Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18838 posts, RR: 54 Posted (8 years 2 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 962 times:
What is the likelihood of FR commencing a daily STN-CTA (Sicily) service? The airline currently flies STN-PMO (Sicily)) twice-daily. Italy is a key market for the airline.
Now I think of it, didn't FR previously serve CTA? Did it also serve Cagliari (Sardinia)? I seem to recall... Anyway, Cagliari is now served by U2 from LTN, and Olbia from LGW, but Olbia was never previously served by FR.
Sardinia is being served by the airline through AHO, with four routes to date: STN (twice-daily), HHN (daily), GRO (daily) and CIA (daily).
[Edited 2005-03-25 15:03:41]
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Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18838 posts, RR: 54 Reply 4, posted (8 years 2 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 933 times:
Quoting Murtagh1108 (Reply 3): Speaking of the Scilly Isles, would MOL's 737's fly to St.Mawgan?!
Yes: twice-daily to STN. Have flown NQY-STN a couple of times. Almost always full. Have flown the route in winter and it had good loads. It must be full to bursting during the summer, when yields must be very good.
[Edited 2005-03-25 15:08:57]
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MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 671 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (8 years 2 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 883 times:
Referring to the initial question...
FR had previously served CTA!
But they decided to leave because the airport authorities were not able (or willing) to undertake any measures to reduce delays originating from the ground handling.
FR had a very good loadfactor/yield on the flights to CTA but the constant delays of the a/c at CTA was spoiling the on-time performance too much!
FR can´t afford constant delays at an airport if this means they can´t maintain the calculated number of flown legs per aircraft per day just because an airport is unable to cope...
This was a rather unusual situation in the LCC-industry but FR had no other choice!
FR promised to return to CTA if the airport authority guarantees on-time ops.
So far they did not promise...
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18838 posts, RR: 54 Reply 8, posted (8 years 2 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 870 times:
I see, thanks.
Yes, FR's punctuality is normally very good and is one reason why people fly with the carrier.
One would not automatically expect that such an airport like CTA - which is anything but busy - would have any problem concerning delays. Why more delays than at any other airport? Could you explain more about the ATC and ground-handling problems?
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MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 671 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (8 years 2 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 863 times:
Sorry, i have no further details...
I don´t work for FR...
But the story i wrote depends on FR´s comment when they pulled out of CTA. I also got some confirmation regarding that from people that travelled to/from CTA! So, it seems that FR didn´t tell this as a "fake" excuse.
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