Eastern Airways

[KARFA]

Let's hope the CEO can convince BA next then.........

we had plenty of BA flights though, they simply were not used despite 5 years of running at 20 rotations a week. what do you expect BA to do? unless the current timetable starts getting in to 85%+ loads BA are not going to be interested in adding more flights.

at the end of the day if routes are started and the people in the region don't use them, the airlines will deploy their assets elsewhere.

 

[Finger66]

But part of the reason they are not used is poor connections and certainly not the best for point to point. Take the point services need to be used but the better money is still to be made from the business travel market. Yes they are more cost conscious these days but lack of flexibility and choice also makes them less attractive so there has to be a balance. I am not suggesting for one minute that BA should be six a day but could be better than it is but equally won't rake up the old night stopper argument. Oh wait........I just did!

 

[louis_walton]

Update coming soon. Will spill beans when it becomes public.

Did anything become of this? @lbaspotter

 

[lbaspotter]

Did anything become of this? @lbaspotter

Yeah simple if you look back, we got the 3rd daily Southampton flight back!

 

[Finger66]

As T3 are reintroducing their ABZ link as an extension of their CWL - NCL service I just wonder if there is any hope of us getting our ABZ link back. However if we did, whilst good, wouldn't be massive............

 

[lbaspotter]

As T3 are reintroducing their ABZ link as an extension of their CWL - NCL service I just wonder if there is any hope of us getting our ABZ link back. However if we did, whilst good, wouldn't be massive............

I've been thinking along the same line since they announced the reintroduction of the Cardiff-Newacstle-Aberdeen route.
Possibly start with 1x daily link using the Leeds based Jetstream 41 in between the early morning and early afternoon Southampton duties
Or even better would be them adding an extra couple of based aircraft whilst at the same time launching a batch of new business routes. eg Aberdeen, Bristol, London Southend, Exeter & possibly mainland Europe if they included a Saab 2000 or Embraer jet

 

[rmac]

A LBA -SOU-LBA-BRU and return with a Embraer 135 would be good.

 

[Finger66]

I've been thinking along the same line since they announced the reintroduction of the Cardiff-Newacstle-Aberdeen route.
Possibly start with 1x daily link using the Leeds based Jetstream 41 in between the early morning and early afternoon Southampton duties
Or even better would be them adding an extra couple of based aircraft whilst at the same time launching a batch of new business routes. eg Aberdeen, Bristol, London Southend, Exeter & possibly mainland Europe if they included a Saab 2000 or Embraer jet

Linking ABZ into the SOU schedule was of course something they used to do. Once daily would be quite low risk, provide top up pax on the existing point to point stuff with through pax and allow even further rotation of the J41s in ABZ which is needed with the CWL NCL ABZ schedule as is. That's a no brainer to me. As for anything further, we may just have to wait and see, but I am detecting a bit of new found focus with T3 and if they have the BE/VS marketing behind them it makes sense to me to operate routes, even new ones, where the demand is clearly there but the competition isn't. The burning question is though do they have enough money themselves and enough of the right and reliable equipment to do launch more?

 

[lbaspotter]

Looks like Eastern Airways are doing fine, even after todays news regards it Franchise partner Flybe problems.

Eastern are to re-acquire an Embraer 170 jet this month and a further 3x larger Embraer 190s later on in the year.

Embraer E-Jets return to Eastern Airways' fleet at Leeds Bradford | Harrogate Informer

Eastern Airways, which operates flights from Leeds Bradford Airport, is re-entering the E-Jet market during January with the initial return of the Embraer 170

www.harrogate-news.co.uk

 

[LBA8098]

A possible BE replacement should the worst happen??

 

[lbaspotter]

Due to on going fleet shortages I hear the Embraer 145 is to be put on the Leeds - Southampton route again very shortly replacing the Jetstream 41.

 

[White Heather]

Due to on going fleet shortages I hear the Embraer 145 is to be put on the Leeds - Southampton route again very shortly replacing the Jetstream 41.

Lets hope so. However, the headline in the article above is very misleading as it clearly reads as though these new E170s and E190s will be joining the fleet at LBA, which, unless Flybe depart and Eastern pick up their routes, is not likely to happen.

 

[lbaspotter]

Lets hope so. However, the headline in the article above is very misleading as it clearly reads as though these new E170s and E190s will be joining the fleet at LBA, which, unless Flybe depart and Eastern pick up their routes, is not likely to happen.

The Embraer 145 is already in the airlines fleet and it going onto the Leeds - Southampton route temporary is nothing to do with todays announcement. Its merely due to Jetstream 41 aircraft shortages as they currently only have 4x in flyable service. From next week the will be a spare Embraer knocking about as they have lost the contact tender to operate the 3x daily Rodez to Paris Orly route.

The Embraer 170 & 190s will be additional aircraft joining the fleet and wont solely be operating from LBA as suggested in the article i linked above, As you say @White Heather its quite miss leading. Here's a better article.

Eastern Airways set to re-enter E-Jet flight market

EASTERN Airways, which operates flights from Leeds Bradford Airport, is re-entering the E-Jet market during January with the initial return of the…

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

 

[Finger66]

Maybe Eastern are to open up new Euro routes from LBA using the E Jets. And this is the massive news we are waiting for. If only..........

 

[lbaspotter]

Maybe Eastern are to open up new Euro routes from LBA using the E Jets. And this is the massive news we are waiting for. If only..........

If the was any truth to that @Finger66, that would be an exciting announcement...

 

[Finger66]

Wouldn't it just.........

 

[lbaspotter]

Official press release has now been issued regards Eastern Airways re-starting E-Jet operations once again.

Embraer E-Jets return to Eastern Airways' fleet | Eastern Airways

Eastern Airways is re-entering the E-Jet market during January with the initial return of the Embraer 170 aircraft type to its fleet. The UK regional airline is seeing significant growth in the ad-hoc charter market for 70-100 seat jets, and the first of these aircraft will be delivered later thi

www.easternairways.com

 

[Finger66]

Just 3 things missing. An L, a B and an A.......

 

[lbaspotter]

Just read elsewhere on social media that Eastern Airways hope to have there own website up and running taking flight bookings for its own routes (eg: Leeds - Southampton) by Friday at the earliest or Monday at the latest.

 

[lbaspotter]

Eastern Airways have just put out the following tweet on there twitter account stating there flights will continue to operate.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1235361444805238785