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  • April 2, 2007 at 4:03 pm in reply to: Virgin pilot arrested on drink charge #546945
    andrewm
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    Maybe confirmation of details from someone closer to this incident than us (wysiwyg?) would help thing clarity wise.

    We all know what types of things the media outlets say to make seems more interesting. Im sure “The Sun” today reported he was on the runway about to take off when the police “swooped” on the “full” pilot who was about to hand fly the jumo to New York….

    April 2, 2007 at 4:08 am in reply to: New Logojet of LTE International Airways #547191
    andrewm
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    carp in my opinion

    April 1, 2007 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Ryanair is launching flights to the moon! #547436
    andrewm
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    Wonder what they call the airport London Moon airport :rolleyes: 😀

    Nice april fools Ryanair.

    James

    It would probably be the same distance from London as Manston :p

    March 30, 2007 at 3:18 pm in reply to: bmi takeover? #548247
    andrewm
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    They don’t need to ditch either name do they ? Air France and KLM didn’t…

    I am told that either side wanted to keep its own name without alterations to ensure no customer confusion. That led to talks break down in early stages.

    virgin and bmi dont roll of the tounge easily together IMHO.

    March 30, 2007 at 2:50 pm in reply to: bmi takeover? #548257
    andrewm
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    I’d have thought this news would cause Sir Richard Branson to prick up his ears ? After all, it’s already been reported his interest in merging Virgin Atlantic with BMI.

    They held actual meetings to discuss the potential of it. I understand it broke up quickly when neither side would let their name dissappear and want the other to dissappear. Two very strong willed guys up front there….

    March 30, 2007 at 10:46 am in reply to: New CWL based loco….FlyForBeans.com #548496
    andrewm
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    A quote from Tim Lee, managing director of the company taken from the BBC link above:

    “We know there is a lot of leakage from south Wales to other airports like Bristol”.

    AHEM… Anyway…

    I hate to sound cynical, and I really do hope this is a serious new airline and they succeed, but I can’t help but wonder just how serious they are when I look at their website (flyforbeans.com) and see the way it’s written. It doesn’t project the image, to me at least, of a company that’s even remotely serious! Maybe I pay a little too much attention to words, it just seems that way.

    I do hope they are serious though, although I must say, the name is horrendous! “So who are you flying with on your holidays?” “Oh, we’re flying with Flyforbeans.com.” :rolleyes:

    Paul

    Agreed. Surely the phrase they are looking for is “for peanuts”??

    March 30, 2007 at 9:13 am in reply to: bmi takeover? #548500
    andrewm
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    Not so simple I think… I’m pretty certain that anti-competition rules would put some pretter large obstacles in the way of a BA takeover of BMI, whilst I suspect that [for example] SRB would find it somewhat easier were he interested.

    Andy

    Indeed i think any muppet can see VIR and BMA fit better together than BAW and BMA IMHO. I think VIR and to an extent BMA go for a quality of service approach especially for business etc.

    Im not saying BA does not go for quality but VIR and BMA, at least to me, have a more unique/customer care feel to them.

    March 30, 2007 at 8:59 am in reply to: New CWL based loco….FlyForBeans.com #548501
    andrewm
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6500085.stm

    Would seem they think its real enough!

    March 30, 2007 at 8:17 am in reply to: UK domestic routes…? #548505
    andrewm
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    Gill Airways operated BFS-BHD about 7-8 Years ago with an ATR-72.

    The flight was routing BFS-BHD-NCL.

    I remember a local new report that following a reporter who booked BFS-BHD to see iif t would save time in getting to Belfast City Centre from the Antrim area during Rush Hour.

    Flight only lasted a short time before it was axed.

    Brgds

    Richard

    Flight was scheduled not for the route but because the BHD aircraft did Royal Mail runs at night out of BFS so was seen as a sensible to let pax have option. They did for a short time run some purely scheduled BFS-BHD-NCL during day also.

    March 28, 2007 at 8:14 pm in reply to: Cityjet launch BHD-LCY #548970
    andrewm
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    My exact thoughts. I wonder if there will ever be a successful service from dockside to dockside? Or are companies more interested in paring back costs over such a short sector?

    I think this one comes down to the employees views more than employers if you take aside the £100 difference.

    (bmi)8 flights a day-> flexible ticket -> can change for free and backup if flight missed
    (cityjet)3 flights a day -> little backup

    (bmi) decent ff scheme in Star Alliance group
    (cityjet) “fly blue” – only KLM, AF and partners

    (bmi) large lounge with free food for Silver/Gold members at both ends
    (cityjet) shared lounge at bhd and as far as i can tell on their site no LCY lounge or possibly shared lounge access

    (bmi) extensive connection oppertunities at end destination
    (cityjet) restricted connection oppertunities at end destination

    People have already voted with their feet it would seem. Mind you ive not seen any NI advertising yet!

    March 28, 2007 at 4:50 pm in reply to: Cityjet launch BHD-LCY #549212
    andrewm
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    I heard that the first LCY-BHD only had two onboard, unconfirmed though.

    Heard similar “rumors”. Dont think big threat to bmi as £100 more expensive than their business with less of a “product” in terms of ff scheme, lounges etc

    Can also be quicker than the 1hr 30min flying time to fly into LHR and get Heathrow Express depending on time of day and traffic conditions.

    March 27, 2007 at 12:41 pm in reply to: UK domestic routes…? #549908
    andrewm
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    RDC1000 makes some brilliant points there…

    March 27, 2007 at 11:33 am in reply to: UK domestic routes…? #549919
    andrewm
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    And secondly, am I right in thinking that years ago there use to be an airline that offered a service between Gatwick and Heathrow for passengers with connecting flights? If so, what was it called and what aircraft did they use to operate as I can’t remember?

    It was BCAL (credit to Agent K below). They used Sikorsky helicopters.

    March 24, 2007 at 7:57 pm in reply to: General Discussion #321327
    andrewm
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    Maybe it was all an illusion?

    March 24, 2007 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Was Houdini poisoned???? #1933949
    andrewm
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    Maybe it was all an illusion?

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