Guest Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Yes, bookings are still available but all flights after 11 June appear to route via Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trench12 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 is this the flight that goes on to Newcastle from Belfast ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Cypman said: Yes, bookings are still available but all flights after 11 June appear to route via Manchester. Correct - the direct flight is finished from the second week of June. I know of a number of NI business people who found getting to and from their interests on the island difficult enough with the existing service. Now, I'd not be surprised if they pull out altogether. The Isle of Man - freedom to flourish - if you can get there and don't give a monkey's if you can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, Utah 01 said: Correct - the direct flight is finished from the second week of June. I know of a number of NI business people who found getting to and from their interests on the island difficult enough with the existing service. Now, I'd not be surprised if they pull out altogether. The Isle of Man - freedom to flourish - if you can get there and don't give a monkey's if you can't. Freedom to flee, heartily endorsed by IOM government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellie Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 History shows, over 15 years or so, that getting into bed with Eastern always ends in tears......Their services to Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds have all come and gone, over the years. The 'big girl' was very naive to think that this would have a good ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 If a large carrier comes along to hoover up a large proportion of the passengers they would have to be nuts to stay on the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 11 hours ago, Nellie said: History shows, over 15 years or so, that getting into bed with Eastern always ends in tears......Their services to Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds have all come and gone, over the years. The 'big girl' was very naive to think that this would have a good ending. I'll bet that this will be posted up as another "Easyjet have come up trumps" success story though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 easyjet has come up trumps - but only on Fridays and Mondays. For the rest of the week you can spend 5 hours to travel a straight line distance of 65 miles. Isn't this supposed to be 'the connected age' or are Islands, whose lifeblood depends on 'connections' excluded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 54 minutes ago, Utah 01 said: easyjet has come up trumps - but only on Fridays and Mondays. For the rest of the week you can spend 5 hours to travel a straight line distance of 65 miles. Isn't this supposed to be 'the connected age' or are Islands, whose lifeblood depends on 'connections' excluded? IOM doesn't depend on being connected to Belfast any more than it depends on being connected to anywhere else which is 65 miles away. Besides which - is any business which still depends on regular meetings in the same physical location really going to base on the IOM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Slightly off topic but a dickie bird told me over the weekend that Stobart's are looking at a Carlisle - Isle of Man service. Probably start off as freight but weekend trips to the lake district might be a possibility soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Lxxx said: Slightly off topic but a dickie bird told me over the weekend that Stobart's are looking at a Carlisle - Isle of Man service. Probably start off as freight but weekend trips to the lake district might be a possibility soon. What cargo is so urgent that it has to be air freighted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: What cargo is so urgent that it has to be air freighted? True. Was just passing on what I was told from someone who has links to Stobart, who probably doesn't have an in depth knowledge of the subject. The passenger aspect is definitely on the table though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Lxxx said: Slightly off topic but a dickie bird told me over the weekend that Stobart's are looking at a Carlisle - Isle of Man service. Probably start off as freight but weekend trips to the lake district might be a possibility soon. just in time to undercut the steam racket, its a good job iomg didn't buy it...... #oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Just now, woody2 said: just in time to undercut the steam racket, its a good job iomg didn't buy it...... #oh Do you believe transporting containers by aircraft is likely to ever be realistically less costly than bringing them in by sea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, pongo said: Do you believe transporting containers by aircraft is likely to ever be realistically less costly than bringing them in by sea? who said anything about containers? tesco boss said it was cheaper to fly salad in from california than from spain..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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