New codeshares with FlyBe
Sep 11, 2014, 3:19 am
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New codeshares with FlyBe
I didn't see anything on AY website, but from September 15 AY is codesharing with FlyBe flights from MAN to following places:
- Aberdeen
- Belfast City
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Glasgow
- Inverness
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Newquay
- Southampton.
Sep 11, 2014, 1:35 pm
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Wow,
I think that AY has now more UK destinations than any other Oneworld airline including BA. I wonder why AY does not code-share with BA btw LHR-LBA and LHR-NCL. The biggest hole in AY's UK destinations is Birmingham, which van support some Gulf airlines. if anything can be learnt from other code-share destinations, it can't be cheap to fly from HEL to these BE destinations.
I think that AY has now more UK destinations than any other Oneworld airline including BA. I wonder why AY does not code-share with BA btw LHR-LBA and LHR-NCL. The biggest hole in AY's UK destinations is Birmingham, which van support some Gulf airlines. if anything can be learnt from other code-share destinations, it can't be cheap to fly from HEL to these BE destinations.
Sep 11, 2014, 11:08 pm
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Sep 11, 2014, 11:15 pm
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i agree there should be direct flights to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birmingham. Dublin has mow returned to the toute map. These non-Schengen destonations would not add congestion at HEL because no passport inspection is required if connectingto/from Asia and no security when flying to Asia. Gulf carriers have been succesful but may be the demand is mainly for Pakistan/India. However, there should be some demand to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore if less so to Japan, China and Korea. But I'm only guessing.
Sep 11, 2014, 11:18 pm
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Which route SAS has not dropped. Well, even AY used to fly nonstop to EDI. It lasted only two summer seasons but there were only two flights a week so it was not really directed to Asian passengers.
Sep 13, 2014, 11:45 am
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i agree there should be direct flights to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birmingham. Dublin has mow returned to the toute map. These non-Schengen destonations would not add congestion at HEL because no passport inspection is required if connectingto/from Asia and no security when flying to Asia. Gulf carriers have been succesful but may be the demand is mainly for Pakistan/India. However, there should be some demand to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore if less so to Japan, China and Korea. But I'm only guessing.
The Isle of Man, Jersey, Newquay in beautiful Cornwall and even Southampton are also rather interesting destinations both for business (offshore investors) and leisure.
Glasgow is maybe more of a pure biz city but might also have enough connections to Asia to justify a one stop connection there.
Sep 13, 2014, 12:45 pm
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Sep 14, 2014, 12:25 am
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In any case, AY shouldn't be too constrained into agreements with BA. There is potential in the UK regions that other airlines have managed to tap quite well (KLM and Lufthansa come to mind)
Sep 14, 2014, 2:55 am
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Am I correct in assuming these are operated by Flybe UK and thus not earning on OW FFprograms?
Sep 14, 2014, 9:08 am
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Flight numbers seems to be placed in the 85xx series, wich is outside the normal codeshare series. The range AY8100-AY8700 is supposed to be considered as AY operated and marketed when it comes to earnings, according to AY+ webpages. But they are certainly codeshares with a non-OW-affiliated airline, so still thinks the OW earnings are far from certain.