What services you are using?

[SNOWMAN]

It will be even quicker to disembark soon when Ryanair pull 30% of their flights and the passenger figures plummet !

mr doom and gloom strikes again.
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[LBA4EVER]

mr doom and gloom strikes again.
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That's normally me! , 30% of Ryanair flights cut but yet increase from other airports!

 

[White Heather]

That's normally me! , 30% of Ryanair flights cut but yet increase from other airports!

Maybe some increases at larger bases, but remember Glasgow has lost Ryanair's base completely. Prestwick is down to 11 flights per week. Belfast has lost its Ryanair base. Las Palmas, Fuerteventura and Arrecife have also lost their bases. Faro is seeing a large reduction. It could have been so much worse. All we are doing is going back to the 2 aircraft base, which is how Ryanair started when they first opened the base at LBA. That leaves the door open for more in the future. Ryanair are clearly carrying out a major cull of their longer routes, hence the huge drop in Canary Island flights and those to the Greek Islands such as Crete. They are obviously intending in getting more rotations out of their fleet, concentrating on the shorter routes. At least we have Faro and Vilnius back next summer and all the routes dropped at LBA are covered by Jet2.

 

[a300boy]

Just to be positive at least Yorkshire will have more Tui flights next summer as it is posted that Doncaster will see more flights from them. Will have to try a trip from there for a change and see how it goes.

 

[airforced]

Just to be positive at least Yorkshire will have more Tui flights next summer as it is posted that Doncaster will see more flights from them. Will have to try a trip from there for a change and see how it goes.

Good luck a300boy if you are really going to trust TUI to give you what they promise. You have more faith in them than I have.

 

[Finger66]

Trusting Unlikely Incentives

 

[Aviador]

mr doom and gloom strikes again.
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Doom and gloom it may well be but facts are facts. You can't polish a turd.

 

[Finger66]

Behaviour begets behaviour and is why we should stay positive regardless of what the facts may say. If all was that bad then FR wouldn't keep a 2 a/c base and KL wouldn't be introducing the 737-700 on KL1541/2. We could perhaps have had no FR and E175 on all KL flights

 

[a300boy]

Don’t say that Finger66 that could be next the way things are going at present !
Being back to square one with Ryanair as they were when they started operations is disappointing.
KLM who were doing four rotations a day at one point and have reduced back to three is also disappointing.
If the 737 happens which has been rumoured before and did not go ahead it is a glimmer of hope.

 

[Finger66]

As I previously posted the 737 is showing in GDS so a relatively good sign. And it's slot constraints at AMS that has caused frequency to stay at 3 a day. Totally agree there is disappointment in the air but the industry has bounce back ability. LCCs have opened up flying to the masses but they have also created over capacity. So I still say it could be a whole lot worse.

 

[Seasider]

My wife and I are flying to BUD on Friday to go on a river cruise. Should have gone last week when the A320 operated the flight!

 

[Seasider]

Just read on the movements thread that the A320 is back. Here's hoping for Friday.

 

[airforced]

You might end up on the more usual 733 though. Finger crossed for you.

 

[Seasider]

We managed to fly on the A320 - both ways and practically full on each leg. The cabin crew were great, stag/hen party on way out, much quieter on way back.
The A320 did not have Jet2 seats and there was slightly less leg room but otherwise the aircraft was fine.

 

[markietg]

Just booked my next trip to Buenos Aires using 3 airlines this time as Norwegian wanted well over a £1000 to fly direct from LGW.
MAN-ZRH Swiss A220
ZRH-EZE Edelweiss A340-300
EZE-FRA Lufthansa B747-8i
FRA-MAN Lufthansa A320N
Really looking forward to flying on a jumbo again....it’s been a few years.

 

[markietg]

I wish! Business Class in the bubble on Luftie’s 748’s

 

[markietg]

Currently sat in FRA having just arrived from EZE. Very impressed with Lufthansa....cabins, IFE and service. Transfer from the C gates to the B gates was easy for my next flight to Manchester. I wish we could get LH into LBA.

 

[jason1-11]

3 LBA flights booked for 2020 so far:

• BA LHR day return on 14th February
• BA LHR day return on 27th March
• EI single from Dublin and then fly out with BA back to LHR on the 25th May.

Hopefully will be catching up with @KARFA on both the Friday southbound’s and sure there will be more LBA flights to come during the year.

And 2019 LBA’s flights:

• Jan LHR-LBA
• Aug LBA-BHD-LBA
• Sep LHR-LBA-LHR
• Sep LHR-LBA
• Oct BHD-LBA
• Oct LBA-LHR
• Nov LHR-LBA

Not bad for someone who actually lives in London and would have flown more had the BA schedule been more accommodating.

Happy New Year and hoping for positive news on the 7th January to lift everyone’s spirits.

 

[KARFA]

Just done my last flight of the year a few hours ago. My LBA flights in 2019 were

Flown from LBA 62 times - all BA.
Flown to LBA 32 times - 30 times BA, 2 times LS

Total for 2019 is 209,262 miles, 212 flights

For 2020 I already have 38 from & to LBA and should be meeting up with @jason1-11 on at least two

 

[Finger66]

Mrs Finger and I have BA via LHR in Jan out and back plus 4 of us on w/e to DUB with FR in March. A steady start so let's hope there is more to come for us