No, not anymore. It has been operating with Flybe. more recently. And sorry, the ATR will be seen at Manchester during the weekends.

Also I can reveal also that the new tail emblem will be a puffin, which will appear on the Trislanders and Shorts aircraft.

http://www.aurigny.com/content.asp?pageID=396

The aircraft have been at Toulouse.

There are two aircraft on 5-year leases to the airline, G-BWDA and G-BWDB. One aircraft will be used to operate the Gatwick route to replace the Cimber Air aircraft, and the other will be used as a spare. It will not come to Stansted yet though I suppose maybe for the summer season depending on demand.

Not generally related but here is the new Rockhopper livery:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/421635/M/

The same happened on the Manchester route, BA and City Airline went into competition and so BA suspended the service. I don’t think there was enough demand to sustain the route, therefore, I don’t believe that Birmingham will be any different. But anyhow, as long as the price structuring is competitive then ultimately it is for passengers to decide.

But the strength of that American connection would be questionable. Currently KLM’s relationship with Northwest gives KLM huge traffic creditability and a large footing into the American market, whereas any sort of relationship with AA would never be so intensive. AA will always concentrate more on BA as a partner, if KLM and AA strike up a partnership it just makes it even harder for a hopeful ATI between BA/AA and also in the short run, a lot of traffic going to Amsterdam. It just doesn’t work out for BA especially.

Moreover, KLM and BA overlap, if they were both in the same alliance then who was the “big shot” would leave huge issues of importance as KLM regards itself as an European major. Therefore, KLM would always be in the shadow of the BA/AA relationship, a position they could avert through Skyteam.

Originally posted by KabirT
I read in the papers here today that KLM was still not sure weather to join SkyTeam or not.

Will KLM ever make a decision?!?!

Whether or not an airline flies long haul is not a real factor in determining if they join an alliance or not. The real judgement is what they actually offer to an alliance, possibly in terms of connections. Alaska Airlines has a rather extensive West Coast network where Oneworld has a slight weakness. It would, therefore, be quite a good general fit into the alliance with AA connections, who they already code-share with. However, Alaska has co-operation with airlines like Continental so it is more of a recommendation.

Moreover, when alliances like Star and Skyteam seemingly are taking new American members, Oneworld could do with some new strength in this area and this could undoubtedly come from an airline such as Alaska.

With JAL, well they just seem a natural fit into Oneworld but there are conflicts with Skyteam in areas as they have strong relationships with Korean and Air France. However, at the moment JAL is one of the few airlines that can keep on the sidelines, a bit like SAA who need to just be prodded.

Pretty good looking aircraft although it is hard to make an A320 look good.