3x weekly starting winter 06!
http://www.flyglobespan.com/route_display.asp?OutDepAir=MAN&OutArrAir=CPT&Season=W06
😮 Wasn’t expecting to see this annouced today, if at all! 😮
By: Mpacha - 25th February 2006 at 12:52
Interesting choice of route bearing in mind Virgin can’t make enough profit from it to do it all year round. Any unplanned tech stops could make it a very unprofitable operation to try.
Not many operators survive on the Cape Town route but hopefully the smaller B767 is the answer :confused:
By: GSM - 25th February 2006 at 11:04
Seems like good news. Hope they add a leg to Glasgow e.g GLA-MAN-CPT-MAN-CPT.
By: Pembo330 - 23rd February 2006 at 15:08
Great news!!
By: wysiwyg - 23rd February 2006 at 13:11
Interesting choice of route bearing in mind Virgin can’t make enough profit from it to do it all year round. Any unplanned tech stops could make it a very unprofitable operation to try.
By: SHAMROCK321 - 23rd February 2006 at 09:40
Ye the DUB flight stopped in LPA and somtimes PMI. Right now our CPT service is direct using a LTU A330.
KLM operated some chaters from DUB to CPT a few years ago using a 767 so I dont thnk range is a problem
By: David Kerr - 22nd February 2006 at 22:43
It sounds like the route that AV8 was due to operate 2 years ago. That route then involved a couple of tech stops.
One of the 2 weekly services went something like MAN-DUB-LPA-CPT; I believe locoflights were tempting customers on the MAN-DUB, MAN-CPT and DUB-CPT secors. The other service I think was non-stop.
By: Grey Area - 22nd February 2006 at 20:51
Somehow, I doubt it. 😀
By: RIPConcorde - 22nd February 2006 at 20:48
Oh, it’s just that Air Scandic were intending to operate flights to South Africa from MAN. I was wondering whether FlyGlobespan had stepped into the breach, so to speak.
Some of us here were half-hoping to see Finnair MD-11s on the route. Hey, you’ve got to optimistic, haven’t you? :D:D:D
Don’t think there is any connection AFAIK just now, so maybe you’ll still get your Finnair MD11s. 😉
By: Grey Area - 22nd February 2006 at 20:45
You’re gonna have to explain some more. :confused:
Oh, it’s just that Air Scandic were intending to operate flights to South Africa from MAN. I was wondering whether FlyGlobespan had stepped into the breach, so to speak.
Some of us here were half-hoping to see Finnair MD-11s on the route. Hey, you’ve got to optimistic, haven’t you? :D:D:D
By: im going in - 22nd February 2006 at 20:43
It sounds like the route that AV8 was due to operate 2 years ago. That route then involved a couple of tech stops.
By: RIPConcorde - 22nd February 2006 at 20:42
will a 767 make it all the way to cape town without a fuel stop?
It’s getting towards the upper limit of the B763’s range, but it can still make it.
By: H4ydn - 22nd February 2006 at 20:32
will a 767 make it all the way to cape town without a fuel stop?
By: RIPConcorde - 22nd February 2006 at 20:17
Are these the “Air Scandic” flights, by any chance?
You’re gonna have to explain some more. :confused:
They’re Flyglobespan flights…
By: Grey Area - 22nd February 2006 at 19:20
Are these the “Air Scandic” flights, by any chance?
By: LBARULES - 22nd February 2006 at 18:59
Well that has totally shocked me, fantastic news!
By: green320 - 22nd February 2006 at 18:57
Fantastic news for Manchester! Didn’t see it coming at all.
By: by738 - 22nd February 2006 at 18:50
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: Flyglobespan is the place to be right now
Not if your some of the staff , or so im told
By: Bmused55 - 22nd February 2006 at 18:24
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: Flyglobespan is the place to be right now
By: bmi-star - 22nd February 2006 at 18:07
Woah!!!
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 22nd February 2006 at 17:20
Thats great news!!
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