FLYBE TO FLY LHR-SCOTLAND

POST AMcWhirter DATE March 27, 2017 15:51 A traveller who took the inaugural EDI-LHR service yesterday reported that the full two hours was needed for the flight.

There was a 30 minutes ATC hold (later reduced to 20 minutes) over LHR.

Eventually the lightly-loaded Q-400 landed more or less on time. Passengers then had to disembark down stairs followed by a five minutes bus transfer from the apron into T2.

canuckland March 27, 2017 18:28

That’s annoying, I was scheduled to be on that flight, but business dictated that I spend the weekend in London. Would have been my first inaugural flight experience, I wonder if the passengers got any goodies or memento’s.

Looking forward to T2 and the flight home on Wednesday night though.

Incidentally I also missed the inaugural flight of the 777 from Frankfurt to Chicago too, taking the d flight the day after.

AMcWhirter March 27, 2017 20:04

canucklad – In fact my posting was somewhat confusing.

The official inaugural flight took place this morning from Edinburgh. It was attended mainly by Scottish media and was reported to be 100 per cent full.

But Flybe’s first flight on the route was on Sunday morning and that was lightly loaded.

In other news, I see that Flybe has been fined £70,000 for sending millions of junk emails.

canucklad April 7, 2017 12:01

My FlyBe LHR-EDI experience (BE2108 18.20- 20.00).

Not a great start as I gave up trying to find and download my boarding pass on to the normally reliable app.

First time I’d been in T2 and was both impressed and disappointed at the same time. Not sure what I expected, but to me, it’s just another “anywhere in the world” airport experience.

Due to its compactness I found the two FlyBe desks easy enough, didn’t have a wait and although the lass was clearly learning the ropes I was processed quickly, and was issued with my boarding pass.

Be warned that photo ID is required, unlike BA and I didn’t have my passport with me as I hadn’t made it up the road at the weekend. Fortunately my works security pass was enough and noticing the lanyard, she even commented on how much she enjoyed my company and how lucky I must be, working for whom I work for. Exchanging smiles I was on my way to security.

On-board the aircraft ,I’d say it was about 75 per cent full and after the second bus appeared with the last of the passengers the person sitting in 5C moved into the empty row in front leaving me ample room for the flight ahead

The flight was smooth, and the two for eight quid perfectly acceptable bottles of white wine was just as smooth.

I truly hope FlyBe give this a better go than a bearded man patronizingly appearing in a kilt and then disappearing just as fast. I found the service had a bit of a LCC feel to it, but then that’s what FlyBe are. As for the incumbent airline on the route, I’m afraid they sum themselves up nicely with the Concorde outside their maintenance base. It’s now become a sad metaphor for BA, desperate to hang onto its glory days by flaunting a once great but now redundant piece of kit!

On-board the aircraft, I’d say it was about 75 per cent full and after the second bus appeared with the last of the passengers the person sitting in 5C moved into the empty row in front leaving me ample room for the flight ahead. Having flown BA a couple of weeks before I must say that the seat pitch and the 2X2 seating are a luxury in comparison. We left five minutes early, taxied past the Concorde at BA’s base. And our little plane was airborne ten minutes later.

The flight was smooth, and the two for eight quid perfectly acceptable bottles of white wine was just as smooth.