Originally Posted by
harriewillem
I am really sorry, but the airline of Scotland breaking into "new" markets is hardly a positive thing, W paterns and just some summer work... for me that are flags of warning...
Also as for any carrier going from "old" "owned" to new build fleet, on their fixed costs this will be such an increase, hope their variable cost will be lower... but fixed cost need to be paid evry month.. again again and again...
Do wish them best as they are a great outfit... to compare them with Highland Airways you cant I know, but they went out of the Highlands too to look for the promised land...
The W patterns to Jersey and Guernsey are just to get higher utilisation on the NWI based jets as they make more sense to fly frequently than the Dorniers that they replace.