Regional airlines

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They are going very well in my opinion. i look forward to see the work done because i think opo airport will be very good. and it is a very important one in the nortwest of the peninsula Ibérica…

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I flew GCI-MAN on British regional BAe ATP around 5 years ago.We got a salmon roll and a yoyo (a mint chocolate bar)if i remember right and drinks.Nice flight but 2 hours flying up to Manchester is a pretty long flight.Air UK,what a good airline that was,GCI-SOU around a 45 minute flight on a fokker 50.I was asked if i would like to go up to the cockpit.A light snack and drinks were served as well.When KLM UK took over the service went downhill,now we have British European on the route and that is very profitable.

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Hello all, i used to fly with British 4 times a week and they have the BEST food, ok, its only rolls but they are the nicest rolls in the business and dont forget the Wispa bar!!!!! If you are a UM you get all the spare Wispas and Drinks you like, hehehe

Andrew M

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Hi, have you been there for a long time?. If you don´t welcome from Santiago SCQ. Just a question. How are the works of the new OPO going on?.
Best wishes;

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Only in the Summer, of course. But the in-flight service is very good. the only disadvantage is that in my opinion is that the number of flights is very high, and the fleet is not so big…They have a flight from MANCHESTER to Oporto and lisbon

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PGA serve ice cream on flights!LGW-GCI is a 50 minute journey and all we get is some horrible nuts and a drink,now that does put cityflyer and BRAL to shame 🙂

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Hi, My local airport is OPO, and i was surprised because here no one had mentioned yet Portugalia airlines (PGA). In my opinion (and PGA was the only regional airliner i’ve ever flown)this is one of the best… They have a fleet of 6 Fokker 100 and 8 ERJ145 with an avarage age of 6.7 years. (I think they create a subsidiary called PGA Express which operates the route LIS-Malaga and LIS-La Corunha whith 2 Beechcraft 1900D)They have clean aircrafs, the crew is very efficient and nice,the service and the food is very good (For exemple in the busiest route: OPO-LIS (flight time:+/-45min) whith about 11 flights a day, while the national flag carrier TAP only serve a lousy snack, PGA offers a decent one. They use VISTA ALEGRE ceramics instead those plastic dishes,In the summer they serve Haagen Daz ice creams. The only problem i find is that the increased number of flights per day (about 100) and due to the small fleet they have, nowadays PGA flights are usually delayed. But fortunatly this doesn’t unable them to be considered the best south regional airliner. Joao Fontes

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Its just that BA have given up a lot of routes from smaller regional airports such as Guernsey,Jersey,Inverness and Plymouth Newquay to Heathrow.There was stupid talk about JER and GCI loosing there Gatwick routes.BA have also got rid of many long hall routes from LGW which is a pain for us because we have to go on a bus all the way to heathrow.Many people are now going to Schiphol,CDG and Zurich.BA now are interested in doing a jersey-schiphol route,although Aurigny do,do a schiphol route from GCI any person from jersey has to go via guernsey.

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yes I think Liverpool is getting there but it’s been difficult when you have an airport Like Manchester not too far away! Anyway Easyjet are now carrying more people to Amsterdam from Liverpool than BA out of MAN, also they carry the most people to Belfast from the Northwest. I know what you mean about BA giving up routes, many regional links to the capital have suffered over the years. Norwich has not had a London route for years since Eastern Airways used Dc3s in Heathrow ( I think ? ). Not the same as the Eastern Airways flying East Coast routes today.

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The largest GCI can fit in is an A320 of BA which used to come in from Heathrow but that was stopped 4 years ago (Thats BA for you)Although last year i saw a 727 up at the maintance hanger.Jersey has a summer BD FK 100 service to liverpool on a sunday (it might be an erj 145,i’m not sure)it also has a saturday service to liverpool with bry with a dash 8 i think.Last year bac express did a short360 service to liverpool.
Liverpool airport looks quite a good in terms of aircraft and airlines there,i watched it on itv’s airline.Great new name for liverpool airport,liverpool John lennon.

