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Post by tonyspeke on Jun 12, 2011 22:20:48 GMT 1
ADVANCE INFO
The annual pilgrimage to Lourdes is due to be flown this year by an Alba Star Boeing 737-400.
The aircraft is due to ferry in from Palma at 0730. It will return later in the day for a second flight.
Currently, their only passenger aircraft is EC-LAV, that started life as TF-FIA.
The returns are due on the 29th July.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2011 23:53:13 GMT 1
 Tony, Thanks for that info- also another heads up, which may produce an interesting visitor. Everton have a friendly against Villareal at Goodison on Friday 5th August 2011. So the Spaniards may come in on a charter of some kind. Happy days Bob 
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Post by danairamb on Jun 13, 2011 3:01:02 GMT 1
Interesting. When I used to live in LPL, charters to Lourdes were a common event throughout the whole summer, there was at least one per week as far as I recall. They were usually run by Cathedral Travel (which was owned by the same people as Starways) but the charters continued long after Starway's demise. Are they just a once a year event now?
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Post by Beemer on Jun 13, 2011 6:14:53 GMT 1
It visited LJLA 13-08-2004 as EC-LAV for Hola Airlines. Regards Beemer.
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Post by davel on Jun 13, 2011 8:33:49 GMT 1
Quote:- Are they just a once a year event now?
The Archdiocese of Liverpool hold their annual pilgrimage once a year and normally they use LPL for this with the majority of the sick going by air. (There are a lot who go overland) Other diocese i.e Newcastle and Shrewsbury have used LPL but they are few these days probably due to the cost. We did lose out a few years ago when they used MAN for their pilgrimage but they soon came back to us as they received a much better service and more help at LPL. FoLA provide a lot of Wheel-chair pushers and help throughout the terminal to make it a much more pleasant journey, supplementing the help the permanent staff provide.
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Post by viscount on Jun 13, 2011 9:41:58 GMT 1
In addition to the Archdiocese arranged pilgrimage, there were commercial tours too. If memory serves correctly Tangey (Tagnay?) Tours were one such company with a couple of charters a year from both Manchester and Liverpool at least.
In my youth it seemed that every Roman Catholic 'over a certain age' pilgrimaged to Lourdes, now it is no longer on the agenda as a religious "must do", even for those with a belief. Even the number of coach tours for Lourdes seems much reduced.
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Post by bluefox on Jun 13, 2011 10:20:14 GMT 1
I have a friend who is involved in the Lourdes pilgrimage and he has been full of praise for FOLA and the help they provide. But I think some flights go from Manchester because the airbridges are quicker for the wheelchairs.
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Post by liverpoolman1 on Jun 13, 2011 17:50:01 GMT 1
Most of the dioceses use Mancunia Travel as the organising agent and they use Manchester airport.
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