Loganair's Northern Isles hop is it just a BIG Hassle?
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2024
- Loganair is the main airline for flights in the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland, but how does Loganair keep flight in Orkney and Shetland Profitable? Well in this video we are exploring Loganair's Northern Isles Milk Run from Sumburgh airport to Inverness airport Via Kirkwall airport. This milk run provides more profitability due to keeping the aircraft as full as possible between the Scottish islands, while allowing the airline to create a direct connection between the Northern Scottish isles of Orkney and Shetland.
This is a comprehensive self funded Trip report & aviation flight review of Loganair from Sumburgh Airport (LSI) to Inverness Airport (INV) via Kirkwall Airport (KOI)
#aviation #loganair #atr
Departure Airport: Sumburgh Airport (LSI)
Intermediate Airport: Kirkwall Airport (KOI)
Destination Airport: Inverness Airport (INV)
Airline: Loganair
Aircraft: ATR 42
Aircraft Registration: G-LMRD
Fare Price: £129
Extras: Seat selection: £6
Total Cost: £135
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What do you think of this route & what other ways do you think Loganair can keep routes like these Profitable?
I have done this trip a few times both from Aberdeen and from Inverness via Kirkwall. On one of the flights from Aberdeen they closed Sumburg airport and was divert to Scatsta Airport which was nice as to most of the island as we flew into Scatsta but not so as we waited around two hours for the bus to come and pick us up. Lucky as I jump out at Lerwick. Then on another occasion I had to share the flight with a person in handcuffs to Inverness who join the plane in Kirkwall. These were around 10 years ago but still good memories of the flights to and from Sumburgh.
Enjoyable video, thanks. I enjoy flights on the smaller aircraft - just seems more authentic somehow than the larger craft. Some years ago when BA Cityexpress operated ATR42s between Gatwick and Newcastle I remember a very hairy landing at the latter in strong crosswinds. It’s a shame to see the disappearance of the Saabs, but they’re getting on in years I guess. Always thought they looked exceptionally smart in the Loganair livery.
Enjoyed your right as well scenic bus too airport thanks dom
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. 😁
I could happily do that trip all day ♥️
It is a very nice flight for the time it takes & very cost effective for locals to use it too.
Great stuff Dom. These are lifeline services and the ADS really helps.
Great to hear! Are you able to get it yourself where you stay, if I recall your near Sutherland. If so what routes are you able to use it on?
@WorldWide_Dom sadly my postcode doesn't qualify but I made good use of it when I lived on Orkney!
Another cracking video Dom 👍🏻 One day I hope to visit the Orkney and Shetland Islands though coming from NCE it's not the easiest place to reach 😅
You should! You can fly to either from Heathrow with Loganair Via Dundee on their longer milk run, failing that you can connect through basically any Scottish city.
The inside of that first airport looked like a warehouse
Most airports in the world do. It's only really your big hubs that move past simple functionality to introduce architectural nuances.
Great Video Dom
as always 💪
We considered taking Loganair from Aberdeen to Lerwick but really wanted to try the Northlink (which we enjoyed thoroughly). We did take a Loganair from Aberdeen to Belfast City (a different kind of island hopping) and gave them 2-thumbs up.
Well we may or may not have a Northlink video coming in the near future 😉
Cracking video mate, a regular flight for me visiting family in Inverness as staying up in Shetland
No problem, I’ve always loved the Scottish islands, especially the northern islands. 😁 will definitely be doing more flight there soon. 😁
The views alone are worth it! Also worth discovering this hopper route via your channel. Thanks, Dom!
- Red
Thank you for sharing your trip.😊
No problem, glad you enjoyed it & thanks for watching. 😁
Loved seeing this video and happy to hear that the Islanders are entitled to discount flights. Very scenic despite the clouds. Keep up the good work 😊
brilliant video dom and the price is great
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. 😁
Good video - the Terminal at Sumburgh looks a bit OTT for a wee airport, I wonder if there were any now shelved plans to name it Nicola Sturgeon Airport 😉
Thank you so much for doing all these Loganair videos there my favourite can you please do more videos from Dundee airport please what Scottish airport if your favourite?
I do plan to do more Dundee flights in the future, My favorite Scottish airport is really hard to say, i love places like Barra, Oban etc but also love Glasgow airport and Inverness.
Lerwick Airport looks larger than I thought it would be. Really wish we had a non-stop from London so we could come visit the islands more easily.
It is quite a large airport for an island airport, large enough even to handle certain jets. Loganair do also operate a milk run from Heathrow to the Islands via Dundee 😉
@@WorldWide_Dom - Of course I meant Sumburgh Airport (not Lerwick!) - or are they one and the same? Interesting about the Heathrow service. I generally prefer directs rather than 'vias' - pity BA CityFlyer can't do London City to Shetland direct (not enough direct demand I guess).
@@176MarkW Lerwick has another airport, Lerwick/Tingwall Airport which handles the domestic flying within the Islands, Sumburgh is the main airport of the Shetlands though.
@@WorldWide_Dom yes we flew back from Fair Isle to Tingwall and then all piled in a mini bus provided to take us back to Lerwick. We only paid for our flight when we got off - never had that before! It was only one way as we went to Fair Isle on the boat “Good Shepherd IV”!
ps. I love flying ATRs and Dash8s great machines. 🤩
They really are fantastic aircraft!
Tried to get a Loganair flight from Birmingham to Kirkwall but it’s more expensive than flying to The Canaries or Cyprus. Needless to say Larnaca here I come.
Another great video, Dom. Mind me asking what tool you use for your flight maps?
Thanks I’m glad you like it. I mainly used Adobe After Effects along with OpenStreetView and Maptiler
@WorldWide_Dom Thanks. I've been thinking about a move to Adobe, but I'm so used to Davinci Resolve just now, it might be a while...
Adobe after effects is great for visual effect, there is no software more well put together in terms of ease of use, I find you can get creative with it. Other adobe software like premier Pro I’m not sold on, it constantly has bugs that just makes it unusable for me for fast turnarounds. I currently use Final Cut Pro having moved from Davinci due to its speed & uniformity in combination with apples M1 processor and ProRes file format. Though after effects is still my go to for VFX, 2D animation etc. when I shot on Blackmagic cameras in the past davinci was great but their cameras are not really suited to these kinds of videos.
Dom I like you videos but one thing I think you need to master, is the voice over sometimes it sounds too rushed and edited too quick together, better spacing needed in the voice edit only slightly but it will sound better I believe, the into the video camera work is fine. please do not take this the wrong way, as someone who watches a lot of RUclipsrs I hope I can help and not be negative, keep of the nice videos! 😃
Thanks for your constructive criticism. I’m always looking to improve my videos so any observations are really appreciated. 😁 will definitely have to experiment with the voices a bit your not the first to mention that
Would be good if they added Wick to the route.
100%! It would make a lot of sense. though personally from what I hear the people of wick and Caithness want the Edinburgh route back. Buts just what I hear.
can see my old car at 1:12
Shetland is rubbish