Has to be good news , some cheap flights there ,



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Wouldn't catch me flying with them - even if it was free

It depends what time of year you are flying when it says flights start from £23.95 each way.

As we live in Blackpool,last year we decided to fly over to the Classic TT/MGP.The cost for the return flights was about £60 each for two of us if I remember correctly.However,there was an extra charge per item of luggage(not an excess baggage charge which would be extra),and also there is an "airport development charge" of £10 per person which is levied by Balfour Beatty who operate the airport.The total cost came to something in the region of £200.

Is this good value for a 25 minute flight?For us,it was convenient,but it looks like it's back to the Mannannin this year.

If anybody is thinking of flying from Blackpool,I would say book as soon as you can as the planes that Citywing use only hold about 15 people and if there are to be 2 flights a day,demand will soon exceed supply. 

Malcolm,I'm just stating the facts from last year.
I'm not trying to knock the airline,just saying that's it's not as cheap as what you would be led to believe.

P.S. I never said that Citywing charge the £10 development fee.That is down to the airport operators.But it's still go to be paid.

Having said that,if we can all go over to the best place on the planet,does it really  matter?

I added the second post simply as in the original there was no mention of the Airport Development Charge.

As far as I am aware, there is NO Development Charge whatsoever for any flights out of Blackpool now. (However I stand to be corrected).

I don't know if the Free Parking is still going to be available for travelers.

Yes, I agree that while on the face of it, it is a good and cheap deal, it does not identify that the cheap fares are only for certain times and dates, while we all know that for the TT period in particular the prices will obviously be more than that as advertised, but that is advertising for you and as we are all aware, commonplace with practically every Small Carrier these days. (The Steam Packet operates in exactly the same way as we all know).

That is why I left the hyper-link through to their website so that any individual who may be interested can check out the quotations for their desired flights, themselves.

My own personal experiences with baggage allowances with other carriers, are that I have had to pay extortionate charges for a bag that was declared too big to take onboard as "Carry On". (The size limits seem to get smaller every year),  so nefarious charges for all types of Baggage, certainly appears to be commonplace practice.

There's an article in last night's local paper regarding the re-opening of the airport for commercial flights.Basically it contains the same statement by Citywing as already posted on here.
There's no mention of the development charge or free parking at the moment.If I hear anything about this,I'll post it on here.

(21-03-2015, 07:07 PM)ericcane Wrote: Malcolm,I'm just stating the facts from last year.
I'm not trying to knock the airline,just saying that's it's not as cheap as what you would be led to believe.

Citywing is not an airline - they are only a ticket seller

I always assumed that because the planes have the Citywing name on them,that was the name of the airline.

Don't know much about these things.Is it some sort of charter arrangement then?

Taken form Wikipedia: (But you know how wrong that can be).

Citywing (a trading name of Citywing Aviation Services Limited) is an Isle of Man-based company that sells seats on scheduled air flights operated under charter from Van Air Europe.

Its head office is in Hangar 9 at Isle of Man Airport in Ballasalla.

On 1 January 2013 the assets of Manx2 were acquired by Citywing.

As of 10 April 2014, four Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft are painted in the Citywing livery operated by Van Air Europe on behalf of the company.

Van Air Europe Website - HERE

Cheers Malcolm.You learn something new every day.

If this is the same crowd that ran Manx2 then like stroller I wouldn't fly with them either... not impressed with the way they washed their hands of the Cork incident, according to Radio 4 wouldn't even assist with flying the bodies home as I recall. If the same set up they are cleverly a booking agent posing as an airline.

And in the interest of fairness and all that, I've found the link to the Radio 4 documentary - very enlightening indeed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010t6ym

Citywing, as was Manx2 are "Ticket Sellers" and as such, only sell available seats on flights that are notified to them by the flight Operator. (However which way round that is arranged).

The Operator of the Flights(s), they contract to, must be licensed and insured as air carriers in accordance with the requirements of European Community law.

Those air carriers, who make available all the seats on each aircraft for Citywing to sell to their customers, are responsible for operating the aircraft, and providing crews, maintenance and insurance for the flights, including insurance against legal liability to passengers and for their baggage, according to those requirements. (Have a look at their website (About Us))


Manx2 were absolved of responsibility for the Cork air crash, and as was stated in the final report - "the prime causes of the accident were decisions made by the Flightline crew in adverse weather conditions, compounded by inappropriate crew rostering by the Operator and a significant lack of oversight by the Spanish air safety authority."

Whatever happened thereafter between the families of the unfortunate deceased and Manx2 was widely publicised at the time, and is not for repeating on here, as this takes this thread way off course from the initial and original post.

Malcolm.