Luis Gallego: If we buy Air Europa, there will not be a single route in which it and Iberia operate alone. We understand that we must promote competition“ I assume this only happens in a handful or mainly domestic routes (I can think of MAD-BIO, AGP, VLC, ALC for example). MAD-BCN is operated by IB...
Jump to postI have had some bizarre experiences with Immigration at LPA over the last year - and keen to learn if it's the only airport in Spain to do this. I have flown into LPA several times in the last year from the UK, and they have two queues at arrival: eGates and standard immigration desks. Staff only al...
Jump to postBinter is starting 8 daily flights to MAD (4 from TFN and 4 from LPA) starting February 2024. https://ofertas.bintercanarias.com/canarias-madrid It will be interesting to see how Binter compete with their Embraers facing Iberia, Air Europa and Ryanair. Great news and I hope they'll be two very succ...
Jump to postThe future coalition government in Spain (PSOE+Sumar) have agreed to ban domestic flights in Spain that can be covered by rail in less than 2.5 hours. Hugely disappointing. Routes likely to be impacted: MAD-BCN/-AGP/-VLC/-ALC/-SVQ. Link in Spanish: https://www.abc.es/economia/rutas-verse-afectadas-r...
Jump to postThere are news reports that Vueling changes the price or baggage allowance on a ticket depending on the type of the device used to book a ticket. Sufficiently credible that Vueling is being probed by a regulator. Anybody know more on this ? https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airline...
Jump to postHow would a Vueling/Level partnership work for long haul routes via the Canaries? (LPA/TFN) Vueling already connects most of the Spanish peninsula (and many European cities) with LPA and TFN and could then connect to a couple of LEVEL frames based in LPA/TFN for South America traffic. It would also ...
Jump to postI've noticed this before on other routes too. Although I acknowledge it might be an inconvenience for agents to deal with, it might allow IB to have a more flexible approach to load factors and unexpected (increased or lower) demand across their network and more efficiently use their fleet. Or maybe...
Jump to postHave AVE and other high speed trains to MAD started, or is there an approximate year as to when they will start ? I'm not including trains just to Atocha and Chamartin stations The news articles I have read fail to name any future potential routes, other than the fast service to Madrid-Chamartin. T...
Jump to postI see the logic behind RMU-BCN due to long rail journeys, although I would've expected VY to jump on it first. V7 seem to be going after several "missed opportunities by Vueling" routes. Looking at markets like EAS, Vueling has offered EAS-BCN for years and never tried anything else, where...
Jump to postI thought the 149 was required to operate with 3 FAs, but it could've been INOP for another reason.
Jump to postmasi1157 wrote:Does anyone know what the plans for Canaryfly are?
I recently flew on a U2 319 which had had the last row removed so that it could operate with the 3 FAs complement.... Same. I flew on G-EZBT over the weekend. The last row was taken out. That brings it from 156 to 150. Then seat 1C was blocked off too (literally two A4 pages written in Comic Sans a...
Jump to postAir Europa has retired today it’s second to last Embraer, with only 1 remaining in the fleet. Once it has been retired, the airline will only operate with B737/B787 Was this a COVID era fleet rationalization decision? More a fleet-simplification exercise. They now only operate B787 and B737 aircraf...
Jump to postI hope Binter starts to Madrid. Massive demand, they are on the Iberia Plus program and waaaay better than Iberia Express. Highly unlikely. They seem to be focusing on routes without competition and charging pax a lot more than alternatives. They wouldn't be able to compete with IB, UX and FR on th...
Jump to post"We are making arrangements to get customers to their destinations on a different aircraft” I'm surprised that the arrangements to get the customers from Rochester to Buffalo required another aircraft, when they could be put on a bus or taxes for the 60 miles road trip and get them to BUF in le...
Jump to postI don’t get this apparent strategy of giving each subsidiary their own unique livery. Just seems to dilute and add confusion around the Ryanair brand. Not cohesive at all. What happens when/if they want to redistribute aircraft through the group. The Malta Air livery is really smart though, would h...
Jump to postFantastic news today for some Spanish regional airports. Volotea have announced summer seasonal flights: San Sebastian - Menorca San Sebastian - Palma de Mallorca Reus - Menorca Reus - Palma de Mallorca Salamanca - Palma de Mallorca Badajoz - Palma de Mallorca La Coruna - Menorca La Coruna - Bilbao ...
Jump to postI agree the TGV network in France is efficient and all that. However, I can see two key downsides to this: 1. It will eventually be to the detriment of those French cities that will lose the connection to Paris. Only being able to sell tickets to connecting passenger will impact the profitability / ...
Jump to postI keep read on A.net how much people 'hate' or 'dislike' Vueling; and how they have to 'subject themselves' to Vueling and they provide a travel experience 'with 0 service'. Yes, their legroom isn't great. I have taken 5 flights with them over the last 3 weeks; they all had wifi and USB charging por...
Jump to postI agree with the observation that IAG already have too many brands in Spain, with Air Europa and Air Europa Express to be added. I wonder if simplification of brands could look like: Mainline (IB+UX+I2+VY) + Regional (YW+UX Express for regional / inter-island routes). There have got to be synergies ...
Jump to postItaly has now banned UK flights too, BBC reports.
Jump to postfactsonly wrote:British Airways - UK to AMS:
- BA 446 London Heathrow Scheduled
- BA 444 London Heathrow Scheduled
I know it's anecdotal, but I was on EasyJet's ACE-BFS flight on Saturday (Oct. 24th). There were a total of 6 passengers on it (including me). I booked my flight only 1 week in advance, and paid €17, so I can't imagine any of the other passengers paying much more than that. I hope they made a lot mo...
