CWL is struggling to sustain European routes at the moment, mainly because people automatically head straight for EZY and <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym> who operate extensive route networks from <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym>. Flybe ha...
Jump to postEZY only offer 1 daily flight in the afternoon/evening. It's been questioned many times why EZY didn't go double daily on the route when <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> pulled out last year. Prices on EZY have been quite high and most flights full since. EZY and <acronym title="Air Sicilia ...
Jump to postDefinitely a 767-300. The TUI 767 fleet is now standardised cabin to match the 787 capacity of 291.
Jump to postBRS is a no go with the runway length. <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> was rumoured with 787 which would be a better fit. <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym> has wanted <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> for ye...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/fcogafa" class="quote" target="_blank">fcogafa</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Cen...
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Jump to postAny chance of a seasonal <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>-<acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> route? Orlando has always been very popular from Wales and Southwest. Travel City Direct operated...
Jump to postA couple of years back <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym> runway was being resurfaced during the winter nights. Upon reopening an ATR skidded off the runway on landing during bad weather (winds and rain). Anyone familiar with <acronym title="Bristol - Luls...
Jump to postWhen KLM introduced the baggage fee, it must've gained a lot of new Ivory card holders. It's free and easy to join, and would always give a free 1st item of baggage. It probably meant KLM now has a whole new bunch of frequent flyers. Was it always the intention to introduce a fee for Ivory card hold...
Jump to postAt one point <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym> was one of few airports available as everything else was filling up, <acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdon) (BHX / EGBB), United Kingdom">BHX</acronym> was full and as stated <acronym tit...
Jump to postI'm sure it's been discussed before, but I've never understood why <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> and VA don't tie up on the route. Are there restrictions because of their relation? VA operate <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SY...
Jump to postThis on the back of the news of <acronym title="Aircompany Tavria-Mac (Ukraine)">BE</acronym> pulling <acronym title="Glasgow - International (Abbotsinch) (GLA / EGPF), United Kingdom">GLA</acronym> and <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>, reducing ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/r2rho" class="quote" target="_blank">r2rho</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> but then again, they don't (yet?) fly to UK </i...
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Jump to postIt's probably more aimed at Visa checks which can take a bit of time and slow the process down at the gates. I'm not surely how many agents <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> provide at each gate, but a lot of the time Airlines only expect 1 agent. If all Visa checks are done before the g...
Jump to postCould <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> increase their presence in Australia by operating <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>-<acrony...
Jump to postIt's been hot topic within the Welsh Aviation sector. <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>'s biggest problem is <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym>. <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Ki...
Jump to postWould the refurb costs of the 744's have much of an impact? How much would it cost per aircraft?
VS seem to have gone through a fair few changes in the past few years, so hopefully things will stabilise a bit more.
I assume being TUI Travel its for Thomson Airways with a fleet of: 26x 737-800's and 5 on order 19x 757's (3 to leave by the end of winter this year) 17 of the 737's currently in the fleet were delivered within the past 2 years. That seems like some serious forward planning considering they are sitl...
Jump to postBMI regional seemed to be making a good niche for themselves. They have recently announced a number of new routes from <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym> and have been doing a lot of charters lately, especially sports charters, work the likes of Eastern an...
Jump to postThe current A321 has 8 exits, so does the 757-200. Granted R/L2 aren't the same size as R/L/1 like they are on the 757-200. Does the door size make a difference? If not, can someone explain why 2 more wing exits are needed, if the 757 didn't have them? Edit: I've googled some images of 757's and som...
Jump to postA friend of mine just landed in <acronym title="Bratislava - M.R. Stefanik (Ivanka) (BTS / LZIB), Slovakia">BTS</acronym> and posted this picture <center><table align="center" border="0" width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=39649&filename=phpZm68F4.jpeg" ...
Jump to postThis year Air Europa will be operating a weekly <acronym title="Palma de Mallorca (- Son San Juan) (PMI / LEPA / LESJ), Spain">PMI</acronym>-<acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>-<acronym title="Palma de Mallorca (- Son San Juan) (PMI / LEPA / LESJ), ...
Jump to postIsn't this because of runway length? The 737-800 wouldn't be able to operate fully loaded.
Jump to postI'm not sure of the exact registrations, but i think all of the MyTravel A330-200's that are now with TCX were fitted with downstairs lavs.
The original TCX A330's didn't have them.
There's not much you can do in these situations. Depending on how busy the flight is. The body can't really go anywhere else, toilets, aisles etc as it needs to be secured. When i first started working at an airport, i had to meet a flight where a woman had died just before coming into land. The cre...
