Primera Air

[Brum X]

A nice incentive for travel agents to push customers towards the London flights

http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/298957/primera-air-announces-the-chase-agent-cash-incentive

But again does this show that sales are not what they expected from STN either if they are having to go to such measures ?

 

[paul]

Exactly what I was thinking Brum x

 

[Aceshigh]

Great stuff, must be being loaded.

It makes sense for Primera Air to do KEF, they are icelandic or half icelandic after all.

Stork is SAME shape as butter. But it ain't butter. ...

 

[Brum X]

Stork is SAME shape as butter. But it ain't butter. ...

OK

 

[nwoody2001]

Pretty sure this has not been mentioned either, but now BHX-ALC is now being offered by Primera.... 2x weekly Thurs/Sun flights from December....

 

[Ray Finkle]

It's bookable from Dec 6th, PF2935/6.

As is Reykjavik, PF195/6.

Looking at the days and times it could well be that the incoming KEF then operates to ALC, before returning to KEF? If so I'd expect the schedule to be padded out soon.

Thur

BHX 12:35 ALC 16:10
ALC 17:10 BHX 18:50

Sun

BHX 11:15 ALC 14:50
ALC 15:50 BHX 17:30

Reykjavik.

Thur

KEF 08:30 BHX 11:05

Sun

BHX 19:00 KEF 21:45

 

[Ray Finkle]

We now have one of the gaps filled in, what will 39/40 be?

Barcelona PF2931/2
Malaga PF2933/4
Alicante PF2935/6
Palma PF2937/8
????? PF2939/40
Chania PF2941/2

 

[Jerry]

Tenerife could be a possibility.

 

[Ray Finkle]

A321-251N, Primera Air, D-AZAK, OY-PAA (MSN 8145)

https://xfw-spotter.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/a321-251n-primera-air-d-azak-oy-paa-msn.html

 

[Brum X]

We now have one of the gaps filled in, what will 39/40 be?

Barcelona PF2931/2
Malaga PF2933/4
Alicante PF2935/6
Palma PF2937/8
????? PF2939/40
Chania PF2941/2

Maybe KEF ?

Great to see new routes from Primera, now we just need those TATL flights on sale for W18/19

 

[Ray Finkle]

Tenerife could be a possibility.

I'm hoping for Lisbon or Athens but I won't hold my breath.

 

[Brum X]

I'm hoping for Lisbon or Athens but I won't hold my breath.

I think Primera are going to be SAFE at BHX until they have been here for a while, so id expect the usual suspects of TFS/ACE/FAO before the likes of LIS/ATH.

 

[Ashley]

Its been topsy-turvy n still no guarantee aircraft will be delivered on time. Reflecting on everything would have preffered 2 aircraft base doing european routes, building the brand up and launching TATL next year. Oh well!!! Still hoping they can make a good go of BHX.

 

[nwoody2001]

Well according to the latest interview with Primera, they were only really interested in TATL routes initially, but having assessed the impact of the loss of monarch from the British market, it represented a once in a lifetime opportunity apparently. This is probably the reason why they have added no euro routes from CDG?!

The strategy may have been different otherwise but the landscapes dramatically changed during their early days.

However, with careful planning and sting strategy moving forward, I’d love to see Primera become BHX what TCX did to MAN!

 

[Jerry]

I'm hoping for Lisbon or Athens but I won't hold my breath.

Looking at the routes they are introducing they seem to be going for the safe sun routes.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Thinking about this, I wonder which way things will go once the schedules become available past December.


Will the aircraft operate KEF-BHX-ALC-BHX-KEF every Thur and Sun? If so why not add the full schedule now?

Will there be a second based aircraft from Thur to Sun? If so could we expect another route covering Fri and Sat?

Will Malaga and Barcelona be cut right back and we'll just have one aircraft from Thur to Sun only?

 

[rollo]

They have announced a promotion of £99 fares for each transatlantic route, 99 seats per route available thro the summer available March 22nd 9.0am and are expecting to sell out immediately, hand luggage only.Like the recent incentive for travel agents this offer is for STN only so nothing so far for BHX hopefully that means bookings are going well he says with fingers crossed.

Also seen suggested on the other forum that KEF is basically a positioning flight to allow a based aircraft at BHX over weekends for sun route flights, seems logical.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Also seen suggested on the other forum that KEF is basically a positioning flight to allow a based aircraft at BHX over weekends for sun route flights, seems logical.

It just depends on whether that's in addition to the already based aircraft doing AGP and BCN, or instead of meaning a reduction to just four days?

 

[rollo]

Yep I agree, although in winter you would (obviously)normally see reduced schedules overall but as Primera are new they could well be building the network they do seem a bit random to me and announce routes bit by bit much prefer Jet2s way of going about things who pretty much give you the whole plan in one hit.
Still waiting for something /anything long haul for next winter, looking more unlikely as the clock ticks unless anyone knows different hopefully.

 

[nwoody2001]

Well it would appear they are planning to release their full winter schedule by the end of March so hopefully all will become clear in the next 2 weeks