IanFarquharson
Well-Known Member
Good to see yet another full loaded 78X on todays inbound flight which is really encouraging for future growth.
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Last few weeks the loads have been 90%+But what are you hearing generally about the route Ian , is everyone happy with the routes performance ?
It's one thing having a few busy weeks every now and then but I also remember some weeks during the summer months where the load factor was only in the 50s% which isn't very good imho ?
All thanks to Saudias new trick in the book, they have the lowest prices right now to Asia, I have seen tickets sore with families after families booking to go to Asia, they also offering a very good priced package to medina for umrah visitsLast few weeks the loads have been 90%+
Hopefully the 50% days are behind us ?
It’s not so new. Being competitive on fares is the only way Saudia can compete against the ME3. Anecdotally, their passenger yields to/from UK are not great but cargo is a major earner.All thanks to Saudias new trick in the book, they have the lowest prices right now to Asia, I have seen tickets sore with families after families booking to go to Asia, they also offering a very good priced package to medina for umrah visits
In fairness, Q1 loads were horrific - May and June especially with average loads of 40-50% but then this is also the low season for that side of the year! August however was the busiest Month on record for Saudia and load factors for Sept averages out at close to 88% in September!Just looking at another forum that has the word airliners in it and some know-it-all going on about poor loads:-
I just looked at some Q1 traffic for BHX-JED and surprised at two things: How much O&D traffic there is, and how poor the load factors are.
I stopped visiting that site some time ago due to the phallic-waving nature of some of its posters but was taken aback a little by this comment. Obviously I'm not 'ITK' but the comments above (here I mean) seem to say otherwise?
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