BuyantUkhaa From Mongolia, joined May 2004, 2779 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 5417 times:
I wish they'd start flying LIS-FNC; now that the PSO regime has been lifted by the Portuguese government, any LCC could make a killing here. Return tickets are now rarely below €200 for a 1h20m flight, with lots of flights operating every day.
FlyTUITravel From United Kingdom, joined May 2007, 723 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 5395 times:
Shame there's nothing new from LTN... but I'm sure they would expand if they could... LTN however just doesnt have the capacity at the moment! Would have been nice to see a scheduled LTN-FNC service!
BmiBaby737 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 1636 posts, RR: 10 Reply 6, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 5379 times:
LH121GLA From Germany, joined May 2004, 447 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5262 times:
Hoping for some news on some EZY routes to/from GLA in the future ... surely someone somewhere can see that GLA is CRYING out for some decent point to point Euro routes ...
This is wonderful news. Its only a shame that Porto has not been increased.
Quoting BuyantUkhaa (Reply 4): I wish they'd start flying LIS-FNC; now that the PSO regime has been lifted by the Portuguese government, any LCC could make a killing here. Return tickets are now rarely below €200 for a 1h20m flight, with lots of flights operating every day.
Exactly. This is one route that desperately needs more competition. I would also add Porto- Lisbon route to that list.
BA319-131 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 8264 posts, RR: 56 Reply 12, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5121 times:
Good on U2, hopefully BA & TP might ease the LIS fare's a little, always seemed to cost more than it should.
Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4901 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5016 times:
This is fantastic news for Bournemouth! Two new Easyjet routes in the space of just one week!
And signifcantly BOH's first year round EZY route
Quoting LH121GLA (Reply 7): Hoping for some news on some EZY routes to/from GLA in the future ... surely someone somewhere can see that GLA is CRYING out for some decent point to point Euro routes ...
CDG, BRU, Italy, Poland, plenty of potential but FR at PIK, and way the Scottish Executive RDF worked is part of the reason for these big gaps in the network at GLA
And why not? ZB already successfully competes with U2 (and BA/GT in many cases) on LGW-ALC, LGW-IBZ, LGW-MSV, LGW-AGP, and LGW-FAO so another route will not necessarily mean they would have to pull out if U2 starts services. Besides which ZB has built up a loyal following, having operated under the same name and ownership since the 1960s, and many British ex-pats living abroad or owning second homes in Spain, her islands and Portugal (and their friends and relatives) seem to regard ZB, not BA or U2, as "their" airline. ZB also offer more by way of "frills" than U2 - eg allocated seating, free newspapers, hot food etc.
I also believe that now they operate fewer charter flights, tour operators might take an allocation of seats on ZB's scheduled services.
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Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 15, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 4783 times:
Quoting LH121GLA (Reply 7): Hoping for some news on some EZY routes to/from GLA in the future ... surely someone somewhere can see that GLA is CRYING out for some decent point to point Euro routes ...
True.
NCL hasn't seen any expansion from EZY for a while either...perhaps Jet2 have scared them?
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Trintocan From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2000, 3191 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 4718 times:
U2 to Madeiara - now that is a bold move on their part! Madeiar is an upmarket and relatively low-key destination which has grown in stature of late as people move away from other, more frequented destinations. The new service from BRS appears to be the most interesting and is a direct stab at the charter airlines at both BRS and CWL - in particular since charters only very recently started from CWL there. Insofar as LGW is concerned ZB appears to be safe as the huge, concentrated market in London and the South East would easily support any expanded services rather than necessarily see a competitor fall out.
U2 and FR have generally not tended to go head-to-head on routes and markets so do not expect any U2 flights to Sweden, which is a strong FR destination.
Joost From Netherlands, joined Apr 2005, 3128 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 4690 times:
Quoting Trintocan (Reply 17): U2 and FR have generally not tended to go head-to-head on routes and markets so do not expect any U2 flights to Sweden, which is a strong FR destination.
