Originally Posted by
speedbirdATC
If memory serves me correctly, I believe the only other interested party at the time of the PSO tender was Stobart. I wonder if they would have done a better job. They could have possibly utilised aircraft downtime better with perhaps a DUB rotation or two.
I always thought Stobart would have been a good outcome for LDY, because you would have got the same business-friendly schedule but with a bit more volume. You also would have got a few connections through SEN. It would certainly have been on the E195 , not an ATR.
I’m not sure they would have done other routes though and certainly not DUB. It’s more likely they would have operated somewhere from SEN inbetween, eg LDY-SEN-XXX-SEN-LDY-SEN-LDY. This would also allow them to swap aircraft and crews.