Possible New Flights

[pug]

Possible flights to Rotterdam,Brussels,Paris+Dusseldorf from Humberside Airport later this year!anyone interested?plse retweet for response!

The Business Development Manager at HUY tweeted this recently. More than one airline interested? BMIr now they have been taken over are looking at expanding. Clearly Rotterdam will be Europort Express.

I dont use twitter so cannot get any more information, but other people may be interested..

[Humberside]

Encouraging tweet. Someone - or more than likely at least two airlines (since one is almost certainly Europort Express) - is interested. Plus the indication of 'later this year' indicates possible start dates are being considered and talks are probably more than just preliminary. However I don't think any of those routes would be easy to establish in the current environment. They would need long term commitment

I wonder if DUS could be Siemens related? How much demand is Siemens in Hull likely to create for HUY?

[pug]

Regarding Siemens, things are already picking up behind the scenes. There will be hundreds of high paid support jobs created working offshore (so more helicopter contracts). A mate of mine has been working on getting a position there when they open. There may well be more announcements regarding manufacturers to come.

As for Brussels and Paris, I would hope it is an established operator looking to expand rather than another new startup. It leads me to believe BMIr may be looking at HUY (strong connections with Bond under their new owners, so a knowledge of the niche business HUY serves) the only other airline who flies those airports from the UK together is Flybe, assuming of course that these routes are being considered by one airline.

Of course I expect DSA have been in discussions too, but BRU and CDG have been strong routes from HUY in the past.. I hope this comes to something.

[tugman]

Could Weston's may be looking to expand with smaller,more regular business charters???
That might fit into the programme quite nicely.Minimal movements,no handling,no interuption to existing business.Hassle free to HUY/MAG After all,if any of the major players were interested,surely the media would be bigging it up by now.With so little possitive news from HUY in 18 months I can't believe that a "major" press release would be apologetically squeezed out via twitter.

Or could Eastern's EMB's be getting ready to be utilised?New additions to the fleet of late.Are they not more heavily based on the apron since the reductions in holiday flights?
Pure conjecture & rumour of course.

[pug]

With so little possitive news from HUY in 18 months I can't believe that a "major" press release would be apologetically squeezed out via twitter.

I dont think thats the case, he clearly doesnt see it as a major outlet and has posted alluding to other operators and talks with KLM on marketing deals etc.

I dont follow the Weston theory, but what you say about Eastern and EMB's is interesting. If Paris and Brusses were to work, I would have thought that some sort of codeshare would have to be in place. So would Eastern make a good fit?

[Humberside]

There would be no reason why Eastern couldn't use a Jetstream 41 to BRU - would probably be a better 'starter aircraft' than a larger ERJ. But if they haven't done it yet, why would they be interested now? And I'd be shocked if HUY are about to get Brussels Airlines to start serving HUY just as they drop 6 European cities from their winter network. Bmi regional possibly - but is there the local demand? bmi regional might actually be well placed to answer that question considering their LBA-BRU service

And unless there is a juicy corporate contract, the only way I can see Paris having any chance of working is either as an AF hub feeder - but KLM are going out with spare seats so AF would be very unlikely to be interested - or as a low cost service aimed at the leisure market. Bmi regional or Eastern ERJ-145 on HUY-CDG would be set for failure IMO without an AF codeshare

[pug]

I agree with you on your main point Humberside. That being whoever it is will need to approach this as a long-term committment if anything does come from it. In my opinion, except Dusseldorf for which there may be a niche market, Paris and Brussels would need at least a codeshare to succeed. Whether Rotterdam happens or not remains to be seen.

[pug]

Its sounding like these routes would be operated by more than one airline, excluding RTM! If it comes off it will be interesting considering the relative size of HUY.

[pug]

A post on pprune says bmir will have 7 spare aircraft this winter...

[pug]

According to PPRuNe, new route SAS Cimber Air HUY to CPH to start this Winter. I don't think this is a surprise to some on here, and if this is the announcement then it's good to see it's finally come off.

[rossbailey]

If what is reported on pprune is true that SAS will start flights to Copenhagen from the start of the Winter 2013/2014 season with flights to be operated by Cimber CRJ200 aircraft 3 or 4 times weekly, I actually think it should work from Humberside.
The Humber region is seen as one of the growing areas in the UK for companies involved in the Energy efficiency & renewable energy sources. Most of these companies seem to Scandinavian based but employing local people. It may also be handy to support the area's fishing community if it allows for more fish stokes to be directly imported.
Also it will allow for even more options for long haul connections to be made via Copenhagen on to SAS Worldwide route network instead of using KLM's Amsterdam service...

[pug]

Might be more than 3 to 4 weekly Ross, and could possibly compliment KLM on timings.

[airbus330]

Look North have just run the story.
The flight is to Start in October HUY - CPH. It will operate 6 days a week.
Great news for the airport!

[rubberneck]

from the Grimsby Telegraph web site

www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/New-flights-Denmark-vote-confidence/story-19271021-detail/story.html#axzz2W5OMsrM6

DIRECT flights to Denmark will soon be taking off from Humberside Airport.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will be launching the new five-day-a-week service to Copenhagen on October 28.
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Introduced primarily to serve business travellers, the service will also cater for passengers taking short breaks in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
The announcement comes just a fortnight after Humberside added Alicante and Majorca to its list of destinations, and is being described by airport bosses as a big vote of confidence in the Humber as a place to do business.

The new service will be the only direct, non-stop flight to Scandinavia from the Humber, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire region. Hans Dyhrfort, SAS's regional general manager for Western Europe, said: "With more than five-million people living within reach of the airport, the Humber region is an important northern hub and area of development for SAS. And with the area on its way to becoming the renewable energy capital of the UK, now is the perfect time to strengthen ties with Denmark and the Nordic region."

Paul Litten, commercial director at Humberside Airport said: "The announcement of a new high-profile route to Copenhagen is great news for Humberside International Airport.
"SAS's commitment underlines their view that the Humber, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire region is a place to do business and this service will provide superb connectivity to Scandinavia and beyond."

The new flights will commence on October 28, departing Humberside at 7.25pm and arriving in Copenhagen at 10pm local time. Return flights will depart Copenhagen at 6.20pm and arrive at Humberside at 6.55pm.

Tickets will be on sale from Monday, flights starting from £103 one-way.

Dr Ian Kelly, chief executive of the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, said: "I think this is fantastic news. Paul Litten and his team are doing a fantastic job under the new ownership arrangements and this is an example of a valuable new route that should expand as our renewables activity continues to grow.

"Scandinavia is a part of the world with which the Humber has traded very strongly and this allows for a greater formalisation of those links."

[huytiger]

Brings back memories of the Air UK and then Cimber Air service from ESB to HUY, which after many years of slow growth gradually got a regular quantity of about 20-30 pax per day.