Excellent point @AirBingley making it positive news on both fronts. I have said before but this could be a real catalyst for more to come especially if we can achieve this with away based flying at the moment. Actual W patterns won't help too much as they will hit the PM peak depending on sector length. I can also see it not been long before demand outstrips capacity so hopefully a frequency increase to come too
Any idea if IST-LBA will be bookable? Or will it be just a fuel stop?
Sadly, they're extra passengers offset by the loss of passengers on our Wizz route to Gdansk.
It certainly is good news and maybe a trigger for other routes such as jeddah which im guessing on an A321 would be easily achievable direct as its probably only another hrs flying time or so than the Egyptian resorts, and perhaps turkish might take interest if they see good loads out of LBA As probably many yorkshire passengers pass thru istanbul onto pakistan. The west yorkshire region has one of the largest asian populations with very few flights to pakistan from any part of the uk and we all know the poor reliability of PIA , let MAN have PIA whilst we enjoy air blue.
I think you missed Wizzair of the list
Comedy thread!
You are joking!
Bare in mind the recent share price drop with Jet2, I think this is more about an industry slow down than anything else. Fingers crossed this is just a blip.
The guy on the right in the suit is Jon Cunliffe, Operations Director. Looks to be some sort of staff meeting to discuss 'things'.
Looks like the air maybe about turn blue!
It's not quite total crap as I think you will find that in my past reports from the ACC. I mentioned that LBA had been in discussions with carriers about services to Pakistan, the Middle East, and the USA. It now appears the first of these may happen soon. I expect the USA may take longer, especially given who runs the place and his impact on tourism, but, a specific airline was mentioned by the CEO - one which of course I am not at liberty to divulge. So, this, report is only telling it how it is.
Whilst you can't predict what might happen in the future, the A321XLR offers LBA a unique opportunity to go long haul due to its range and its ability to make less dense regional routes profitable.
Really? Doesn't mean LBA will get long haul does it. Long haul needs proper facilities like proper lounges, even when the old part is refurbished LBA has a lot of catching up to do to attract long haul airlines.
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