They often go head-to-head on markets, not so much on direct routes.
BRS-BGY vs BRS-MXP
STN-CIA vs LGW-CIA
MAD-BVA vs MAD-ORY
and many more.
Sweden is that big, that there are plenty of spots for U2 to fly. However, this would be mostly competing with Sterling iso Ryanair. I wouldn't be surprised for a LGW-ARN, for example.
SDLSimme From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 436 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 4629 times:
Quoting Joost (Reply 18): Sweden is that big, that there are plenty of spots for U2 to fly. However, this would be mostly competing with Sterling iso Ryanair. I wouldn't be surprised for a LGW-ARN, for example.
UPPERDECKFAN From Spain, joined Jun 2007, 992 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 3604 times:
Quoting BuyantUkhaa (Reply 4): I wish they'd start flying LIS-FNC; now that the PSO regime has been lifted by the Portuguese government, any LCC could make a killing here. Return tickets are now rarely below €200 for a 1h20m flight, with lots of flights operating every day.
I wish this means LCC's (FR/U2/etc) service to the Canary Islands (TFS/TFN/LPA/ACE/FUE) in the near future........
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18835 posts, RR: 54 Reply 21, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 3241 times:
Quoting UPPERDECKFAN (Reply 20): wish this means LCC's (FR/U2/etc) service to the Canary Islands (TFS/TFN/LPA/ACE/FUE) in the near future........
FR already flies to both TFN and FUE; indeed, TFN presently has 3 FR routes and FUE 4. But, yes: there's plenty more opportunities to/from the Canaries, so time will certainly be interesting.
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Baguy From UK - England, joined Mar 2006, 528 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 3119 times:
I think U2 flying to FNC is great, but I am not sure about the daily service bit. As most people who have visited Madeira will know unlike most resorts where you arrive at your hotel on a Saturday although it is not uncommon to arrive on a different day, Madeira most hotels and timeshares are usually Monday-Monday - therefore most tourists prefer to fly on a Monday. I think that U2 could be profitable but should leave the daily services to TP.
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25 Acelanzarote: I know Easyjet have been shown around Lanzarote Airport, there was stories in some of the Spanish papers last year how easyjet where looking at flyin
26 BCNGRO: Oh poor AF. I think they already fly a small RJ on this short route. I don’t think they will be able to fill it with U2 on the field.[Edited 2007-07
27 ManchesterMAN: FNC is excellent news. If anybody hasn't flown into there before I would highly recommend it. Its not as much fun as it used to be when they had a sho
29 Sam1987: If you look at Paphos (PFO), the "British days" used to only be Sundays and Wednesdays - it was virtually impossible to get a flight from the UK to P
30 Sam1987: So all the English and Polish passengers travelling between BOH and KRK will get German crew! What about the LYS to BCN route? A W pattern from where
32 Lehovec: No, I don't think so. MAD already operates MAD-LYS-CIA. I think this one will be operated by SXF crew. SXF-LYS-BCN
33 Runway23: LYS is actually operated on a W pattern from STN.
34 Sam1987: What other U2 routes are operated on W patterns? I heard some of the LGW-AMS rotations are operated by GVA based A319s.
35 Joost: IIRC STN-PMI is operated by a BFS aircraft.
36 BuyantUkhaa: LIS-FNC could easily be daily, in summer there's about 12 daily flights split between TP, S4 and NI (I mean TP as well ) So the demand is there, and
37 Runway23: GVA based 319s turn around immediately in LGW.
38 Richardw: Is it BRS-STN-PMI-STN-BRS or BRS-PMI-STN-PMI-BRS?
39 BmiBaby737: Richardw, The flight would operate as: Operating an empty aircraft to Stansted all the time would be costly! bmi
40 Joost: The flight operates BFS-STN-PMI-STN-BFS. Belfast, not Bristol.
41 Sam1987: Talking of which, how often do U2 aircraft transfer between bases? Do they transfer on scheduled flights or empty? This page: http://www.lhr-lgw.co.u
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