Posts Tagged ‘
Flybe ’
Aug 25th, 2020 |
By The Editor
There is quite a lot for the owners and managers at Southend to ponder. As will other owners at smaller airports where larger competition is nearby.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The rise and fall of Southend Airport
Tags: easyjet, Flybe, Ryanair, Southend Airport, Stobart
Mar 5th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The problem is that few airlines have planes small enough to fly some of the routes on which Flybe operated.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on 3.16am and Flybe is no more
Tags: Cardiff Airport, Exeter Airport, Flybe, George Best Belfast City Airport, Southampton Airport, Stobart Air, UK regional connectivity, Virgin Atlantic
Jan 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Today might reveal whether I have been wrong over the years and that the exchequer will agree to remove the tax without having a revenue source to replace it!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Will APD go?
Tags: APD, APD abolition, Eastern Airways, Flybe, Loganair
Jan 13th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Flybe fulfils more of a role than just being an airline. It is a transport link. And that is going to have to make the government think hard about whether it should step in.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Nervousness about Flybe
Tags: Flybe, Stobart, UK regional connectivity, Virgin Atlantic
Dec 4th, 2019 |
By The Editor
From tomorrow morning there will be a strike which will cover all means of transport to and within France.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on French strikes tomorrow
Tags: Air France, British Airways, easyjet, Eurostar, Ferry crossings to France, Flybe, France, French strikes, Ryanair
May 4th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Vivid Sydney, Black Sabbath and Machu Picco by rail are some of the thoughts of Adrian this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th May 2019
Tags: Air Europa, Cornwall, Costa Rica Festival, credit card fees, Eden Project, Flybe, Home of Metal, Inca Rail, Israel, Jerusalem City Pass, LOT Polish Airlines, Machu Pico, National Gardening Week, Nicaragua, Peru, The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Vivid Sydney
Jan 19th, 2019 |
By The Editor
For passengers the regional airport links will probably matter most. Will these survive?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on What now for Flybe?
Tags: Flybe, regional airline links, Stobart Air, Vigin Atlantic
Jun 10th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Ireland and the USA are seeking more British holidaymakers. Would you consider a summer holiday there?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: June 10th 2017
Tags: China, Cyprus., Flybe, hotel online reviews, Icelandair, Ireland, Lionel Messi, Malaysia, Nanjing, New Zealand, Taste of London, Thailand, USA, Wizz Air
Feb 25th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Belly-dancing in the Scottish style, treasure hunting in Scunthorpe and avoiding Luton Airport by going to Southend are a few of the things on Adrian’s agenda this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 25th February 2017
Tags: Barbados, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Dominican Republic, Florida, Flybe, free meals on flights, Hng Kong, Hong Kong Disneyland, Museum of Free Derry, Panama City, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Saudia, Scottish Festival and Northwest Florida Renaissance &Fantasy Faire, Scunthorpe, Tunisia, U.S. Virgin Islands
Feb 4th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Security concerns at Cambeltown Airport, taxes, sales and St Bernard’s seem to be to the fore this week. Luckily it is time for the comedy festivals to come along and cheer me up!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th February 2017
Tags: APD, Argentina, Aruba, bmi regional, Bray Comedy Festival, British Airways, Campeltown Airport, Capital Region, Chris Grayling, Destinations Show, Family & Friends railcard, Flybe, Jamaica, Leicester Comedy Festival, Manchester Airport, Virgin trains
Jan 9th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Late last week we reported on the OAG study of punctuality at airports. The same study also looked at punctuality at airlines so which should you choose if you want an on-time landing in the jargon of air travel? Flybe comes out as the most punctual of the British and Irish airlines achieving a punctuality rate of 86.62% of flights being on time. Worldwide though, it might be in sixth place but within Europe it is second only to KLM. Monarch, Aer Lingus and Jet2
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Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on If you want a punctual flight use…
Tags: Aer Lingus, Amsterdam Schipol Airport, Birmingham Airport, Flybe, KLM, Monarch, OAG
Dec 24th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
On this Christmas Eve, may I wish all readers a very joyous Christmas and may Storm Barbara have no effect on your travel, holiday or the celebrations you will have.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 24th December 2016
Tags: Airline Seat Sizes, APD in Scotland, Athens, Benidorm, Dubi, easyjet, Etihad Museum, EU 261, Eurowings, Flybe, holidays in school terms, Jet 2, Jon Platt, LEGO NINJAGO World, Munich, New York, NYC & Company, Travel Counsellors, UAE
Oct 22nd, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Bus arrivals, holiday safety and unhelpful tourism answers by government ministers are some of the things that helped exasperate Adrian this week. But then he was sent a picture of a bus sign…
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 22nd October 2016
Tags: Brighton, Bristol Airport, Cardiff Airport, Costa Daurada, EU261, Flybe, Greece, HolidayTravelWatch, Kos, Margaret Ritchie MP, Rally de Tapas, spain, Tim Farron MP, Travelzoo, VT on tourism services
Oct 5th, 2016 |
By The Editor
There is a fake competition at the moment that purports to come from Flybe.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The Flybee con
Tags: Flybe, Flybee, fraudulent travel competitions
Jul 10th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Saad Hammad’s idea means that the Treasury in London can have its cake and eat it.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Cutting APD
Tags: APD, Cutting APD, Flybe, regional airports, Saad Hammad
Jun 25th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Has Brexit been over- estimated by the travel industry? Adrian hardly mentions the subject concentrating on the Qantas competition to Sydney, The World Eskimo Olympic Games and National Tom Sawyer Day
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 25th of June 2016
