I think that BA use a B747 on their LHR-CAI route (don’t they?)…not sure if that counts as long-haul though, to me its a short-haul route?

Typically CAI is considered Long Haul within the industry, which is odd really given that Cyprus and points in North Africa are considered Short Haul (or medium hal as we now use too, though this is still an ambigious definition). You are right though, BA use them on this route normally.

All I see is a business exploring an opportunity to make money, but I appreciate that may not be dramatic or confrontational enough for some people’s taste.

I agree.

That means that at best you need a bus/taxi to a train station (Rochford? Prittlewell? Southend Central?) and from there to London.

Or of course the Airport’s new station adjacent to the new terminal.

Personally though I do think Expressflight may be over-estimating the capabilities of SEN to attract services. It is a different offer to LCY and will need to carve out it’s own niche.

I have seen the website in question before. It is ridiculous and naive to say the least.

I think from memory he went nuts about the recommendation by the AAIB that FR must fit better banister systems on their 737s after the child fell through the gap. However the ridiculous nature of the site meant that the guy who runs it completely missed the fact that whilst the incident affected a Ryanair service, the recommendation was applied to ALL airlines operating the aircraft type with rear airstairs, and that includes airlines he is supposed to ‘like’ such as British Airways. I did post on his forum this little inaccuracy in his article/rant, however he removed my post (unsuprisingly, heaven forbid Ryanair be no worse than any other airline).

I don’t see a link to show your source. As far as I am aware it is nothing more than an updating of the bilaterals, and quite often once LHR frequencies are stepped up, it is common practice to add Manchester to the bilateral. This doesn’t normally bring about any services though, just the option for the future. Happy to be corrected, but I haven’t seen any evidence that anyone actually wants to operate passenger services on MAN-TPE. Besides, these things should always be taken with a touch of caution as on many many occasions airlines don’t deliver things they say they’d like to operate. I’m relatively young, but after only a few years in my job, I have realised that you should never ‘absolutely’ expect a route until the wheels hit the deck!

I’m not certain they all will. I expect a number of those in the office at PLH may be shown the door over time, it’s not worth duplicating a number of roles.

Furthermore, I still think there are wider issues related to the sale of the Airline and not the Airport, which will lead to the loss of air servcies for Plymouth.

Finally, I’m not yet certain what this will mean for fares, when one of the most expensive regional carriers takes over one of the cheapest (they’r eoften better value than Flybe) then I suspect the fares can only go one way, and it’s not down!

Thats approx 237 complaints per DAY. The mind boggles.

I suppose you start to loose all credibility when you complain with this frequency. It’s a bit like crying wolf isn’t it?