Chances of BA starting a Guernsey service
Jul 21, 2020, 2:51 am
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Chances of BA starting a Guernsey service
Once COVID restrictions are limited or reduced, what are the chances of BA flying to Guernsey? I gather Flybe's route was pretty successful until the airline's untimely demise. Let's face it, there will be plenty of spare slots at LGW (and possible even LHR) now....
Jul 21, 2020, 3:12 am
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I doubt it, blue islands, who were operating as a franchise of Flybe for the Channel Islands is more likely to pick up these flights now it is operating independently.
Jul 21, 2020, 3:28 am
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Don’t think you can land any of the BA mainline fleet at GCI anyway.
I also doubt that the hyper-isolationist approach of the Guernsey government is especially attractive to any airlines other than the one that the government owns...
I also doubt that the hyper-isolationist approach of the Guernsey government is especially attractive to any airlines other than the one that the government owns...
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Jul 21, 2020, 11:36 am
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Jul 21, 2020, 11:50 am
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The biggest regular operation is the Aurigny E195, so theoretically Cityflyer might be able to start a service.
Remember that The States of Guernsey own Aurigny, primarily to protect the LGW route. However that didn't stop them last year subsidising BE's LHR service... Which certainly didn't help the millions upon millions GR uses yearly.
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Jul 21, 2020, 1:10 pm
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Jul 21, 2020, 2:08 pm
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i can't help thinking in for the foreseeable future we will be seeing the number of destinations served shrink before we see it increase
Jul 21, 2020, 3:30 pm
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Much though I would love to see Evergreen International Airlines of McMinniville, Oregon, at GCI, I think they have a few serious impediments to doing so. Notably their fleet of entirely 747 aircraft and their 2013 bankruptcy.
Jul 21, 2020, 3:34 pm
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The Blue Islands Route to LCY (on an ATR-72j was generally very well used. I suspect that in the current circumstances they have decided that the aircraft is better employed on picking up the ex-flybe regional routes. I would however expect this route to return fairly shortly. I think BACF would struggle to fill an E190 though.
Jul 21, 2020, 3:59 pm
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It was great when BA city express used to fly their ATRs onto the island
The even used to have a small CE cabin at the rear of the plane . There was a tiny lounge on the roof of the old terminal with a couole of bottles of wine!
I always thought Aurigny could operate a BA franchise but I was told BA were not interested in a deal
The little opportunistic LHR slot by flybe was a surprising success but sadly was never going to be long term
Aurigny always comes high on passenger satisfaction surveys but has gone very ‘low cost’ in the last few years and they still lose heaps of money
Maybe Loganair could do a BA franchise ; but isn’t the Isle of Man version of this coming to an end?
The even used to have a small CE cabin at the rear of the plane . There was a tiny lounge on the roof of the old terminal with a couole of bottles of wine!
I always thought Aurigny could operate a BA franchise but I was told BA were not interested in a deal
The little opportunistic LHR slot by flybe was a surprising success but sadly was never going to be long term
Aurigny always comes high on passenger satisfaction surveys but has gone very ‘low cost’ in the last few years and they still lose heaps of money
Maybe Loganair could do a BA franchise ; but isn’t the Isle of Man version of this coming to an end?
Jul 22, 2020, 8:54 am
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Much though I would love to see Evergreen International Airlines of McMinniville, Oregon, at GCI, I think they have a few serious impediments to doing so. Notably their fleet of entirely 747 aircraft and their 2013 bankruptcy.
Jul 23, 2020, 3:00 pm
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Using codes is all very well, but they have to be right or it’s just pointless.