AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Glasgow Airport View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jim Mason Guest Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:02 pm    Post subject: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport BAA Press Release Glasgow Airport has welcomed plans by long haul airline Emirates to massively increase capacity on its daily service from Glasgow to Dubai. From October, Emirates will replace its 284 seat Airbus A330 with a 427 seat Boeing 777-300 aircraft, increasing capacity on the route by 50%. Stephen Baxter, MD at Glasgow Airport said: "We're delighted with this announcement. Emirates have been a huge success at Glasgow Airport, and this expansion is a tremendous vote of confidence in the airport and the city. The knock on effect on the region's economy, and the local tourism industry, will be enormous." He added: "Emirates has been a real success story at Glasgow Airport, not just in terms of passenger numbers, but in an economic sense too. Emirates SkyCargo offers businesses from across Scotland direct access to the markets of the Gulf region and beyond. This expansion therefore represents a major economic boost for Scottish exporters" -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/c162491.html Back to top johnr@gibson6819.freeserv Guest Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Great news. One of the factors in having all these extra seats will I am sure keep prices very competative as EK will want to sell as many as possible. In the past their prices have been very competative this might make them even sharper. Good news for all people flying from Scotland Southwest Back to top Fraser Guest Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:17 am    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport "Jim Mason" <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport BAA Press Release Glasgow Airport has welcomed plans by long haul airline Emirates to massively increase capacity on its daily service from Glasgow to Dubai. From October, Emirates will replace its 284 seat Airbus A330 with a 427 seat Boeing 777-300 aircraft, increasing capacity on the route by 50%. Does the EK 777 actually hold 427 people? Or is this like all the press who were going on about the new A380 holding 550 people when nobody actually intends to or ever would cram this many folk in? Back to top Guster_O Guest Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:55 am    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport "Fraser" <fraser (AT) lanakil (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote Quote: "Jim Mason" <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:MPG.1c910d1789163bd898a2e7 (AT) News (DOT) Individual.NET... Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport BAA Press Release Glasgow Airport has welcomed plans by long haul airline Emirates to massively increase capacity on its daily service from Glasgow to Dubai. From October, Emirates will replace its 284 seat Airbus A330 with a 427 seat Boeing 777-300 aircraft, increasing capacity on the route by 50%. Does the EK 777 actually hold 427 people? Or is this like all the press who were going on about the new A380 holding 550 people when nobody actually intends to or ever would cram this many folk in? It does Fraser. The 773 is longer than a 744. I think the 772 hold about 360 people, and the 773 is considerably longer. Gusty Back to top Clive Braham Guest Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport "Guster_O" <davidspence_trader (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Fraser" <fraser (AT) lanakil (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:<4228fa8b$0$87549$ed2619ec (AT) ptn-nntp-reader01 (DOT) plus.net>... "Jim Mason" <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:MPG.1c910d1789163bd898a2e7 (AT) News (DOT) Individual.NET... Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport BAA Press Release Glasgow Airport has welcomed plans by long haul airline Emirates to massively increase capacity on its daily service from Glasgow to Dubai. From October, Emirates will replace its 284 seat Airbus A330 with a 427 seat Boeing 777-300 aircraft, increasing capacity on the route by 50%. Does the EK 777 actually hold 427 people? Or is this like all the press who were going on about the new A380 holding 550 people when nobody actually intends to or ever would cram this many folk in? It does Fraser. The 773 is longer than a 744. I think the 772 hold about 360 people, and the 773 is considerably longer. Gusty The 777-200 (2 class) offers 42 Business Class seats and 304 Economy Class passengers, allowing for a total of 346 passengers. These aircraft are currently being updated to provide greater comfort and a new 500 channel entertainment system. The B777-300, the largest member of the Emirates fleet, can carry a total of 434 passengers, with 49 Business Class seats and 385 Economy seats. source www.emirates.com Clive Back to top David Kerr Guest Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Clive Braham wrote: Quote: The B777-300, the largest member of the Emirates fleet, can carry a total of 434 passengers, with 49 Business Class seats and 385 Economy seats. Thus we have a reason why they don't need a 747 for their fleet! There's been one occasion when the MAN flight had 434 passengers on board (and another occasion 400+); both were prior to the service going double daily. David http://fly.to/northwest-spotters (with all links now working!) Back to top Guster_O Guest Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:38 am    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport "David Kerr" <david.kerr (AT) lineone (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Clive Braham wrote: The B777-300, the largest member of the Emirates fleet, can carry a total of 434 passengers, with 49 Business Class seats and 385 Economy seats. Thus we have a reason why they don't need a 747 for their fleet! There's been one occasion when the MAN flight had 434 passengers on board (and another occasion 400+); both were prior to the service going double daily. David http://fly.to/northwest-spotters (with all links now working!) I thought MAN was double daily long before EK introduced the 773 David. Could you let us know when MAN went double daily ? I reckon GLA will go double daily within 18 months. The evening flight gives a short connection to the nonstop SYD flight. I'm sure this would entice more business pax onboard. Gusty Back to top David Kerr Guest Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Guster_O wrote: Quote: I thought MAN was double daily long before EK introduced the 773 David. Could you let us know when MAN went double daily ? Double daily started 1st June 2003; we had 773s operating in February 2002 Quote: I reckon GLA will go double daily within 18 months. The evening flight gives a short connection to