Where does Blue Islands fly?

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• Ian says:

  11 Jul11 July 17:46

  Interesting that they’re going to compete with Eastern on Manchester To Southampton.

• Lady London says:

  11 Jul11 July 21:06

  Blue Islands, Loganair and Eastern (and even KLM) …. this is where the government needs to put the money from re-assigning a fair % slots held by BA at Heathrow.

  Starting with public interest slots BA got when they took over BMI, and stopped running a number of routes but kept the slots. Then a general review of how slots are, and should be, assigned at LHR against support the UK commercially criteria, with a %, or revenue from them. to be allocated to airlines who do good works. Such as running niche regional support routes such as Loganair, Eastern, Blue Island and KLM.

  Too many regional airlines failed over the years so let:s funnell off money from the jewel routes to support providers who serve the regions or fulfil other criteria where a level of commercial support will make the difference.

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    11 Jul11 July 22:21

    Hard to disagree with any of that.

    The current system allows for all icing, no cake.

• Sorry I am a realist! says:

  12 Jul12 July 16:00

  For airlines and airports, it makes no commercial sense to have 40 pax from GCI/JER rather than 400 pax from NYC. As Jersey/Guernsey are technically not part of UK (they are Bailliwicks) the case for access on social grounds does not exist. Only cities such as Inverness might argue they need access to a London airport on social grounds, but not if independence occurs.

  Take slots from BA and you destroy the hub, with out the hub, London and the UK loses routes as has been the case with destinations in China for instance.

  Let the market decide.

  And no I am not a BA employee!

  • Lady London says:

    12 Jul12 July 21:05

    I take your point @Sorry I am a… However regional routes cut both ways. Regardless of the technicalities there are some territories that have historical and commercial links to fhe UK, where transport is needed but not strictly viable commercially.

    In these I’d consider such as the Isle of Man, Sark, Guernsey, Jersey, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, and anywhere on the East Coast (Scotland jncluded). Plus quite a few other regional routes where airlines have failed over the years and anywhere Loganajr flies :-). One end of the route may need it more than the i
    other but that’s the point of regional support.

    A review of slot allocation at LHR is overdue. Particularly the preponderance of slots held by BA. It may be that allocating BA/IAG even more slots than they have now, would be found to serve the UK’s needs better. But BA has many slots due to.historical privilege that they themselves have said is not dominant, against commercial consideration. So let’s do a review and look at where slots are best allocated to guve the UK a return that supports.continued provision of regional routes, and other UK aims.

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