The VERY strong beers have certainly commended it to me!!!!Actually went there in 1996 …..one LH 320 and several light a/c.Suspect busier now.

Runway06
Effectively,yes

Barry

Cloud 9
Nothing you say is wrong but to be fair to me I was trying to illustrate the fact that the opportunity to fly with “british” low costs for silly fares doesn’t exist with Westjet or,for that matter,probably anywhere else in the world.Nitpicking about the choice of routes,or putting in extras which others,even in this post have said don’t cost much(!!!),is rather manipulating the argument around.I could equally argue one doesn’t have the opportunity to take the “unwanted” extras out of the Westjet fare!!!!!

Barry

Shamrock321
I included the Irish one in my inverted commas around the word “British”.
I am proud that a group of airlines from these islands has put the skids under the complacent legacy carriers.I even rather admire their ruthlessness.
I am also proud that our charter airlines generally have proven far more long lived than those in the EEC,partly because the British Tour Operators screw better deals out of hotels etc abroad!!
I’m an aviation and travel fanatic……I want to be able to do what I do as economically as possible.
It seemed to be admired universally when Freddie Laker,Richard Branson and Harry Goodman (Air Europe RIP) tried it but because a couple came along who really knew how to stuff it to the opposition,they’ve become reviled.
IMHO it’s like show business…..be a big success and people want to bring you down.”British” disease!!
Sad on a site for aviation enthusiasts,though,who one would have thought would welcome the rich variety to spot or photograph,or either or both.

Barry

I too would be much happier with Westjet.The problem is,in the cut-throat European market no-one would pay the level of fares that WJ can command as the only real loco in a sparsely populated country.

Stumbled on these by accident but these really are stunning and well worth the effort.

Barry

I think Skymonster’s response is interesting.
Presumably EZY pulling out of EMA and reducing capacity at Luton when they couldn’t intimidate the airport over charges,currently trying to stop Belfast City’s runway extension (as they use Aldergrove?) and the fact that no less than eleven management have left in a year citing dissatisfaction is totally different?

…….or Thomson pulling all but holiday destinations and deserting Coventry?

…….or BMI Baby pulling Durham Tees Valley and MAN flights?

…….or Flybe virtually deserting BRS?

…….or VLM ditto LPL?

…….or Eastern and IOM?

…….or Jet 2 partly with BLk?

…….or BA with nearly everwhere in Britain!?

Time to get real methinks

Toulouse….a bit similar to BHX in size……..airbridges and busy due to quite a lot of internal French flights.Marvellous viewing at both ends of Rwy and Airbus plant is across the airfield.Air Austral 777 passes thro’ a couple of times a week.

Orio Al Serio (name of the local area which they insist on using) is actually Bergamo airport.Very like EMA in every respect………..no airbridges and similar flight numbers.Major FR base means half a dozen on ramp at times.Highlights are Carpatair Saab 2000 from Timisoara,Blue Air 733s from Bucharest,Belle Air (various a/c) from Tirana and new local outfit TrawelAir using OM-HLC (ex Seagle Air).Really good from about 11.00 to 15.30.
No 1 bus to Bergamo costs 1.50 euros,regular 9.00 euro buses into Milan…tickets from booths in arrivals hall.
Views good from multi-storey car parks but don’t make yourself too conspicuous!
Also DHL mini-hub so some cargo (SwiftAir 733,ACT A300) and is home to Miniliner with F27 and F50 freighters….hangar across airfield.
Dire area after passport control if you’re on a budget flight but great facilities landside for a small airport.

Enjoy

Barry