John Wright Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 38 minutes ago, monasqueen said: The IOM service is the weakest link, so that if anything goes wrong anywhere on their network, Easyjet cancels. 29 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: Indeed. Here today..... gone tomorrow. But that isn’t all the fault of EasyJet. Much of the issue is down to the airport opening times, the weather and the approach systems for fog/low cloud. as I understand it more than half of the cancellations of the late arrivals is because IoM can’t/won’t keep the airport open long enough to accommodate accumulated delays 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, John Wright said: But that isn’t all the fault of EasyJet. Much of the issue is down to the airport opening times, the weather and the approach systems for fog/low cloud. as I understand it more than half of the cancellations of the late arrivals is because IoM can’t/won’t keep the airport open long enough to accommodate accumulated delays Absolutely. If anything signifies what a joke our airport is it is this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 As I've been saying repeatedly it's so much worse than a short rise in price. Anyone that says easyJet is profiteering just doesn't understand. All airlines are shutting down most of their international operations at this point. Ryanair, of all people, are planning to ground 80% of their fleet and say that a full grounding cannot be ruled out. TUI had less than 10 departures this morning across the UK (except rescue flights). SAS grounded all of theirs. easyJet put out the best statement so far, but basically they're saying "We all need lines of credit asap". Without international traffic, domestic demand will plummet and we'll see cuts there. The airlines (Blue Islands, Loganair and eastern) that hopped onto the routes that FlyBe left open are suddenly looking at cancelling flights already as they're realised that the opportunities have just dried up. I don't think many of you realise how bad it is for airlines right now across the world - this isn't just a British thing. On the optimistic side, once this is all over there will be a massive attempt to get people flying again and if you survive the corona, you'll be a position for some amazing deals. If you had any money or a job, which many of us will not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Haven't heard from the cult of Greta this past few weeks. The people who write and hand her the scripts will no doubt be ecstatic at how events are unfolding. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, John Wright said: But that isn’t all the fault of EasyJet. Much of the issue is down to the airport opening times, the weather and the approach systems for fog/low cloud. as I understand it more than half of the cancellations of the late arrivals is because IoM can’t/won’t keep the airport open long enough to accommodate accumulated delays I'm not suggesting for one moment it's EZE fault..... I'm suggesting that as EZE has no real affiliation or operational connection to IOM (as in a hub) then we really shouldn't rely on them putting IOM at the top of their list of routes to maintain when things start to go a bit pear-shaped. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I mean, right now we're one of the only routes they're operating so we're much higher priority 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, John Wright said: But that isn’t all the fault of EasyJet. Much of the issue is down to the airport opening times, the weather and the approach systems for fog/low cloud. as I understand it more than half of the cancellations of the late arrivals is because IoM can’t/won’t keep the airport open long enough to accommodate accumulated delays But they will have known what the airport opening hours were when they drew up their schedule, If they choose to make the arrival and departure so close to the airport closing time and produce a schedule that they struggle to run to time then surely it is their fault. They seem to manage to have the late rotation to LGW in the winter (the main rotation that causes problems) an hour or so earlier and that seems to be much more reliable but seem totally unwilling to do so in the summer schedule. Edited March 16, 2020 by ellanvannin2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerremonside Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Andy Onchan said: I'm not suggesting for one moment it's EZE fault..... I'm suggesting that as EZE has no real affiliation or operational connection to IOM (as in a hub) then we really shouldn't rely on them putting IOM at the top of their list of routes to maintain when things start to go a bit pear-shaped. Eastern airways don't have any routes to rhe Isle of man.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Manxberry said: I mean, right now we're one of the only routes they're operating so we're much higher priority Many a true word said in jest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, gerremonside said: Eastern airways don't have any routes to rhe Isle of man.... Sorry yes, EZY.... pedantry appreciated on this occasion! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Not sure Ill be flying to Liverpool on Thursday... land back and self isolate for 14 days? jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, NoTailT said: Not sure Ill be flying to Liverpool on Thursday... land back and self isolate for 14 days? jesus. You get to find out if the ettyl group are into refunds then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Just now, TheTeapot said: You get to find out if the ettyl group are into refunds then. Do you think they'll just cancel the flights or wait for me to request? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I've no idea. I suspect they might not be all that keen to give you your money back. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: I've no idea. I suspect they might not be all that keen to give you your money back. Good luck. I hope they bloody do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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