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Post by blake on Oct 2, 2012 15:20:53 GMT
Fairly disappointing figures but like you say on a smaller aircraft it could work. Although there would be more organisation they could do one offs to Turin one month, Geneva the next and so on
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Post by kirmingtonuser on Oct 3, 2012 15:43:46 GMT
That is an interesting idea, as the greater variety ought to lead to higher bookings (the Newmarket/Omega business model). The cost of this would be a positioning flight every 4 weeks between ski-resort airports.
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Post by blake on Oct 3, 2012 18:21:36 GMT
And then if there is huge popularity and demand exceeds availability then additional flights later in a season could happen?
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Post by kirmingtonuser on Oct 3, 2012 20:37:06 GMT
The answer should be yes because the new management are located at the centre of the business and have demonstrated in recent years that they can react quickly to changing circumstances. They have a fleet of Embraer regional jets at their disposal and (providing that there is not too much week-end demand from football teams) they should be able to lay on additional flights.
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Post by flyer on Dec 23, 2012 15:18:46 GMT
Poster on PPRUNE says there's a rumour about a 737 for exec charters. If so, wonder if it could also be used for holiday charters for non exec types??
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Post by pug on Dec 23, 2012 18:07:49 GMT
Surely if they were to buy them for exec charters then they would only be able to use the aircraft for ad-hoc holiday stuff?
It is a rumour that has been mentioned in the past few months so must have some truth in it.
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Post by kirmingtonuser on Dec 23, 2012 19:41:54 GMT
A Boeing 737-300 with a maximum capacity of 149 would surely be more useful in the mass leisure market rather than for executive charters. If used in the executive mode, presumably several rows of seats would be removed to provide extra knee-room for perhaps 100 passengers. Is there a large market for this type of travel? Eastern Airways already have a fleet of four aircraft which seem to be gainfully employed with football team-type business. The seat-mile costs must be quite reasonable as they were able to offer flight only HUY-Cologne/Bonn return flights for £149 which is quite competitive for a premium-service airline. I hope the rumour is true because I think that a 737 would have plenty of idle time after fulfilling its executive charter duties to have its full complement of seats re-fitted and perform low-cost leisure flights from HUY. Hopefully it will have the range to reach all the four main Canary Islands.
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Post by pug on Dec 23, 2012 20:34:40 GMT
Another post on Pprune says rumours of an LBA based 733 on its way to Eastern in a VIP config, with crew..
Could they be refering to the Multiflight BBJ?
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Post by kirmingtonuser on May 30, 2013 11:54:12 GMT
On the Summer 2014 thread on 29th May, there is an interesting article in the Hull Daily Mail relating to future plans for Western Mediterranean leisure flights. It makes it clear that the Palma and Alicante flights are a HUY initiative involving Humberside Airport Travel. Eastern Group has therefore effectively set up a leisure division. Vertical integration (aircraft maintenance etc.) has always been Eastern's policy, so the move seems entirely logical. It will be interesting to see how the initiative grows over the next few years and whether it will lead to the aquisition of larger aircraft by Eastern.
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Post by pug on May 30, 2013 15:13:26 GMT
It would appear that the airport has done dealings with Volotea, and therefore appear to be chartering aircraft from them. So in effect of is highly plausible that future leisure growth will be as a result of that concept being replicated. Clearly, it is a longer term view.,
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Post by kirmingtonuser on May 31, 2013 11:17:04 GMT
Volotea would appear to be an excellent choice for re-testing the market in the shorter-range Western Mediterranean area. If the market grows satisfactorily, there might be enough demand for Eastern to acquire an aircraft that would also be capable of serving the Canary Islands and therefore able to generate revenue throughout the year. Eastern Group do seem to like to do things themselves if they can spot a revenue-generating opportunity. With the acquisition of Humberside Airport they are an incredibly integrated business. Consider the wide variety of income-streams listed below.
Airline - scheduled, long-term charter, wet lease, ad-hoc charter, aircraft maintenance, aircraft spares, pilot training. Airport - scheduled, inclusive-tour charter, general aviation, helicopter operations, property development and investment, car parking. Travel agent - retail, inclusive tours, wholesale seat broking
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