Andy Onchan Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, hissingsid said: Well done to the Isle of Man Bank, I have just had a text saying if I had paid for a journey with my debit or credit card to go onto their website and they would assist me in making a claim. Now that is what I call a service We’ll done.I am referring to Flybe bookings. Yes, me too. Along with a similar message from RBS in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, b4mbi said: Ace. Let's buy it. Borrowing it in lieu of outstanding landing fees would be a better idea. At least we'd only have to pay for the operating costs! Edited March 5, 2020 by Andy Onchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: There is a flybe plane at the airport. Belongs to Stobart but flies in Flybe colours. That raises the interesting point re Flybe franchisees and wet lease operations. There are Stobart, Eastern and Blue Island. Blue Island have their own booking system. Not sure about the other two. So even if Flybe going down doesn’t kill them, with money owed for operating the flights, they maybe can’t operate because they can’t take bookings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 46 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: I see the patient transfer contingency plan is book it yourself and send us the receipt. So nothing on the Patient Transfer page. How many people use Twitter ? Also why is such a service “ closed for lunch” 13.00 - 14.00 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4mbi Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: I wonder what, if anything, is owed in landing fees and charges? Well, surely a prudent airport, given the known difficulties of Flybe, would have insisted that all landing fees were paid prior to the aircraft taking off again? Edited March 5, 2020 by b4mbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 I would really have liked this operation to have succeeded. But when, in just under 12 months at being at the helm, they discover they need more money to pay government duty than they had budgeted for, then you do have to ask the question about how realistic their financial plans were in the first place. Surely the whizkids from Cyrus Capital with their "professionals with skill sets including bankruptcy and restructuring, industry, legal, private equity, capital structure, derivatives, trading, and capital markets." had some idea of how an airline operates? Wouldn't you? It beggars belief, to me at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: As far as I can tell from the odd tweet, Spake's series consists of him going round the world looking at planes, rather than staying at home looking after the Airport. If it had been set at Ronaldsway we'd probably conclude that we'd be better off putting Goldie in charge. At least the windows would be clean. Oddly enough you appear to discovered the UK Gov's strategy. But why should they change the habit of the last 50 years. Edited to add: What's actually interesting is just how little immediate response there has been from Boris and his chums. They don't seem very good in a crisis - even one foreseeable as this one. It's OK. The Transport Minister has told the Commons that Flybe passengers can switch to trains. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, dilligaf said: Also why is such a service “ closed for lunch” 13.00 - 14.00 ? They get hungry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible man Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 https://www.gov.im/media/1364009/2020_iom_railways_dl_timetable.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 25 minutes ago, b4mbi said: Ace. Let's buy it. You probably could for not very much - 4 Dash 8s - job done. It's been done to death but I'll say it again - the IOM Govt has been negligent for the past 20 years in not controlling air services, in a similar model to Aurigny in the Channel Islands, which are vital to all aspects of this Island's economy. Arguably too late but nevertheless about time, it has stepped in to the IOMSP. A community such as ours needs regular, timetabled services to suit the Island - not fit in with the vagaries of an orange airlines which tag a flight onto its schedule to the Island - but only when it suits or feels like it. The 'Open Skies' policy or CGATITD (Couldn't Give a Toss Too Difficult) has been a disaster and the Fat Girl, her predecessors and previous ministers will continue to pull their fat salaries and pensions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, sir nige said: how can you seize a plane of a company that (at the time) hadn't gone bust..... Glasgow Airport seized an aircraft at 19.51 last night for unpaid fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 easyJet are offering to rebook Flybe passengers in the next month for just £65 additional fee. So just about twice what you would have paid if you'd booked directly with them in the first place. To be fair that also includes hold luggage if wanted and it's all flights. The offer is presumably aimed more at those March is already pretty expensive on most Liverpool flights and quite a few are sold out. Gatwick's less affected and still looks very quiet in April and May - and Liverpool is not much livelier . Presumably COVID-19 is putting a lot of people off booking, so that might paradoxically lessen the effect on passengers, even though it partly caused the problem in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 38 minutes ago, Southernman said: Glasgow Airport seized an aircraft at 19.51 last night for unpaid fees. Detained, not seized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir nige Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: This is what happens when you replace a female PM with a male one. They can only do one thing at a time. may couldn't do one task....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Won't somebody think of the TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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