Jump to postMight've been a plane that was going to RON anyway. If DL can cover the direct operating costs, then why not try it? Exactly. It's great aircraft utilization (departs LAX at 2125, arrives back at 0930), and the schedules gives pax full days in Miami area / Los Angeles with overnight / early morning...
Jump to postI assumed EasyJet would be picking up the BIO route from LGW? IAG have been running their BIO-LGW flights quite inefficiently. VY's BIO-LGW departed around 6:20pm, while BA's BIO-LGW departed around 6:40pm, with fares at very similar prices and competing with each other, instead of the other players...
Jump to postI've taken a few FR flights over the last two months in and out of DUB. I've been surprised to see they're mainly old aircraft, registrations EI-D** or EI-E**.
Is there any reason why Ryanair is flying older frames instead of newer (potentially more efficient?) aircraft?
Eirules wrote:Eirules wrote:Flying to Verona today with EI. The airport is eerily quiet. Be interesting to see how busy the flight is
17 people on today’s flight!!!
I know it's only anecdotal; but I have checked-in for my flight DUB-BIQ tomorrow with FR, and my check-in sequence was 003. I'm sure some people will check-in last minute, but I'd be surprised to see more than 25 pax on it. The flight tomorrow is still only €24/£20, I usually pay €300 return in high...
Jump to postCoronavirus cases cause ground stop at New York City-area airports, FAA says
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/21/faa-iss ... issue.html
I am a Spanish passport holder living in the UK. The US authorities would have no way of knowing whether I've been to anywhere in mainland Europe upon arrival to the US, because our passports don't get stamped within EU travel. And even if they did, I never use my passport to travel to mainland Eur...
Jump to postNorwegian is down a further 33% today - it has lost 85% of its valuation within a month.
Jump to postThis hurts BA as much as everyone else. Weird comments on here the last few pages. Seems so. IAG stock price down almost 10%!! Makes sense. The reason why some CV figures are lower for the UK & Ireland is that they're islands and are not connected to continental Europe by land. UK/IE stats are ...
Jump to postI am a Spanish passport holder living in the UK. The US authorities would have no way of knowing whether I've been to anywhere in mainland Europe upon arrival to the US, because our passports don't get stamped within EU travel. And even if they did, I never use my passport to travel to mainland Euro...
Jump to posteta unknown wrote:AZ cancels MXP flights from tomorrow:
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2020 ... refresh_ce
If the Italian government is forbidding all public gatherings in the area, I'd expect the airports to close.
Jump to postzakuivcustom wrote:CX is suspending ALL flights to Taiwan and Japan beginning Mar 13 until end of March earliest.
IAG's involvement will probably be through Aer Lingus for Irish routes that Aer Lingus doesn't want to fall to another operator. Interesting thought. Is there any potential for Aer Lingus Regional to set up a significant base at BHD and pick up some of BE's routes? That would be quite a political s...
Jump to postCould British Airways (through IAG > Iberia > Air Nostrum) start picking up any potential profitable routes? It looks like YW have some CRJ's stored.
Jump to postFlybe [...] has warned the government that it could collapse within days after a slump in bookings triggered by the coronavirus.
https://news.sky.com/story/regional-air ... e-11949393
Romania will put in quarantine passengers coming from Northern Italy. So this will start having an effect in intra-European traffic. Looking at MXP and LIN international traffic, it seems like the UK, Spain, France and Germany are the ones with the highest pax volume. If EU countries start quaranti...
Jump to postGreat idea Embajador3 !
Same for Air Nostrum's ATR76s - they only have 4 of them plus 7 leased. Are there any routes in which the CRJ is not a good replacement for the ATRs?
Overheard an elderly male passenger responding to a question by his wife (presumably) while boarding Corendon holiday flight XR1034 CGN-LPA on 1.1.2020 - aircraft being a 737-800: „Honey, don’t worry! This [the aircraft] is not one of the bad ones.” Of course passengers are concerned, sensitized an...
Jump to postFlew JFK-DUB earlier this week on EI. The crew were OK (the outbound crew were def more friendly). Flight was busy.
The dinner was great but I was surprised they didn't serve any coffee with breakfast (just a box with a muffin and orange juice - no coffee / tea).
Oh great. Like the Iberia Group didn't already have enough airlines: Iberia, Iberia Express, Iberia Regional, Vueling, Level and now Air Europa and Air Europa Express.
Maybe they should focus on consolidating all their brands and airlines first.
Flybe to expand Belfast to London City link over peak winter period The airline has said an extra aircraft will be added to the Belfast City Airport to London City Airport route from the start of December. The plane, a 98-seat E190 aircraft sourced from Connect Airways' partner, Stobart Air. Great ...
Jump to postI find this really petty. It's part of running a business. It's not different to a hotel, a store or a hospital. People will lose items. People will spill coffee. Unintentional actions that businesses need to plan for within their operations. It's different from smoking in a non-smoking room at a ho...
Jump to postFlyBE is a key player at BHD, I hope the routes will remain.
Connections to VS/DL's L/H network will be welcome (I suppose only via MAN? Maybe a new BHD-LGW route to feed into VS/DL's LGW network?), and will give NI travellers a welcome alternative to BA's LHR connection for long haul.
MrBren wrote:Is this due to the 737 MAX fiasco and Brexit?
Waterbomber2 wrote:At the rate that the Euro has been dropping versus the dollar and other currencies, this doesn't even cover inflation.
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