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Expressflight
DC-3 Dave
I assume you meant to say it would have cost Flybe "big bucks". It certainly would have cost something but seeing as it was a Stobart Air ATR72 that was already sitting idle at SEN not a great deal.
I suppose Flybe could be a theoretical target for Stobart but I would suggest such a move would be 'courageous' in Sir Humphrey's parlance.
No, I meant Stobart! I'm interested in whether the Aer Lingus Regional franchise is managed as a separate business from the Flybe franchise, in which case the cost of the former providing an aircraft to the latter would have to be met. Or is Stobart Air simply one operation, with aircraft and crew available wherever needed subject only to logistical consideration.