Teesside will get Low Cost Operations

cheers – i couldn’t find it in the 3 pages of posts that i was looking throught – as said earlier market saturation is something they’ll have to be careful of – on the positive side i presume LBA will be first choice diversion with bmi mainline already having a base here! – another consideration for the arpon extension i’m crying out for!!! 😉

Back to the top – just for you Preston! 🙂

Well done Teeside…….Youv’e got the only LoCo airline that I’ve got any time for, Good luck to them!

Yup Northern England. Scotland is best with just Easyjet and Ryanair. Much more respectable if you ask me…

Originally posted by Saab 2000
Another sad day for UK aviation. Thats every airport in the north with a low cost operation now.

The north of Ing-ur-lund you mean, surely… :p

Low cost operations at ABZ, EDI and GLA are pretty sparse…

How do Bmi fare at the moment on the LHR-MME run I know it is only 3 per days these days as opposed to 5

I question Teeside as an airport for bmibaby. Ok, brilliant for Teeside but frankly one would question the point. Seems to be scrapping the barrel of low cost hubs if you ask me and shows little initiative and a huge lack of options. Saturation point is well and truly upon us and consolidation will soon be coming. Like hell you are going to fill a 737 up to Prague up from Teeside considering that Newcastle has this route already. It’s just madness and a complete killing of a good idea already in use at Easyjet.
Bmibaby have lost options. Why they need a forth base in as many months is beyond me. Cardiff, East Midlands, Manchester and Teeside, now let us consider and Ryanair how long it took them to establish a new base, or even Easyjet. Bmi are not concentrating on one area, they are concentrating on four all in close proximity to other long established low cost bases. Is there really a need in the market?

Gosh, at least Flybe. saw a good market opportunity at Southampton.

You’re not alone in these thoughts mate – I just hope baby survive until October to at least get operations started here.

Hate to be a pessimist, but……

I reckon that bmibaby are expanding too fast and will make costly mistakes, if they haven’t already made them. I hear that their Cardiff loads (well “loads” wouldn’t be the right word to use – if you catch my drift!) are minging. Anyone care to comment?

I reckon that in the next 6 months, one of the new kids on the block will give up the ghost. Am I alone with these thoughts? I know there is going to be increased demand for air travel in the coming years and more capacity will be necessary but if these boys don’t do it slowly, will they last?

I’m not trying to stir up a hornet’s nest here – just voicing an opinion.

Good luck to bmibaby at MME.

Düsseldwarf….

Well done bmibaby on your 4th base in not even a year…whooh yeah. The operation has success written all over it :rolleyes:

Another sad day for UK aviation. Thats every airport in the north with a low cost operation now.

Thats great news for Tees-side just what the doctor ordered !

Confirmation in the local paper this evening that Ryanair are considering expanding at Teesside with a-net rumours suggesting Germany as one destination.

You can tell I’m excited today can’t you? 🙂

lol…Rhino.

I recall you mentioning it and you were proved right!:)

I had certainly never seen anything official on this until this morning though. There is something on a-net today about Ryanair expanding at Teesside – don’t know if that is just a rumour though.

i said i while back in your last post about teesside that bmi baby were launching from teesside but no one would believe me….

Good to see that Bmi Baby is doing so well. 🙂

Confirmation now available on bmi baby’s website.

Teesside will be their fourth base, with two aircraft initially based there creating 50 new jobs. Operations will start in October 2003 and definitive details of routes will be released at a later date.

At last confirmation::D 😀

Full Report can be seen here:

http://www.bmibaby.com/bmibaby/en-gb/sectiondetails.aspx?p=4&Rid=159

An additional report can be seen here:

http://www.teessideairport.com/news_bmibaby.html

😀

umm ok…YAAAAYY!

I posted this thread nearly 3 hours ago and no-one has replied!

Is no-one happy for me? 🙂

This is major news you know……lol:D