Flybe

[Aviador]

As I said in my previous post there are multiple factors at play that will make or break a route. Some are out of airline or airport management hands. Recession, journey times to airport, the price of a ticket.

At this moment in time Heathrow isn't a viable option. Post the impending recession, potential terminal improvements, improved connectivity to the airport and the route may one day look more attractive to any would be operator.

 

[lbaspotter]

Flybe’s Winter 2022/23 Leeds/Bradford – Belfast City Schedule

Mondays
BE731 = BHD 07:10 – LBA 08:15 / BE732 = LBA 08:45 – BHD 09:45 = DH8
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 15:45 – LBA 16:40 / BE738 = LBA 17:25 – BHD 18:20 = DH8 (Starts Dec 18th)
Tuesdays
BE731 = BHD 07:10 – LBA 08:15 / BE732 = LBA 08:45 – BHD 09:45 = DH8
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 15:45 – LBA 16:40 / BE738 = LBA 17:25 – BHD 18:20 = DH8 (Starts Dec 19th)
Wednesdays
BE731 = BHD 07:10 – LBA 08:15 / BE732 = LBA 08:45 – BHD 09:45 = DH8
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 15:45 – LBA 16:40 / BE738 = LBA 17:25 – BHD 18:20 = DH8 (Starts Dec 20th)
Thursdays
BE731 = BHD 07:10 – LBA 08:15 / BE732 = LBA 08:45 – BHD 09:45 = DH8
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 15:45 – LBA 16:40 / BE738 = LBA 17:25 – BHD 18:20 = DH8 (Starts Dec 14th)
Fridays
BE731 = BHD 07:10 – LBA 08:15 / BE732 = LBA 08:45 – BHD 09:45 = DH8
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 15:45 – LBA 16:40 / BE738 = LBA 17:25 – BHD 18:20 = DH8 (Starts Dec 15th)
Saturdays
BE731 = BHD 07:10 – LBA 08:15 / BE732 = LBA 08:45 – BHD 09:45 = DH8
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 13:10 – LBA 14:05 / BE738 = LBA 14:50 – BHD 15:45 = DH8 (Starts Dec 16th)
Sundays
BE735 = BHD 11:40 – LBA 12:40 / BE736 = LBA 13:15 – BHD 14:15 = DH8
BE737 = BHD 15:45 – LBA 16:40 / BE738 = LBA 17:25 – BHD 18:20 = DH8 (Starts Dec 17th)

 

[markietg]

Flew down to LHR this morning to pay my respects to HMQ. About 20 onboard. Door closed at 0645 but then delayed for 45 mins because the Swissport push back truck had a flat battery

 

[ls27]

FlyBE are about to launch BHD-IOM-LHR. LBA slots then?

 

[White Heather]

FlyBE are about to launch BHD-IOM-LHR. LBA slots then?

They are replacing LBA with their new Newquay service.

 

[LBA4EVER]

They are replacing LBA with their new Newquay service.

Newquay! What they on! Haha
What have loads been like on the LHR service this week esp following the death of our beloved queen and the influx of travellers to London?

 

[markietg]

20 on the flight I took down to LHR on Wednesday. Looked at early trains from Leeds to London, all well over £100 one way. I paid £43 with FlyBe. If this route was advertised this week it would be full!

 

[LBA4EVER]

20 on the flight I took down to LHR on Wednesday. Looked at early trains from Leeds to London, all well over £100 one way. I paid £43 with FlyBe. If this route was advertised this week it would be full!

Exactly, if only the public knew there is a leeds-london flight at under £50 but thats the issue, no one is aware of the service.

 

[White Heather]

Exactly, if only the public knew there is a leeds-london flight at under £50 but thats the issue, no one is aware of the service.

Well in just over two weeks there won't be a service any more, so Flybe will be letting it quietly die.

 

[SierraHotel]

Due to end 29 October apparently so approximately 6 weeks still to run

 

[White Heather]

Due to end 29 October apparently so approximately 6 weeks still to run

Ok, but didn't they say 1st October originally?

Either way, they haven't bothered to advertise from day one, so they aren't going to now. Only LBA themselves have advertised it via their on line Facebook page etc. I doubt they will bother either now Flybe have axed the route. Still seems crazy to me to axe a LHR route from an airport with a huge catchment area, and replace it with a route from Cornwall with a small catchment area (in terms of passengers) and in winter too when tourism is at its minimum. And still no interlining.

Can't help thinking Flybe2 management are as daft as Flybe1 were, opting for thin routes, or busy routes already served by established carriers, and ignoring some amazing route options from here that are not served at all. Such an opportunity, so far wasted.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Even minus the codeshare it still amazes me how low loads have been to LHR! Even minus the advertising word still does get out through word of mouth so the lack of passengers does surprise me, we are talking about flights between a major northern city to the capital!
Are belfast flights selling well?

 

[YorkshireLad]

Are belfast flights selling well?

I fear not that well. A friend flew a week ago to Belfast on EI and said the flight was “nearly full”. Given the load factor in July was around 50% with the full schedule and the lower fares on the Flybe website it may not be so good. Of course I may be and hope I am completely wrong.

 

[White Heather]

I fear not that well. A friend flew a week ago to Belfast on EI and said the flight was “nearly full”. Given the load factor in July was around 50% with the full schedule and the lower fares on the Flybe website it may not be so good. Of course I may be and hope I am completely wrong.

I don't think you are. Domestic loads are down generally, not just at LBA or BHD, and it's those that have dragged the average load factor across all flights at LBA to around 84% in August, certainly not helped by the miserable loads on LHR. Taken as a whole, there are plenty of passengers for Belfast, but because there are so many flights daily and three carriers. in total, average loads aren't that great. As the new kid on the block, I imagine Flybe's average loads are the lowest although there are no figures I have that confirm that.

 

[craigston_tom]

I went down on Friday mornings flight. There was grand total of 13 of us onboard.

 

[lbaspotter]

Flybe have now ended the lease of Marathon Airlines Embraer 170, SX-ASK which positioned Belfast City to Athens on 16/09/22
All flights from/to Leeds should now solely operated by Flybe's own Dash 8-Q400's.

 

[flybe]

...including today's Belfast run on the newly delivered G-EXTB. Not a first generation Flybe machine, for a change.

 

[twevsmiff]

...including today's Belfast run on the newly delivered G-EXTB. Not a first generation Flybe machine, for a change.

G-EXTB visited for the first time on yeaterday morning's early Belfast

 

[White Heather]

Seems Flybe are living up to their old Flymaybe name with today's LHR arrival still shown as not arriving on the arrivals board and all remaining outbound Belfast flights shown as Cancelled.

 

[lbaspotter]

Seems Flybe are living up to their old Flymaybe name with today's LHR arrival still shown as not arriving on the arrivals board and all remaining outbound Belfast flights shown as Cancelled.

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