Planet Air will become the second based low cost carrier at LBA
from easter 2003 using a single MD80 flying Thu-Sun to the following: –
ALICANTE SAT 1500 DEP from 59GBP single.
Faro Thu 1530,Sun 0700 54GBP single
Malaga Thu 0730,Fri 2000,Sat0700,Sun1500 49GBP single
Tenerife Fri0930 69GBP single
Also next years Verona flights will be operated by a
British Aerospace commercial operations(eg BAE Warton)
BAE146!!!!
Apparently British Aerospace will offer their company 146 for
IT work on weekends next year-it should arrive at LBA on a
Friday evening and operate the Verona on Saturday.
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News from an Airport worker – could soften the impact of the loss of the BA routes!
By: EGNM - 21st December 2002 at 14:26
RE: More LBA news!!!
dont worry – i wunt mind it going up to 2x daily with an ATP instead!!
By: mongu - 21st December 2002 at 14:13
RE: More LBA news!!!
No, I just copied that outa the paper without thinking about it. Sorry to be inaccurate.
By: EGNM - 21st December 2002 at 13:58
RE: More LBA news!!!
The IOM-LBA flights have always been 1x daily with a based J41 – it’s never been 4x daily :s
Have u got a mixed up route??
By: mongu - 20th December 2002 at 19:01
RE: More LBA news!!!
On a related note, the IOM-LBA flights are being reduced from 4x daily to 2x daily. However they are upgrading from a J41 to an ATP, giving slightly more seats availably on the route every day.
By: EGNM - 20th December 2002 at 12:17
RE: More LBA news!!!
yea theres a lot kicking about and rumours of an MD-83 operator from LBA for a while now – one was YORKSHIRE AIRWAYS with 2 or 3 leased from Finland – could be the same company but with a differant set of frames and a a bit more wideranging name.
By: wysiwyg - 20th December 2002 at 12:07
RE: More LBA news!!!
I wouldn’t worry about them using the same aircraft as it is the company’s attitude to maintenance rather than the aitcraft themselves that caused the problems at Transjet. Transjet allowed defects to remain deferred to an unacceptable degree where they compounded with other defects. If they had cured the problems at source they may have succeeded. Planet Air will be well aware of this and wouldn’t entertain using the same aircraft if they were problematic airframes as there must be loads of MD’s available on cheap leases at the moment. I’m more interested in why they chose the type in the first place.
By: EGNM - 19th December 2002 at 23:52
RE: More LBA news!!!
in a word – bolox! – transjet a/c had a really bad reputation for tech MD-83s and look what happened to them – please let this work 🙂
By: wysiwyg - 19th December 2002 at 20:58
RE: More LBA news!!!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 19-12-02 AT 08:59Â PM (GMT)]Planet Air is an offshoot of Flightline (the one four sick operator) and is planned to be a charter rather than a low cost. They have supposedly signed for 3 MD80’s (ex-Transjet aircraft).
By: Saab 2000 - 19th December 2002 at 18:06
RE: More LBA news!!!
Well it is nice to hear about new routes and airlines after the BA blow.I know the news about BE softened the impact on me.
I think the destination Planet Air are offering are pretty standard and normal loco destinations…
My previous and customary words “not another one” come into use again I see :7
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