Originally Posted by
INKJET
Rumour has it that the ERJ positioned back into Norwich and they had already started the repaint to Logan air colours before midnight, Logan air parent company also owned flybmi.
Likewise two senior flybmi ABZ based trainers started their employment with Logan Air the very next day.
Regional flying is no longer viable in most of the UK, a combination of high APD which they catch on both legs, what demand there is in early and late in the day, meaning two lots of crews doing at best 2 or 3 sectors a day, something that pushes up the cost to amongst the highest in the industry in this country at least.
Sure there is money to be made flying between the likes of EDI LGW/LHR but not on a 50 seater.
you say there is no demand early and late, yet I fly BRS-BFS out at 0700 and back at 2145, sometimes later. That’s a 320 or 319, double or triple daily and competing with services from BHX and EXT as well. If it didn’t make money Easy wouldn’t fly it. So that’s four sectors plus whatever the aircraft does in between. No point flying Scotland to MAN or BHX as the train is quicker when you account for security and parking and taxis and you can work for 4 hours on the train.