Recent content by Starflyer

The only reason I think Jet2 might give this a passing thought is that a lot of their recent development has been based on short sectors to build aircraft utilisation - the various routes to Paris, Jersey etc. OK - they all have citybreak and holidays potential in a way that LBA/BFS probably...

DSA isn't connected to this in any way. I don't think it's on the radar of any credible airline decision making (certainly not yet). BACF were running BHD-LBA as a stopgap after Stobart / Aer Lingus Regional ceased but Emerald weren't yet up and running. Their involvement in routes other...

Sorry - this was what I feared was on the cards. It's not related to the likely new easyJet owners - they're nowhere near getting the keys to the ignition yet. As I understand it, at the likes of SOU, easyJet is the largest carrier and will undoubtedly grow further. They have a lead position...

I think there is a reason to be concerned here. And it's specific to LBA rather than more broadly to do with today's company-wide stuff about EZY.

I think that statement may prove to be optimistic, and may not age well.

They are using GLA aircraft to operate SOU-ALC this winter, with triangular GLA-SOU-ALC-GLA and GLA-ALC-SOU-GLA runs. The BFS-LTN-AGP triangles referred to above have been in the easyJet schedule for many years, but the SOU schedule for this winter is the first time they've newly done...

I don't think it was that they were unhappy with LBA, more that a certain airport over the way may have been making commercial offers that would be hard for the airline to refuse, to the probable detriment of the other airports around them.