I name this boat....

Tend to agree about the so called cheap airlines. Now that Ryanair and Easyjet are adding extras on for baggage etc, their flights are no longer what I would call low cost. Yes, you can still get the odd bargain if you travel light or are a business user, but I cant seem to get anywhere for under £100 return for what I would call a worthwhile trip.
I have even found Thomson or First Choice cheaper to a lot of destinations nowadays, if you book flights and hotels seperately.
For instance, 1 weeks in Skiathos in Sept, online package price £846 per person (yes, its a posh hotel). However, booking the same flights and the hotel seperately, it came out to £374 per person. That is a ridiculous saving, and just goes to show ot does pay to spend the time looking into things in more detail.

ellistine,

Have you named your boat yet ??

I have a little story about a sailing boat which sailed from the UK to Nova Scotia in 1930. It was a ketch called "Seaplane". The story is that the owner, G.F.G. Plooard was planning a trip to the US to take part in a race from Boston to Halifax. He was in a pub talking up his plans and searching for a couple of crew mates. Anyway, he ended up in Bedford Basin which today can be seen in this web cam site:http://cam.artmosher.ca/ Maybe "Seaplane" may be a name to consider. There is more to the story which I'll send you via PM.

Mike

Bandit-budget airlines make their money in the peak times, and lose money in the off-season. Would regard just now as "off season" so wouldn't imagine them being full.

Rossfra8 wrote:

Bandit-budget airlines make their money in the peak times, and lose money in the off-season. Would regard just now as "off season" so wouldn't imagine them being full. 

Been flying into Valencia on budget airlines for a number of years.Used to fly there on BA, but they pulled the service. Last year we started seeing empty seats on Thomsonfly, this year they pulled the service-coincidence, maybe. Now seeing empty seats on Easyjet.
Until last year, all the flights we used were pretty full.
It's not really a big touristy airport, so scheduled operators, should not have too many peaks and troughs.