Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
Fair point. It’s also backed to the hilt with taxpayers money, like NQY, and yet still flybe struggle. CWL’s problem is more easyJet at BRS than BA at the other end of the GWR.
'Backed to the hilt' is a tad disingenuous is it not? Flybe (not including franchisees) have one PSO (which any EU operator could apply to operate) out of the 150 or so routes they operate.
Good if it were true but personally, I doubt IAG's interest. However it may be valid to consider what risk a strengthened VS, aligned with AF-KLM may pose as a threat to the IAG stable of carriers. All those potential regional passengers that IAG might lose as a result of Flybe routing them via LHR/MAN onto VS, or via CDG and AMS on AF-KLM?
On the eve of LHR getting more capacity, just perhaps IAG could consider it to be a valid investment, after all who else is likely to provide regional connectivity to new points in the UK when a third runway gets built at LHR. BACF maybe, but not at the cost of a BE DH4 they won't, and not with crew and aircraft at mutiple UK regional bases.