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Post by flyer on Feb 20, 2015 6:52:32 GMT
I,ve been trying to buy some one-way tickets over the summer between Humberside and Malaga. I rang the worldchoiceair number who told me the flights had been "blocked booked." It seems as though they are still on sale through Teleticket, Co-op etc but only returns but this could be because their websites have not been updated.
Could the seats have been sold to another holiday company en-bloc?? If so might they appear for sale again under another brand??
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Post by Danny54d2 on Feb 20, 2015 15:06:29 GMT
The route to Malaga is no longer operating.
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Post by pug on Feb 20, 2015 15:13:54 GMT
Shows what difference an operator makes. Flybe for instance..
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Post by flyer on Feb 20, 2015 15:35:14 GMT
Well that answers the question.
What a lost opportunity! I'm not surprised as Jetxtra.uk/worldchoiceair's efforts to sell on-line and through other media have been pathetic. Why the two stories though - "sold out" and "low demand." They can't have any real feel for demand at this stage when they've done so little to promote it!
Yes PUG, worldchoiceair/jetxtra.uk have not made a success of this route and others would have! The Malaga route looks like being the first (and I hope only) victim of this scrap between jetxtra.com and sporting events global who run jetxtra.uk.com. I'm sure there's more to come in this saga.
Let's hope we have some better news from Thomsons for 2016 - it's only a matter of a few weeks to April and their first release of summer 2016. Anyone know how their majorca route is doing???
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Post by humbermotor on Feb 20, 2015 16:54:13 GMT
If there isn't the interest why would any operator consider flying a route at a loss? They need to see more demand than seats available and looking at this forum that isn't the case. rather than slating the operator/Airport and having a wish list for Thomsons who will probably only come if they pay for absolutely nothing and may want a fee for flying in and out of Humberside. Look at Doncaster they've got some Thomson flights and are losing money, at least Humberside would appear to be profitable
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Post by pug on Feb 20, 2015 17:13:33 GMT
Humbermotor, that is not quite true.
Nobody is skating the airport, far from it, but we should have reason for concern in that respect if they are allowing plenty of spare capacity go to waste, and still allowing the million or so leisure passengers who fly from other airports, to continue to do so..
HUY had always seen their largest source of revenue from car parking, and if you have a detailed look at past route performance you will see that there is exceptional demand for the main leisure routes. Ryanair to Alicante did well, Flybe to AGP also. And you may not have koticed, but Thomson are returning this year with a weekly, fiull season flight to PMI..
So clearly the will is there, but I fear more damage is done by playing into the hands of 2bit operators..
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Post by mrmoose on Feb 20, 2015 20:59:36 GMT
A great shame. APG has worked from HUY before and will again. I am sure HUY have been talking to all the major operators, but at the end of the day its all down to operators consolidating. Sure they could attract Ryanair if they paid them to operate out of Humberside, but personally I would rather see the airport profitable with less flights, than loss making with several flights per day (Like Blackpool was).
The Thomson return this year is promising, and hopefully Summer 16 will see Palma continue as a minimum.
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Post by pug on Feb 21, 2015 15:18:01 GMT
I don't gjink it would be a case of paying them, but they'd certainly need a pragmatic approach from both parties.. I just don't think the will is there from the airport to enter discussion, rightly or wrongly..
Problem is, the leisure market has changed in dynamics. Only Thomson and Thomas Cook really hold down the 'traditional' IT industry, and Thomson are entrenched in DSA. If you want to grow your offering - equally important, maintain interest - then the only way is to increase the route network to where the average punter is interested in travelling. Not easy, but if we're going to hold out for charter operators then I'm afraid there will be no growth, with the possible exception of Thomson, but eve. They will always be careful not to saturate the region..
Jet2 would be excellent, but unfortunately HUY doesn't seem to fit, and they seem concerned that they will be competing with themselves on price which is never favoured..
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Post by flyer on Mar 12, 2015 7:07:41 GMT
Signs on the internet that Jetxtra.com is being re-invented as Jetxtra Holidays Limited.
I can't make any sense of what's going on - I don't imagine for one minute that they have a new backer to fund new flights. They've also set up an agency (Jetxtra Holidays sl) operation in Majorca to sell seats, hotel rooms etc. Jetxtra.uk remains live selling Alicante and Majorca but they don't seem to be as effective on the sales side as Jetxtra.com. Really poor web site!
I'll bet the airport management and HAT are brassed-off with these goings-on and praying for Thomson to add a route or two for next year. Luckily, things on the scheduled side are more promising and business routes are a stronger foundation for profit than low cost or cheese-paring holiday operators - however big they are.
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Post by Danny54d2 on Mar 12, 2015 17:18:43 GMT
Totally agree with you flyer! More routes from Thomson would be really good news
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Post by Humberside on Mar 22, 2015 10:40:58 GMT
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Post by Humberside on May 6, 2015 19:15:01 GMT
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Post by Humberside on May 30, 2015 15:58:28 GMT
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