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By: - 5th May 2005 at 17:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Has anyone else heard anything of this is it true or just rumour?
By: - 5th May 2005 at 17:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
LCY do loads of surveys for all sorts of places, most of them have not yet come about. The only one that ever came about was Leeds, and that was asked within a few months :rolleyes:
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
hmm, my post here seems to have disapeared.
I asked, hasn't a GLA-LCY service been tried before but failed in some way or got pulled?
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes, several operators have tried it, the most recent being BA with the ARJ.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
hmm, my post here seems to have disapeared.I asked, hasn't a GLA-LCY service been tried before but failed in some way or got pulled?
On more than one occasion I think it has been tried?
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It didnt preform badly for BA, they said they could use the a/c to better use ells where.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes, several operators have tried it, the most recent being BA with the ARJ.
interesting, any info why it stopped?
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Welcome back, EK.
What type did BA use?
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Welcome back, EK.What type did BA use?
Cheers Grey area.
Think it was a bae 146 or something simmilar? 3daily.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 18:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
interesting, any info why it stopped?
BAW apparently signed a deal with a Scottish bank in Edinburgh for x amount of seats per flight from/to EDI, a no lose situation for BAW as I believe they get paid even if the seat is unoccupied?
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Both BA and Scot Airways (Suckling) have attempted to run the route from GLA. I guess it's more suited to the EDI market, it being a corporate route.
It would need to to run as a lo-co operation to be a success from GLA in my opinion. Purely because of the types of market and the alternatives to London already available from Glasgow.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Both BA and Scot Airways (Suckling) have attempted to run the route from GLA. I guess it's more suited to the EDI market, it being a corporate route.It would need to to run as a lo-co operation to be a success from GLA in my opinion. Purely because of the types of market and the alternatives to London already available from Glasgow.
Only problem being LoCo is nigh on impossible from LCY due to the exorbitant costs charged by the airport.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yep, the same survey was done for the LBA-LCY which had also been operated before, and once again failed.
The amount of advertising for this route was pathetic, you need good advertising, thats why the Air Southwest LBA-BRS-NQY, has been such a terrific success thus far.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Only problem being LoCo is nigh on impossible from LCY due to the exorbitant costs charged by the airport.
Which is exactly why the previous attempts have failed. Good luck to the new one though.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yep, the same survey was done for the LBA-LCY which had also been operated before, and once again failed.The amount of advertising for this route was pathetic, you need good advertising, thats why the Air Southwest LBA-BRS-NQY, has been such a terrific success thus far.
Well to be fair, if the demand isn't there, even the best advertisement won't help ;)
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Im not saying that Sandy, but you need good advertising.
The demand must have been there for them to start it after running the survey, obviously not enough of them found out it happened.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Im not saying that Sandy, but you need good advertising.The demand must have been there for them to start it after running the survey, obviously not enough of them found out it happened.
No no, you missed my point. Forget that route you spoke about for a moment.
I was speaking in general terms.
If you want to operate any kind of route you need good advertisement, as you correctly identified, AND also good demand.
The route won't work without one of them.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I know...... Geez..
By: - 5th May 2005 at 19:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think there is demand for a 3daily GLA-LCY service just need the right amound of advertising.
By: - 5th May 2005 at 20:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
With all due respect, thats flying in the face of what everyone else is saying here and whats happened in the past.
Glasgow, is not the business gateway Edinburgh is. ( I mean the cities now, not the airports). LCY is predominantly a business airport. On top of that Edinburgh is a large financial center. Something Glasgow lacks.
Based on the premise that 95% of all flights in and out of LCY are business related, I see no scope for more than 1 GLA-LCY flight a day perhaps.... if at all.
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By: airband1 - 5th May 2005 at 09:33
Apologies if this has been covered here before but London City Airport have indicated that flights to Glasgow are expected to begin later this year.
Euromanx may be the interested airline. Anyone interested in using the route can fill in a questionnaire designed to gauge popularity and level of service required at the London City Airport web site here:www.londoncityairport.com