Flyforbeans to launch Cardiff Airport flights
A new budget airline called Flyforbeans is to operate flights across Europe from Cardiff Airport. The first passengers are expected to travel with the airline before the end of this year, on routes to several destinations including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Eastern Europe not currently offered by the airport.
Managing director of flyforbeans, Tim Lee, said: ‘Flyforbeans will be a European airline headquartered in Wales. We will be a truly low-cost airline and be dedicated to great value and excellent, friendly service.’
‘The flyforbeans senior management team have more than a century of experience combined in the international aviation industry. Together we plan to build a low-cost carrier that is profitable but that never forgets its customers.’
Aviation consultancy SkyMerlin has launched the airline, which will operate win an initial fleet of three Boeing 737-300 series aircraft seating up to 148 passengers each. Up to 100 new jobs – 75 crew and 25 office staff – will initially be created by the venture, with more expected as the airline grows.
The south Wales-based project is being funded by private investors and the airline said it was confident its application to operate would be accepted by the Civil Aviation Authority. Specific details about routes will not be made known until the first flights go on sale, expected to be in Autumn.
By: Richard Taylor - 1st April 2007 at 10:36
flyforbeans?
Soundslike a loada sh!t :diablo:
By: steve rowell - 1st April 2007 at 06:52
Will the female cabin crew be called bean bags??
By: caz66 - 31st March 2007 at 22:53
I still refuse to belive it
By: PMN - 31st March 2007 at 02:32
If Mr Bean flies with them will he take his Teddy?
I’d be more worried about the fact that, as the name is FlyForBeans, beans being plural, there may be more than one of them.
Reason to be worried? Quite possibly! 😀
Paul
By: alangirvan01 - 31st March 2007 at 01:41
If Mr Bean flies with them will he take his Teddy?
By: Rickt - 30th March 2007 at 11:10
The website looks like it has been thrown together in the best part of 10 minutes..
Three Boeing 737-300s will operate, each able to carry 148 passengers.
The airline hopes to run up to 12 return flights from Cardiff a day.
Thats 4 flights a day per plane… not too bad unless you get a tech issue with one of them..
RicKT
By: andrewm - 30th March 2007 at 10:46
A quote from Tim Lee, managing director of the company taken from the BBC link above:
“We know there is a lot of leakage from south Wales to other airports like Bristol”.
AHEM… Anyway…
I hate to sound cynical, and I really do hope this is a serious new airline and they succeed, but I can’t help but wonder just how serious they are when I look at their website (flyforbeans.com) and see the way it’s written. It doesn’t project the image, to me at least, of a company that’s even remotely serious! Maybe I pay a little too much attention to words, it just seems that way.
I do hope they are serious though, although I must say, the name is horrendous! “So who are you flying with on your holidays?” “Oh, we’re flying with Flyforbeans.com.” :rolleyes:
Paul
Agreed. Surely the phrase they are looking for is “for peanuts”??
By: PMN - 30th March 2007 at 10:12
A quote from Tim Lee, managing director of the company taken from the BBC link above:
“We know there is a lot of leakage from south Wales to other airports like Bristol”.
AHEM… Anyway…
I hate to sound cynical, and I really do hope this is a serious new airline and they succeed, but I can’t help but wonder just how serious they are when I look at their website (flyforbeans.com) and see the way it’s written. It doesn’t project the image, to me at least, of a company that’s even remotely serious! Maybe I pay a little too much attention to words, it just seems that way.
I do hope they are serious though, although I must say, the name is horrendous! “So who are you flying with on your holidays?” “Oh, we’re flying with Flyforbeans.com.” :rolleyes:
Paul
By: tone1947 - 30th March 2007 at 09:39
who’s the pilot Benny Hill
Surely it has to be the Chuckle Brothers, they have the experience
🙂
By: andrewm - 30th March 2007 at 08:59
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6500085.stm
Would seem they think its real enough!
By: caz66 - 30th March 2007 at 08:47
The name leaves a lot to be desired….who’s the pilot Benny Hill
with his co-pilot Harry Hill 😉
By: steve rowell - 30th March 2007 at 08:15
The name leaves a lot to be desired….who’s the pilot Benny Hill
By: Skymonster - 30th March 2007 at 07:43
…or, if it has to be beans, I guess “Beanz Meanz Heinz” now becomes “Beanz Meanz Airlinez” 😀
Andy
By: Skymonster - 30th March 2007 at 07:42
I’d have thought that, if the airline is based in Wales, they’d have called it “FlyForLeeks” :rolleyes:
Andy
By: Richard Taylor - 30th March 2007 at 07:18
Let’s hope the venture doesn’t backfire…:rolleyes:
By: Britannia - 29th March 2007 at 21:13
Could this be revealed as an April fool on the 1st? http://flyforbeans.com :confused:
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