I flew with Monarch last March from LGW to ACE on an Airbus A300 – 600R. The seat config is 3 – 3 – 3.

Have a nice flight! 😀

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dan777

Talking of low costs – the proposed Dutch loco JetsSky has announced it will not start flights due to problems with KLM, competition from other locos and negative publicity and this would make their start impossible.

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dan777

Yeah I heard Ryanair’s next base was to be EMA. Wouldnt surprise me seeing as EMA is one of the bigger U.K airports which it doesnt serve. Seems a good idea as WW doesnt serve Germany and has few services to Italy.

Cant believe they might move from Schoenefeld to Neubrandenburg!!! SXF is probably one of the best airport locations they have in their European network – maybe its becoming too expensive or slot congested for Ryanair?

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dan777

I think the only others ones which havent been mentioned are Air Polonia which operates low cost and charter routes. Travel Service of the Czech Republic is expected to announce their low cost subsidary – maybe tomorrow even. Plus Air Malta operate a low cost service from STN to MLA 3 times a week. The flights are in Air Malta colours with Air Malta crews etc but the service comes under Fares4U.

There’s also Nordic Airlink plus Air Luxor Light. What about Austrias Niki? Isnt that suppossed to become a low cost airline soon. The only European countries which dont have a proper low cost airline are Greece, Spain and France (even though easyJet has a base at ORY and Ryanair a base at GRO).

I know there are lots of locos but I think its o.k for each European country to have at least 1 loco so everyone can share the benefit of low cost flying. I think the only countries which are entering saturation are the U.K and Germany.

But also look at all the regional airports which have benefitted from the locos. In The U.K the only “main” airports which dont have a loco airline service are Humberside and Norwich . Airports which do have a U.K low cost airline service are:

Exeter – FlyBE
Southampton – FlyBE
Bristol – easyJet, FlyBE, Ryanair
Cardiff – bmibaby, Ryanair
London Gatwick – easyJet, Ryanair
London Luton – easyJet, Ryanair
London Stansted – easyJet, Ryanair
Birmingham – MyTravel Lite, Ryanair
Nottingham East Midlands – bmibaby, easyJet
Liverpool John Lennon – easyJet, Ryanair
Manchester – bmibaby, Ryanair
Leeds Bradford – Jet2, Ryanair
Durham Tees Valley – bmibaby, Ryanair
Newcastle – easyJet, Ryanair
Glasgow Prestwick – Ryanair
Glasgow International – flyglobespan, Air Scotland
Edinburgh – flyglobespan, Air Scotland, Ryanair
Bournemouth – Ryanair
Newquay – Ryanair
Blackpool – Ryanair
Aberdeen – Ryanair, easyJet
Inverness – easyJet
Coventry – Thomsonfly

Who thinks which ones will survive in the long term? Im not sure about the other European airlines but in the U.K I dont think MyTravel Lite or Air Scotland are gonna last for much longer.

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dan777

VBird confirmed this new route on their website today. Fares to Niederrhein start at £27 single. V-Bird are also selling tickets to Munich and Copenhagen from Manchester for £34 single but this oubviously involves a change of plane in Niederrhein. £34 doesnt sound bad for 2 flights though! 😀

JustPlanes.com also said today that VBird are to take over the once weekly Las Palmas – Niederrhein service from DucthBird.

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