AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  ET article on flyglobespan Goto page 1, 2  Next          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Glasgow Airport View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Iain Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:03 pm    Post subject: ET article on flyglobespan GLASGOW Airport has won daily flights to Paris in a major expansion by Flyglobespan. The Scots-based low-cost airline today said it would treble its passenger numbers next year with eight seven-days-a-week services direct from Glasgow. Full story - http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5031686.html I'm over the moon at the ORY flight - I've been praying for a lo-cost alternative to FR for trips to Paris for ages! I'm presuming this flight will be year-round? The article claims that fares will start at £29.99 rtn! - I think I might be making a few trips to Paris next year! Someone elsewhere posted that a Paris flight was on the cards - I'll listen to them more in future. I think flyglobespan have been quite clever in selecting a Paris airport - ORY is pretty quick for access to central Paris and also being to the South of Paris it seperates them a fair bit from FR away to the N. I suppose they may be able to tap the market to the S of Paris whilst FR tap the N. Does anyone know what ORY is like - I've only ever been to CDG and tbh I dread every trip through it! Interestingly, it says later in he article that the Barcelona flights have recieved RDF cash from the Scottish Exec. I guess if they already fund FR from PIK they have to fund globespan as well. No mention of funding for the ORY flight though - perhaps they can't fund it because FR from PIK and AF from EDI are not funded and this would therefore be unfair competition. As discussed previously, the RDF seemed to only fund year-round flights, so are we to take it this GLA-BCN service is to be year-round? It will be interesting to see what FR's competative response will be - there's bound to be one. I'm not really sure what the can do re Paris - they already have 2xdaily flights, so I can't see them adding frequency, but then I guess it's not out the question - flood the market with cheap seats I think there's probably room for both to operate, but Fr might not see it that way! I could certainly see them going double dailly to Gerona to have a pop at globespan. On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Back to top Joe Curry Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:28 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan The message <2tn98tF21ja6tU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de> from "Iain" <iain1978 (AT) nospamtiscali (DOT) co.uk> contains these words: Quote: On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Or the EDI flight was fuller? -- www.edinburghairport.org.uk Edinburgh Scotland International Scotland's most convenient/accessible/profitable airport View my aircraft pictures: http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=1753 Back to top Clive Braham Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:17 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: The message <2tn98tF21ja6tU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de from "Iain" On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Or the EDI flight was fuller? Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Iain is absolutely correct. GSM had to lower fares when MOL jumped in. The higher cost base remains so revenue would not be so great despite 90-100% loads. Perhaps it makes economic sense to move the 2 GLA-FCO flights to EDI where there is less of a "PIK effect" and revenues can be protected and expand GLA in other areas. I think Paris daily more than makes up for it. Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Back to top BLIMPS Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:38 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: The message <2tn98tF21ja6tU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de from "Iain" On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Or the EDI flight was fuller? Fuller than 'full?' B Back to top Iain Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:54 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Clive Braham" <clive (AT) braham5 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote Quote: "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:2004102015281266937 (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk... The message <2tn98tF21ja6tU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de from "Iain" On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Or the EDI flight was fuller? Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Yes Clive, I normally make a point of trying to ignore a certain person, but I went and looked at the figures for the season on the GLA and EDI-Rome routes. Here they are: GLA-FCO April 2210 May 1775 June 1582 July 2384 August 2273 September 2299 Total 12523 EDI-FCO April 435 May 285 June 1175 July 1582 August 1328 September 1905 Total 6710 Even if we leave out April and May (I don't think the EDI flights were operating then - although it does have a 1-stop BA via BHX which further increases the figures), we still see that GLA had far more pax. As usual, a certain person couldn't be more wrong. I must say in light of these figures their decision re. allocation of Rome flights for next summer looks a bit funny, but as you say maybe it's a revenue issue with FR down the road at PIK. Quote: Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Yes, I thought they might expand VCE from both airports - it must be a popular enough destination - maybe FR are planning flights to there. Overall, they seem to have focussed primarily on consolidating destinations already served by increasing frequency. I thought they might have expanded destination wise into E. Europe to upcoming places like BUD and KRK, and maybe even Berlin, but I suppose their strategy of consolodation is probably the right one. Back to top Joe Curry Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:55 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan The message <cl66ji$ek2$1 (AT) news6 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk> from "Clive Braham" <clive (AT) braham5 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> contains these words: Quote: Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Same number of flights,? Quote: Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Some routes work others don't. :-( -- www.edinburghairport.org.uk Edinburgh Scotland International Scotland's most convenient/accessible/profitable airport View my aircraft pictures: http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=1753 Back to top John Dundas Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:23 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: The message <2tn98tF21ja6tU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de from "Iain" On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Or the EDI flight was fuller? Oh you little bitter and twisted little man........... