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Flybe hire temps to fill seats to fulfil airport deal

  • 31-03-2008 3:42pm
    #1
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0331/flybe.html listen to the discussion by the CO of flybe and the norwich airport guy

    i can't believe the flybe guy can come on the radio and defend his actions???

    cheap airlines in alines in all senses of the word


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  • #2
    Oilrig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Oilrig


    Nah, I blame Norwich Airport... Flybe are adhering to the letter of the contract, ridiculous situation that could have been easily avoided IMHO.

    Agree that the news debate was pathetic.


  • #3
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    how can you blame the airport, bad practice by the airline to hire passengers, they had a deal they didn't make it they loose money.


  • #4
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭GTE


    Old thread I know but I searched for it specifically having been told about the story in Norwich and I was curious as to what was said here about it.

    The airport were due to fine Flybe a very large sum of money by missing out on passenger numbers by two flights. The airline has since dropped the service and I am told that Norwich airports management are not doing what is good for the airport in general. I believe Flybe had admitted they missed out on numbers but the number was so small that it could just have been a case of not enough people wanting or needing to go to the city.

    Essentially Norwich airport forced the closure of a route over two planes worth of people.

    The RTE report reads very against the airline on this.

    I have flown Flybe to Norwich from Dublin many times when it was going and I fly regularly now from Belfast to Manchester and they have been a consistently good airline. Leg room is fantastic for me (6 foot 3) and the only problem I had was when one of their Dash 8s broke down.


  • #5
    Joe 90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Joe 90


    The thing is, Norwich shot itself in the foot with the £10 passenger fee. An airport can only get away with that stunt if there are no other airports within a hundred miles.


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