Why is there no service from MAN or EDI to MAD?
Aug 22, 2014, 1:08 am
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Why is there no service from MAN or EDI to MAD?
I think they tried it a few years ago with IB Express which didn't last but surely the demand is there for at least one feeder flight?
Yes they'd be competing with Ryanair/Easyjet on the O&D side but wouldn't the connecting feed be useful? AF/KL and LH must be sweeping up the Latin America traffic currently.
MAN in particular is now really well connected to oneworld hubs (JFK, ORD, PHL, CLT, DOH, HKG, HEL) and it seems very odd that MAD isn't on that list. Routing MAN-LON-MAD-XXX can't be very popular for sure.
Yes they'd be competing with Ryanair/Easyjet on the O&D side but wouldn't the connecting feed be useful? AF/KL and LH must be sweeping up the Latin America traffic currently.
MAN in particular is now really well connected to oneworld hubs (JFK, ORD, PHL, CLT, DOH, HKG, HEL) and it seems very odd that MAD isn't on that list. Routing MAN-LON-MAD-XXX can't be very popular for sure.
Aug 22, 2014, 1:16 am
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They tried it at Glasgow with a twice weekly service. Unsurprisingly it didn't last long. They said it would appeal to business people (which it ostensibly didn't), it would allow connecting traffic (if you happened to want to fly out of Glasgow on a Tuesday or Saturday morning). You get the idea - big grant from the Scottish government to launch it with Iberia understandably having no intention of keeping it going.
Aug 22, 2014, 1:43 am
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Was more referring to the MAN service which ran 6/7 weekly during the same period (Winter 2011/ Summer 2012). Would be good to see that given another go.
GLA was indeed a token effort but I think EDI could be feasible now.
GLA was indeed a token effort but I think EDI could be feasible now.
Aug 22, 2014, 7:07 am
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Most likely many years ago when BA operated a fairly large Euro service out of MAN, MAD was one of the destinations. IB have certainly once again reduce presence at the regions over the years as well..and as reported here the crazy MAD-GLA - MAD most recently was well, a complete disaster apart from monies pocketed from subsidy.
I guess just about all Spanish services from the regions will either be from the big orange carrier or Vueling as time goes on but almost nothing from London Airways....
I guess just about all Spanish services from the regions will either be from the big orange carrier or Vueling as time goes on but almost nothing from London Airways....
Aug 22, 2014, 7:21 am
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They tried it at Glasgow with a twice weekly service. Unsurprisingly it didn't last long. They said it would appeal to business people (which it ostensibly didn't), it would allow connecting traffic (if you happened to want to fly out of Glasgow on a Tuesday or Saturday morning). You get the idea - big grant from the Scottish government to launch it with Iberia understandably having no intention of keeping it going.
I'm sure it was started due to Scottish Power - a subsidiary of a Spanish company Iberdrola - sending employees back and forth to Madrid over a period of several months so instead of a charter it was turned into a scheduled service.
Totally useless schedule of course for the general public so as soon as the contract finished the route was pulled. I suspect the reason IB don't serve the likes of EDI/GLA/MAN is because IAG want everyone through LHR.