Originally Posted by
RogueOne
But I'm sure you know better about the inner workings of Flybe.
of course not but it’s not out of the question to have back up plans. BA rightly gets stick for over selling seats it can’t provide and it’s gone to great lengths to lease in others from Iberia and Finnair.
Flybe tried to go up against others and didn’t have the equipment or a plan. Now passengers who trusted Flybe will have to make alternative arrangements likely at a higher cost as it’s now closer to their travel dates.
All the cheerleaders told us everything was sorted, Flybe had the pick of planes and chose the best.
Emerald doesn’t seem to have had similar issues sourcing a regional jet fleet so evidently it was possible, or at least possible to sell seats based on what was realistic.
If the lessor specifically promised planes by a certain date any decent contract should have some kind of compensation clause so you’d hope they at least get something out of this.