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I did fly with Jet airways once from Calcutta to Guwahti (in Assam) I don’t remember too much about the food, I think it was fine and a big improvement on Indian Airlines who I returned with ! They were efficient and I would travel with them again.

rgds
Carl

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Liverpool has grown very rapidly recently particularly with Easyjet making it, its second base (several 737s are based there now plus hangarage). In addition charter traffic started to grow when Direct Holidays put faith in the airport about 6 years ago. Next year I think all the main holiday companies will be represented, this will coincide with the new terminal opening. However we could do with a smaller operator to link us with cities which would not support a 737 ,Guernsey is one ! So are places like Aberdeen and London. London is desperate as the train appaling. Its good that Easyjet Ryanair and others have put faith in Liverpool Airport, as most Manchester based airlines have shown very little support. I flew to Guernsey once from Liverpool several years ago with Air Corbiere. The service to both Jersey and Guernsey was daily using a variety of aircraft including a Metroliner, which I flew on via Coventry, it was great. It was a shame the operation stopped as it appeared popular. BA have recently stopped their Belfast City service from here, basicly as they are loosing passengers to Easyjet’s Belfast International service, however BA have done nothing to compete effectively. I dont welcome the move as it reduces choice.

I dont know too much about Guernsey Airport, isn’t the runway length restricted ??

Regards

Carl

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I wish my airport Guernsey was more like Liverpool,A few charters and airlines such as Easyjet or ryanair instead of BA or JY.

Regards Saab 2000

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Hi

My local airport is Liverpool, and i use it quite often. We are poorly served by regional airlines which is a shame. The main operator is Easyjet who ive used quite a bit. There food is fine, sandwiches which you have to buy but they are good. Did fly quite recently on BA from LHR to MAN was given a filled roll which tasted completely of garlic ! discusting ! and so was the price of the ticket!

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Thanks again for repling.I think now that BEA are the best british regional airline.On every flight you get snacks and very comfortable (leather seats)i always love the smell when you board a BEA flight!!!!Thanks again regards saab 2000

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Spanish regional airlines with two EMB145 called ERA: European Regional Airlines. Now out of business.

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I work as a steward with crossair and I do have to say that there idea of a service during the flight leaves a lot to be desired. They have a meal plan which consists of 26 different services. Depending on the route and time of day these meal plans are put into effect. But they do not take into account how long the flight is. So if you have a flight of say 30 mins, you would get the same level of service and differnt courses for a flight of 2 hours.
This leaves the cabin crew to run up and down throwing food and drink at the passenger and then back again taking it pff the pax because they are about to land.
Is this the correct way to treat passengers who pay soooooooooooo much for a ticket.
The swiss are crazy crazy crazy

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Hey! Who did you work for Keltic?

Paul.

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Regional airlines have to strive in giving an excelent inflight service to compensate people hate against little or propeler planes. As a former employee of a regional airline flying EMB145 I have to say that it was like flying first because in order to get good yield passengers paid high fares and we had to treat them as Business travellers. It included in all flights linen table cloth, metalic cutlery, hot meals served individually in
China, champagne and all kind of drinks and in shorter flights we gave a selection of canapes, sweets, chocolates and other things. In Air Nostrum which is Iberia Regional, the service is a bit lower but in any case remarkable. Flying SCQ-BIO (1.15 in A DASH-8 they serve a douggnut and croissant, fresh orange juice and coffee or tea all served in china. In the rest of the day I could be Filled salad croissants, baguettes, hot pies or selection of sweets or ice creams. Lufthansa City LIne gives trays but bread and sweets are served individually. American Eagle in ATR is dreadful (peanuts).

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Ah, Crossair, I’ve travelled a lot with them.
Their Catering isn’t as good as it used to be (filled rolls on most flights under 2 hours now, and no coffee, except Breakfast time flights), but it is a very enjoyable experience travelling with them. Nonetheless, their seats seem to be getting smaller (the pitch is impossible), but they’re all leather.
Champagne is practically compulsary on board.
As to fleet, they have 4 MD83’s, a dozen Avro RJ85/100s, 10 Saab SF340Bs, two dozen Saab 2000s, and 10 Embraer RJ145s, with more to come.
The 340s are being phased out, with the 2000s replacing them on their routes, and the new Embraers taking over the 2000s routes. The new Embraer 170 and 190 will replace the Avros from 2004 (I think that’s the date), and the MDs will be replaced by A320’s in late 2002. The average age of the fleet is currently only about three years, though it’ll be unbelievable once the fleet renewal has been completed in a couple of years time.
They’re definately worth a trip, some time.