A new no frills CHARTER airline is being setup for next summer. LOCO (Full Name – Low Cost Operating Option) is to lease 3 aircraft a week from Air Atlanta Icelandic (767’s or 747’s). It will operate flights from :
Bristol – Tenerife
London Gatwick – Tenerife
Birmingham – Tenerife
Glasgow International – Tenerife
Newcastle – Malaga and Tenerife
Manchester – Alicante, Malaga, Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) and Tenerife
Glasgow Prestwick – Arrecife (Lanzarote), Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) and Tenerife.
Flight prices will include hot and cold drinks but will not include meals. Flights can be booked through travel agents, http://www.locoflights.com or you can call 0845 124 7000. The company has been set up by CT2 Travel (Club Travel 2000). Flights will only operate on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
PAY LESS – GO LOCO!!!
regards
dan777
P.S: Does anyone think this will be successful?
By: EGNM - 17th September 2002 at 14:27
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Sorry – missed it!
By: dan330 - 16th September 2002 at 20:57
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As EGNM said, they’ll be operated by Air Atlanta. Says in the first post, flights only operated Fri, Sat and Sun so I don’t think they’ll be any re-painting.
Andrew – Yours would look pretty interesting!
By: EGNM - 16th September 2002 at 16:02
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The B747/767 fleet are to be operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic
By: A330Crazy - 16th September 2002 at 09:34
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lol 😛 thanx T5. 🙂
By: T5 - 15th September 2002 at 23:08
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Very creative A330Crazy
By: A330Crazy - 15th September 2002 at 22:33
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Any idea to what the aircraft design may look like???
I have come up with this idea off the top of my head. What d’ya think lol 😛
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By: A330Crazy - 15th September 2002 at 20:29
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Hi. I don’t think really starting off using a B747 is gonna help acheive anything… just cos the airline has got bigger planes doesn’t mean that all the seats are gonna be filled.
Its like that Post that I posted a few days back, the one about African Star Airways, after doing some intensive research about the airline, it emerged that they were to be an African low cost airline, and they opted to use the B747, and they went under straight away.
But who knows, we could all be wrong. 🙂 ?
By: T5 - 15th September 2002 at 20:17
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“Anything’s Possible!”
A 747 for low cost flights? I can’t see the problem. Flying from the UK to the destinations us British people love most and at the busiest time of the year – I reckon the majority of the flights will be sellouts and if this “Loco” company weren’t confident, they wouldnt be taking the risk.
But to call them LOw-COst is stupid. They are not particularly cheap. Gatwick to Tenerife in October for nights is £186.00!! You could go the travel agents and pick up a last minute 7 night holiday to Tenerife including flights for no more than £150.
I still believe this project will be a success though.
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By: keltic - 15th September 2002 at 20:06
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I want a low cost…with Concorde….Everything is possible in this world.
By: Saab 2000 - 15th September 2002 at 18:38
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 15-09-02 AT 06:39Â PM (GMT)]Yup Kev35,derived from the Spanish word for insane,loco means in the English dictionary,crazy.I would hope they mean it in the low cost sense, otherwise we would have another Air Do on our hands :7
By: kev35 - 15th September 2002 at 18:27
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I don’t know whether it will be a successful venture but a thought just crossed my mind….
Isn’t Loco an old American expression for someone who is crazy?
Regards,
kev35
By: dan777 - 15th September 2002 at 17:29
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When I first thought about a 747 on a low cost charter airline, I thought it wouldn’t work but they are selling there seats 18 months in advance so maybe there trying to fill them up slowly. I thought it was a mistake but that’s what it said on the website!
Anyway, I used to fly Caledonian a lot and they never seemed to have any trouble filling up a 400 seat Tristar – They were always full !!!
regards
dan777
P.S : I still find it hard to beleive because I sometimes fly to Alicante quite a lot and some airlines only manage to fly with a 70% load on a 737!
By: KabirT - 15th September 2002 at 15:50
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B747 for a low cost?? You know this might be sucesful…i mean it CAN be.
By: dan330 - 15th September 2002 at 13:51
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I have to agree, they must be very, very confident if they’re using 747’s! 767’s are quite big also lets not forget.
I’ve just checked on BHX-TFS, the flight leaves BHX at 23:15 and costs £230 (similar to what my parents paid for a MON flight BHX-ACE)! So your going to fill a 767 or a 747 with those times and those prices!
By: MINIDOH - 15th September 2002 at 11:54
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I agree with Saab, a 747 for those flights, hmmmmm.
By: Saab 2000 - 15th September 2002 at 11:18
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LOL!A 747 on a low cost charter flight,I can’t believe they could be so stupid!Fair enough some charter airlines use them if they need extra capacity,but come on,some airlines only use the A320 on these type of routes depending on load!
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