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Post by pug on Jan 12, 2012 13:09:05 GMT
I would be surprised if it gets off the ground... The only thing that would attract me to book with them is that they are ATOL protected. They have no brand awareness in the region, and I would be surprised if the local media latch onto it like they would Ryanair/Flybe. Hopefully HAT will be giving it a big push, but I think it will need to take more than them to fill four flights a week. I hope they prove me wrong and establish themselves in the market, but just dont see it
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Post by Humberside on Jan 12, 2012 14:53:24 GMT
On one hand this is something positive. There's not been much positive lately. And I doubt HUY would get involved with a total 'no-hoper'. They're promoting the flights on facebook, and the business development head has gven a quote for jetXtra's press release. HUY must believe there is a chance of this working. And it's only 4.5 months, so a fairly conservative start. So good luck to jetXtra. And well done to HUY for getting somthing in this climate. Because of the short operating season, this won't entirely compensate for Ryanair/Thomson PMI/TCX AYT/h4u, but it will go a long way towards doing so However it is a very risky time to be setting up a new operation, even if jetXtra are effectively just a booking agent. To be a success, jetXtra will have to invest in marketing. They've got to promote themselves. Even if the airport provide financial assistance, this won't be cheap Not only that but the director in press release is a Daniel Reilly www.jetxtra.com/News1.htmlA Daniel Reilly, I guess the same one, was behind short lived start up LPL based Nexus www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/feb/10/theairlineindustry.travelTo be fair, no one lost money with Nexus, and clients were rebooked onto Monarch. However it's not exactly a brilliant background. And he is still quite young - I hope jetXtra have some more experienced people involved too. This company is also involved in jetXtra, but I don't know much about them www.cttgroup.co.uk/aboutSo as I said, good luck to them, but I'm not going to get too excited. I don't think there is any guarentee of success
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Post by rossbailey on Jan 12, 2012 14:56:44 GMT
By way this is a low cost flight only charter operation. Its Not scheduled service. Jetxtra has partenered with alpharooms.com, holidayautos.com and travelextras.com and to allow passengers to self package their holidays with hotels, car hire and other holiday essentials. They are Atol protected and will be using Spanish based Boeing 737-400 operator www.albastar.es/Full press release has been issued as follows Source: www.jetxtra.com/News1.html
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Post by john2408 on Jan 12, 2012 22:42:12 GMT
Pug This is very good news, no negative comments from me,local passengers have shown from previous operators. that demand is there. The Malaga flight must be the one mentioned to me, at the last open day, and Sundays open day will give a good kickstart to the flights. ;D ;D
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Post by pug on Jan 13, 2012 1:41:12 GMT
Well lets hope you're right John. Ive been told this has been in the works for a while. Also that we should not be surprised of an FR return at some point!!
Fingers crossed.
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Post by miket on Jan 13, 2012 2:08:31 GMT
Hi guys,
Long time lurker on this board but thought I'd register so I could comment on this news.
Good news in my view! People will always try and find a negative but at the end of the day we've been crying out for new services and we've finally got some, it's not exactly a big operation and if HUY can't support Majorca and Malaga over the peak summer season then there is nothing down for it! From what I remember HAT ended up putting most of the passengers onto the flybe Malaga service the other year so hopefully they can work their magic here too!
After looking into CTT Group, seems they are also called Hunt & Palmer Travel Services who are part of Hunt & Palmer PLC, they have the same registered address and same Director. Hunt & Palmers accounts show turnover of £28 million, so seems this one definitely has some legs! Doubt HUY would be bothering to back it unless they thought it could work anyway.
I've got a feeling they maybe mentioning the fact Daniel Reilly, if it is the same one, is involved on purpose, will probably get them quite a bit of publicity. As Humberside said, he didn't lose anybody any money and people did get away with Monarch instead so his reputation isn't tarnished, plus even Branson has had failures so it's not exactly anything unique in business! From the articles it looks like it was just unfortunate that his backers went under, the media will probably lap it up that he's back years later and this time has big friends with him. Don't know what he did after Nexus closed, but looks like he's been working in the industry so best of luck to him.
Really hope the flights are popular so we don't end up losing another carrier, down to us now I guess! Use it or lose it as they say! Thomas Cook don't seem interested in HUY anymore, so fingers crossed these guys stick around! Tenerife next please lol
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Post by BAboy on Jan 13, 2012 10:04:04 GMT
Hello to all!