Tags: Alaska, Brexit, Croatia, Cruise Lines International Association, easyjet, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Flybe, Golden Days - Fairbanks, Hannibal - Missouri, Iain Milne, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Monarch, National Tom Sawyer Day, Qantas, Qantas - The Ultimate Trip, Southampton, Tate Modern, Tenerife, The Arch -London, World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games
Mar 5th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A gin distillery at Gatwick captured Adrian’s attention this week but so did Joan of Arc’s ring, the wreck of a gambling ship off San Diego and St Piran’s Day which happens to be today.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th March 2016
Tags: ABTA, Alto Atacama Observatory., Belvoir Castle, Capability Brown, Chile, Cornwall, Florida, Flybe, Keukenhof, Kuelap, Miami, Peru, Puy du Fou, Ryanair, San Diego, Shop Miami Month, SS Monte Carlo, St Piran's Day
Jan 30th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
APD, VAT and airline profits due to reduced fuel prices are some of the topis interesting Adrian this week as well as an octpus and whale watching.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 30th January 2016
Tags: Air Passenger Duty (APD), airline ticket prices, APD, Azores, Chapel of Love, Delta, ETOA, Flybe, Go Euro, Iceland, Icelandic VAT hike, Mall of America, Minneapolis St Paul, SEA LIFE Manchester, Singapore, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Tunisia, VAT on tourism, whale watching, Zika virus
Jan 16th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Glass cars, selfies in Mumbai and why Bournemouth has something in common with Abu Dhabi are items that Adrian has spotted this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 16th January 2016
Tags: Aalborg, Abu Dhabi, Bournemouth, Delta, Flybe, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Mallorca, National Glass Centre, Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, selfies in Mumbai, Space Center - Houston, Sunderland, The Cultural Spring, Wizz Air
Jan 9th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian takes a first look at some of the smaller travel stories of 2016.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 9th January 2016
Tags: Adele, Camping Travel Club, credit card surcharges, Dawson and Sanderson, Europa Park, Finnair, Flybe, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Heathrwo, Jet 2, Jet 2 Holidays, Miami-Dade Art, Ryanair, Sainsbury's, Stephen Fry, Vietnam, Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc, Visit Britain
Jan 8th, 2016 |
By The Editor
OAG is a company that is largely known for compiling the airline timetables that we use. By possessing this information it also is able to give us an idea of airline punctuality.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Measuring airline punctuality
Tags: BA, Flybe, measuring airline puntuality, Monarc, OAG, Ryanair
Oct 24th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
As China’s president announces a direct service from Manchester, Adrian explores other airline news, including yet another APD debate in the House of Commons that achieved absolutely nothing.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 24th October 2015
Tags: ABTA, Aer Lingus, Air Passenger Duty (APD), Bermuda, British Airways, Eastern Airwys, Flybe, gondala prices, Travel Republic, Vueling
Sep 19th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
This week my column comes from Sydney in Australia as I shall be here for the next few weeks preparing some stories and visiting relations. Expect then, a biased towards Australian stories for a while! Let’s start with culture because the tourist authority for NSW, Destination NSW, says cultural tourism is on the rise with the state attracting almost 6.5 million overnight cultural visitors in the year ending March 2015, a significant 5.6% increase on the previous year. During the year ending March 2015, NSW
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Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th September 2015
Tags: arlberg1800, Cruise Show, Etihad, Festival of Lights, Flybe, Grayson Perry, Legoland, Leipzig, Liverpol, MCA, National Cruise Week, NSW, St Anton am Arlberg
Mar 7th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian has been in Germany this week at a travel trade show where he finds that Germany has been attracting more British visitors. But then few destinations have not announced greater visitor numbers.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 7th March 2015
Tags: Bursa, Cambridge Airport, Cardiff Airport, Cruising, Egypt, Flybe, Germany, ITB, Montenegro, Russia, Sun-Air, switzerland, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine
Nov 1st, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
The location of a youth hostel in Sydney surprises Adrian as he sums up the smaller stories of the week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: November 1st 2014
Tags: 2CV Adventures, Aix-en-Provence, Dublin East Coast Golf Alliance, Flybe, HMS Illustrious, Luggage Mule, New York, Texas, Youth Hostels Australia
Aug 16th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian finds out that more of us are holidaying abroad this year over last year but still plans to head to Cilgerran for the coracle championships next weekend! OK, he admits it – he lives there – but he’ll still be going for the fun!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 16th August 2014
Tags: Berkhamstead, Cilgerran, Clevedon Pier, Croatia, Flybe, HMS Illustrious, Hull, Irealnd, National Coracle Centre, National Football Museum, Rocky Mountain National Park, Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum
May 24th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Today Thorpe Park in Surrey unveils to the public its new Angry Birds themed 4D land experience. It starts in the high tech movie theatre surrounding and you become part of the action as rumbling chairs catapult you through a fast-paced adventure as the Angry Birds attempt to get their precious eggs back from the dastardly King Pig. Timed air gusts, water jets, leg ticklers, flashing lights, bubbles and smoke blasts will be sure to get pulses racing from start to finish! It doesn’t finish
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Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 24th of May 2014
Tags: Angry Birds Land, Dauphin Island, easyjet, Flybe, Glasgow School of Art, Jamaica, Jet2, Le Canard Enchaîné, Ryanair, Thorpe Park
Apr 26th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian rounds off the week thinking of
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 26th April 2014
Tags: 1960's B&B's, Battle of Clontaarf, Blenheim Palace, Budapest, Croatia, Flybe, Ian McMillan, SAS, Scarbo Tower