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  • April 9, 2003 at 12:45 pm in reply to: General Discussion #428370
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    Happy Birthday and many happy returns 😀

    April 9, 2003 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Happy Birthday IKBrunel #1993286
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    Happy Birthday and many happy returns 😀

    April 9, 2003 at 10:36 am in reply to: Gulf Air Alliance? #757584
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    Yes, Emirates have turned more towards bilateral agreements rather than joining an alliance. Being the regions fastest growing airline with a major long-haul hub in Dubai, it is bound to be Star’s first choice. However, it has made clear that it does not want to join an alliance. Gulf Air on the other hand, has indicated that part of their turnaround strategy involves joining a global alliance within the next 6-12 months so I would think Star would be the likelihood for them.

    Although I said I would like to see them in SkyTeam so they can gain entrance to the South East Asian region, it is really a disadvantage for Gulf Air. It has significant exposure to markets in Southeast Asia and could make use of feeder partners at the other end of its long-haul flights, but this would not be able to flourish as much with SkyTeam.

    April 9, 2003 at 9:43 am in reply to: Vietnam 777 #757604
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    Fabulous!Ranks up high with Jordanian….

    April 9, 2003 at 9:35 am in reply to: New Ryanair route #757606
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    Yes, I heard those rumours as well. Actually there was another factor as to why Ryanair are not flying to Poland. Ryanair are Irish therefore they are Irish registered, this means they cannot operate out of the EU until now. Since their acquisition of Buzz they gained a UK Air Operators Certificate and so it is now a possibility that these countries will be opened up to Ryanair.

    Ryanair wants to fly to Poland; it is the largest market in central Europe so naturally it is a strong candidate. Poland itself is looking to reach an agreement on transportation by June. The government expects Poland to join the EU by 2004. Therefore the expected expansion of the EU to include 10 new countries in 2004 will open up untapped Central European markets to Ryanair and other Locos. It is a case of once the EU is enlarged, the air transport market is automatically enlarged as well.

    April 8, 2003 at 8:08 pm in reply to: New Ryanair route #757720
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    Actually yes, Prague has opened up a low cost market. It seems as if the government has taken a friendlier view towards the low cost carriers to increase competition in the market. Generally at the moment Easyjet and bmibaby have quite a good little niche market there between the UK and the Czech Republic.

    Moreover, if you look at the success of Prague as a short break city, you can see the potential in places like Tallinn, Zagreb, Bratislava etc.

    April 8, 2003 at 7:52 pm in reply to: Pic of the evening… They always say there's a pot of gold at the end! #757729
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    I think TAP pulls of a good livery on their Airbus aircraft unlike many airlines fail to do…

    April 8, 2003 at 7:15 pm in reply to: Air Bridges at Liverpool #757754
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    Carl can probably expand on this news as well from Aviation News.

    As work starts on the further £26m expansion of Liverpool airport to increase terminal capacity from 3m to 4.5m, designers are already planning a further capacity increase to 6m and enable to allow the airport to handle more freight traffic. Amoung the future plans are improved rail links with Liverpool city centre, bigger apron areas, extra car parking and a freight village.

    April 8, 2003 at 7:10 pm in reply to: New Ryanair route #757781
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    I would be certain that you would see possible growth after Poland’s EU entry in 2004. At the moment the interests of the flag carrier are protected too much under the Polish government. However, the EU theoretically has open skies so under this low cost airlines will start to flourish across Eastern Europe. Look at Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Czech Republic, they are an LCC’s dream and soon will probably be accessible.

    April 8, 2003 at 11:21 am in reply to: Gulf Air New Livery #757858
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    Vry elegant, stylish and sophisticated.

    April 8, 2003 at 9:45 am in reply to: New addition to Excel #757872
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    Should boost the capacity for the summer. Quite surprises me they have not operated the aircraft before now.

    April 8, 2003 at 9:27 am in reply to: New Ryanair route #757893
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    Good news to see another French destination. I’m not sure if it is a substitute to the Grenoble flight, seems a bit far from Grenoble to Clermont-Ferrand, so I think St.Etienne would take that place. Probably just another point of good access for the Massif Central for tourists. Seems a popular route anyway, LGW has an AF flight to there.

    April 8, 2003 at 9:01 am in reply to: Anyone got a favourite defunct airline? #757894
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    I’ll go along with Manx 🙁 Air UK as well I suppose…

    April 7, 2003 at 6:33 pm in reply to: Quiz. #757995
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    But would we count Brit. Med. and Citiexpress as seperate airlines? They are all BA franchises so would they not be counted as one?

    April 7, 2003 at 2:18 pm in reply to: General Discussion #428915
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    Milka is my favourite chocolate, it just melts in your mouth.

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