Carlisle-Southend flights to start in April
Jan 18, 2016, 2:43 am
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The Oxford to Banbury line goes basically past the end of the airport's road (by the Highwayman pub on the A4260). There was quite a strong push from Kidlington folks + businesses to get a station there, and probably still a fair bit of request even with the new Parkway station to the south of Kidlington. If you put in a station there, it'd serve the northern Kidlington housing estates, the business + industrial parks right there. With a covered walkway for the 500m walk, you've got an airport station too 
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Jan 18, 2016, 3:40 am
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In fairness, Teesside Airport station has 2 trains a week and is nearly a mile from the terminal...
Jan 19, 2016, 2:56 pm
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Jan 20, 2016, 12:47 pm
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Very interesting, the Lake District is my favorite spot in all of England and some very dear family friends live there.
Thank you for the information, this might well be a comfy alternative to our traditional family outings by train from London.
Thank you for the information, this might well be a comfy alternative to our traditional family outings by train from London.
Jan 20, 2016, 12:59 pm
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Looks like it's not going to be Spring after all. The Transport Minister jumped the gun:
http://www.in-cumbria.com/Stobart-Gr...b0f5b5c24a8-ds
http://www.in-cumbria.com/Stobart-Gr...b0f5b5c24a8-ds
Jan 20, 2016, 3:43 pm
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I think the issue is you have a train every hour to BHX, and buses several times an hour to Heathrow. Offering one flight a day - or as we've seen before sometimes just a few flights a week - means the flight quickly has no relevance for the vast majority of potential users.
Jan 20, 2016, 3:57 pm
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Jan 21, 2016, 8:19 am
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More generally, I've just been looking to see if *any* of the flights awarded funding from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund are bookable yet. I can't find a single one.
Staring to think there may be some delay on the governmental side of things.
Staring to think there may be some delay on the governmental side of things.
Jan 26, 2016, 9:11 am
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Looks like it's not going to be Spring after all. The Transport Minister jumped the gun:
http://www.in-cumbria.com/Stobart-Gr...b0f5b5c24a8-ds
http://www.in-cumbria.com/Stobart-Gr...b0f5b5c24a8-ds
Mind you, a rather glamorous new roundabout has just gone in on the A689, so things are looking up.
I can't say I have any need to fly from CAX-SEN, but I drive by there fairly frequently, and I might just do it for the craic one day. Talk of connections to Ireland, Europe and the four nations sounds rather fanciful though. London and one other hub - maybe....
Jan 26, 2016, 9:15 am
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I must say, I was rather surprised to see an April start date appear out of nowhere. Significant upgrades to the infrastructure at CAX is still needed.
Mind you, a rather glamorous new roundabout has just gone in on the A689, so things are looking up.
I can't say I have any need to fly from CAX-SEN, but I drive by there fairly frequently, and I might just do it for the craic one day. Talk of connections to Ireland, Europe and the four nations sounds rather fanciful though. London and one other hub - maybe....
Mind you, a rather glamorous new roundabout has just gone in on the A689, so things are looking up.
I can't say I have any need to fly from CAX-SEN, but I drive by there fairly frequently, and I might just do it for the craic one day. Talk of connections to Ireland, Europe and the four nations sounds rather fanciful though. London and one other hub - maybe....
Jan 26, 2016, 9:57 am
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I must say, I was rather surprised to see an April start date appear out of nowhere. Significant upgrades to the infrastructure at CAX is still needed.
Mind you, a rather glamorous new roundabout has just gone in on the A689, so things are looking up.
I can't say I have any need to fly from CAX-SEN, but I drive by there fairly frequently, and I might just do it for the craic one day. Talk of connections to Ireland, Europe and the four nations sounds rather fanciful though. London and one other hub - maybe....
Mind you, a rather glamorous new roundabout has just gone in on the A689, so things are looking up.
I can't say I have any need to fly from CAX-SEN, but I drive by there fairly frequently, and I might just do it for the craic one day. Talk of connections to Ireland, Europe and the four nations sounds rather fanciful though. London and one other hub - maybe....