OK – I’m Scottish and all for Scotland getting new and exciting routes, but I do have some doubts about the feasibility of a scheduled GLA/DXB route.

The connections at GLA are limited in comparison to MAN/BHX/LON and I think that there won’t be enough direct traffic interest to sustain the route more than, say, twice a week. Then again, if you limit a service to twice a week and people want to travel on the days that you don’t operate, then you force them to connect to one of your (or someone else’s) services from other airports. It could work either way and I’m not sure which way it will go. I hope it works, however. Perhaps a stopover in another European city would help sustain GLA services? Of course, connections at DXB could prove popular?

Does anyone know which frequency is being considered?

Moondance – thank you for confirming – I thought I was going daft!!

Dartie – click on the link below – it shows London Gatwick’s IATA code and ICAO code.

http://www.ar-group.com/Airport-Locator.asp?RequestCity=&RequestLocation=lgw&1056302741920

Regards,
Dean.

I’m going in

Yeah – well I think that they are a good company to work for anyway and I think most others would agree. Monarch has a very low staff turnover. A number of people have been there for a lot of years. In the staff magazine, we frequently read about staff receiving their 12 years service or 25 years service presentations – that’s got to say something for itself.

Sorry to all who may have noticed that this thread has gone off-topic!

I’m going in

I’ll wait until any new routes are announced by Monarch before I add to the list. 🙂

Good luck to bmibaby on their new routes to BCN and PRG (did I hear CDG as well?). Good luck also with the Tees-side operation.

You never did answer the question about your position at bmibaby?

In the airline industry – as far as selling tickets, calculating fares and revenue accounting are concerned – only the 3 letter codes are used. All the IATA manuals for calculating through fares use 3 letter codes only too.

It might well be minging but we’re all talking about it – clever marketing!