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Stobart Air to operate for BA Cityflyer
Stobart Air are to lease two E190s to operate for BA Cityflyer from LCY.
Stobart Air to Operate Routes From London City Under BA CityFlyer Brand I wonder if these are in addition to the 4 E190s BA announced were joining the fleet or part of the four? |
A new LCY route to Carlisle in the pipeline when it finally opens to commercial traffic? :cool:
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I’m guessing weekend flights from SEN may materialise. |
Originally Posted by bhbloke
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A new LCY route to Carlisle in the pipeline when it finally opens to commercial traffic? :cool:
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Originally Posted by babats
(Post 30376992)
Having looked at the Stobart AIr website I realise it's not related to Eddie!
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Originally Posted by babats
(Post 30376992)
Having looked at the Stobart AIr website I realise it's not related to Eddie!
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Stobart have been operating the EI Regional flights for a number of years so no surprise to see this really |
Will they operate a specific set of routes or just be added to the overall pool of aircraft?
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Originally Posted by citiflyerUK
(Post 30376902)
Stobart Air are to lease two E190s to operate for BA Cityflyer from LCY.
Stobart Air to Operate Routes From London City Under BA CityFlyer Brand I wonder if these are in addition to the 4 E190s BA announced were joining the fleet or part of the four? |
Stobart Air are currently operating some Flybe routes but this is coming to an end on 31st March 2019
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Was pleased with Stobart ATR legroom the one occasion we used it. Much better than CE, frankly!
Hope the 190 is as good. |
The E-Jets operated by Stobart are fitted with 118 seats. I am guessing that the two aircraft that will be operating for BACF will have there cabins reconfigured to the same 98 seat configuration as BACF’s E90’s |
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Do the Stobart Air aircraft have names on them like the trucks?
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The article states that the 2 aircraft are being leased for a three year period and that Stobart will be supplying the crew to operate the service. I am guessing that the aircraft will be operated by a team of crew from Stobart’s SEN base. |
98 seats, fixed Club cabin of 6. First one running from 16 November until the end of June 2019, and the second one added from end of January to the end of summer. Aircraft will nightstop in LCY and DUB. These aircraft are to add capacity required for the new Rome and Munich routes plus additional Zurich rotation, before the four additional frames arrive next year. |
Originally Posted by Worcester
(Post 30377415)
Do the Stobart Air aircraft have names on them like the trucks?
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Originally Posted by zappomatic
(Post 30377542)
98 seats, fixed Club cabin of 6. First one running from 16 November until the end of June 2019, and the second one added from end of January to the end of summer. Aircraft will nightstop in LCY and DUB. These aircraft are to add capacity required for the new Rome and Munich routes plus additional Zurich rotation, before the four additional frames arrive next year. |
Originally Posted by Scotflyer80
(Post 30377591)
Nice to hear they are being refitted with 98 seats. Interesting what you say about how long the aircraft are operating for. Especially as I have read articles from more that one source quoting a BACF spokesperson saying that it is a 3 year lease agreement.