the nonstop SYD flight. I'm sure this would entice more business pax onboard. Undoubtedly - it would certainly beat the BA/QF preferred method of travelling to SYD ;) David Back to top Jim Mason Guest Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport In article <1110137219.970383.34550 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, [email]david.kerr (AT) lineone (DOT) net[/email] says... Quote: Guster_O wrote: I thought MAN was double daily long before EK introduced the 773 David. Could you let us know when MAN went double daily ? Double daily started 1st June 2003; we had 773s operating in February 2002 I reckon GLA will go double daily within 18 months. The evening flight gives a short connection to the nonstop SYD flight. I'm sure this would entice more business pax onboard. Undoubtedly - it would certainly beat the BA/QF preferred method of travelling to SYD Indeed - but there are some fools who would rather do that than swallow their bigoted pride and travel less than an hour west to fly direct. Jim -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/c162491.html Back to top Don Guest Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Jim Mason <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: In article <1110137219.970383.34550 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, [email]david.kerr (AT) lineone (DOT) net[/email] says... Guster_O wrote: I thought MAN was double daily long before EK introduced the 773 David. Could you let us know when MAN went double daily ? Double daily started 1st June 2003; we had 773s operating in February 2002 I reckon GLA will go double daily within 18 months. The evening flight gives a short connection to the nonstop SYD flight. I'm sure this would entice more business pax onboard. Undoubtedly - it would certainly beat the BA/QF preferred method of travelling to SYD ;) Indeed - but there are some fools who would rather do that than swallow their bigoted pride and travel less than an hour west to fly direct. Jim The 777-300's have since been re-configured to 42 J Class & 385 Economy Back to top Guster_O Guest Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport [email]mirdiff (AT) hotmail (DOT) com[/email] (Don) wrote in message news:<9f1072b2.0503071008.8655f7a (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>... Quote: Jim Mason <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote In article <1110137219.970383.34550 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, [email]david.kerr (AT) lineone (DOT) net[/email] says... Guster_O wrote: I thought MAN was double daily long before EK introduced the 773 David. Could you let us know when MAN went double daily ? Double daily started 1st June 2003; we had 773s operating in February 2002 I reckon GLA will go double daily within 18 months. The evening flight gives a short connection to the nonstop SYD flight. I'm sure this would entice more business pax onboard. Undoubtedly - it would certainly beat the BA/QF preferred method of travelling to SYD ;) Indeed - but there are some fools who would rather do that than swallow their bigoted pride and travel less than an hour west to fly direct. Jim The 777-300's have since been re-configured to 42 J Class & 385 Economy Thanks for that Don. Do you have any idea whan GLA might go double daily ? Hope you are having fun in the desert. Gusty Back to top izedragon@hotmail.com Guest Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Fraser wrote: Quote: Does the EK 777 actually hold 427 people? Or is this like all the press who were going on about the new A380 holding 550 people when nobody actually intends to or ever would cram this many folk in? 550 is the standard, factory, layout for the a380 and is not cramming. If you want to cram 'em all into economy accomodations you can get 800 seats. It's a big plane. Back to top Don Guest Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport [email]davidspence_trader (AT) hotmail (DOT) com[/email] (Guster_O) wrote in message news:<d5eb4968.0503080006.ba2c47f (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>... Quote: mirdiff (AT) hotmail (DOT) com (Don) wrote in message news:<9f1072b2.0503071008.8655f7a (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>... Jim Mason <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote In article <1110137219.970383.34550 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, [email]david.kerr (AT) lineone (DOT) net[/email] says... Guster_O wrote: I thought MAN was double daily long before EK introduced the 773 David. Could you let us know when MAN went double daily ? Double daily started 1st June 2003; we had 773s operating in February 2002 I reckon GLA will go double daily within 18 months. The evening flight gives a short connection to the nonstop SYD flight. I'm sure this would entice more business pax onboard. Undoubtedly - it would certainly beat the BA/QF preferred method of travelling to SYD ;) Indeed - but there are some fools who would rather do that than swallow their bigoted pride and travel less than an hour west to fly direct. Jim The 777-300's have since been re-configured to 42 J Class & 385 Economy Thanks for that Don. Do you have any idea whan GLA might go double daily ? Hope you are having fun in the desert. Gusty Nothing yet. I would imagine that it's atleast 18 months away. They would appear to be following the same 'route' so to speak as MAN & BHX - start with a 332, upgrade to a 772/3, see how that goes, and then look at a double daily operation. Back to top David Kerr Guest Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Emirates announce major expansion from Glasgow Airport Don wrote: Quote: Nothing yet. I would imagine that it's atleast 18 months away. They would appear to be following the same 'route' so to speak as MAN & BHX - start with a 332, upgrade to a 772/3, see how that goes, and then look at a double daily operation. BHX + GLA certainly didn't follow the same route as MAN to begin with as far as I'm concerned ;) David Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Glasgow Airport All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Aviation----------------alt.aviationAviation safety EnhancementPlanes, gliders and flying in AustraliaAviation et pilotage (Français)rec.aviationAviation (Aerobatics)Hot air, gas balloons and airshipsHang-gliding, paragliding, foot-launched flightAircraft Design & BuildingInstrument Flight RulesAviation (Classifieds)Military AircraftNaval AviationAviation (Miscellaneous Topics)Owning AirplanesAviators (General Discussions)Aviation related productsAircraft RestorationHelicopters and rotary wing aircraftsFlight SimulationSailplanesAviation (Students)Light aircraftFlying related activities in the UK Airports----------------alt.airportsEdinburgh Airport Glasgow Airport Humberside Airport Luton Airport Aberdeen Airport Glasgow Prestwick Airport  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.