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Post by Fox Echo on Jun 8, 2009 18:07:40 GMT 1
Apart from a competition that advertises easyJet there in no promotion of anything on the site.[/Airlines The new routes are prominently promoted in full colour on the LJLA website under Flight Info / Airlines, with direct booking links. Text version below: EASTERN AIRWAYS Commencing July 6th 2009, Eastern Airways will operate weekday flights, 3 times a day, to Aberdeen and Southampton. Phone: 08703 669 100 Website: www.easternairways.comDestinations Aberdeen (ABZ) BOOK NOW Southampton (SOU) BOOK NOW quote] |
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Post by steh on Jun 9, 2009 22:06:07 GMT 1
its now possible to book connectiing flights through to Stornoway, Stavanger and Wick from LPL
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Post by viscount on Jun 9, 2009 23:18:53 GMT 1
Have had a play around with the Eastern webpages and booking engine. Oddly, although the Liverpool flights route through ABZ-LPL-SOU and SOU-LPL-ABZ they do not feature as an option ABZ-SOU or SOU-ABZ, although some fllights on the route are bookable on services via NCL.
Enter a day-return LPL-ABZ and the fare is way greater than if you enter the two legs as two single flights! A return flight with a weekend away is less than a day return - I thought the days of the premium day return and of the Saturday night fare rule had died with Ryanair, Easyjet and others calling a return the sum of outbound and inbound.
As yet Liverpool does not feature on the routes map though.
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Post by boeingmad on Jul 2, 2009 16:50:16 GMT 1
LPL-ABZ and LPL-SOU has, today, appeared in the online booking engine of Eastern Airways. I assume an announcement is imminent? Rather a coup for LPL coming so soon after the KLM start if this is true... the routes above have been on the eastern airways site for a few months now. |
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Post by LPL on Jul 2, 2009 16:55:46 GMT 1
LPL-ABZ and LPL-SOU has, today, appeared in the online booking engine of Eastern Airways. I assume an announcement is imminent? Rather a coup for LPL coming so soon after the KLM start if this is true... the routes above have been on the eastern airways site for a few months now. Yes we know, its around two months now. |
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Post by liverpoolman1 on Jul 4, 2009 7:28:09 GMT 1
BBC Liverpool website had me going for a minute. It says that Eastern are to launch a new service from Liverpool to Newcastle. Great news, thought I until I read the item. The quote is from the Manager of Southampton Airport who is delighted that a service is being introduced to Liverpool and an additional early morning service is being introduced to Newcastle. The BBC Liverpool reporter has not read the item properly and infers that a new Liverpool/Newcastle service is imminent. I wish these so-called professional journalists would get their facts right before committing themselves to print.
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Post by lplflyer on Jul 6, 2009 8:43:59 GMT 1
I see (from the airport website) the arrivals/departures information system seems to have messed up the Eastern Airways info by showing both the public schedule/runway slot data (under correct flight "public" flight numbers T34071 from Aberdeen) but also the ATC flight callsign (same flight also showing as EZE71M from Aberdeen).
I prepare to be disappointed, but one would hope that the airport would try its best to garner some press attention at the airport today for the start of the flights, so it is a bit of a pity that they (or the service provider) can't get this basic information right. Especially when, as per the above Aberdeen flight arrival example, the timings for the two different flight numbers do not match!
Come on guys, yes I appreciate that things can go wrong from time to time, but especially for an inaugural day...a little extra attention to get things absolutely perfect and to prove that we know what we're doing speaks volumes!
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Post by lpltcx on Jul 6, 2009 9:19:09 GMT 1
Any one know what the loads are like for today and what forward booking are like?
Really hope this is a success!
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Post by LPL on Jul 6, 2009 10:43:34 GMT 1
I see (from the airport website) the arrivals/departures information system seems to have messed up the Eastern Airways info by showing both the public schedule/runway slot data (under correct flight "public" flight numbers T34071 from Aberdeen) but also the ATC flight callsign (same flight also showing as EZE71M from Aberdeen). I prepare to be disappointed, but one would hope that the airport would try its best to garner some press attention at the airport today for the start of the flights, so it is a bit of a pity that they (or the service provider) can't get this basic information right. Especially when, as per the above Aberdeen flight arrival example, the timings for the two different flight numbers do not match! Come on guys, yes I appreciate that things can go wrong from time to time, but especially for an inaugural day...a little extra attention to get things absolutely perfect and to prove that we know what we're doing speaks volumes! The data is keyed in by the handling agents and its then collected by the airports system for the arrival/departure boards. Teletext uses that data also. The Eastern information was keyed in last night. This mistake always happens it seems on the weekends, it maybe the handling agent have different staff on at the weekends who are not as vigilant as they should be. |
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Post by wardair123 on Jul 6, 2009 19:43:47 GMT 1
the data is not keyed in by the handling agents but by LJLA all the handling agents put in are ETD ETA aircraft reg and pax and bag figs not flight numbers
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Post by LPL on Jul 7, 2009 11:15:37 GMT 1
the data is not keyed in by the handling agents but by LJLA all the handling agents put in are ETD ETA aircraft reg and pax and bag figs not flight numbers The system that was explained at a FoLA meeting has it that the handling agents keyed in info is collected by the airports IT systems and then displayed in various 'outlets' such as the airports flight information displays and Ceefax. Apart from this what use is the 'ETD ETA aircraft reg and pax and bag figs' without flight numbers? |
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Post by wardair123 on Jul 7, 2009 11:55:15 GMT 1
the flight numbers are entered in by LJLA when the airlines released the schedule these are entered into the amoss system that feeds ceefax and the fid screens the flight. each flight on Amoss has two options public display non-public display the all the flight numbers that passengers and you and i use should have public display the flight numbers that where on the fids and cheefax are the atc flight numbers and should have had non-public display against them this.
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Post by wardair123 on Jul 7, 2009 12:00:31 GMT 1
if you get chance to see the full verson on amoss with no filters you will see that alomst every flight has two flight numbers the public flight number and the flight plan number
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Post by andyh on Jul 7, 2009 15:05:15 GMT 1
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Post by lpltcx on Jul 14, 2009 10:21:19 GMT 1
Any one know how the loads have been?
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