Flybe exits Gatwick

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    SimonS1
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    So they have finally sold all their slots (25 pairs) to Easyjet and thrown in the towel in LGW.

    The continuation of a sad decline really, variable reliability and a strange co-incidence of planes going tech when loads are light…..

    I wonder where Easyjet will start to next. A great way of using Skywards miles.


    openfly
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    I am under the impression that the slots that have been sold were banked slots. I may be wrong but Flybe have not announced a closure at LGW. We might see a slight reduction n their services…..


    londonlad
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    SimonS1
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    Check today’s press, Openfly. They are ceasing all flights.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22629518

    Share price has fallen 80% since flotation in December 2010.

    Sounds like the type of distressed airline situation which needs a commanding figure like WW.


    openfly
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    Thanks SimonS1

    With a total pull out from LGW there will be a lot unhappy Flybe customers, places like the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, to mention just two!


    SimonS1
    Participant

    Maybe Easyjet will pick these places up?

    They already fly from LGW to places like Isle of Man and Inverness and in my experience a bit more reliably than Fly Maybe. However the Flybe slots with early departures were more suitable for business.


    AMcWhirter
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    It’s a blow for those regional passengers who wish to interline at LGW.

    Even if Easyjet were to take over some of these Flybe routes in 2014 there will be no interlining opportunities.

    LGW seems to be becoming more of a point-to-point airport.


    oldbold
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    Their slots are not particularly early:
    Here are the first few LGW slots
    NCL Newcastle BE 461  7:55 AM BE 462 8:30 AM
    GCI Guernsey BE 900  8:05 AM BE 903 8:45 AM
    JER Jersey BE 930  8:05 AM BE 933 8:50 AM
    BHD Belfast BE 961  8:20 AM BE 962 8:55 AM
    IOM Isle Of ManBE 271  8:20 AM BE 373 8:55 AM

    My sister has a 5:50 AM flight out soon. That is early.


    Shearer
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    EasyJet are pushing their business friendly services and Inverness is the jewel of the ragbag of destinations – train competition lacking due to journey time, and the only competitors currently are FlyBe and EZY.

    I think BA will seriously consider a return to INV (from LHR).


    AMcWhirter
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    With the route cuts, Flybe will have less work for its existing fleet.

    Maybe that’s why it’s deferring future aircraft deliveries.

    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/flybe-to-defer-half-its-embraer-deliveries-386280/


    JohnHarper
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    How come these slots are so valuable?

    Only a couple of weeks ago when another poster raised the issue of LGW being slot constrained and pointed out the BA could not expand at will there, Krug, as ever popped up and told us all that LGW was not slot constrained and that BA had unlimited growth potential there.

    Now, if these slots have been sold for £20M and the airport is not slot constrained, Easyjet have been ripped off.

    Or was Krug making it up as usual?


    SimonS1
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    oldbold – 23/05/2013 14:14 GMT

    Yes not early in your sense, but if you are on a day trip for business an arrival in say IOM before 9am for a first meeting at 9.30am is perfectly OK.

    NIRscot – 23/05/2013 14:18 GMT

    I think that is a bit of a harsh judgement. I live about 20 mins from LGW and can get to the following on Easyjet – IOM, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Madrid, Lisbon, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Geneva, Zurich. I would hardly say that is a ragbag of destination, a real bonus that I don’t need to trolley into Heathrow. In fact I didn’t realise until I looked how many places they now fly to.


    travelsforfun
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    JohnHarper – 23/05/2013 15:54 GMT

    LGW in general has slot availability – and this applies for the majority of the traffic day – but the main exception is the morning peak when slots are like gold dust.


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    SimonS1

    I think you misunderstand my point.
    Perhaps ‘ragbag’ was a tad harsh, but I was talking about FlyBE’s Gatwick destinations.

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