This is wonderful news on the face of it, and it sounds like it has had some thought put into it. It is certainly a good choice of destinations to start with. Have they deliberately stayed away from ALC? Have HUY had a hand in this just in case FR return? One would hope jetXtra is a success, I would think it will be due to a mixture of reasons, promotion locally and support from HAT being the main ones. I, for one, would rather see FR stay away, leaving ALC and possibly Faro and Tenerife as potential additions to the jetXtra programme the following summer. A homegrown airline was something I never thought we would see, but it's a good, valid, solid start, hopefully of something that will go from strength to strength.
Kind regards
Mike
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Post by tugman on Jan 13, 2012 10:11:44 GMT
Miket I must read not scan.At first I thought CTT Group where part of a famous biscuit company!! Seriously though,this has,if nothing else, put a bit of a buzz around the place.
We have to be carefull not to put all our eggs in one basket though.
At the minute ,departure lounge areas are totally festooned with as much Ryanair branding as the Airport could muster. What a waste of money. No-one really deep down believed that FR would be commited to our place. They are SO fickle and demanding as we all know and,although I wouldn't moan about a fleet of them based here, other carriers are much less trouble.
Up to this announcement, HUY was at it's lowest ebb for many years with regards to flights.Surely the only way we can go now is up,
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Post by pug on Jan 13, 2012 13:03:13 GMT
Miket, if that was refering to me, I must say I wasnt trying to find a negative.. I just know that if this doesnt work, then the airport will find it even harder to find a replacement.. I also find it concerning that you suggest HAT.were the ones who filled the BE flights? Hopefully this time it works out though, as has been said the local travel industry have been crying out for flights like these, and there are a few others that could be expanded into next year if this is a success.
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Post by pug on Jan 13, 2012 14:16:18 GMT
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Post by elmfield on Jan 13, 2012 14:33:26 GMT
Been following this for a while on here and I was thinking that's good news... but then I saw the words "18 year old and Nexus" and suddenly I started to have second thoughts. But like so many other of these start-ups only time will tell!
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Post by pug on Jan 13, 2012 14:44:23 GMT
I was too elmfield, but having been sent a couple of PM's telling me this has been in the offing for some time and some other details, and it has some strong financial support (not to mention industry support and partnerships), I am sure this has the potential to be a real turnaround for HUY. We know there is strong demand locally, and this has been proven by FR and BE dipping their toes in (with some surprising results regarding BE!), so hopefully this venture works and goes from strength to strength.
The fact that the airport have been working with those involved at Jetxtra for some time shows that this may not be the flash in the pan operation I had initially believed.
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Post by elmfield on Jan 13, 2012 15:28:38 GMT
Yes, pug....I sometimes think that some of us forget that it isn't just "little old" HUY that's involved...HUY is part of a very large, very respected, very succesful, airport group, with massive resources who do know what they are talking about.
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Post by Humberside on Jan 13, 2012 21:43:01 GMT
Firstly, very disappointing that so far the local press and media haven't picked up on this After looking into CTT Group, seems they are also called Hunt & Palmer Travel Services who are part of Hunt & Palmer PLC, they have the same registered address and same Director. Hunt & Palmers accounts show turnover of £28 million, so seems this one definitely has some legs! I was too elmfield, but having been sent a couple of PM's telling me this has been in the offing for some time and some other details, and it has some strong financial support (not to mention industry support and partnerships), I am sure this has the potential to be a real turnaround for HUY. The fact that the airport have been working with those involved at Jetxtra for some time shows that this may not be the flash in the pan operation I had initially believed. Encouraging to know Seriously though,this has,if nothing else, put a bit of a buzz around the place. Good to know We have to be carefull not to put all our eggs in one basket though. Indeed. It's not going to be easy for jetXtra. This isn't a guarenteed success. Somehow the airport need to be keeping jetXtra happy while trying to keep communication going with Ryanair, and hopefully potential new airlines and tour operators As elmfield said, only time will tell with jetXtra
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Post by john2408 on Jan 13, 2012 21:58:32 GMT
All the new flights are shown on the airports timetables, i would think the airport is waiting for Sunday's open day to make the announcement.
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