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    #692
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Locker10a wrote: »
    Can anyone here help me out or am I really loosing my memory!
    For some odd reason I recall there being flights between Knock and Bournmouth a few years ago, am I going mad or did this route ever exist ?

    No there was never a route between Knock and Bournmouth. Must be going mad then.ha.


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    #693
    Locker10a
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    eastmayo wrote: »
    No there was never a route between Knock and Bournmouth. Must be going mad then.ha.

    Haha thanks for the Reply ! I must be going mad! I was sure there was a brief period of Ryanair operating it ! 10 years back or more ! Must have dreamt it !!!


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    #694
    Cosmo Kramer
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    I'm sure there was a short lived Ryanair flight to Durham Tees Valley Airport at one point about 10 years ago. Nowhere near Bournemouth but a similarly obscure English airport and quite possibly the oddest scheduled destination ever to have been served from Knock.

    Was that maybe what you were thinking of?


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    #695
    eastmayo
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    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    I'm sure there was a short lived Ryanair flight to Durham Tees Valley Airport at one point about 10 years ago. Nowhere near Bournemouth but a similarly obscure English airport and quite possibly the oddest scheduled destination ever to have been served from Knock.

    Was that maybe what you were thinking of?
    bmi baby served that route in 05 I think.durham Tees Valley. .


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    #696
    JCX BXC
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    When can we expect the 2015 passenger numbers?


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    #697
    eastmayo
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    When can we expect the 2015 passenger numbers?

    No idea. Should be soon out.


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    #698
    roundymac
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    eastmayo wrote: »
    bmi baby served that route in 05 I think.durham Tees Valley. .
    That would make sense, DTV was a BMI Baby base.


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    #699
    Cosmo Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,022 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    Passenger numbers were 649k to the end of November. Assuming a similar December to last year - and September, October and November have all been fairly similar to 2014 - expect an end of year total of about 689,000. It will have been the second busiest year in the airport's history after 2014, however as it is a year on year drop in numbers of about 2% don't expect any massive fanfare from the airport, there may not even be a press release.


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    #700
    JCX BXC
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    2% is a pretty modest drop, pretty much a stable year. Growth next year I'd imagine, 2016 may just break record numbers thanks to Flybe's services.

    You'd think they'd at least release the numbers discreetly on the website.


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    #701
    JCX BXC
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    http://m.independent.ie/business/irish/ireland-west-knock-airport-new-flight-from-boston-to-start-this-summer-34393456.html

    They are really making alot of noise about this.


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    #702
    BonkeyDonker
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    http://m.independent.ie/business/irish/ireland-west-knock-airport-new-flight-from-boston-to-start-this-summer-34393456.html

    They are really making alot of noise about this.

    Fair play to them - if they can even make this a semi-regular thing then they should make as much noise about it as they can.


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    #703
    Cosmo Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,022 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    I don't get the point of making noise over this either. They did the same thing with the JFK one last year. It's a one off charter flight, it means nothing more than that really.

    People were mistakenly tweeting about it earlier today thinking it was to be a regular service of some kind and IWAK were retweeting the tweets. Ridiculous stuff.


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    #704
    JCX BXC
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    Like, you'd understand if they put in a sneaky mention of the new Costa Dorado, Edinburgh and Birmingham services but they are not even doing that.

    What difference does it make to the average Joe if there's a once off charter with only inbound Americans?


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    #705
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Anyone no which airline is flying from knock to salou with Falcon in the summer.


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    #706
    TheFitz13
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    What aircraft will EI operate on the Boston flight? 757?


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    #707
    JCX BXC
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    TheFitz13 wrote: »
    What aircraft will EI operate on the Boston flight? 757?

    The 757 doesn't operate to BOS at time of year, so probably not.


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    #708
    TheFitz13
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    The 757 doesn't operate to BOS at time of year, so probably not.

    Would an A330 be able to get in and out of knock?


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    JCX BXC
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    TheFitz13 wrote: »
    Would an A330 be able to get in and out of knock?

    It could land and take off alright, doubt the stands could take it though. They could park it remotely, not sure if that would affect OPS or not.

    Its either the A330 from DUB or the 767 from SNN, unless they somehow schedule a 757 for the NOC charter.


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    #710
    Cosmo Kramer
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    There would be no issue with a 330. Larger aircraft like that can be parked on the apron when needed (which isn't that often), it just restricts other aircraft from parking on stand. However this flight is likely to be scheduled to arrive and depart during a quieter period so if it turns out to be an A330 it will be accommodated. My guess though is that it will be a 757 again.


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    #711
    JCX BXC
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    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    However this flight is likely to be scheduled to arrive and depart during a quieter period so if it turns out to be an A330 it will be accommodated.

    What are the likely arrival/departure times?
    Departure at around 11/12 is likely, not exactly quiet. Most (All somedays) of Knocks traffic is before 3pm on any given day.


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    #712
    cgill
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    Carnacalla wrote:
    What are the likely arrival/departure times? Departure at around 11/12 is likely, not exactly quiet. Most (All somedays) of Knocks traffic is before 3pm on any given day.


    Arrival at 8am on the 15th, departure at 6:15am on the 21st, that's what's scheduled at the moment but could change.


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    #713
    JCX BXC
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    cgill wrote: »
    Arrival at 8am on the 15th, departure at 6:15am on the 21st, that's what's scheduled at the moment but could change.

    6:15am? Really! That's fairly early!


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    #714
    eastmayo
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    Just received an email that it's the 757 that's been used for this charter.


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    #715
    Jamie2k9
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    689 080 -2% for 2015
    Anyone no which airline is flying from knock to salou with Falcon in the summer.

    Alba Star, subject to change.


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    #716
    Locker10a
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    Guys, do any of you know what's up with the schedule of the LGW flight for the first week of May? The times of the flights are much later but then change half way through the month ? Will this be the revised schedule for summer ?


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    #717
    JCX BXC
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    Locker10a wrote: »
    Guys, do any of you know what's up with the schedule of the LGW flight for the first week of May? The times of the flights are much later but then change half way through the month ? Will this be the revised schedule for summer ?

    Seen that mentioned on PPRuNe too.

    Could be something slot related?


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    #718
    Locker10a
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Seen that mentioned on PPRuNe too.

    Could be something slot related?

    I wonder if it's the new summer schedule? Guess we will have to wait and see!


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    #719
    cgill
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭cgill


    Locker10a wrote:
    Guys, do any of you know what's up with the schedule of the LGW flight for the first week of May? The times of the flights are much later but then change half way through the month ? Will this be the revised schedule for summer ?


    I can't see any change in times mid-May, the late flights are running until October by the looks of it except on Saturdays which is a midday flight.


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    #720
    highlydebased
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    VLM seemingly operating some of the Flybe Manchester flights over the summer, doesn't say explicitly on what days however, but having a look in the booking engine some flights are down for 1hr10 min and some 1hr45, one surmises the slower ones are VLM operated.


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    #721
    Locker10a
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,173 Mod ✭✭✭✭Locker10a


    highlydebased wrote: »
    VLM seemingly operating some of the Flybe Manchester flights over the summer, doesn't say explicitly on what days however, but having a look in the booking engine some flights are down for 1hr10 min and some 1hr45, one surmises the slower ones are VLM operated.

    Makes for something different to see at NOC, doubt pax will notice anyway!


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