TUIflyer From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2008, 205 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 2476 times:
'Regional airline Eastern Airways has announced the addition of extra flights from Aberdeen, Southampton and Newcastle to destinations across the UK and Europe.
From 3 March the airline will increase flight frequencies and capacity from Aberdeen to Newcastle, Southampton and Leeds Bradford as well as Newcastle to Southampton, Cardiff and Stavanger.
The move builds on the airlines focus on business customers and was last month named the most punctual airline from Newcastle, beating airlines like Air France and KLM.'
Jamesontheroad From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 518 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2429 times:
Quoting HUYfan (Reply 1): and all away from it's home base of Humberside!
Home base? I can't think of an airline that makes it harder to spot their home base on their route map
Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4901 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1847 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 3): Quoting HUYfan (Reply 1):
and all away from it's home base of Humberside! Yeah sure
Well, if they concentrated on HUY, they'd go bust within 5 minutes
Who's saying they should do that? Would be nice if they added HUY flights as well as expand elsewhere
Maybe a crazy idea, but what about HUY-RTM as an extension of an ABZ flight? Would serve the ABZ-RTM market and HUY-RTM. I would have thought there will be a lot of port related traffic between HUY and RTM and I doubt it would have any significant effect on KLM
Quoting Sevenair (Reply 5): I think it refers to the increased frequency on NCL/ABZ to Stavanger. I'm sure of the other routes.
Also SOU-Angers goes from 3 to 4 times a week
Should point out T3 are axing their twice daily INV-BHX route due to BE starting once daily flights on the route
Humberside has very limited potential for scheduled flights aside from the current T3 ABZ and KL AMS flights. It's main strength is charters and cargo, especially given the fish factories at Grimsby, Scunthrope and Cleethorpes.
If T3 was to expand at HUY, where could they fly to profitably?
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4901 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1764 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 7): If T3 was to expand at HUY, where could they fly to profitably?
As I said maybe RTM. I would be tempted to say BRU, BRS and SOU but I think if they were going to do those routes they would have done them now. And they've tried GLA and EDI in the past
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 7): Humberside has very limited potential for scheduled flights aside from the current T3 ABZ and KL AMS flights
FR showed there was demand for DUB, just not with a B737-800. And I think a limited Spanish network (like GSM at MME, Jet 2 at BLK) could work. Plus maybe a Scandinavian link, though I cant really think of a likely airline
Xtoler From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 942 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1746 times:
Isn't T3 flying my old J41's from TransStates? I think we sent some or ours to you guys. I must have J41 on the brain today as I've already mentioned it in my last thread minutes ago.
EMB145 F/A, F/E, J41 F/A, F/E, because my wife clipped my wings, armchair captain
Xtoler From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 942 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1743 times:
Oh, BTW, that's an awesome route map!
EMB145 F/A, F/E, J41 F/A, F/E, because my wife clipped my wings, armchair captain
Jamesontheroad From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 518 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1596 times:
Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4901 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1396 times:
Quoting Xtoler (Reply 9): Isn't T3 flying my old J41's from TransStates? I think we sent some or ours to you guys. I must have J41 on the brain today as I've already mentioned it in my last thread minutes ago.
They have some former United Express ones, presume they are ex TransStates? Made a change seeing United liveried aircraft at HUY
YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 2091 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1252 times:
It always seems to me, at least on the east coast, that T3 are picking up the scraps left by the big boys & now LCC's after the disappearance of Air UK, who operated some oil & gas related routes. Didnt they fly to Bergen & Stavanger from HUY with F27's?? I thought there was also some oil / gas related traffic at HUY.
Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1144 times:
Quoting HUYfan (Reply 14): I think Eastern could make Brussels, Copenhagen, Paris CDG, Southampton and Stavanger work from Humberside.
Paris would be the only one that might stand a chance.
Brussels - well we seen how well that worked from MME.
Copenhagen - Not a chance
Southampton - Possibly, but unlikely
Stavanger - No chance in hell.
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4901 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1019 times:
Quoting YVRLTN (Reply 13): Didnt they fly to Bergen & Stavanger from HUY with F27's?? I thought there was also some oil / gas related traffic at HUY.
There is indeed oil and gas traffic at HUY. We have two major oil refineries nearby along with other facilities, while HUY is used for helicopter flights to North Sea oil and gas rigs with CHC Scotia. Furthermore old and gas traffic sustains our ABZ service
We have had Esbjerg service in the past (not with Air UK though, although they did list Cimber Air's flights in an old timetable I have) but no Bergen or Stavanger as far as i know. It's always been a case of changing in ABZ
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 15): Paris would be the only one that might stand a chance.
Brussels - well we seen how well that worked from MME.
Copenhagen - Not a chance
Southampton - Possibly, but unlikely
Stavanger - No chance in hell.
Paris probably needs AF to work imo. I agree with you about BRU and SOU. And Stavanger is already offered connection at ABZ, maybe a direct through flight would be nice but what we have currently is adequate
CPH I disagree on. There is demand to Scandinavia, including CPH. A Cimber Air CRJ once a day with an SAS codeshare would be ideal. CPH would offer Scandinavian connections. Though sadly I cant see it hapenning due to bmi's LBA-CPH service
To be fair AMS is a very good hub for Scandinavian connections
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