Is AB still flying to AYT?
Sep 13, 2013, 7:40 am
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Is AB still flying to AYT?
I want to book a OW award ticket next year from AYT-RDU in late May. AB and AY are the only OW airlines that fly out of AYT. AY only flies certain days of the week and not a Saturday when I need to travel. For some reason, the AB flight schedule ends on April 10. I have been checking every day for months, and a flight schedule does not exist. I cannot find any mention of AB stopping flights to AYT permanently. Does anyone happen to know what's going on?
Sep 13, 2013, 12:55 pm
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I want to book a OW award ticket next year from AYT-RDU in late May. AB and AY are the only OW airlines that fly out of AYT. AY only flies certain days of the week and not a Saturday when I need to travel. For some reason, the AB flight schedule ends on April 10. I have been checking every day for months, and a flight schedule does not exist. I cannot find any mention of AB stopping flights to AYT permanently. Does anyone happen to know what's going on?
It would be very odd if AB would stop flying there! This is one of their bread and butter routes.
Maybe these flights are still only bookable for tour operators.
Sep 13, 2013, 3:10 pm
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AYT are route with a high proportion on charter/operator tickets. The timetables are a bit odd. The minority of the tickets are sold as normal schedule tickets.
It would be very odd if AB would stop flying there! This is one of their bread and butter routes.
Maybe these flights are still only bookable for tour operators.
It would be very odd if AB would stop flying there! This is one of their bread and butter routes.
Maybe these flights are still only bookable for tour operators.
Sep 17, 2013, 1:20 pm
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I received an answer from AB. They had a partnership with Pegasus for the AYT flights. That partnership is no longer in place and we were told AB is no longer flying to AYT after April 2014.
Nov 23, 2013, 6:56 am
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In the meantime, AYT for next summer are up for sale.
You only might find it difficult to avoid an overnight on AYT-DUS/TXL, when you connect there to an US-bound flight, but you might find something like AYT-VIE-DUS-JFK-RDU
You only might find it difficult to avoid an overnight on AYT-DUS/TXL, when you connect there to an US-bound flight, but you might find something like AYT-VIE-DUS-JFK-RDU