

So even though FlyMaybe2 can’t find an aircraft or crew to operate their 2 BHD-LBA flights today they can find them to start new routes next Monday from BHD-NCL and unbelievably NCL-LHR, up against BA’s 5xdaily.

 

[Finger66]

I know - you really couldn’t write this stuff could you. The longer this all goes on the more I believe they are making exactly the same mistakes as Mk1. Unless they are purely holding out to make a killing from any LHR slot sales. But their reputation seems to be becoming more and more tarnished by the day. Seems to be a lot different to my personal great experience of them on LBA-BHD-LBA at the end of June. Would have had a couple of LHR bookings too this month had they still been operating. Shambles is the immediate word that springs to mind

 

[Malaga]

Does this company deserve to survive?

 

[752]

Surely extending the LBA LHR route would of been a more viable option

 

[CM.]

Does this company deserve to survive?

I’m not sure if they deserve to collapse as such however I do think if they keep performing like they’re currently doing they should leave the BHD route to Aer Lingus who are reliable as @oldendays has mentioned. It’s the customers at the end of the day that will lose confidence in them and will stop using them.

I’d rather them add different routes such as NQY, AMS Ect.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Is that some sort of joke flybe starting up a NCL-LHR sevice! Unbelievable!
Mindu i am interested to see how it goes, if for some bizarre reason it was successful then questions need to be asked about why our service with no competition was unsuccessful!
With correct marketing/advertising and codeshare the LBA route would of been the far superior route due to bigger population, leeds as a whole a wealthier city, more buisness and finance and no competition. Crazy!

 

[A400]

Is that some sort of joke flybe starting up a NCL-LHR sevice! Unbelievable!
Mindu i am interested to see how it goes, if for some bizarre reason it was successful then questions need to be asked about why our service with no competition was unsuccessful!
With correct marketing/advertising and codeshare the LBA route would of been the far superior route due to bigger population, leeds as a whole a wealthier city, more buisness and finance and no competition. Crazy!

I said on the NCL Flybe thread that I don’t think it will last long. Mainly a slot sitter.

 

[Finger66]

If they came off LBA-BHD altogether we may get more from EI plus more from U2 on BFS. Hands up those for better reliability that these other two offer..........?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I think this article raises some pertinent points. Amongst which is the lack of a codeshare and the risks that brings for connecting pax.

Flybe to link Newcastle with London Heathrow – Business Traveller

The airline will also operate flights from Newcastle to Belfast City from November 7…

www.businesstraveller.com

 

[markietg]

Tomorrow’s first BHD has just been cancelled. Looks like pax transferred to the later flight…if that does actually operate.