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Dover Athletic Travel Arrangements.
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 18:09
by portugull
Dover flew to Exeter this morning and boarded the Exeter Chiefs Team Coach on hire from Dartline who are based at Clyst St Mary.
Tonight they fly from Exeter to Lydd in Kent departing Exeter at 6-30pm.
I am curious did they fly with Flybe or a Charter Company? Does anyone know?
I am just interested in the economics as it saves on a Hotel overnight and is way better for the players.
Can we learn from this for trips to teams that are 300 miles or more from Torquay.
Dover Athletic Travel Arrangements.
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 18:24
by Dave
Shame they weren't booked to fly Raynair, they might not have turned up.
Dover Athletic Travel Arrangements.
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 18:37
by merse btpir
portugull wrote: ↑07 Oct 2017, 18:09I am curious did they fly with Flybe or a Charter Company? Does anyone know?
It's all on
BTPIR; always the first with the news :rules:
http://thelondonlabia.proboards.com/thr ... llTo=80416
Dover Athletic Travel Arrangements.
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 19:27
by portugull
Right thank you merse. SprintAir. Never heard of them but a good case of not what you know but who you know.
Dover Athletic Travel Arrangements.
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 22:49
by merse btpir
Probably a plane profitably using 'layover time' at Lydd Airport and Dover have been doing this for ages. Duane Ofori-Acheampong used to regail me with tales of flying to away games for them and their whole approach to operating in such an outpost is innovative with other away trips often rendezvousing at Euston or Kings Cross-St Pancras whilst they train at Greenwich University so that the only times the players are required to be in Dover is for home matches.
Dover Athletic Travel Arrangements.
Posted: 08 Oct 2017, 20:10
by nickbrod
What would we give for those in charge at TQ1 to be so progressive.