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    Route Development & Rumours

    This is what I found but don't remember any of these airlines operating it
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    Route Development & Rumours

    Am I right that Astreus operated some flights for a very short period or were going to operate to Taba Heights in Egypt ?
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    Route Development & Rumours

    If I remember correctly , SAS.lauched Leeds Bradford and Humberside at the same time both pulled around the same time . At that time it all felt rushed , here one minute and both gone the next .I'm sure if the planning was more thorough , right aircraft , proper marketing and better timings it...
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    Route Development & Rumours

    I'm sure if SAS can operate a 9 hour flight from Copenhagen to Washington and an Iberia flight to Washington also around 8 hours using an A321XLR , this route will be fine . Passengers will be told their weight allowance during booking and also the excess charges . If the price is right , people...
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    easyJet

    Yep , we are awkwardly positioned . Neither North West or North East ....
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    Aviation Nostalgia Thread

    All sounds familiar WH . Yes , I am first on the right , back row . My first flight was on a DC-10 to Dallas , September 1989 . Barbara Hamer, the Concorde Skipper was the captain . I also worked on a couple of 747-400s on their first revenue flights, fresh from Seattle The crew at Gatwick...
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    Aviation Nostalgia Thread

    Although it's a B.A photo , in many ways it is LBA related , I thought I would share this with the group. During my youth I use to cycle all the way from Rothwell if I knew a Britannia 737 was going to be coming in , even then it was a dream to work on an aircraft, I spent many weekends in the...
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    2025 predictions for LBA

    It would be great if an unexpected airline showed up and surprised us all with a route non of us expected and then increased their flights due to popular demand We never know .
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    New name for Leeds Bradford Airport

    I'm happy to go along with most of these suggestions as long as it's not "Scary Spice International Airport " 😀 😄 😉
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    Route Development & Rumours

    I'm still hoping for the two most obvious routes . Brussels and Frankfurt .
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    SunExpress

    New route from Newcastle- they are obviously doing well which is good news .
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    TUI Airways

    Better offering at Bournemouth. Pretty dire really.
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    Aviation Nostalgia Thread

    I have some really good memories from the days when British Midland used the DC9s down to Heathrow - I commuted at the time as long haul BA crew , it was the best part of my job . I knew all the crews quite well , particularly Lynn and Sue, the two sisters from Barnsley . It was also an...
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    Balkan Holidays

    From.Leeds ??
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    Balkan Holidays

    Wasn't Plovdiv served for a while too ?
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