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Are there actually any BA planes operating BA flights these days? there are so many of these leased planes from numerous other airlines it’s a lottery if you get a BA service! |
Originally Posted by UKtravelbear
(Post 30378720)
Are there actually any BA planes operating BA flights these days? there are so many of these leased planes from numerous other airlines it’s a lottery if you get a BA service! |
Originally Posted by Scotflyer80
(Post 30378900)
I would say there are quite a few. Especially as there are only 2 leased aircraft now operating flights for BA. One is the A343 Leased from Air Belgium which is operating from LHR and the other is a S2000 Leased from Loganair to operate the LCY-IOM Route. I think the post was a bit tongue in cheek but in October Jota, Titan, Air Belgium and Eastern all did charter work for BA. |
Will be 1-2 in club - smalll cabin of 6 seats...nice! |
First E90 will be registered EI-GHJ. The aircraft will begin operating for BACF on 16th November, which is two days earlier than previously announced. During the first week of operation the aircraft is due to operate MON - BA7301/BA7302/BA4455/BA4456/BA7305/BA7306 (LCY-LIN-LCY-RTM-LCY-LIN-LCY) TUE - BA8761/BA8762/BA8453/BA8454/BA8738/BA8737 (LCY-FRA-LCY-AMS-LCY-FRA-LCY) WED - BA8761/BA8762/BA8453/BA8454/BA8738/BA8737 (LCY-FRA-LCY-AMS-LCY-FRA-LCY) THU - BA8761/BA8762/BA8453/BA8454/BA8738/BA8737 (LCY-FRA-LCY-AMS-LCY-FRA-LCY) FRI - BA7301/BA7302/BA4455/BA4456/BA7305/BA7306 (LCY-LIN-LCY-RTM-LCY-LIN-LCY) SAT - BA8491/BA8492/BA4464 (LCY-TXL-LCY-DUB) SUN - BA4467/BA7305/BA7306 (DUB-LCY-LIN-LCY) The 2nd aircraft is showing as operating from 31st January. The 2nd aircraft will operate mostly to GVA and FCO. The S19 schedule has yet to be updated to show which flights Stobart aircraft will be operating |
LCY/NCE being operated by Stobart Air
I received emails this afternoon concerning several flights I have booked next summer to Nice. BA have written this:
We're writing to let you know that there has been a change to the airline that will operate your flight to London City Airport. We’ve had to make some adjustments to our schedule and have leased an aircraft from Stobart Air. They will operate the flight on our behalf so you can fly to your destination as planned. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Does anyone have any more information about this; or know how the Stobart planes compare with BA Cityflyer? Thanks |
Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
(Post 30377025)
I think it is related, I'm pretty sure it is part of the Stobart Group which itself was founded by dear old Eddie.
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Received a notification overnight that my LHR-LUX flight in February will now be operated by Stobart - didn't see any reference to LUX flights being operated by the Stobart fleet previously.
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Originally Posted by andrewdrinks
(Post 30436643)
Received a notification overnight that my LHR-LUX flight in February will now be operated by Stobart - didn't see any reference to LUX flights being operated by the Stobart fleet previously.
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Just to be picky here. The E195 can’t and I suspect never will be able to operate into LCY. Same applies to the E175. BA operate the E170&E190 which is able to operate into LCY STK will operate 2xE190 for BA not to be confused with the 3xE195 that STK also have, which currently operate ex SEN as part of the flybe franchise but will soon be looking for a new home, potentially UK regional flying into DUB on behalf of aer Lingus regional. cs |
I received the same email for a flight to Nice in July. When I called BA to confirm they had no record of it and said it was still as normal.
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I have had an email notification saying my flight to Ibiza next summer from LCY will be operated by Stobart Air and that they are allowing me to change onto any other London service to Ibiza within 3 days. My MMB still indicates the flight is operated by BA Cityflyer on an Embraer E190SR. I guess I will wait and see what happens, either way - I don't want to be rebooked as the current flight time is perfect for me. Just checked a new booking and there is no indication that Stobart Air will operate the flight, so the email could have been sent in error.
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We have to assume that these E90s will be configured the same as the BA ones and the service would be the same. If thats the case I agree wth you why change ? regardless as your flight isn’t until next year there’s plenty of time to see what the aircraft & service actually look like prior to making a decision. cs |
Originally Posted by cornishsimon
(Post 30452017)
We have to assume that these E90s will be configured the same as the BA ones ...
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So if anything they would be better in CE when compared to company E90s if not reconfigured. ? cs |
If they keep the Virgin configuration it'll be an improvement over BA. https://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-revi...business-class
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Originally Posted by andrewdrinks
(Post 30436643)
Received a notification overnight that my LHR-LUX flight in February will now be operated by Stobart - didn't see any reference to LUX flights being operated by the Stobart fleet previously.
Does anyone know whether the aircraft will have the the same AB/CD seat lettering that is used by BACF on there aircraft or if it will retain its A/DF (CE) and AC/DF (ET) as used by VA? |
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Originally Posted by Scotflyer80
(Post 30453081)
It is unclear whether the aircraft will have the the same AB/CD seat lettering that is used by BACF on there aircraft or if it will retain its A/DF (CE) and AC/DF (ET) as used by VA |
Originally Posted by citiflyerUK
(Post 30452105)
If they keep the Virgin configuration it'll be an improvement over BA. https://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-revi...business-class
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
(Post 30453128)
In EuroTraveller I think it's A+B [aisle] C+D but I don't have an ET booking so I'm less certain there.
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