Route Development & Rumours

[User0001]

Muddycoffee,

I agree a lot in the media leaves a lot of info to be desired, however given the handling contracts are signed and flights viewable in a preview of airline systems, there is a least some elements of truth to the story, even if the paper is questionable in some stories.

 

[stars&sids]

New services from DSA, announced by LINKS AIR, using Jetsream aircraft. First flights on 7th April 2014

11 flights per week to Belfast and 3 to IOM.


MON 7.05 D BELFAST CITY
MON 9.55 A BELFAST CITY
MON 17.05 D BELFAST CITY
MON 19.55 A BELFAST CITY
MON 10.30 D I O M
MON 15.00 A I O M
TUE 7.05 D BELFAST CITY
TUE 9.55 A BELFAST CITY
TUE 17.05 D BELFAST CITY
TUE 19.55 A BELFAST CITY
WED 7.05 D BELFAST CITY
WED 9.55 A BELFAST CITY
WED 17.05 D BELFAST CITY
WED 19.55 A BELFAST CITY
THU 7.05 D BELFAST CITY
THU 9.55 A BELFAST CITY
THU 17.05 D BELFAST CITY
THU 19.55 A BELFAST CITY
FRI 10.45 D BELFAST CITY
FRI 13.35 A BELFAST CITY
FRI 17.05 D BELFAST CITY
FRI 19.55 A BELFAST CITY
FRI 14.05 D I O M
FRI 16.35 A I O M
SUN 17.05 D BELFAST CITY
SUN 19.55 A BELFAST CITY
SUN 14.05 D I O M
SUN 16.35 A I O M

Looking at the schedule, it appears that one based aircraft will operate all flights.

Info from: http://WWW.FODSA.co.uk

And from: http://www.linksair.co.uk

 

[User0001]

Has also been mentioned in the DSA news thread......

 

[lysander]

Perhaps this shows the influence of the Sheffield City Region's LEP which has been lobbying for business services for some time.

 

[stars&sids]

Has also been mentioned in the DSA news thread......

Sorry 001, quite right. I apologise, but I missed your post in that thread.

 

[lysander]

Another new route commencing in June has just been announced. This is a 2X weekly Wizzair offering to Riga.

 

[lysander]

Wizzair has announced new routes to Riga and Bucharest...the latter makes DSA the first regional airport to serve Rumania's capital.

 

[Aviador]

Wizzair have been an outstanding airline for Doncaster airport. Clearly there's enough business with Eastern Europeans from the South Yorkshire airport.

 

[muddycoffee]

Thanks for reporting this. what great news.
There was also a healthy amount of movements today reported on the arrivals and departures..

 

[lysander]

Mondays are usually the quietest day in the winter schedule with only 6 movements. So far as I can see, there was just 1 additional movement that day...This coming Friday sees the start of the new Linksair services....I imagine there will be lots of finger crossing down Finningley way!

 

[lysander]

Well, the service started yesterday and a bit of a fuss was made in Belfast...all Sheffield could muster in its local paper was a short press release and a picture...but not of the aircraft!

 

[Aviador]

That's disappointing considering the airports long-standing claim to wanting scheduled business type services. You would expect the airport authority would be throwing as much weight behind it has they can.

 

[lysander]

With the continuing financial losses the Airport is making I doubt there is too much in the coffers to spend on this sort of thing.....At least it was marked. What remains to be seen is the take-up from local business. One businessman I know laughed at the suggestion of flying in a "little aeroplane when I can fly in something bigger from the other airports that I[Sheffielders] can use". Let's hope his view is that of a minority!

 

[lysander]

An inclusive holiday to the I o M can now be booked using Airlink from DSA.

 

[Aviador]

As discussed else where in the forum BMI Regional have applied for government start up aid to operate flights between Doncaster Sheffield and Frankfurt.

 

[Aviador]

What is the local fraternity opinion on the potential for a Frankfurt link? At this stage it's still nothing more than a wish list for Bmi Regional, but it would be a massive coup for Sheffield Doncaster Airport if they do manage to pull this off.

 

[muddycoffee]

I'd prefer a smaller hub destination like this rather than Schiphol. Some of those large airports are an awful experience for a passenger making a connection.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I'd prefer a smaller hub destination like this rather than Schiphol. Some of those large airports are an awful experience for a passenger making a connection.

I may have missed something here but is bmi regional considering a smaller hub destination? Which one?

I would have thought that FRA (it's busier than AMS with about 60 mppa compared to around 53 mppa) would be a great choice especially if bmi regional can arrange a code share with Lufthansa as it does on some of its Bristol-Germany routes (FRA and MUC).

 

[lysander]

Frankfurt was one of the destinations that Gill Airways was prposing from Sheffield City. All that was before 9/11 which saw the demise of Gill and the start of the rapid demise of SCA. I think a code share would be essential if Frankfurt was to be considered as a Hub from DSA.

 

[Seasider]

I'd prefer a smaller hub destination like this rather than Schiphol. Some of those large airports are an awful experience for a passenger making a connection.

I flew to Frankfurt last Friday and we landed on 25R and it took us 12mins to taxi to stand.