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Post by LPL on Nov 9, 2010 17:29:54 GMT 1
Remains to be seen if there is anything in that rumour, but it sounds like EZY may be planning to add some more distant flights. Thus a LPL aircraft may spend its day doing LPL-PFO-EMA-PFO-LPL, which would fill its day nicely. Thus the aircraft would start and finish each day at LPL. I guess this should be on the EZY 2011 thread now.... There isnt room for that kind of rotation apart from maybe a couple of routes that are approx 2 hour flying time away. There is plenty of room for more based aircraft though, apron space permitting. |
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Post by andyh on Nov 9, 2010 18:54:11 GMT 1
Talk of EZY returning to EMA sounds like someone's idea of wishful thinking. If there was a viable market from EMA the airline surely wouldn't have gone through the hassle of closing the base down and making so many staff redundant.
Anyway, even in the event of them returning to EMA surely, as part of MAG the aircraft would be shared with MAN, in the same way as the LPL / DSA aircraft was this summer?
As for more based aircraft surely more concrete and an expanded arrivals area are required first...
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Post by LPL on Nov 10, 2010 1:47:37 GMT 1
Talk of EZY returning to EMA sounds like someone's idea of wishful thinking. If there was a viable market from EMA the airline surely wouldn't have gone through the hassle of closing the base down and making so many staff redundant. Anyway, even in the event of them returning to EMA surely, as part of MAG the aircraft would be shared with MAN, in the same way as the LPL / DSA aircraft was this summer? As for more based aircraft surely more concrete and an expanded arrivals area are required first... There is just room for an aircraft to do LPL/GVA/EMA/GVA/LPL daily in S2011. As for more concrete, this is not the weather to do it, they will need to wait for about six months. |
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Post by LPL on Nov 17, 2010 11:14:34 GMT 1
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Post by lfc84 on Nov 25, 2010 10:34:37 GMT 1
EasyJet launches launches service to Gibraltar from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Nov 25 2010 by Neil Hodgson, Liverpool Daily Post
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BUDGET airline Easyjet has confirmed the launch of a Gibraltar service from Liverpool John Lennon Airport next year.
Booking for the route opens today and the first flight will depart on Tuesday March 29, 2011.
The carrier said it will operate a three-times a week service to the “rock” with fares starting from £27.99, including taxes, for a single ticket.
JLA spokesman Robin Tudor added: “This will be the first time scheduled flights will be available to Gibraltar for the region’s passengers direct from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and we expect this unique destination to be yet another easyJet success.
“It is great to see Easyjet continuing to develop services from here.”
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Post by ametyst on Nov 25, 2010 11:27:31 GMT 1
Good news, But I guess it is at the expense of Dubrovnik which has been dropped for Summer 2011.
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Post by ezya319 on Nov 26, 2010 13:02:38 GMT 1
Has DBV definatley been dropped?? I'm quite surprised if it has as it was very popular this summer always with good loads!!! Very disappointed if it has been!
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Post by LPL on Nov 26, 2010 13:23:18 GMT 1
There is still adverts pointing to a Liverpool departure (depLPL0925, arrLPL1605) on Saturdays in 2011.
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Post by JPX on Nov 26, 2010 14:04:42 GMT 1
Riviera Travel also has Dubrovnik as destination for Times/Sunday Times holidays, but only for May 2011
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Post by LPL on Nov 26, 2010 14:14:07 GMT 1
May well be correct.
August (saturdays) sees all 10 aircraft fully occupied exLPL, albeit some have a lot longer turnround times than the usual 25 minutes.
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Post by cambrian5619 on Nov 27, 2010 10:31:51 GMT 1
It is a pity that most of the "expansion and development" of new routes by easyJet out of Liverpool seems to be at the expense of reduced frequency elsewhere or loss of existing services - Dubrovnik now apparently being added to the list of those previously lost such as Basel and Cologne.
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Post by calflier on Nov 27, 2010 11:17:15 GMT 1
Thats the low cost model for you,if a route does not return an almost immediate return for the operator it gets dropped,but having said that,the days of airlines giving a route a couple of years to get into profit are gone,and that is why LPL had no successful routes apart from those to Isle of man and Belfast for many years before the low cost model and the internet.so work on the basis there is a downside to everything,but lets hope for more city type destinations like Brussels to be annouced.BTW I was interested to read that so far this year Ryanair have carried more passengers than Easyjet through LPL.according to UK airport news!.
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Post by LPL on Nov 27, 2010 12:32:31 GMT 1
Until the ash situation, EZY was running at around 15% increase in passenger numbers.
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Post by calflier on Nov 27, 2010 13:20:29 GMT 1
Until the ash situation, EZY was running at around 15% increase in passenger numbers. Thats true,they seemed to loose the plot, both with pax numbers and time keeping,Hope to see an improvement in both for 2011. |
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Post by khardwk on Nov 27, 2010 22:19:37 GMT 1
Until the ash situation, EZY was running at around 15% increase in passenger numbers. Thats true,they seemed to loose the plot, both with pax numbers and time keeping,Hope to see an improvement in both for 2011. Don't think the explanation of EZY's drop in passenger numbers in April and onward lies with the 'Ash' event, because: 1. The Icelandic volcano erupted on 15th of April with flight cancellations starting a few days later - i.e. over half of April was ash-free 2. EZY's whole network total for April was down only 7.6% - their LJLA total was down by 19.3%. (May was 12.9% down, June 6.9% and each month since about 4% down) 3. In EZY's own words, from their press release on May 5th, "As referenced in the 19 April 2010 statement on the impact of volcanic ash around 200,000 of the 750,000 cancelled passengers were stranded, as a consequence of the disruption to our flying programme. easyJet repatriated all of its customers within 5 days as easyJet operated special rescue flights to hot spot areas where many passengers were stranded." i.e. many/?most of the passengers who suffered disruptions were carried later and therefore would be included in passenger figures for April and May. They were not lost to the airline. Conclusion: The reason for the big drop in number of passengers carried by EZY at LJLA from April onward was not caused by the Icelandic event. Remember too that the drop being quoted is actually the % change in number of passengers traveling in 2010 compared with 2009. It is not an absolute number change. Complicated isn't it! In simple terms though, EZY have not had a particularly good year to date, since March, at LJLA, but it has certainly NOT been a bad year for them! |
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