Originally Posted by
daz211
To be fair they were doing very well at Stansted with the two 321’s, putting aside the short blip at the beginning with the 757 from National, high loads, good time keeping, then the airline decided to send one of the new aircraft to Paris and things started getting messy again. I don’t blam Primera, I blame Airbus.
I heard that the deal Primera agreed with Airbus for the NEOs, acquired at relatively short notice, put the risk for late delivery at Primera's door and not at Airbus'. Therefore, Primera knew there was a risk of delay and costs for any cover aircraft required would be theirs.