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02/11/2007, 15:58 Minouche Joined on 29/08/2007 Posts 9 Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 Great news for everyone in the Loire area - Eastern Airlines are starting a service Southampton-Angers from 15 November.  Fares seem very reasonable - £99 return, running Tues, Thurs and Suns. Flybe have stopped for the winter.  Let us hope Eastern have enough customers to make it worthwhile.     Report

05/11/2007, 12:46 Kevinmc Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 278 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 Their fleet is of fairly small aircraft. I use their Bristol to Aberdeen route and it's on a 29 seater Jetstream 41, which is their basic plane. It's so small, theirs no chance of bringing 15kg of hand baggage in the cabin, everything goes in the hold. Cabin crew don't even need a microphone to do the safety bit at the beginning. I think they've got some bigger 50 seater too     Report

05/11/2007, 14:54 Frederick Joined on 30/09/2007 Dorset /Vendee (85) Posts 82 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 I notice that Southampton to La Rochelle has been dropped by Fly-be  who have had some bad press from their pilots over cabin fumes recently ...and ....I think Ryan air have dropped Nantes from Bournemouth  for next year...so the Vendee has lost two carriers ......    Report

05/11/2007, 15:40 Baz Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 987 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 With the rapid growth of Low Cost Airlines operating from the UK especially to France where subsidies play an important part in their profitability there will be winners and losers. This has been more apparent this year with many routes opening and closing, a pattern that I believe will continue for the foreseeable future. Using local and provincial airports often means seasonal timetables have to operate and this results in further financial expenditures for the operators. I would caution anyone looking for a property or operating a business not to be influenced by the current or future intentions of the Low Cost Carriers in their region. Baz    Report

05/11/2007, 17:27 PeterCD Joined on 27/08/2004 Portsmouth & Charente Maritime Posts 94 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 The Soton/LaR service only runs for the "summer months" - late Mar/late Oct.  Balance of the FlyBe 2008 summer schedules will be announced within 2/3 weeks. Frederick - are you saying that Soton/LaR has been dopped for 2008?    Report

05/11/2007, 17:54 Frederick Joined on 30/09/2007 Dorset /Vendee (85) Posts 82 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 Peter..........It was not shown in my Sunday paper travel section on the Fly-be advert as a destination from Southampton  so I looked at their web site and its not a French destination that pops up when you click on Southampton .....I suspect they have dropped La Rochelle .    Report

05/11/2007, 21:21 PeterCD Joined on 27/08/2004 Portsmouth & Charente Maritime Posts 94 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 It is not shown on the Flybe www right now because I think you will find that the schedules for "summer" 2008 will not be announced and thus on the www for approx.3 weeks.  My understanding is that Soton/LaR will operate again next summer.    Report

05/11/2007, 22:22 Frederick Joined on 30/09/2007 Dorset /Vendee (85) Posts 82 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 Strange  ....You can call up flights summer 2008 to Nice from Southampton and book now on their web site ..but not La Rochelle  ?  I hope you are right  Peter .....they dont make it easy for you do they ?    Report

06/11/2007, 16:46 Kevinmc Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 278 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 In theory the many cheap flights to Limoge should provide the answer to my travel needs. In reality, the frequent scheduled flights to Tolouse and the 2 1/2 hour door to door motorway journey more frquently meets my needs. I can't rely on Ryanair and Flybe to maintain flights        Report

27/11/2007, 20:35 PeterCD Joined on 27/08/2004 Portsmouth & Charente Maritime Posts 94 Re: Eastern Airline flights Southampton-Angers November 2007 All the FlyBe 2008 summer schedules are now available on their www - including Southampton/La Rochelle.    Report

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