Originally Posted by
OneBellEnd
That last post looked suspiciously like a ‘vote of confidence’ in a football manager!
Indeed use of a credit card offers some protection to the consumer in the regrettable event of any problems. Equally people can also fly from BFS to Palma with Thomas Cook, easyJet, Jet2 & TUI, all offering greater flexibility on a schedule much more intensive than one flight weekly
Also, wouldn’t give too much credit to airports covering all eventualities through due diligence of airlines or operators. Pressure exists to grow business and it may well be just a matter of doing a deal with whoever shows interest!?
Still, good luck to them. It’s great to see new operators giving the NI market a go. Far too many are one season wonders or never even try at all.
Just a bit fed up of people always looking for some reason to put something down, seems to be a British culture thing more so than anything, it's like some people are actually willingly wanting companies to fail and people to lose their jobs, like over in the BHX thread about Primera, rather than just getting behind them and saying good luck as you have.
I stand by my comment about an airport due diligence though, having worked in route development before, we wouldn't put our brand name and money behind an airline or tour operator unless we knew they were a genuine outfit and had the required licensing to operate, regardless of commercial pressures, egg on face if it turns out they don't like Waterford last year. Given there are so few smaller operators these days, the CAA are all over any start-ups that are announced like a rash to make sure they are above board.