The short haul flights of a lot of the older airlines may not be profitable, they can not be missed either. If every British pasenger flying KLM long haul where to be removed, KLM would scrap most of its long haul operations. Same goes for other airlines like SAS, SNBA. If anything the older airlines will go even further to mimic the loco’s.

Low cost long haul will happen. Of course not with 50 pounds fares. But 100 or 150 pounds fares will happen no doubt about it. From time to time you can already get fares like that, you just have to know where to look.

Already Icelandair and Finnair offer great fares. From Schiphol UA and US are known to go really low. Maxjet is trying as well, though I do not know their results so far.

That’s SATA International. They only operate 737s if I am not mistaken.

I’m still on. And now no longer with my 17 years old VW Golf but with a 15 year young Renault. For those that have already had the pleasure of being driven around in my VW Golf, your next trip will be much better still.

What time are people arriving and departing as potentially it looks like i could do it….

My ETA is pretty much 1.5 hours after I roll out of bed. Will be early(-ish ;)).

It is a pity the wind did not come from the other direction. If it had you would have been able to make great final approach shots.

It is possible to get to the other end of the runway for final approach shots, but I am not really sure how. You do need your own transprt though as walking there is too far and there is no public transport to that spot.

Depends on what you want. If it is cars you want the Germans win by a mile. If it is shipping it is probably England. Airplanes would probably be for France. Trains go to France with Germany a close second and England somewhere derailed a few km down the track.

I believe KLM is all there is. Transavia in a few months from PIK but that’s it. Perhaps you can try to get a flight through another Skyteam airline as the fares tend to be a tad cheaper that way.