Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Can't win can they? It's usually "rip-off Eastern". If you look at the booking engine, there's are only a limited number of fares at the entry level before before they increase. Doubt whether they're paying much for the a/c - it's been sitting idle for the best part of the year, so let's see how it goes.
I agree about NCL/MME (and LBA). There'll be a shake out there.
Well to be fair to Eastern, their prices are one of the main reasons they never made an operating loss and remained in business for many many years, until relatively recently. Unless your EasyJet or Ryanair operating high volumes, then you can’t charge cheap fares and remain as a viable business.
Eastern’s problem now, having lost the IAC contract, is they have lost a huge amount of revenue from the business which has been the main revenue earner since they took over the IAC contract in 2008 (I think it was?) that void has to be filled somehow. I’m just not convinced that UK domestic is going to be the answer.