Originally Posted by
terminus mos
I think that the 175 / 189 will fill the medium range market at a lower seat mile cost. The S-92 will continue to fill the longer range heavy requirement as it now does reliably. Contrary to what many think, the workforce does have a voice and won't welcome the 225 back if the stats are true. The return of the 225 is potentially therefore commercially irrelevant. Even if it came back at half price, which oil company aviation department is going to take the cost vs safety risk?
You might be right on all the above except when you say the offshore workforce has a voice in the UK sector. They do and stick together on the Norwegian side (still working 2 on -4 week off roster) but sadly not to the same extend on the UK side (same goes for the pilots & engineers).
The future will tell if the 225 will return or not, I think it might (but it will take some time) because sadly money talks.
