New Airline: Manx2 to launch 3 new IOM routes

I’m currently weighing up whether its worth flying out on their first flight from LBA and flying back into MAN on Euromanx… Nearly £100 is alot for about 3 hours on the rock, but would be a great days flying…

Well whatever they plan to operate, it’s going to be more interesting to fly on than my usual 737!

Hi

Just noticed that Budapest Aircraft services to who Manx2 flights will be operated by also operate the Embrear 120 brisallia aircraft along with the Let 410 aircraft acording there website fleet page. http://www.baseairlines.hu/3.html

So glad the website is up and running, I am definitly going to book a flight with these just for the new aircraft type!

HA-LAV and HA-YFD are the two LETs that BASe have according to my relatively unreliable Russian data.

I see another Belfast trip via the IOM coming on again!

BPS is the code for Budapest Air Service, currently operating the EDI-LPL mail route for Emerald (with an AN26)

Scott

Interestingly there is no mention of aircraft type on the site, apart from the fact they are 17 seaters. The only aircraft I know that is explicitly 17 seats is the Trislander. Is the LET410 not larger than a 17 seater?

Hi Mark

I’ve Just noticed that at the bottom of the homepage on the Manx2 website it says that flights will be operated by BASe Air Kft

So it looks as though these flights are going to be this Let410 aircraft that has previously been mentioned

Quite good prices for the routes they are flying, although I really cant see how Belfast will work really.

Interestingly there is no mention of aircraft type on the site, apart from the fact they are 17 seaters. The only aircraft I know that is explicitly 17 seats is the Trislander. Is the LET410 not larger than a 17 seater?

Hi

I’ve Just being looking around and noticed that new regional airline Manx2.com new Flights from the Isle of Man to Blackpool, Belfast and Leeds/Bradford are now on sale on the Manx2.com website. Prices start from £39 oneway including Taxes.

TIMETABLE AS FOLLOWS

ISLE OF MAN-BELFAST INT’L
123456- 08.40 09.20 BPS200
12345-7 19.00 19.40 BPS202

BELFAST INT’L-ISLE OF MAN
123456- 09.35 10.15 BPS201
12345-7 19.55 20.35 BPS203

ISLE OF MAN – BLACKPOOL
12345– 07.00 07.35 BPS100
1–4567 10.30 11.05 BPS104
1234567 17.50 18.25 BPS102

BLACKPOOL – ISLE OF MAN
12345– 07.50 08.25 BPS101
1–4567 11.20 11.55 BPS105
1234567 17.00 17.35 BPS103

ISLE OF MAN – LEEDS/BRADFORD
12345– 07.05 08.00 BPS300
—–6- 12.15 13.10 BPS304
12345-7 16.40 17.35 BPS302

LEEDS/BRADFORD – ISLE OF MAN
12345– 08.15 09.10 BPS301
—–6- 13.30 14.25 BPS305
12345-7 17.50 18.45 BPS303

One wonders how serious this venture is when the date of the press release is 11 May 2005!

Yes, what a very unprofessional thing to do, eh AndrewM ?

One wonders how serious this venture is when the date of the press release is 11 May 2005!

I’m just trying to recall whether Rockhopper actualy submitted a formal application to the CAA or not, I believe they did and it got rejected. I dont have time to work my way through the CAA application documents at the moment, but I will try and find out what the actual reason they gave was this evening.

It might just be that they were warned off before actualy getting to the formal stage, but I’m sure I recall seeing details of the specific registrations they were trying to lease in and everything as I almost booked myself a little trip to get on one last summer.

I think that the CAA have a little less wriggle room now… Whilst I’m pretty certain the L410 hasn’t got a UK type certificate (the para droppers are variously on the Ukraine and Hungarian register, amongst others), the Czech Republic is now part of the EU and a participant in the JAA or whatever its now called. UK airlines wishing to lease foreign registered a/c are required to submit a request to the CAA (and usually demonstrate that a/c of similar capability are not available in the UK) but I believe that once that’s approved the CAA don’t have too much control over what EU-registered a/c can be operated on behalf of a UK AOC holder.

Andy

There is quite a difference between using them for para jumping and using them on scheduled services. I cant remember the differences between the types of licences exactly, but it takes a fair bit of paperwork to get them to full passenger carrying standards.

Once it stops raining I’ll go have a look see if the information is in our library, we do have quite a few of the CAA documents, and the JARS/BCARS.

Not sure if this is regular, but Passenger Let 410s have visited the UK before:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1035979&WxsIERv=Yrg%20Y-410HIC-R20%20Gheobyrg&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Oranve&QtODMg=Vairearff%20-%20Qnypebff%20%28VAI%20%2F%20RTCR%29&ERDLTkt=HX%20-%20Fpbgynaq&ktODMp=Znepu%202%2C%202006&BP=1&WNEb25u=Naql%20Jnyxre&xsIERvdWdsY=BL-COV&MgTUQtODMgKE=&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=420&NEb25uZWxs=2006-04-24%2017%3A34%3A52&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=871936&static=yes&width=1024&height=756&sok=JURER%20%20%28nvepensg_trarevp%20%3D%20%27Yrg%20Y-410%2F420%20Gheobyrg%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=11&prev_id=1035986&next_id=1035605&size=L

I thought they were certified by the CAA, turobolets are used for parachute jumping?

Certainly very different, I’m assuming they’ve found airframes on the cheap.

There is quite a difference between using them for para jumping and using them on scheduled services. I cant remember the differences between the types of licences exactly, but it takes a fair bit of paperwork to get them to full passenger carrying standards.

LOL The A/c type favoured by elgan mark dan and my mutal friend i believe.

BFS will be gone by end of August im sure, unless they price WAY below BNW to counteract £10-25 extra to get to City Centre from BFS.

And not forgetting EMX who are normally considerably cheaper than BNW!

I thought they were certified by the CAA, turobolets are used for parachute jumping?

Certainly very different, I’m assuming they’ve found airframes on the cheap.

Loganair have just started EDI-IOM again…

Rather than offering the IOM-BFS route, and going into competition with other airlines, could they not look to take over the IOM-EDI route that was once offered by Alpha One, now that they are dead-in-the-water, as I am sure that would be a much better option…imho.