Originally Posted by
BAladdy
I would say more new routes are possibly about to be announced. Read a article a couple of weeks ago that LM are in talks with a number of airports regarding launching routes. I believe Loganair currently use 13 aircraft to operate there routes operated by jet aircraft:
Aberdeen - 1 x ER3 & 3 x ER4’s (1 aircraft used to op T3’s NWI service and another is a standby)
The addition of the new base at EMA and the launch of new routes from NCL & NWI from 1st September will require 16 aircraft if Loganair decide to retain the ABZ standby aircraft. If they do t then that number will drop to 15.
Regarding Aberdeen, it looks like they have a lot of slack in availability since they dropped Oslo with one spare aircraft in the mornings and another spare all day. Of course, they are / were doing oilfield work to Kerry in conjunction with Bond and some other charters like the recent women's football team. The S20's become available in the evenings if there is sweeping up to do for any technical issues.
It will be interesting to see how it all works out.