Positive possibilities

[egpffqtv]

No, facts beat fiction any day but having said that it would be good if we could have a GLA thread about GLA for once. It was egpffqtv who did the usual.

Did what? Spoke the truth?

[Clive]

No, facts beat fiction any day but having said that it would be good if we could have a GLA thread about GLA for once. It was egpffqtv who did the usual.

Did what? Spoke the truth?

The clue is in the thread title.

[PiperOne]

I would think FR prospects may have improved, given the capacity constraints which EDI are showing on the ACL report shown elsewhere. However, it will take a bit of hard negotiation to land that one, and it would be susceptible to moving east once the capacity issues are resolved.

EK is a tricky one. EDI was previously the 3rd flight, which probably limited its demand. If it was to be the return of the 2nd service it would probably be able to go straight to daily. However, they have the investment in the GLA lounge to consider, which is presently underused, so may colour the decision.

Jet Blue, and US in general, is off the agenda now, as it would need a carrier which was heavily economy-configured, a bit like Air Transat is for Canada. B6 would need to have some single-class, or small premium cabin, A21N available for the route. More appropriate could be Frontier or Southwest, but transatlantic is still some way in the future for both of them. Return of any of the US legacy carriers is unlikely, as they all move their focus to more premium products for the American market.

Future prospects will depend in the budget travel sector, from Europe or beyond, but that will need AGS to offer a lower permanent cost base to that airline segment.

[McG]

As we know, one of the main reasons Ryanair still have pax ops at PIK is it allows them to switch aircraft in and out of maintenance at PIK without the need for positioning flights, similar to how BA use the Shuttle’s at LHR.

One potential way of getting a Ryanair base and allowing them to consolidate West Coast Ops would be for AGS to sign a deal that covered the costs of any positioning flights between GLA and PIK and vice versa.

The other thing regarding a Ryanair base - realistically you need 3 or more aircraft to based - anything less and you leave yourself open to what happened previously.

[Iain]

As we know, one of the main reasons Ryanair still have pax ops at PIK is it allows them to switch aircraft in and out of maintenance at PIK without the need for positioning flights, similar to how BA use the Shuttle’s at LHR.

One potential way of getting a Ryanair base and allowing them to consolidate West Coast Ops would be for AGS to sign a deal that covered the costs of any positioning flights between GLA and PIK and vice versa.

I would've thought FR could be "cute" and maintain 2 or 3 2x weekly sun routes at PIK, which would let the rotate aircraft through and force the terminal to stay open so it can be used a threat against GLA in future.

The other thing regarding a Ryanair base - realistically you need 3 or more aircraft to based - anything less and you leave yourself open to what happened previously.

A STN plus switching the DIB route to being operated by GLA based would probably get there.

[GeorgeNTravels]

This seemed a good thread to put this, but it’s looking a busy week for GLA (everything listed is outbound only).

Jet2

Both Malaga flights full

Ryanair

Tuesdays Malaga full
Tuesdays Alicante full
Friday Krakow full
Saturday Malaga full

easyJet

Tuesday Agadir full
Tuesday Stansted full x2
Tuesday Luton full x1
Tuesday Gatwick full x2
Wednesday Alicante full x1
Wednesday Gatwick full x3
Wednesday Luton full x1
Wednesday Stansted full x3
Thursday Stansted full x2
Friday Alicante full
Saturday Alicante full

Emirates

Wednesday full in eco

[GeorgeNTravels]

This seemed a good thread to put this, but it’s looking a busy week for GLA (everything listed is outbound only).

Jet2

Both Malaga flights full
Saturday Antalya full

Ryanair

Tuesdays Malaga full
Tuesdays Alicante full
Friday Krakow full
Saturday Malaga full

easyJet

Tuesday Agadir full
Tuesday Stansted full x2
Tuesday Luton full x1
Tuesday Gatwick full x2
Wednesday Alicante full x1
Wednesday Gatwick full x3
Wednesday Luton full x1
Wednesday Stansted full x3
Thursday Stansted full x2
Friday Alicante full
Saturday Alicante full

Emirates

Wednesday full in eco

Updated on 27/12/2022 to add:

Jet2 Antalya, Ryanair Saturday Malaga, easyJet Wednesday Gatwick, easyJet Wednesday Stansted

[GeorgeNTravels]

03/01/2023 also proving to be a very busy day with the following flights showing as sold out.

03/01/2023 - FR2522 Alicante
03/01/2023 - FR2609 Malaga

03/01/2023 - LS125 Tenerife
03/01/2023 - LS143 Gran Canaria

03/01/2023 - EZY406 Bristol
03/01/2023 - EZY513 Birmingham
03/01/2023 - EZY882 London Gatwick
03/01/2023 - EZY210 London Stansted
03/01/2023 - EZY66 London Luton
03/01/2023 - EZY886 London Gatwick
03/01/2023 - EZY216 London Stansted
03/01/2023 - EZY890 London Gatwick
03/01/2023 - EZY6843 Faro

03/01/2023 - KL1472 Amsterdam

[southflyer]

Frankly something is very wrong if those flights are anything but full...