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Post by devonian on Feb 7, 2013 10:14:23 GMT
I've been pushing that route for ages. It's got a real chance of success, with RBS at SEN. Well done EZY!
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Post by tagron on Feb 7, 2013 10:32:31 GMT
Let's hope it does work out, though the timings do not look particularly attractive especially considering the competitive offerings through LCY and STN.
I see that as of June 14, BFS drops to one per day. AMS runs at 11/week in midsummer and there seems to be no JER Sunday service. It is not clear to me how this all fits together and I wonder if there are other changes in the offing.
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Post by tagron on Mar 27, 2013 14:08:54 GMT
EasyJet have published their winter schedule for the period up to March 2. I have had a quick scan through the SEN schedule and these are the principal features that I have noticed so far.
GVA resumes on December 13 with up to 6 flights/week and more in the Xmas/new Year period. The new departures are on Mondays Thursdays and a second Saturday service, though the extra flights on the latter two days do not operate for most of January. EDI becomes daily and instead of the afternoon rotation becomes a mix of morning and evening flights to the same pattern as BFS which remains at 7/week. PMI continues through the winter with 2/week. JEY generally 4/week, some extra around Xmas/new Year but not as many as last year. AMS back up to 13/week BCN 10/week I haven’t compared the ALC/AGP/FAO with this winter but I get the impression there are generally more planned for W13/14 nor I have fully taken into account November and mid January which tend to be slack periods. All in all it looks very positive.
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Post by tagron on Apr 24, 2013 12:27:26 GMT
My reading of the Airbus publicity is that they will produce neo versions of the A319 and A321 in addition to the A320. But I understood that recently EZY have had a policy of replacing A319s with new build A320s so perhaps this is what prompted Devonian’s question. I have no idea whether this policy will be continued with EZY’s new order. At this stage it appears Airbus and Boeing are both still in contention for the order or at least that is how it appears to an outsider.
I suspect that the “improved field performance” of the neo series is brochuremanship and will be only a marginal improvement unless they also offer a more powerful engine option. However the increased fuel efficiency of the new engines should allow a greater range for a given take off weight, which should be beneficial to the SEN operation, always assuming of course that the manufacturers claims are achieved.
Moved from the Business Aviation thread
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Post by devonian on Apr 24, 2013 14:38:45 GMT
Thanks Tagron, and Expressflight, I was interested in the statements made in the submission to the JAAP by Friends of the Earth SE (I bet the Earth would unfriend them if it was on Facebook....): www.airportwatchrochford.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/intro_1.doc They maintain that the A319neo will have heavier engines and require a longer runway - it didn't seem to stack up with meas I would have thought the new engines would be lighter.
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Post by jon on Apr 24, 2013 15:27:06 GMT
devonian, you need to get a bulk of saxa to take with most of those reports supplied by groups like that.
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Post by expressflight on Apr 24, 2013 15:37:26 GMT
As jon suggests, their submission is full of inaccuracies, distortions and displays of ignorance. Apart from those shortcomings .........
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Post by devonian on Apr 24, 2013 18:00:09 GMT
That's OK then.
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Post by Humberside on May 3, 2013 16:44:40 GMT
From an article on the start of the EDI route www.routes-news.com/news/1-news/1374-easyjet-opens-alternative-london-edinburgh-routeQuote from Alastair Welch "The timing of the route initially will primarily suit leisure rather than business travellers but the service will switch in the winter schedule to a more business-friendly time." And this "Geneva, which features in the airport's winter schedule, could also became a year-round destination, according to sources at the airport."
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Post by tagron on May 23, 2013 8:57:03 GMT
I find it hard to see anything positive for SEN in today's announcement of EasyJet's purchase of Flybe's LGW slots. They will need to use those slots or lose them, which means they need 7-8 additional aircraft at LGW from mid 2014 and the routes to fly them on. This surely will be their priority ahead of increasing the size of their other bases, some of which may be disappointed. It will be interesting to see what EasyJet have to say about this.
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Post by devonian on May 23, 2013 10:49:24 GMT
Could be. But don't forget EZY are on the brink of announcing a substantial new order for aircraft. The first of these might well be used to take up the ex-flyBE slots from LGW. LGW would use A320s anyway, I expect. There's also a strong rumour that EZY will order Bombardier C-series aircraft, which would have the capability to operate to longer range destinations from SEN than the A319 can. www.montrealgazette.com/business/EasyJet+hints+CSeries+order/8396899/story.html
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Post by EGMCfollower on May 23, 2013 13:05:51 GMT
It will be interesting to see what happens to the Newquay route. The problem is Flybe flew it 3x daily with smaller Dash 8's, but I don't think EZY could fill 3 A319's daily - frequency and capacity are big issues here. There will be a lot of pressure to make the Newquay route year round, and perhaps Newquay Airport will be keen to have it transferred over to Gatwick?
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Post by tagron on May 24, 2013 9:00:44 GMT
Those aircraft from the potential new order would not be available in time for June 2014. However I believe EZY may still have options on further current standard A320s which might be deliverable in time. Then they could defer the sale of some older A319s. Though perhaps the issues with Stelios about growing the fleet would resurface.
I am sure there is a range of possibilities open to them, so perhaps enough of speculation.
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Post by expressflight on Jun 13, 2013 8:22:48 GMT
I wonder what will be the effect on SEN of the deal easyJet have signed with MAG for their STN operations.
Presumably they have negotiated a reduction in their charges at STN and they say they plan to double their passenger numbers there over the next five years. This is obviously a complete change from their current policy of reducing their STN-based fleet in favour of SEN. LTN must also be concerned as easyJet could now focus their attention on STN for the establishment of new routes; especially to more distant destinations.
The effect on SEN probably hinges on how things have gone so far in terms of the yields achieved by the SEN routes. While the airline has said it is very pleased with the way things are going, "they would say that wouldn't they" as someone once famously said in a rather different context. Perhaps it will be the results achieved on routes such as Edinburgh, Berlin and Krakov that will determine whether or not SEN has an easyJet future for business as well as leisure routes. As things now stand I wouldn't put money on the SEN-based fleet growing beyond four aircraft for next year.
This situation shows how precarious it can be to have just one airline providing over 90% of your throughput and the need to attract (or perhaps impose in the case of Aer Arann) other operators to SEN. Now that they will have plenty of terminal capacity perhaps they will be a little more aggressive in marketing themselves than has been the case to date.
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Post by devonian on Jun 13, 2013 10:08:40 GMT
It's no surprise that MAG have lured EZY back to STN. Will it impact on SEN? It must do to some extent. Maybe they will upsticks altogether, but I doubt it. I think they have been agreeably surprised by the level of demand from SE Essex so I think that growth at STN need not mean no operations from SEN. Maybe less future growth at SEN though.....
SEN certainly needs other scheduled operators. flyBE are paying the price for staying at LGW when they could have moved to SEN before EZY stepped in and made a nice little profit. Ah well......
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