Jump to postMAN and <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> will see the first flights, mainly short haul for familiarisation and testing the water. <acronym title="Orlando - Sanford International (Central Florida Regional) (SFB / KSFB), USA - Florida">SFB</acronym> and <acr...
Jump to postJust a suggestion, but with all the rail upgrades talk going on recently, couldn't <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> tie up with Virgin Trains (If they don't already) and build a network using trains and planes. granted the train links at <acronym title="London -...
Jump to postI was under the impression <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym> was being reduced and the times given to <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym>-<acronym title="Bournemouth - International (Hurn) (BOH / EGHH), United Kingd...
Jump to postI flew with EZY for the first time a few weeks back. Outbound was one of the last to board, and our group was split up. On return was probably about 20/30th to board, headed straight for back steps and still got legroom row and saved seats for rest of group. The scrum wasn't pleasant at all, so cant...
Jump to postAlso <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym>-<acronym title="Newcastle - Woolsington (NCL / EGNT), United Kingdom">NCL</acronym>/<acronym title="Exeter (EXT / EGTE), United Kingdom">EXT</acronym> bookable, but not on schedule p...
Jump to postWhilst there is constant talk of <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> getting rid of the <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional (BMI / KBMI), USA - Illinois">BMI</acronym> group of airlines, and especially <acronym title="bmibaby (United Kingdom)">WW</acronym> ...
Jump to postWeather. Also TCX <acronym title="Larnaca - International (LCA / LCLK), Cyprus">LCA</acronym>-<acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym> diverted to <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym> as fog closed into <acronym ...
Jump to postXL airways was partnered with a number of tour operators within the UK, the main ones being Freedom flights and Travel City Direct, and i think they built up strong links with Olympic holidays and Kosmar with their Greek operations. As an airline they were just like any other uk charter. A few years...
Jump to postHow would this work in terms of transitting? Would you need to clear immigration, collect your luggage then re-check-in in <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Ko...
Jump to postMost full registrations are printed on te sides, just in front of the rear passenger door, on both sides. You will also find it under the wings The last 2 letters on most british a/c will be on the front landing gear doors and on the tail. Not sure which a/c this applies too, but generally 757/767 a...
Jump to postLa Romana is for the Thomson Destiny as TOM are restarting the Carribean cruises. <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym> and i believe <acronym title="Bournemouth - International (Hurn) (BOH / EGHH), United Kingdom">BOH</acronym> will be getting flight...
Jump to postWith FCA and TOM mergin the fleets / AOC over coming months, that last picture is a great capture!
Jump to postA large airport was proposed at Newport, Wales, planned with an extension onto the Severn Estury. Thus more than likely making <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym> and <acronym title="Bristol - Lulsgate (BRS / EGGD), United Kingdom">BRS</acronym> red...
Jump to postIt's probably the same all over the world. Some people amaze me. But what i have noticed, its the ones that do actually genuinely need the assistance that want it with as little fuss as possible. Its the ones that dont need it that will kick up a fuss if the wheelchair takes a little too long, or ha...
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Jump to postApparent engine failure on departure and emergency return to <acronym title="Alicante (- El Altet) (ALC / LEAL), Spain">ALC</acronym>. All seems ok. Relief a/c en route to <acronym title="Alicante (- El Altet) (ALC / LEAL), Spain">ALC</acronym> to collect pax. Sounds like a/c grounded for a while. H...
Jump to postThis has confused me. Was the Zoom flight full, but 10 pax had rebooked themselves onto a flight you were on? Surely <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> themselves wouldnt be too happy about a few hundred pax abandoned in th...
Jump to postCWL-<acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acronym> wasn't on sale on the old website. Rumour is its been dropped in favour for x2 wkly <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>-<acronym title="Toronto - Le...
Jump to postIts a clever retaliation to the startup of FFbeans. And its about time <acronym title="bmibaby (United Kingdom)">WW</acronym> spentsome time thining about <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>. Things have been stagnant for a while, especially with th...
Jump to postAs someone said, charters generally have no meal pax pre seated at the rear, before check-in even opens. But if as you say, the whole flight is entitled to a meal. Then its down to the check-in agents checking you in. If a flight is full, an a/c seating plan is like a jigsaw. If you sit people rando...
Jump to postSame for <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>, just about full every flight. However since it started ( i think 4/5 years back) they have gradually reduced frequencies, down to this year only 4 departures. <acronym title="Orlando - Sanford Internatio...
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