Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – FlyBe Bombardier Dash 8-Q400

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for more airplane art. This week, it's taking off first thing in the morning is a FlyBe Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 departing London City Airport. FlyBe operate a fleet of 49 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s in their fleet, operating from the from regional destinations across the UK to both domestic and European destinations. More Airplane … [Read more...]

Flybe cuts Southend to Dublin route

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Route changes are a fact of airline life - the bottom line is if an airline isn't making enough off a route, it'll pull the route. It seems this is what has happened to Flybe's Southend to Dublin route according to The Southend Echo and Business Traveller.  FlyBe Bombadier Dash8 Q400 landing at East Midlands Airport - Image, Economy Class and … [Read more...]

FlyBe – 20,000 Seats for £20 each – One-Day fire sale

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FlyBe is running another 24 hour sale where fares on some routes with 20,000 seats for up for grabs for £20 each, on a one way basis on certain UK Domestic and regional routes FlyBe Dash 8 Q400 landing at East Midlands Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The full list for those who are interested include: Aberdeen  > Leeds Bradford Aberdeen > … [Read more...]

The Battle of London City to Dublin: Are there too many seats on this route?

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An interesting battle has started at on the London City Airport to Dublin routing, with three carriers going toe-to-to-toe with FlyBe, British Airways and incumbent CityJet fighting over passengers on the route. So lets do a bit of background. The incumbent CityJet has been through the mill recently, but has gone on the attack with a 9 time a weekday service between the two … [Read more...]

FlyBe launches London City Airport services

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The fight for regional to capital traffic turned up a notch today, with FlyBe returning to the London City Airport, in the Docklands are of London. FlyBe Dash8 Q400 landing at East Midlands Airport – Image Economy Class and Beyond FlyBe are taking over routes that were previously operated by British Airways to Aberdeen, as well as services direct services to … [Read more...]

Flybe fills in a BA gap between Aberdeen and London City

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The regions are a tough fight for carriers - like British Airways finds when it decided to focus its fleet on taking on Dublin, and dropping Aberdeen in the process from London City Airport, and when the low cost carriers go full speed ahead, concentrating on heavier routes,waving thinner/lower earning routes to suffer. Well, there's good news from Flybe who will restore the … [Read more...]

FlyBe to return to London City Airport

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FlyBe seemingly is going to try again to crack the nut of London, and in the process return to London City Airport. FlyBe Dash8 Q400 landing at East Midlands Airport - Image GhettoIFE The airline will return to London City Airport after signing a five-year operational agreement with the airport, opening five routes in the process: Belfast - Three times daily Dublin - Four … [Read more...]

Ah. Birmingham Airport. Yes. Well. Umm… (Another trip…)

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Good evening from Birmingham  Airport where I'm sitting in the public terminal area as I prepare to execute my end of year qualification run: As you look at this map, you'll notice there's a fair bit of convoluted routing... and that's just in New York and Newark. The mess that is Europe will provide some surprises (as a train will feature heavily in this trip … [Read more...]