Originally Posted by
Jenny Tails
It looks as though Stobart Air are looking at opening a base on the Isle of Man (presumably when this blows over).
They would be familiar with IOM after being based their twice for Flybe. The LPL and MAN routes are presumably worth their while. Although it appears Loganair currentt have a 145 and an ATR42 based there at present. Turf war?
https://m.independent.ie/business/ir...-39181134.html
Unless Stobart have a crystal ball and and have a psycic on the board of directors then I don’t understand where this has come from. They have no systems, they have ventured to the Isle of Man before, yes under flybe, so understand the operation. But the IOM government had them before COVID19 ready to operate flights and subsequently LPL/MAN went to Loganair. So I’m perplexed as to what they see, unless LM are pulling out.
my understanding is that Manchester route isn’t a ‘temp’ fix.