Deby Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Does anyone know roughly when the likes of EasyJet, RyanAir, Flybe etc tend to release their summer schedules.ThxDeby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Ryanair have some of their 2008 schedules on their website now.Those in the Lot and Aveyron must have been relieved to see daily Rodez flights back on from March 30. The airport at Rodez is now closed for building work and I suspect the enclosure and clearing out of the car park, so if you left your old banger in there, somebody must own that red Astra up by the flying school and that blue L reg Mondeo on the left as you enter the car park, but they won't be there much longer it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I'm checking daily for the Flybe Summer schedules - some are I believe up on their site, but the one I'm interested in has yet to appear. The Call Centre didn't know, except to say "By the end of Nov". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCD Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 All FlyBe 2008 summer scheldules were made available on the www today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Peter ...............Yes, I noticed. But sadly, they've dumped Avignon as a destination ex Southampton & Exeter, so no use whatsoever to us southerners.We all know that you can never count on the lc airlines to maintain routes: it's all a question of yield vs cost etc. Shame though - by all accounts, the flights were mostly full. Problem I think was that the Avignon runway is quite short and they had to use turboprops down from the UK which are quite small and optimised for short domestic sectors.Unfortunately, Ryanair's prices are currently wild - £175 pp round trip for early June. Better looking at BA in to Marseille (or even, the train!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 "Unfortunately, Ryanair's prices are currently wild - £175 pp round trip for early June. Better looking at BA in to Marseille (or even, the train!)" No better waiting until 60 days before the flight date when the price drops, by then all the "must be on that plane" passengers will have paid premium prices and the fares then drop for 46 days, then they go back up steeply to catch last minute bookings. This is not my opinion, it is that of Simon Calder the well respected Travel Editor of the Independent and he should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezTinns Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I'm still confused as to whether or not Flybe intend to fly to Toulouse. It is not appearing on their timetable, but IS on their very recently updated DESTINATION GUIDE, and appears on the FRANCE page as a destination - anyone heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacote0_0 Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 You had me worried about Flybe. However, there do appear to be flights to Avignon, except between 5 January and 16 February: http://www.flybe.com/live/timetable/timetable.jsp?selDep=SOU&selDest=AVN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Yes, bizarrely they've kept flights going through the Winter (up until March I think) except for the dates you've quoted, but nothing for the Summer. I emailed their customer service yesterday and got an immediate reply (due credit for that) saying "If a destination isn't showing now for the Summer, we're not running it. Sorry."Unless there's been a change since I looked yesterday morning, that's it I'm afraid.Ron - you're absolutely right re Ryanair's prices, but the problem is that there's about 60 people wanting to take a flight on or around the same date for our son's wedding down here. Tricky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 [quote user="Gardian"]Unless there's been a change since I looked yesterday morning, that's it I'm afraid.[/quote]Phew! I'm a bit of a plonker - since that exchange of emails with Flybe, they've put the Avignon Summer flts up on the website (to Southampton & Exeter).Sorry for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 but the problem is that there's about 60 people wanting to take a flight on or around the same date for our son's wedding down here. Tricky! I know what you mean we had a plane load to Naples last year. so make sure that they all go or if not they cancel well before the flight date. We had to change people going to our daughter's wedding at the last minute with EasyJet, there was a name change fee and we had to pay the difference between the fare on the date booked £100 per person to that of the change date £220 per person for four people. We had to recoup the loss by serving tripe and onions instead of caviar at the rception.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northender Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Bmibaby have just released flights to Bordeaux from M/C and Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolly daydream Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Having read Northenders post re BMI Baby I have just logged on to check flights from Birmingham to Bordeaux. It says there are no flights scheduled. Hope this is a temporary glitch. Where did you get your info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolly daydream Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Just gone back on and done a mock booking for April - seem to have flights between 1st and 15th but nothing yet before or after. Strange really when Easter is in March this year, you would think they would have a lot of customers. May be more info over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Flybe are advertising in the Telegraph (Tuesday's copy that I don't get here until Wednesday) that their summer schedules are at sale prices until 6th December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 [quote user="Cathy"]Flybe are advertising in the Telegraph (Tuesday's copy that I don't get here until Wednesday) .[/quote]Is that in Bristol or Bordeaux? If the former, I always thought that it was a bit rural. [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Oh dear, Gardian. Don't you realise that the West of England is God's own country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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