Well, we were talking a little while ago about a European Summer meet. I was talking to Stuart (RIPConcorde) and we have finally booked ours!
We decided on Majorca! PMI is a very busy airport, packed full of charters.
LHR-BCN 1430 7th August BA A320
BCN-PMI 1920 7th August IB MD88
PMI-BCN 1125 9th August IB MD88
BCN-LHR 1325 9th August BA 757
Paid a total of £127 for the flights, which isn’t bad at all. We’ve found a hotel for £14.50 each per night.
Arrive on the Monday at 2005, go to hotel, then straight out to town to get drunk. Spend the Tuesday hungover/spotting around the airport, then the Tuesday night getting wasted on the town. Fly home around lunchtime on the Wednesday.
And so we’re now inviting anyone else that feels they might want to attend. However, to be invited, you must have to be able to say ‘yes’ to the following statements:
1) I would like a few days of flying/spotting
2) I would like to be somewhere warm for a bit of spotting and/or photography
and most importantly 3) I would like to enjoy myself and get completely p*ssed at every opportunity
If you can say yes to all of those, you’re invited!
If you’re looking for options, I recommend Easyhotels. And for the flights, full fare (ie. IB/BA) appears to be cheaper than most lo-co’s at the moment.
By: DME - 23rd March 2006 at 13:50
Can’t find the option on their site?
I can now, £198 return
By: DME - 23rd March 2006 at 13:43
Well the return trip in that lot is on FlyGlobespan, so I don’t think they did stop flying there!
Can’t find the option on their site?
By: RIPConcorde - 22nd March 2006 at 23:23
Great stuff! Matt and FP, what are you doing about accommodation? We’re in the “Teide” booked through EZY hotels.
Yep, and to make it easier to find if you’re interested, do a search on EZY for hotels in Majorca, then order it by price and it’s about the 3rd or 4th one down. We’re on a tight budget. 😉
By: wannabe pilot - 22nd March 2006 at 21:57
Great stuff! Matt and FP, what are you doing about accommodation? We’re in the “Teide” booked through EZY hotels.
By: LBARULES - 22nd March 2006 at 21:54
Well the return trip in that lot is on FlyGlobespan, so I don’t think they did stop flying there!
By: DME - 22nd March 2006 at 15:55
After giving up on expedia etc…I tried some alternatives.
GLA-BCN = £65.79 (GSM 733)
BCN-PMI = £43.42 (IB MD88)
PMI-GLA = £99.70 (GSM 738)Total = £208.91
But I can’t book just yet. Few things to think about first 🙂
Gaz
Did GSM stop flying to Majorca?
I could be interested too
By: RIPConcorde - 22nd March 2006 at 15:24
Booked!
EDI->PMI DEP: 1400 ARR: 1755 GSM443
PMI->EDI DEP: 1855 ARR: 2100 GSM444£199.58 – Two flights, less time, less hassle!
Boring. 😉
Good to see you booked though! Excellent!
By: LBARULES - 22nd March 2006 at 14:21
Great to see this meet coming along so well!
I don’t get paid for a couple of weeks, will be looking to book then :).
By: wannabe pilot - 22nd March 2006 at 09:36
I’m going to book-up with flyglobespan, more expensive but just one-flight to worry about 😛
@Dan – I trust you will be keeping up for those 15 rounds then? 😀
Keep us updated Matt!
Course I’ll be keeping up…although I will probably be dancing like a prat by then 😀
By: wannabe pilot - 21st March 2006 at 07:30
Cheers gb. None of us are actually old enough to hire a car. Are there any nearby resorts where we could get a taxi, and then walk from? And is this the only spot you recommend? Looking on airliners.net it seems that there are quite a big selection of vantage points where people have got shots from.
By: ~gb~ - 20th March 2006 at 23:19
Hi Guys,
You will need to hire a car at PMI to get the other side of the active.
When leaving the airport follow the signs towards Palma town and take the first exit off the main road once passed the end of the runway. Take the first junction off the exit roundabout and then the first right after about 30 yards into what seems like an industrial area. You will immediately hit a mini roundabout; take the second to last exit and follow the road around to the right until you reach the runway.
This is the entrance into the military part of the airport, although the security are happy as long as you do not drive past the no entry signs. You can however walk past the signs and access the bank on the left which would elevate you high enough for photography.
WARNING. This area is used by many local drug adicts to get there shot and as such the floor is littered with used syringes. Some very bizzarre locals can patrol this area, thus i would recommend a car. I would not want to be trapped on foot by some of them.
It is a fantastic airport where you will make a third of the Air-Berlin fleet every day.
Enjoy.
Lee
By: RIPConcorde - 20th March 2006 at 23:09
Good to see you’re booked, Tom!
Hopefully you can make it too, Matt and Tom. 🙂
By: RIPConcorde - 20th March 2006 at 22:50
Has gone up slightly since I looked, now £119, still very good, and I am definitly considering!
That’s great! To put it into perspective, Flyglobespan from EDI were more than £200, pushing £300 if I remember rightly! Just for a return flight to PMI, I’ve now got 6 flights for significantly less! 😀
By: wannabe pilot - 20th March 2006 at 22:35
Has gone up slightly since I looked, now £119, still very good, and I am definitly considering!
3 days of flying…spotting….photographing….and most importantly getting slaughtered in the night clubs of Majorca! Tempted yet? :p
By: LBARULES - 20th March 2006 at 22:32
Has gone up slightly since I looked, now £119, still very good, and I am definitly considering!
By: wannabe pilot - 20th March 2006 at 22:25
Good to see us recruiting now with Tom booked!
I’m also interested, though flights seem very expensive for some reason.
The only semi decent fare ive found is Thomsonfly from MAN for £106 which is a very good price.
That’s a bloody good fare Tom!
By: Future Pilot - 20th March 2006 at 22:18
Consider me booked and on the way :D.
By: LBARULES - 20th March 2006 at 22:12
I’m also interested, though flights seem very expensive for some reason.
The only semi decent fare ive found is Thomsonfly from MAN for £106 which is a very good price.
By: wannabe pilot - 20th March 2006 at 21:08
I’ll be up for this, I’ll have a look at prices then get back to you 🙂
I’ll like the drinking terms, I trust you will be purchasing the first round? 😀
And you the following 15 or so rounds?! 😀
By: wannabe pilot - 20th March 2006 at 16:58
Ok, so far:
Me : Booked
RIPConcorde : Booked
Future Pilot : Very Interested
GAZGLA : Interested – thinking
PMN : Interested
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