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ([url]http://www.grisoft.com)[/url]. Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 15/10/2004 Back to top Clive Braham Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:53 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: The message <cl66ji$ek2$1 (AT) news6 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk from "Clive Braham" don't blame you for snipping your bit.... You should have paused for a moment to think. Quote: Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Same number of flights,? Yup. Quote: Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Some routes work others don't. :-( Yup. Back to top BLIMPS Guest Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:01 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Clive Braham" <clive (AT) braham5 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote Quote: "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:2004102018554566937 (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk... The message <cl66ji$ek2$1 (AT) news6 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk from "Clive Braham" words: don't blame you for snipping your bit.... You should have paused for a moment to think. Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Same number of flights,? Yup. Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Some routes work others don't. :-( Yup. Joe Curry's credibility = 0 B Back to top Tyler Durden Guest Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:11 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "BLIMPS" <BLIMPS (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Clive Braham" <clive (AT) braham5 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:cl6j9b$6ih$1 (AT) news5 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk... "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:2004102018554566937 (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk... The message <cl66ji$ek2$1 (AT) news6 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk from "Clive Braham" words: don't blame you for snipping your bit.... You should have paused for a moment to think. Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Same number of flights,? Yup. Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Some routes work others don't. :-( Yup. Joe Curry's credibility = 0 B Which is substantially more than yours Back to top Jon Simpson Guest Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:29 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan "Tyler Durden" <nospam (AT) news (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "BLIMPS" <BLIMPS (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote in message news:cl6n6v$364$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com... "Clive Braham" <clive (AT) braham5 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:cl6j9b$6ih$1 (AT) news5 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk... "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:2004102018554566937 (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk... The message <cl66ji$ek2$1 (AT) news6 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk from "Clive Braham" words: don't blame you for snipping your bit.... You should have paused for a moment to think. Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Same number of flights,? Yup. Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Some routes work others don't. :-( Yup. Joe Curry's credibility = 0 B Which is substantially more than yours Do you ever wonder why god gave you two ears and one mouth Wu:lle? JRS Back to top Joe Curry Guest Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:22 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan The message <6INdd.128270$BI5.110493 (AT) fe2 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk> from "Tyler Durden" <nospam (AT) news (DOT) com> contains these words: Quote: Joe Curry's credibility = 0 Which is substantially more than yours Usenet post of the week! ) -- www.edinburghairport.org.uk Edinburgh Scotland International Scotland's most convenient/accessible/profitable airport View my aircraft pictures: http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=1753 Back to top GLAGAZ Guest Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan Joe Curry <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: The message <6INdd.128270$BI5.110493 (AT) fe2 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk from "Tyler Durden" Joe Curry's credibility = 0 Which is substantially more than yours Usenet post of the week! Back-patting? Back to top John Reid Guest Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:04 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan Joe Curry wrote : Quote: The message <2tn98tF21ja6tU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de from "Iain" On a negative note, it seems that Rome is dropped from GLA - seemed to be full, but they must have decided to limit the number of fronts they were fighting FR on. Or the EDI flight was fuller? Note : according to your own view of life (and the fact that people would expect you to abide by your own absurd "guidelines" even though we all know they do not apply) that this is both OT and trolling here. -- John Mail sent to the reply address will be binned automatically. Use my name with the domain (@+the rest) Back to top John Reid Guest Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:06 pm    Post subject: Re: ET article on flyglobespan BLIMPS wrote : Quote: "Clive Braham" <clive (AT) braham5 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:cl6j9b$6ih$1 (AT) news5 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk... "Joe Curry" <ability (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:2004102018554566937 (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk... The message <cl66ji$ek2$1 (AT) news6 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk from "Clive Braham" words: don't blame you for snipping your bit.... You should have paused for a moment to think. Let me just check the FACTS from another thread.... GLA 2299 EDI 1905 September '04. Same number of flights,? Yup. Shame they dropped EDI-VCE though. Some routes work others don't. :-( Yup. Joe Curry's credibility = 0 B Forgive the correction Mr Blimps, but I think Joe Curry's credibility = -1 -- John Mail sent to the reply address will be binned automatically. 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